BURY HILL LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES INVESTS IN NEW AUTOMATED BAGGING PLANT FROM BULK AUTOMATION

Bury Hill Landscape Supplies has invested in a new fully automated growing media bagging line from Bulk Automation, providing increased production capacity and a more efficient solution for packing growing media products into small bags.

The complete system was designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned by Bulk Automation and is now fully operational at Bury Hill’s site, where it is being used for live production.

The project aimed to replace Bury Hill’s existing manual packing process with a fully automated production system, increasing output while significantly reducing manual handling requirements.

The automated process combines product handling, accurate dosing, vertical form-fill-seal bagging, filled-bag preparation and robotic palletising. By automating these previously manual tasks, Bury Hill has been able to redeploy staff from manual packing to other areas of the business.

Following filling and sealing, the system automatically prepares the bags and transfers them to an ABB robotic palletising system. Additionally, an automatic pallet handling system manages pallet movements throughout the process, creating a fully integrated end-of-line solution.

The robotic palletising cell features fixed guarding and integrated safety systems, helping to protect operators while maintaining efficient automated production.

Throughout the installation, Bury Hill shared updates describing the investment as “a major step forward for its production line, helping to improve efficiency, consistency and output while supporting future growth”.

The completed system is now being used to produce Bury Hill’s extensive range of growing media products in small bags.

With additional production capacity now available, Bury Hill is also looking to support other businesses requiring small-bag contract packing. This provides an opportunity for companies to expand their product range into smaller retail or consumer-sized bags without the need to invest in their own automated packaging plant.

The project demonstrates Bulk Automation’s ability to deliver complete, fully integrated packaging systems tailored to the individual requirements of each customer.

From initial concept and system design through to equipment manufacture, installation, commissioning and production support, Bulk Automation provides a complete turnkey approach to automated packaging.

The Bury Hill project brings together automated product handling, dosing, vertical form-fill-seal technology, bag handling, robotic palletising and automatic pallet handling into a single integrated production solution.

The result is a modern, flexible and scalable packaging system capable of supporting Bury Hill’s current production requirements while providing additional capacity for future growth and contract packing opportunities.