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The Latest And Greatest News From A&E Conveyor Systems Company.
We’re excited to announce the newest addition to our A&E | BIEFFECO team.
Tom Shedosky has joined A&E | BIEFFECO filling the role of Director of Sales! Tom brings to the team 40 years of diverse business experience in engineering, sales & marketing.
He graduated from DeVry Institute of Technology where he received a degree in electrical engineering and business.
After graduating he started his career at Borg-Warner Automotive. His role was plant manufacturing & automation engineer focused on technical instrumentation & controls. He grew professionally in this role for several years before becoming an electrical engineer in the OEM field.
Utilizing his electrical engineering experience, he entered a sales and applications engineering role. This role led to building strong client relationships. With his growth in building client relationships, he seamlessly transitioned into an automated production line sales role. With his years of experience in the manufacturing environment, he felt he could better relate to client’s needs.
“I’ve always prided myself on being an advocate for clients. From meeting proposal and drawing deadlines to ensuring on-time delivery of quality equipment are my goals. The best part of my job is collaborating with clients to better understand their day-to-day activities and challenges regarding production line design and balanced line controls ultimately resulting in production lines that are highly efficient and run as the client expects.”
To gain more insight into Tom vast business experience please visit his Linked In profile at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/productionlines/
Please contact Tom directly today and start building a successful and prosperous business relationship.
Tom Shedosky
Director of Sales
A&E Conveyor Systems | BIEFFECO
P: 608-617-0173
E: tshedosky@ae-conveyor.com
W: www.ae-conveyor.com | www.bieffeco.us
Two World Class Companies In The Packaging Solutions Business Category Have Merged!
We’re excited to announce our strategic merger with BIEFFECO Inc. which is the North American division of Italian based company BIEFFE.
The joining of our companies brings together two globally focused organizations that will be greatly beneficial to all our current and future clients.
The merger is an opportunity for BIEFFECO Inc. to strengthen its engineering, manufacturing and professional support service activities in the United States while also solidifying its expansion plans for North America.
For A&E it provides a truly global reach for potential clients while also providing new equipment and professional support service solutions for our current and potential clients.
Overall, it creates a great synergy between our organizations regarding the unique equipment and service solutions we can now offer our clients in the food, beverage, consumer products, pharmaceutical and craft beer business categories.
BIEFFECO Inc. is a best-in-class manufacturer of packaging solutions which includes design, manufacturing, integration and support through their network of partners for the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and industrial goods industries. BIEFFECO Inc. is BIEFFE’s North American headquarters with their main corporate offices being based in Italy.
To learn more about this great company visit www.bieffeco.us.
In 2021 we had the chance to once again partner with Maui Brewing Company helping With Custom Designed Equipment & Engineering Solutions for their new expansion.
We started our partnership with Maui Brewing Company in 2014. The partnership was a great success as the client shared “Joe and A&E were awesome! We’ll be back to A&E as we have new demands”. So with that commitment in mind, Maui Brewing Company reached out again in 2021. They came back for our help with their newest expansion.
They were looking to add a larger canning line and needed our vast, best in class consulting experience with installing equipment and the support services needed to make this project a success. Having a limited budget for space planning and engineering services we stepped in to help engineer and plan the space regarding needed custom designed equipment and its placement, conveying, controls and finally installation. We focused on maximum efficiency of the new can line which needed to fit in a limited space.
The project has been a complete success as we’ve moved into the final installation phase of completion. Once again another great client partnership with one of our many craft and spirits brewers.
So if you’re in need of custom designed equipment or service solutions don’t hesitate to contact us today!
In 2014 we broke into the growing craft brewing category, partnering with Maui Brewing Company. See how we helped with their needs.
We saw the craft brewing industry growing and we knew we wanted to partner with these passionate brewing entrepreneurs. We wanted to bring our experience and business expertise to this growing business category.
Like every business we are thinking of ways to take our knowledge, our experience and our expertise in the beverage, food and other categories wanting to putting it to good use.
We had a lot of positive partnerships with the larger brews like Guinness, Heineken and MolsonCoors and wanted to see how we could put our extensive knowledge of this category to work for craft brewers.
In 2014, our first partnership with Maui Brewing Company in Hawaii presented itself. We helped install a complete can line and AVC-500 Pur-Rinse air rinser for a 350 can per minute line. The partnership was a great success as the client shared “Joe and A&E were awesome! We’ll be back to A&E as we have new demands”.
Since that time we’ve had multiple successful partnerships with such craft brewers as SKA Brewing, SweetWater Brewing and Deep Ellum Brewing just to mention a few.
If you are a craft brewer looking for a great partner with a different perspective on how to help your craft brewery grow and expand contact us today!
We Know How To Partner With Craft Breweries, Helping With Custom Designed Equipment & Engineering Solutions.
