Fortunately, automation systems incorporating robotics are now becoming a common sight in many food factories around the UK, boosting productivity, improving worker welfare, and enabling manufacturers to respond swiftly to changing customer demand.
Accurate, reliable and fast, robots are ideal for repetitive, dull or laborious tasks where people add little value, such as packing, picking, placing and palletising. They leave the valuable human workforce to concentrate on the parts of production where they can make a real difference.
Gü Indulgent Foods – increasing capacity through automation
One company reaping the benefits of automation is Gü Indulgent Foods. Since its first chocolate soufflé pots hit the shelves in 2003, the firm has been on a strong upward trajectory. As demand soared, Gü needed to expand its packing hall at its production facility in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. It turned to FANUC partner Tekpak Automation, based in Wexford, for an automated answer to its productivity problem.
Read the full article in DPA's March 2026 issue
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