More than ever, filling lines must be highly flexible, easy to operate and easy to clean in order to help manufacturers maintain the overall cost-efficiency of their packaging process.

Industrial manufacturers strive to retain product value by creating new fragrances, new ways to package and new formulas. As a consequence, packaging processes are much more complex and packaging machinery must provide solutions to optimize OEE in limited space.

Since yogurt is a key driver for the dairy category in the Middle-East and North Africa, with an annual growth of 5,5% on the 2010-2015 period and 15% of dairy launches in 2015*, this article focuses on this particular product to detail evolutions and innovations brought by Serac to its machinery in order to help manufacturers differentiate from their competitors. *Source: Innova Market Insights 2016

When having to invest in a new filling machine, manufacturers of corrosive products such as bleach or descaling agents are confronted with a particular issue: machine lifetime.