
Case study for the dairy industry
Emmi's Ostermundigen production plant in Switzerland relies on Hitachi inkjet printing systems for batch marking
Emmi processes around one million tons of milk in the 25 production plants spread across Switzerland. The company is number 1 on the Swiss milk market with a production volume of approximately 3.4 million tons of milk. In 2017, the Emmi Group generated sales of around CHF 3.4 billion. Emmi has been operating the Ostermundigen plant since 2003: around 600 employees work there. 330 tons of milk are processed every day – about a tenth of the milk processed by Emmi in Switzerland. Today the plant is the largest Swiss production site within the group. Top selling products from Ostermundigen are the ten caffè latte variations. "This is probably Emmi's most important brand," says Isidor Lauber, the site manager. In 2012, the product group cracked the magic number of 100 million cartons sold. The product portfolio in Ostermundigen also includes numerous types of yogurt, ice cream and dessert, as well as products that serve the high demand for lactose-free milk.
Overview:
- PKey numbers to remember are 20, 1500 and 50:
- Around 50 Hitachi inkjet printers label all products with batch information at Emmi's Ostermundigen plant near Bern.
- The bonus number is 10, because the oldest inkjet printer produced by the Japanese printing experts has been in service for ten years.
With Hitachi printers, we can integrate the service requirements into our production schedule more easily.
We control the print ourselves – the high print quality is easily recognisable.
The refilling of solvent and ink must be easy and clean.
