# Cargill installs new automated processing line at Lichfield facility

Cargill installed a new automated packaging line at its animal nutrition facility in Lichfield, UK, incorporating induction heat sealing, to increase production capacity for higher volume contracts. The line began operation in early 2017.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-01
- Where: Lichfield, United Kingdom
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 36 1l bottles per minute or 15-18 5l bottles per minute
- Products: animal nutrition products
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Cargill](https://endata.com/companies/3828.md)

## Sources

- [packagingeurope.com](https://www.packagingeurope.com/animal-health-facility-installs-new-automated-processing-line-to-increase-production-capacity/), 2017-07-07: "The new automated line began operation earlier this year (2017)"

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