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he main international research institutes forsee, that in 2018, there will be a moderate rise in consumption within the food market, for this reason there will be more competition among food and beverage companies than in recent years. Therefore, as a supplier to hundreds of companies around the world, that work within this context, we continually invest in new products and technology, so that we can offer sufficient support, in terms of innovative solutions, to face and beat market challenges. Only by being competitive and having the ability to quickly adapt their production line to new market...

SECTOR: FOOD PICKLES RABE SPREEWÄLDER KONSERVEN GMBH & CO. KG Lübbenau, Brandenburg, Germany www.rabe-gmbh.de Shrink wrapper CSK 50T ERGON GEO LOCATION RABE SPREEWÄLDER KONSERVEN. I 4

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A FOREST REFLECTED IN WATER 00 km south-east of Berlin, in the “Spreewald” (Forest of Sprea), lies a unique countryside characterised by an alluvial plain which has remained in its natural state. This region, very much like the "Venetian area", is furrowed by a network of over 300 canals and waterways that fill the area of the ancient swampy forest, just like Venice, the Spreewald moves with the water. It's as though you're in another world, each house has its own small boat which move slowly, around the silent canals emersed in the greenery of nature. RABE SPREEWÄLDER KONSERVEN I 6 This region,...

DISCOVER LÜBBEN AND LÜBBENAU FROM A “PUNT” Lübben and Lübbenau are the two main cities that interest tourists in the Spreewald region of the Brandenburg Land. To discover the fascination of these places, you need to take a trip along the numerous canals on a boat propelled by a long pole, called a “Punt”. Lübbenau is known as the “city of Punts“, this kind of rowing boat has a flat bottom and a square bow designed to be used on small, shallow waterways, the “Punter“, which is a long pole, is used to move the boat. This picturesque type of boat is of vital importance to the inhabitants of this...

he history of the Rabe Spreewälder Konserven is tied to the agricultural history of this region of the Sprea Forest, which, by the 15th Century, was already specialising in the cultivation of various kinds of vegetables, especially cucumbers, horseradish and onions. Eaten freshly picked, in a jar with spices, mustard, garlic, and pepper or in the pickled vinegar version, cucumbers from the Sprea Forest are always a tasty snack any time during the day. For people who love these products, there is even a 260 km cycling track, the Gurkenradweg (Road of the Cucumber), along which you can find the...

RABE: A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY he cultivation of vegetables has also played an important role in the development of the Spreewald region and has been fundamental to today's economic structure. Since the 15th Century, farmers have specialised in the cultivation of various kinds of vegetables, especially cucumber, horseradish and onions and today, this area of Brandenburg is famous as the land of cucumber cultivation. The history of the Rabe Spreewälder Konserven company began in 1898, when Ernst Lehmann began producing cucumbers and horseradish. In the following years the company was handed over...

THE SMI SOLUTION FOR RABE SPREEWALDER KONSERVEN WtFVvAi DR ARC To automate and optimise the end of line secondary packaging procedure, the German company once again turned to SMI. In 2014 they had already bought a tray former from the TF 400 series. Now the process of modernising the production plant in the Lubbenau factory, made it necessary to invest in a new plant that would be able to wrap different kinds of glass bottles and jars in lots of different tray+film formats. The installation of the new compact shrink wrapper from the CSK series was immediately chosen as the best solution, as this...

CSK 50T SHRINK WRAPPER - For production up to 50 packs/minute Packaged products: glass jars 0.143L / 0.25L / 0.3L / 0.72 L; glass bottles 0.2 L Packages worked: 4x2 in tray+film (jars 0.143L bottles 0,2L); 3x2 in tray+film (jar 0.25 L); 4x3 in tray+film (jar 0.37 L); 4x3 in tray+film (jar 0.72 L) Main advantages: • shrink wrapper equipped with a motorised system of oscillating guides at the infeed of the machine, these help to correctly channel the loose containers onto a conveyor equipped with chains made from thermoplastic, with a low friction co-efficient • formation of loose containers into...

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FROM THE FIELD TO THE JAR THE LONG JOURNEY OF THE CUCUMBER The discovery of the cucumber began with golden yellow flowers that bloom in the middle of fields, rich with humus, and quickly produce their tasty fruit, which is rich in vitamins. Once ripe, the cucumbers are picked and undergo constant checking in the laboratories of the Rabe Spreewälder Konserven and in special food institutes so as to guarantee the quality. Apart from these regular checks, the whole range of production undergoes minute selection through which, only the best examples arrive on the consumer's table, as the consumer...

SPREEWALD: A NATURAL PARADISE Centuries of land cultivation have created a mosaic of meadows, countryside and forest, as well as a network of waterways that extend for over a 1,000 km, characterised by small rivers, canals and over 3,000 lakes and ponds. This is the Sprea Forest, a picturesque area south of Berlin, the name which was taken from the river Sprea which flows throughout, is an alluvial plain in its natural state, where the development of heterogeneous environments, home to a a wide variety of animal and vegetable species, is the lucky result of human intervention. There are still...