PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2015

LABELLING 34 PET planet insider Vol. 16 No. 06/15 www.petpla.net Jütro Feinkost & Konserven install new Gernep labeller Rapid conversion, f l exible and extremely robust At Jütro Feinkost & Konserven GmbH & Co.KG, Jüterbog there are nine different packaging lines operating around the clock five days a week (or six if they really have to during the high season). The company employs 200 who pack every imaginable type of preserve, mustard, ketchup and mayon- naise, not to mention innumerable sauces, into tubs, jars, tubes, cartons and plastic containers. A new wet glue label- ling machine supplied by specialist manufacturers Gernep GmbH of Barbing is the latest addition to the line with a pro- duction capacity of up to 10,000 containers per hour. Success is also a matter of labelling This is one of the guiding princi- ples of the company which has been in production in the small Branden- burg town of Jüterbog (population 12,000) since 1911. For almost 50 years, up to 1994, the town, situated to the south of Berlin, was a garrison town firmly in the hands of the Rus- sians. In the vast forested areas along the Fläming ridge where the Russian army trained for decades, there are now wind turbines. Jütro was founded 104 years ago as a business concentrating on packaging gherkins pickled in vinegar; it developed into a pickled preserves specialist and is today an expert in delicatessen products – mayon- naises, ketchup, sauces, salsas. The volume of containers packed annually amounts to 76 million and production takes the form of retail goods destined for all the big German food chains, only a small proportion under the company’s own “Jütro” label. “How- ever, regardless of what we package and who we package it for – not only the product itself must be of the high- est possible quality, but the packag- ing as well as the label must always be excellent. This is also a reason for our decision to go to Gernep for the plastics line” reports Jütro’s Technical Director, Rico Retzke. “The manufac- ture of our products is characterised by the fact that we attend lovingly to every detail. Anything that fails to meet our high standards will not be packaged. The labels on our products are subject to a regular re-launch so as to enable us to present our cus- tomers with a design that has consist- ently undergone adaptation to suit the times. And they must always be perfectly attached!“ Vast customer warehouse Since 1911 the preservation of foodstuffs has determined the eve- ryday activities at Jütro. A very wide range of methods distilled from a wealth of experience going back sev- eral generations is employed. Here it goes without saying that work is carried out on a high-tech basis using the most modern preservation and bottling lines, focusing on conserv- ing the valuable content substances and vitamins to the maximum pos- sible extent. Fully assembled and securely packaged, the goods are put into interim storage in the company’s own warehouses with space for more than 10,000 pallets before being mar- shalled punctually to meet the desired delivery date. First it was gherkins, then it was sauces One of Jütro’s focal points in production is fruit and vegetable preserves. Respect for tradition has resulted in the emergence of a specialist interest in the processing The Labetta is presented at Jütro in a new design format incorporating protective guarding complete with corner pillars and safety doors constructed in the form of lift guards on all four sides