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Powder handling, lifting and packaging solutions company Kockums Bulk Systems will be exhibiting a vacuum conveyor, metering feeder, Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) system, as well as a collection of vacuum lifters at Foodpro.

Its materials handling solutions range from standalone equipment through to turnkey systems, and include the handling of raw materials in sacks or bulk bags, conveying, recipe batching, sieving, mixing, and packaging.

Its vacuum lifting equipment includes the VacuEasylift and VacuCobra, which safely lifts bags, cartons, drums and products like frozen meat.

The clean design Protema Lift trolley with EasySqueeze attachment for loading film rolls onto packing machines will also be on display.

Kockums has been the exclusive Australian representative of TAWI, Sweden since the 1980s.

It will be exhibiting at stand E56 at Foodpro.

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