A proud SIG team with the award

SIG was awarded “Top Futuristic Technology” at the Gulfood Manufacturing award ceremony for its next-generation filling machine, SIG Neo in Dubai.

SIG Neo, which the company said is the centrepiece of its next-generation food and beverage filling technology, impressed the jury at the “Gulfood Manufacturing Innovation Awards 2021”. The filling machine will redefine a new era for the global F&B industry as the company said it is the world’s fastest filling machine for family-size carton packs with an output of up to 18,000 packs per hour.

In addition, the SIG Neo has best-in-class sterility rates and reduced consumption of resources – all adding to improved total cost of ownership and a 25 per cent lower carbon footprint compared to SIG’s current generation filling machines for family-size carton packs.

Abdelghany Eladib, President and General Manager at SIG said: “SIG is renowned for its technological masterpieces and forward-looking innovations, and SIG Neo only fortifies our position as a regional and international leader in the F&B industry. Winning this award at the most reputable F&B manufacturing show in the region shows that sustainability and innovation are at the heart of what we do.”

Stefan Mergel, Senior Product Manager Equipment at SIG said: “SIG Neo is fast, flexible, trustworthy, innovative, and has one of the lowest carbon footprints possible for an aseptic filling machine. It is the greatest machine SIG has ever engineered and the best in the market.”

SIG Neo will help SIG’s F&B customers to optimise output while minimising costs. It reduces total cost of ownership through longer production runs, shorter cleaning times and increased technical efficiency. The machine also offers added flexibility, as customers can choose between 12,000, 16,000 or 18,000 packs per hour and between different volume sizes up to 1 litre. To complement the filling machine SIG has developed SIG Pacer, a fully automated sleeve magazine powered by a robotic arm, and SIG Cruiser, a new user interface which operates the entire filling line end-to-end.

Ian Wood, Chief Technology Officer at SIG, said: “F&B producers have tight deadlines and demanding production and profitability goals, as well as sustainability targets to meet. To fulfil all their needs, we’ve built a world-class system that’s far more flexible and efficient than any other on the market.”

SIG is also launching combivita, a new family-size aseptic carton pack, which will be filled on SIG Neo machines. combivita has been developed following extensive consumer-centric research and provides new levels of convenience and differentiation.