Already a challenging industry sector, Food & Beverage has faced significant challenges in recent years:

• Energy price increases.
• Raw & packaging materials shortages.
• Labour availability, from harvest through production and delivery.
• Pricing pressure from supply-side & consumer, eroding margins.
• A push for sustainability in production, packaging & distribution.

Food & Beverage provides some tricky applications, that require a competent and understanding partner.  Many UK sites have been standing for many years, with a high proportion of 1950’s and 1960’s build facilities that have grown organically, often with little space for modern requirements.  High hygiene standards and non-ambient environmental conditions mean that a careful design and implementation plan is needed.

At RM Group, we understand Food & Beverage intimately – our automation path started with a contract operation packing sugar.  This experience has grown to include a diverse range of goods: spring water, baked goods, fruit & vegetables & tea. Being an SME ourselves (like the majority of UK Food & Beverage businesses) we understand the challenges as well as anyone and better than most.  Whatever your requirement, be it labour reduction, cost savings or efficiency increase, we can help with a standard or turnkey solution.  If you’re one of the 53% of Food & Beverage companies that would like to automate, but struggle to access finance and funding, we can help with that also!  Our innovative & compact palletising cell is just one of many solutions that are designed for this need.