OAO “Kingiseppsky Molochny Kombinat, located in Kingisepp,
approximately one hundred kilometres west of Saints Petersburg has chosen GEA
Group technology for its innovative process, filling and packaging line for
milk and dairy products in PET bottles.
Saint Petersburg region offers high quality milk and that is why KMK has
decided to exploit it using a sleeve full label and realizing a new, fresh and
attractive product. The PET bottle makes a difference for KMK products as most
of other products available on the market are filled in carton packages.
The filling line can produce 12.000 bph on two bottle sizes: 0,5 lt and 1,0
lt. The integrated system of blower/filler/capper “Synchro” consists of a
volumetric electronic filler with magnetic flow meters. This filler is 3A
certified for dairy products.
The anthropomorphic palletizer produced by GEA
Procomac Packaging handles different pack sizes and is directly
connected to the refrigerating cell where finished pallets are stocked.
GEA Procomac has acted as main contractor for the project
and Mr Igor Lavrenov, plant manager, underlines that extended shelf life
products of KMK permit the empowering of their sales on the Russian market. «We
are now establishing contacts with many supermarkets and our products are
present in all St Petersburg region and twice per month are distributed to
Moscow too». By integrating product preparation, filling and packaging GEA
Group has thus supplied a complete, innovative and multifunctional line for
dairy products introducing a new PET bottle on the Russian market.