Three Fluid-Bag Discharge Rollers on a set of eight mother tanks at the Franklin printing facilities in Melbourne. |  | September 2009
Flint Group, Australia imports printing inks from Europe earlier received in tanks which were emptied into totes before distribution to customers. Today printing inks are imported in Fluid-Bag containers sent directly from the supplier in Europe to customers in Australia. “Flint Group changed over to Fluid-Bags to save one step in the logistics chain”, says Mr. Jagdish Bhatt, Regional Operations Manager – India Pacific.
One of Flint’s customers The Franklin Printing Group based in Melbourne, is a large printing company producing catalogues and direct mail pieces. After tests they were pleased with the new logistics system and asked for supplies in Fluid-Bags. To minimize residue it was decided to install discharge rollers for which Fluid-Bag designed a rail system with mobile discharge rollers on top of the mother tanks. The first installation was in December 2008. Thanks to the rail system only one discharge roller is needed for a set of four mother tanks and three discharge rollers for a set of eight mother tanks.
Both the Flint Group and Franklin Printing Group have gained added value from Fluid-Bag’s global logistics system.
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