For more than 30 years we’ve built our reputation, our business, thinking differently for Craft Breweries. We offer a variety of high-quality products and services such as Waterless Rinsing, Table and Mat Top Conveyors and Filling Line Integration helping Craft Breweries solve their space and cost challenges. We work closely with our clients to develop the most efficient, cost effective solutions for their brewery. Our video showcases the many Craft Breweries we’ve partnered with over the years.
A&E’s Custom Designed & Engineered Vacuum Transfer Equipment.
We know the challenges Craft Brewers have when dealing with unloading empty cans from their depalletizer. Cans fall or are tipped over during sweeping from the pallet and have to be managed, most times manually, to keep the filling process going. We’ve designed and engineered a piece of equipment to deal with this challenge. Our Vacuum Transfer Equipment removes these cans automatically from the line preventing jams. This is a great solution for both high speed lines and hard to reach single fillers. This innovative custom designed equipment helps keep filling lines running while also keeping employees safe.
A&E, Once Again Partners With Avery Brewing Company To Help With Their Brewery’s Success.
In 2015 we partnered with Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado. We helped custom design and install a complete can line which included a SKA depalletizer, A&E Pur-Rinse Air Rinser, Pack Tech six packer and tray packer and full can conveyance.
In 2021 they were planning to upgrade the packaging end of their fill line with a carton machine which included a multi-pack feeding system to their cartoner. The new packaging requirements needed to allow running 4-24 pack cartons, loose pack, multi-pack and feed 15-24 pack cartons directly to their palletizer, by-passing their tray packer. A&E was their partner to address these challenges. We custom designed and integrated a solution to fit into the existing space available and still maintain the flexibility for all the packaging configurations. The new multi-pack loading table along with a unique carton handling system was showcased at the Craft Brewers Conference this year.
Avery Brewing Company is one of the many Craft Breweries which includes, Maui Brewing Company, SweetWater Brewing Company, Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Southern Tier Brewing Company and Victory Brewing Company just to mention a few, we’ve been honored to form a long term partnership with over the years, always helping to meet their unique needs.
Join us at this global event of innovators in the beverage and liquid food category at drinktec in Germany.
We’re excited about attending the upcoming global event, drinktec, with one of our global business associates, Sandro De Marco of BIEFFECO INC.
drinktec is the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry. Manufacturers and suppliers from all over the world meet with producers and retailers of beverages and liquid food products. drinktec is one of the main events for launching new products in the world market. manufacturers present the latest technology for processing, filling, packaging and marketing all kinds of beverages and liquid food.
This year the event is in München-Munich Germany starting on September 12th, 2022 and ending on September 16th, 2022. We hope to see you there!
Here Is An Example Of How Support Services Helped A Craft & Spirits Brewery Solve A Challenging Problem.
In 2014 we first partnered with Maui Brewing Company in Hawaii. We helped install a complete can line and AVC-500 Pur-Rinse air rinser for a 350 can per minute line. The partnership was a great success as the client shared “Joe and A&E were awesome! We’ll be back to A&E as we have new demands”. So with that commitment in mind, in 2022 they came back to us to help with their newest challenging expansion. They were looking to add a new larger canning line and needed our vast, best in class consulting experience with installing equipment and the support services needed to make this project a success. Having a limited budget for space planning and engineering services we stepped in helping engineer and plan the space regarding needed custom designed equipment and its placement, conveying, controls and finally installation, while always focused on maximum efficiency of the new can line which needed to fit in a limited space. The project so far has been a complete success. Once again supporting another great client partnership with one of our many craft and spirits brewers. So if you’re in need of custom designed equipment or service solutions don’t hesitate to contact us today!
Details About The Equipment Showcased At The Craft Brewers Conference In Minneapolis.
We were excited to showcase these custom designed and manufactured pieces of equipment at the Craft Brewers Conference this year in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These innovative equipment solutions help manage carton orientation and multi-flavored/versioned multi-packing for craft and spirits breweries.
Multi-Pack Loading Table
At A&E we recognized the challenge brewers were having packaging multi-flavored/versioned multi-packs efficiently. We manufactured custom, innovative equipment to solve these challenges. We set-up operation stations to manage unpacking the beers or spirits by hand which can then be managed by a conveyor line for carton repacking. This equipment helps brewers and spirit producers to pack multi-flavored/versioned multi-packs on a single conveyor without having to take the time consuming process of packing these cartons by hand.
Carton Orientation Management Conveyor
At A&E we saw the evolution of packaging happening in the beer and spirits products category. We recognized there was a need for changing, dividing and managing the orientation of newly introduced carton packs prior to tray packing or palletizing. This newly custom designed piece of equipment will help resolve those challenges for brewers and spirit producers to help meet their needs.