Ask ten suppliers how much a filling machine costs and you’ll get ten versions of “it depends”. Annoying, but true. In the UK, you could spend a few thousand pounds on a benchtop unit or north of £250,000 on a…
Nobody has ever described a guard as “mostly there” and meant it as a compliment. Bottling machine safety is binary: either the hazard is controlled or it isn’t. Legislation and harmonised standards govern filling, capping and labelling machinery, and they…
Meet Cap Coder at UK Packaging Expo 2026 Join us at UK Packaging Expo, Exhibition Centre Liverpool, on 10-11 November 2026. You’ll find us on Stand D28, Hall C, where we will be demonstrations some of our bottling machines. Entry…
Machinery law has a reputation for being dry. It is also the reason nobody on your line has lost a finger this year, so it deserves a little respect. If you’re buying, specifying or running filling, capping and labelling equipment…
A complete guide on how to write a bottling URS (User Requirements Specification) A filling machine quote is only as accurate as the information behind it. Suppliers who quote from incomplete specifications tend to produce numbers that shift once trials…
Filling line strategy When should I move from semi-automatic to automatic filling? This is a capital allocation decision disguised as an equipment question. Start with the five signals and a calculator to run your own numbers, then read the full…
GMP Compliance Isn’t Optional. But It Doesn’t Have to Hurt. | Cap Coder ⚠ Interactive features not active REGULATORY & VALIDATION · WHITEPAPER GMP Compliance Isn’t Optional.But It Doesn’t Have to Hurt. A practical guide to GMP-compliant equipment choices for…
There’s a familiar scene that plays out in factories around the world. A business needs a new filling and capping machine. They gather quotes. One machine’s cheaper than the others. The cheaper machine wins. Job done, right? Not always. Because…
Across every sector that relies on bottling and capping; pharmaceuticals, health and beauty, dairy, nutrition and beyond, one challenge keeps rising to the top: labour. Skilled operators are becoming harder to hire, harder to retain and more expensive to train. High…
For manufacturers in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and beauty sectors, sterilisation and traceability are both critical, but too often managed as separate disciplines. As regulatory expectations increase and supply chains become more complex, this separation introduces risk. A fully effective strategy…
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