OAL to Build New April Robotics Production Facility

OAL announces the building of a new facility to support their April Robotics Systems in Peterborough, UK. It meets a growing demand in orders, as food manufacturers seek to avoid rising costs in the UK and Europe through significant productivity improvements.

Currently, 529,800 people globally are associated with the common repetitive task of weighing dry “micro” ingredients. The April Robotics Weighing System automates this task and when linked with April Logistics, fully automates the ingredient and material management within factories.

Harry Norman, Owner/Managing Director at OAL, says: “We’re committed to eliminating manual handling in the front end of food processing, and the new April facility gives our team a great space to develop and demonstrate what that means for food manufacturers. We have a strong reputation for building large scale material handling projects, and advanced manufacturing software (OAL Connected) and the April developments complement these thriving parts of the business.”

Food manufacturers will be able to to learn more and see demonstrations at the factory opening on January 18, 2018. The opening will coincide with the “Food Manufacturing 2030” conference, which challenges food manufacturers to think and discuss how food production will change over the next decade.

OAL collaborates with large bakery companies such as Warburtons, Kingsmill, ADM, Kolak or Weetabix.