EkoLine from Nuova Fima achieves market success

Nuova Fima, the Sacmi Group brand specialising in the production of end-of-line machinery, is achieving strong market success with its EkoLine range of solutions, which are proving highly popular due to their performance and flexibility.

No less than 73 solutions have been installed to date, including 37 EkoWrap and 26 EkoRoll packaging machines capable of reducing cardboard consumption by up to 65% while boosting output rates. The company has also shipped 10 EkoSort sorting lines featuring a simplified sorting system that can be set up directly via the software and used for any product size or thickness, thus minimising the time needed for size changeovers.

The EkoLine range is mainly used by the Italian tile industry, which accounts for more than 90% of all installations. Combined use of the three solutions EkoWrap, EkoRoll and EkoSort for managing the most commonly packaged sizes (from 15x90 cm, 75x150 cm and 20x120 cm through to 90x180 cm) has proved to be the winning factor as it effectively covers the entire range of market demand. Further factors that won over Italian companies include the 100% product edge protection and the significant savings in production costs due to a 30% reduction in gluing points, reduced waste and lower disposal costs, and more than 50% savings on cardboard.