Tata Global Beverages has equipped its largest Tetley Tea factory with a robotic packaging line from Sewtec Automation.
The company’s Eaglescliff, UK plant produces 260 million tea bags a week. The new equipment packages fruit teas at a rate of 2,000 bags per minute.
“Automation is vital to our manufacturing process, now and in the future,” said John Bishop, Tata Global Beverages’ engineering manufacturing manager. “We appointed Sewtec because of its outstanding reputation in delivering bespoke automated solutions for the beverage industry,” he said.
Sewtec is based in Dewsbury, UK.
Learn more: sewtec.co.uk