Aston Manor Brewery is a leading drinks business that owns, markets and distributes a range of cider brands in the UK and globally. It handles contract packing production lines which run glass and PET bottles while a can line recently installed at the West Country facility has the capacity to fill 72,000 cans per hour.
Aluminium cans are easily damaged in the supply chain and if this happens the entire load can be spoiled says Graham Cosslett, factory manager at Aston Manor’s Tiverton plant.
As a result Aston Manor has added Jayline Products’ load cushions to the forklift trucks. These help eliminate the risk of damage to canned products by forming a barrier between the load and the back of the forks as the pallet is picked up.
“I am pleased to say that we have not experienced problems with can damage since our can line went live and much of the credit for this must go to the load cushions,” Cosslet adds.
