Working alongside Australia and New Zealand’s roasters for more than 15 years, ADM Packaging Automation reveals how its pouch fillers are helping coffee companies pivot to the shifting demands of consumers.
The way coffee drinkers are consuming their morning cup is changing, with many choosing to prepare espresso-style coffee at home. As the domestic machine market has accelerated, new value-aligned bean-to-cup models are being released that don’t include a grinder and therefore require pre-ground coffee.
This shift has resulted in a rise in demand for retail ground coffee in place of whole beans, which has seen some roasters pivot their offerings. Providing packaging machines to the food and coffee industries for almost three decades, the team at ADM Packaging Automation quickly realised their clients across Australia and New Zealand needed a tailored and flexible solution for this new era of coffee consumption.
“When we built our first coffee-pouch filling machines, the industry was all about whole bean as that was how roasters packaged their products,” says George Fakhry, Director of ADM Packaging Automation.
“Our product innovation always comes directly from our customers. Many roasters had come to us saying they needed a machine that could easily pack both whole and ground coffee, so we developed a flexible option that could not only do that but also handle a range of different pack styles and weights.”
Designed and manufactured in Australia, the ADM-DP312 Combo fully automates the packaging line. It can bag both whole and ground coffee, and a trained operator can switch both the format and bag size in 15 minutes – meaning roasters don’t need to buy separate packaging machines for each product and take up precious floor space.
The machine can also process six different bag types, including pillow, doy, block bottom, quad seal, retort, and flat pouch, as well as bag sizes from 250 grams up to two kilograms. These functionalities are designed to give roasters maximum flexibility, especially businesses that process beans for multiple coffee brands.
“This is the bean-to-cup model of packaging machines – it performs every step of the process. It accurately weighs and doses the coffee, opens and fills the bag, and then precisely seals it for optimum freshness. It’s hugely versatile and caters to a wide range of roasters’ needs,” says George.
“No other company in Australia offers anything like the ADM-DP312 Combo. The machine is dedicated to both formats and an experienced operator can cover a basic bag change in five minutes.”
While this model processes up to 14 bags per minute, George and the ADM team are working on a soon-to-be-released Twin version that will double the output speed.
“The new ADM-DPT31 Twin will be a great partner product alongside the original for bigger roasteries producing a large volume of coffee. The Twin will pack either whole beans or ground coffee, but together they will be a dynamic duo,” he says.
When a client approaches ADM, the team of packaging-machine specialists work closely alongside the roaster to tailor the solution to best fit their production space.
“There are a few different ways we can configure the machine and we’ve been able to squeeze it into some surprisingly small areas,” says George.
“We are trying to build up our stock of the ADM-3 Series pouch fillers, but demand is high and it can be a challenge to deliver orders within six months. However, due to their popularity, we’re continuing to ramp up production to meet these timelines.”
Over the years, ADM has worked with some of Australia’s leading large-scale roasteries. George says the feedback they receive from the industry is always incredible and highlights the ongoing servicing and maintenance the company provides after installation.
“We work with almost all the best roasteries in Australia and New Zealand. They always comment on the service we provide as well as the clear communication and instruction on how to use the equipment,” he says.
“ADM has been so successful in the region that we’re now branching out to supply coffee roasters in Canada and the United Kingdom. Many of the companies we work with rate our machines so highly that they go on to install a second and third. This is why we’re the most popular packaging machine manufacturer for the coffee industry in Australia, replacing most of the outdated import models.”
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