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Innovative Technology for Custom Machinery

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Innovative Technology for Custom Machinery

ITCM is a world leader in the design and build of custom machinery and product solutions for packaging and processing. We help customers develop and launch new products to market and achieve world-beating factory productivity creating special purpose machines and equipment that are unique to each customer, and each product. With over 25 years’ experience in the business, ITCM also supplies custom packaging machinery solutions to speed up existing production lines, improve product quality, and increase flexibility, enabling significant reduction in operating and maintenance costs.

We partner with customers to help them meet the challenges currently facing the consumer goods manufacturing sectors. This includes, for example, solutions to help protect key brands, capitalise on emerging markets, embrace lean manufacturing principles and reduce carbon footprint.

ITCM is your partner for:

• Innovative machines
• New product development
• World class productivity

Special Purpose Machines

We operate globally in a variety of manufacturing sectors including food, drink and confectionery, medical devices and pharmaceuticals packaging, personal care, promotional packaging and other consumer goods. With confidentiality as a core value, ITCM generates new IP for the sole benefit of our customers, providing long-term competitive advantage and differentiation in their markets. We are the company responsible for the design and development of the special purpose machines to make the famous pyramid® tea bags, which established a powerful brand identity and market-leading position for PG Tips.

Our core skills include the handling and filling of powders, infusions, liquids, solids and gels. We are also experts in the handling and conversion of reel-fed and board-based materials including delicate filter papers, films, carton-board and laminates. Assembly automation and the use of robotics to support manufacture is another key skill area in the design of our special purpose machines. Our custom packaging machinery is designed to support lean manufacturing by reducing inventory and cycle times, typically facilitating late-stage customisation and rapid changeovers on the line.

Our well-proven, risk-managed process delivers ‘fast-track’ projects providing you with the special purpose machinery for full-scale production, faster than your competitors. We prefer to partner with our customers early in the new product development process thus ensuring a rapid time to market for new ideas, and valuable ‘design for manufacture’ input from the start of a project.