KOCH KBS-PL packaging machine with glass guard doors and stainless steel panels in a production hall

PILOT benefits from many years of KOCH expertise in special machine construction.

PILOT is a leading manufacturer in the field of writing instrument technology. The international company with Japanese roots continually brings new innovations to the writing instrument market. To this day, PILOT is one of the few companies in the industry worldwide that carries out every step in the development of a writing instrument itself – from research and development to design and production. For over 100 years, the brand has stood for quality and innovation.

Challenge

  • A packaging system on which both carton and blister packaging can be produced

  • Increased productivity through integration of customer-specific stations

  • Good working conditions for machine personnel

  • Forward-looking machine design for additional robot handling to be retrofitted

Solution

  • Blister machine with linear pallet transport KBS-PL as a hybrid machine

  • Grouping station shortly before product discharge, designed so that some packages are grouped or nested before being transported to the machine personnel

  • Extension of pallet transport to up to 61 pallets to provide enough space for two robots

Portrait of Philippe Leleu and Sébastien Clatot of PILOT, each holding a blister pack of pens
Philippe Leleu and Sébastien Clatot
Product and Process Development and Manager Continuous Improvement, PILOT

Sustainability is very important to us. That is why we are especially pleased that KOCH is giving us the opportunity with this hybrid machine to prepare ourselves early for the needs of the market.

Person in a PILOT shirt placing pens by hand into white trays on a stainless steel plate

Carefully packaged – pens are placed into the packaging by hand.

Three refillable PILOT B2P EcoBall ballpoint pens in a recyclable cardboard pack with a window

Sustainable writing culture with the refillable pens from PILOT.

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