A milestone: Ferrum sells the 100th F18 can seamer

We are very proud of that. The F18 is a success story through and through. This summer, the time had come and we were able to deliver the 100th F18 can seamer to a customer. This happened after only 7 years since the introduction of this machine type.

The Ferrum can seamer F18 reliably seals up to 150,000 cans per hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while permanently meeting the highest hygiene and safety standards. Thanks to constant optimization and continuous further development, Ferrum Packaging's seaming machines unconditionally meet the extremely demanding requirements of the beverage and food industries. In total, more than 2000 Ferrum Packaging can seamers are already in productive use worldwide.

Facts & Figures

• The F18 can seal up to 3.6 million cans per day, making it the world's fastest can seamer
  
• 24/7 operation possible due to low downtime and low wear of components
  
• With the world-renowned quick-change system, the F18 is the most flexible high-performance seamer in the beverage industry
  
• The first F18 was sold to a Chinese customer on September 24, 2014
  
• The most F18s were delivered to the USA, 25 to be exact. Close behind is China with 19 units sold

Chantal Kissling, CCO of Ferrum Packaging, says: "The F18 is our flagship and seams aluminum and steel beverage cans most efficiently with top performance. This is supported by sustained service operations , spare parts deliveries at short notice, sound technical advice and customer training. We are pleased to get our customers as excited about the F18 as we are."