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Intro
Serac
2015 Sales turnover
114 MioE (90Mio€ 2012) (70% machines; 30% services)
580 employees
 
www.serac-group.com
 
Headquarters: ferté-Bernard, France
 
 
Serac group is a privately owned company located in Ferté-Bernard, France. The company designs, assembles and provides packaging solutions (machines and lines) to industrial companies and end-users.
 
For the PET sector, Serac offers solutions for PET bottle manufacturing, filling and capping. More than 5 000 machines have been installed in more than 100 countries.
 
 
4 key sales areas
 
It comprises of 11 commercial offices located in France, Brazil, USA, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Russia, Japan, China, Spain, England and 6 factories in France (3),  Brazil (1),  U.S. A. (1) and  Malaysia (1).
 
Serac Inc is responsible for North and Central America
Serac Do Brasil is responsible for South America
Serac SAS and Nova are responsible for Europe, the Middle-East and Africa
Serac Asia is responsible for Asia and the Pacific
History
1969
 
The French engineer Jean-Jaques Graffin founds Serac
 
1972
 
Serac introduces its first rotary filli8ng machine (for fresh milk)
 
1978
 
Serac introduces the first electronic weight filling machine at Interpack, Düsseldorf
1982
 
Serac introduces aseptic filling machine for UHT
 
1988
 
Creation of Serac Aseptic in France
 
2004
Serac acquires Nova (Food-filling in preformed-cups) in France
 
2013
 
Serac introduces its first PET bottle blowing machine, created inhouse
 
2014
 
Serac acquires Agami in France (Roll N Blow Process for PP and PS bottle manufacturing)
 
 
Products/Technology
Packaging manufacturing: Our expertise in bottle manufacturing is the result of a strategic move initiated in 2010 when a stake in Agami (PS and PP bottle manufacturing) was acquired. In 2013 Serac introduced its first PET bottle blowing machine.
 
Packaging decontamination
Container decontamination systems for  Serac’s ultra-clean and aseptic filling machines. Serac designs and/or integrates container decontamination and closing
 
Filling
Machine manufacturing for bottle filling with liquid products and has more recently acquired expertise in food product filling in preformed cups.
 
Capping
Machine manufacturing to seal and cap bottles or containers
 
Turnkey lines:
Turnkey lines in collaboration between Serac’s skilled engineers and their partners, specialized in the production of specific line components (conveyors, palletizers, labellers, …). for customized solutions, from container filling to palletizing.
 
Life cycle services
Serac provides support and advice in engineering, installation and commissioning, preventive maintenance, retrofits, upgrades, training, tooling, performance enhancing, spare parts…
 
 
Applications/Markets:
Main markets are
dairy products,
edible oil
home and personal care products
 
 
 
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Products
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