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Perfetti Van Melle transforms supply chain with new partnership
o9 Solutions, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, has announced that Perfetti Van Melle has selected the o9 Digital Brain platform to transform its supply chain planning capabilities and accelerate its digital transformation journey. Perfetti Van Melle aimed to optimise its supply chain planning process to navigate today’s supply chain complexity and volatility. The o9 platform was selected because of its best-in-class scenario planning integrated with fi nancial information, digital on-system IBP process providing end-to-end
visibility, and o9’s Enterprise
Knowledge Graph cube technology enabling Perfetti Van Melle to convert data into knowledge. “We have an ambitious goal at Perfetti Van Melle to digitise our supply chain planning capabilities. By doing so, we can turn data into meaningful insights to make more data-driven decisions across the value chain while continuing to create value for our consumers through innovative and gratifying high-quality products,” said Vincent Vloemans, Chief Information Offi cer of Perfetti Van Melle. “We strive to be the world’s most innovative confectionery company.”
Macpac celebrates 50 years of manufacturing GEA Food Solutions Germany GmbH at Biedenkopf-Wallau (Germany) opens the
doors for its new Technology Center for the business unit Slicing & Packaging. Source: GEA
From a small-scale humble start-up manufacturer in 1973, Macpac has grown to be the innovative and successful thermoforming packaging company it is today– and one of the UK’s largest privately-owned manufacturers in its sector.. 2023 sees Macpac celebrating its milestone anniversary of 50
years, and the company says they could not be prouder or more excited to celebrate all that Macpac has accomplished during this time in partnership with employees, clients, and industry partners. This half a century of conceiving, designing, and manufacturing packaging is no small feat, particularly when taking into consideration how we have had to evolve with such turbulent times and demands, driven inexorably by climate change and environmental concerns, fuelled by a powerful and growing environmental lobby. The company believes this major achievement is the result of the combined eff orts and hard work of every individual
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within Macpac and is more remarkable for a privately-owned manufacturer to not only survive but thrive within a packaging sector that is notorious for its short-stay players, where there are numerous acquisitions, take-overs, and mergers. Through two generations from father to son, Macpac has
consistently delivered excellent customer service and provided packaging in a timely and cost-eff ective manner during a time that has seen a tumultuous evolution in packaging design and advances in materials technology. Testimony to this success is the number of customers that have remained loyal to the company over several decades.
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GEA opens state-of-the-art tech centre in Wallau
GEA has opened the doors of its new 1500-sqm Technology Centre (XLAB) in Biedenkopf-Wallau. From now on, the new XLAB will be available to customers for product testing and training. This business unit of GEA off ers solutions for the production and packaging of lollipops and other confectionery and food products. The XLAB combines expertise from across the GEA business unit at one location. “We are very excited to open our new Technology Centre,
after a short six-month construction phase. With the XLAB, we are taking product testing for our national and international customers to a whole new level. A special feature is the new 500- sqm air-conditioned hall, which can be cooled down to freezing point and enables customer tests under realistic conditions,” said Moritz Krunke, Managing Director of GEA’s Wallau site. “Our new Technology Centre underscores our partnership- based customer relations on a national and international level. Together with our customers we develop tailored solutions that will play a decisive role in the technological transformation of the respective production area,” added Jörg Kuhn, Vice President of the Slicing & Packaging Business Unit.
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