FlexLink in the UK has secured a major order from R. Twining and Company Limited to supply six conveyor production lines for tea box handling. Due to increased demand, the production factory at Andover in the UK has been reorganised. As part of this project, FlexLink has been selected to supply the conveyor lines. The order value is £1,000,000.

This order follows on from a conveyor system successfully installed last year. “We are pleased to be working with FlexLink as a key supplier and we are very satisfied with their products, solutions and services," said Jim Sharp, Works Engineer at Twinings’ Andover factory.

Since 1706, Twinings has been at the forefront of the tea trade – blending and innovating, improving the design and the packaging and introducing new products and new ways of doing business. Success in the competitive worldwide tea market was confirmed in 1972 (and again in 1977) when Twinings became the first tea company to win a Queen’s Award for Export. 

“We are very pleased to receive this order which proves the strength of our offer and technology. We are also very proud about the confidence Twinings is showing us as a supplier. These production lines are a very important part in achieving the production efficiency at Twinings", said Fredrik Jonsson, CEO FlexLink. 

FlexLink started in 1980 and is a leading global supplier of innovative automation solutions to assembly and manufacturing industries. FlexLink, based in Göteborg, Sweden employs 550 people in 20 companies and is represented in 50 countries. In 2001, group turnover was 139 million Euro. 

Göteborg, August 21, 2002

FlexLink AB

For further information, please contact:

Fredrik Jönsson
CEO
+46-31-337 1626
+46-705-17 1626 

Mats Nilsson
Corporate Communication
+46-31-337 1220
+46-703-77 1220

FlexLink AB, 415 50 Göteborg. 
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