FlexLink launches a completely new conveyor system that corresponds to future demands on increased hygiene and flexible production capacity. The system is based on FlexLink's 20 years of experience from flexible conveyor systems and years of cooperation with world-leading companies in the food industry.

At the "Forum for profitable automation" at FlexLink in Göteborg, Sweden on September 17, Thomas Ohlsson, professor at the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnolgy, points at the following trends: short production series, quick turnover with minimal losses, increased hygiene, decreased processing and increased traceability of products.

FlexLink answers to these demands by launching a completely new conveyor system based on stainless steel, designed to meet requirements on high throughput and hygiene. A number of patent pending developments secure that the conveyors may be built according to the well-known FlexLink principle, maintaining a high degree of flexibility on site. The conveyors are supplied as standard modules in order to further reduce lead-time.

The new hygienic conveyor can be run at speeds corresponding to the requirements for PET bottles, where capacities exceeding 60.000 units per hour are being projected. The new system has attracted considerable attention from users, who presently are being served by a large number of local suppliers with limited development resources. 

"We expect this extension into a new sector of our existing customers' manufacturing process will give us considerable growth during the coming years" says Fredrik Jönsson, 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, September 17, 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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