schwäbisch hall, 28 october 2014. the popularity of the products of finland&rsquos leading dairy producer, valio, continues to grow beyond the national borders. sales are increasing in russia and sweden. to meet this growing demand, valio is now expanding its machinery inventory by adding its fifth combiseptic 81series cup filling and sealing machine manufactured by oystar gasti.with an output of up to 16,000 cups per hour, the format and product flexible, twolane machine will significantly increase the production capacities at valio&rsquos plant in oulu starting in december 2014. the machine with two dosing units will be filling preformed 75mmdiameter cups with a broad variety of dairy items. the continuous operation of the machine means that filled cups can be transported to the sealing station at high speeds without the contents sloshing around. the modular design of the machine makes it possible to change formats in less than 30 minutes it also has a builtin, automatic cip cleaning function.valio once again turns to oystar gasti with the purchase of its new combiseptic 81. &ldquowe&rsquore already working successfully with four cup filling and sealing machines from this series, as well as a dogatherm 81 cup filler from oystar gasti,&rdquo explains martti kimpimäki, plant director for valio in oulu. &ldquothis new machine will allow us to better exploit our production capacities in future and to further expand our international market position.&rdquoabout valiovalio ltd. is the largest dairy producer in finland, marketing around 1,000 different products, including all kinds of milk, powdered milk, yogurt, quark, desserts, cheese and butter. in the milk market, the company is the leading producer in the nation, responsible for 85 percent of production. valio is part of 18 dairy cooperatives with 7,900 dairy farmers. it has 15 production sites in finland, along with two plants in estonia and one plant and one logistics center in russia.www.valio.comabout oystar gastigasti verpackungsmaschinen gmbh with its principal place of business in schwäbisch hall badenwürttemberg is a globally operating company in the oystar group. the company specializes in the development and design of cup filling and sealing machines for preformed cupsmade of plastic, paper, aluminum and composite materials for liquid to pasty products. the company&rsquos portfolio focuses on the dairy and food industry.about oystar groupoystar. the packaging group is one of the world&rsquos leading suppliers of packaging machinery, technology and services. oystar has extensive knowhow in the key industries of dairy products and food. based in stutensee near karlsruhe, germany, the holding company currently represents 9 production locations in europe and asia as well as numerous sales and service companies. at present oystar holding employs a workforce of more than 1,000 worldwide and generated a total of approximately eur 200 million in sales in 2013.
