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Andy Sigrist

UNIFILLER
FAST FACTS
Unifiller Systems has a unique
focus related to retail bakeries
and foodservice. A large team of
consultative customer representative are continually in the field
with customers listening to them
and observing their challenges. A
unique Applications team at
Unifiller staffed with technical
experts then uses the feedback to
work with a dedicated Development team to focus on providing
innovation with the best possible
solutions. The fully equipped
Unifiller Technology Center provides customer training, personal
mentoring, demonstrations and
live testing using original Unifiller
equipment. Partners and customers benefit from the ability to do
perfect test production for customized, innovative new products.

Retail bakeries and foodservice providers

geared to this section of the market," Sigrist

are continuously facing new challenges and

says. "For example, where the requirement

trends. Speciﬁc trends relate to efficiency,

for more delicate and fresher products is

ergonomics, product differentiation, quality,

a challenge for the baker, Uniﬁller offers

shelf life, clean labels, reduced product

opportunities with the new SV product valve

waste, safety and availability of skilled and

technology on depositors that allows for

committed staff, says Andy Sigrist, director

easier and smoother product ﬂow through

of special projects at Uniﬁller Systems.

the equipment allowing for larger inclusions

"Their customers expect products of higher

to pass through and optimally maintaining

quality, healthier and fresher," he says.

the integrity of delicate products."

"Differentiation in a competitive environment includes the need for products that

Retail bakers and foodservice customers

are unique, with appealing visual appear-

increasingly replace pneumatic controlled

ance and with a larger variety of inclusions."

equipment with electronically controlled
Uniﬁller equipment, Sigrist says. Unique

Local trends, such as tres leches cakes in

Uniﬁller electronic servo-controlled deposi-

Central and South America, are becoming

tors are able to control the deposit cycle more

more popular worldwide. The gluten-free

accurately (compared to industry typical

sector continues to grow. Single-serve

pneumatic depositors), spread products more

desserts continue to be popular with more

evenly, deposit more accurately and provide

varieties being developed. Uniﬁller offers

for smaller minimum portions. They are faster

speciﬁc solutions in all of these areas.

to set up on the touch screen with recipe
storage, reducing the need for skilled workers.

"Uniﬁller has a speciﬁc focus on retail
bakery and foodservice and offers a wide

From a Uniﬁller perspective, the equipment

product range of equipment and solutions

trends are to replace mechanical motion
and adjustments increasingly with electronics. While this trend already has a solid
foothold on larger, industrial equipment, it
is becoming more affordable and common
on smaller equipment that is more typically
used in the retail market.
"Uniﬁller single-piston and multi-piston
depositors with servo control are providing
unmatched solutions to control depositors
more accurately," Sigrist says. "Beyond that
they provide menu-based recipe storage,
statistics, production tracking and ability to
supervisory control systems. Robotic solutions from Uniﬁller, already a stable product
line of Uniﬁller for larger automated systems,
will become more feasible and common for
the retail bakeries and foodservice companies, offering new possibilities to innovation."

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