Speed, efficiency, flexibility, and reliability play a key role in industrial production. This also applies at WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, a company belonging to the Weilburger Group, with headquarters in the northern Bavarian town of Gerhardshofen. As one of the world’s leading suppliers of coatings, adhesives, and flexographic inks for the printing and packaging industries, the company develops and produces its innovative products on two of the world’s most state-of-the-art production systems in this market segment. To be able to fill coatings faster, more reliably, and in larger quantities, Weilburger has benefited from the use of various automated and semi-automated filling systems from Fricke Abfülltechnik since 2010. Thanks to its steadily increasing order volumes, WEILBURGER Graphics will put an additional Fricke system into operation during the course of this year.
Every day, WEILBURGER Graphics produces more than 130 tons of water-based and UV varnishes for the graphics industry; these coatings can be used, for example, in the manufacture of food packaging made of cardboard or plastic. To optimize the process of filling coatings in different batch sizes of up to 30 m3, the company has been investing in new production systems since 2010, with the family owned company Fricke, from Minden, as their preferred manufacturer. “With Fricke, we’ve found a very capable, cooperative, and trustworthy partner that has advised us competently and on equal terms since the very start. The equipment was built in line with our requirements and integrated into our production processes according to our wishes in a way that allows for a perfect workflow,” said Jochen Weghorn, head of production UV at WEILBURGER Graphics.