An excellent reputation for supplying high quality filling machines has secured Riggs Autopack a recent order from Tiresford Guernsey Gold. Cheshire based Tiresford is run by a first generation of family farmers who produce award winning natural yoghurt and a range of fruit yoghurts containing fragile particulates, using milk from their Guernsey cows.

Tiresford Guernsey Gold was established in 2004 by father and son team Andrew and John Hope, run as the yoghurt production subsidiary of their Tiresford farm. Over the years, demand for their goods has steadily increased and whilst they still produce yoghurt in small batch runs, Tiresford's owners realised that to keep pace with their customers requirements they needed a cost effective, semi-automated depositing system.

This was to be their first step into automated yoghurt production and it was paramount to the company that when sourcing a new filling machine they had total confidence in a well established and industry respected machine manufacturer and supplier. They require exceptional quality standards in their finished goods and therefore needed a damage free and highly accurate form of automated depositing.

Following successful machine trials at their Cheshire farm it was clear that Lancashire based machine manufacturer Riggs Autopack were able to provide a superior form of volumetric filling. As a direct result, Tiresford Guernsey Gold recently purchased a semi-automatic table top filling machine from Riggs to fill 140g fruit yoghurt pots and 400g natural yoghurt pots.

This compact and robust volumetric filler is ideally suited for small to medium scale food manufacturers producing short batch runs or those manufacturers who need to improve production rates by moving from manual filling to a more accurate and repeated process. It provides damage free handling, outstanding filling accuracy and weight control, and the new filling machine at Tiresford has been easily integrated into existing production systems.

View Tiresford Guernsey Gold's website at www.tggcheshireyogurt.co.uk