Ishida

Stand number: 3D04

Country: South Africa

PackagingMachineryEquipmentFood ProcessingWeighingPackaging

Ishida is a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of end-to-end weighing, packing and safety solutions for the food industry, helping manufacturers increase automation and compliance, reduce cost and downtime, increase operational efficiencies and brand protection, and maximise profits.

With an installed global base well in excess of 100,000 industrial machines, covering a huge number of applications and end markets, the company is the undisputed world market leader for multihead weighers and one of the leading global suppliers of snack food bagmakers, graders, traysealers, X-ray inspection systems, checkweighers, leak detectors and Industry 5.0 solutions.

This extensive product range, together with the company’s in-depth knowledge and experience of many food sectors, mean that Ishida is able to design and install complete turnkey solutions for products such as snacks and other dry foods, meat, poultry, fish, dairy, ready meals and fresh produce.

The company’s vision is to play an enduring and indispensable role in the global food supply chain, ensuring food products are delivered and consumed safely, efficiently and sustainably.

As of March 2024, Ishida has further strengthened its presence and offering to customers on the African continent with the acquisition of specialist South African packaging equipment manufacturer National Packaging Systems (NPS) based in Pinetown, near Durban. NPS has built a strong reputation for the design and manufacture of high-performance and reliable vertical form, fill and seal machines for sachets, stick packs and pillow packs, as well as volumetric fillers, auger fillers and feed systems.

Ishida's product range includes:

Traditional multihead weighers for free flowing or semi-sticky food products

Screw feeder weighers for sticky fresh food

Fresh Food Weighers for very sticky and fragile food

Cutgate weighers for granular products

VFFS bagmakers for snack food

Filling-, Distribution and Topping Systems

RobotGraders and FlexGraders for fresh poultry, meat and fish

Traysealers

Ishida AirScan leak detectors

X-ray inspection systems

Seal integrity testers for pillow packs and trays