Last year, Karmelle was approached by award-winning North Yorkshire distillery, Masons. With demand for its gin growing, the brand needed a more efficient filling, capping and labelling system.
Our technical team gladly accepted the challenge, designing a complete filling line that would enable Masons to increase production rates without compromising the quality of its premium product.
An end-to-end bottling solution.
The custom line comprised a 4 Head Filling Machine, a T Cork Capper, and a 3-point Wraparound Labelling Machine.
Each machine was designed with Masons’ production requirements in mind. For its team, consistency and accuracy were of paramount importance.
The labeller needed to achieve particularly high levels of accuracy, applying front, back and security watch strap labels to Masons’ bespoke glass bottles. Labelling specialist Grahame was able to use a marker on the bottles’ base for registration, ensuring that labels were applied in line with the distinctive ‘Yorkshire rose’ emblem.
Masons’ gin bottle on the incomplete line.
The line was manufactured and assembled in Karmelle’s factory, while Masons prepared a custom-built filling room to house it.
Masons’ gin filling equipment in the workshop.
In April, the Masons team (including managing director Karl, assistant business development manager Sam and warehouse and operations manager Harry) attended factory acceptance tests at Karmelle’s facility. After some final adjustments, their filling line was ready to be delivered.
Testing the labelling machine.
Streamlining production.
Our engineers installed the system at Masons’ Bedale distillery, before providing operator training for its staff. Automating the liquid packaging process has enabled the Masons team to fill, cap and label in an hour what they were previously producing in a full working day.
The turnkey gin bottling system, installed in Masons’ filling room.
Masons’ T cork capper.
The filling line, ready to run.
We hope that, with the help of its new equipment, this innovative Yorkshire distillery will continue to thrive.
To learn more about our complete turnkey systems, call 01484 533356.
