Elsa Group

Elsa Group is Top of the Food Chain With FANUC Service

Specifying and acquiring an industrial robot is often a company’s first step on its journey to an automated future based on higher productivity and repeatability. However, partnering with a robot vendor that is able to offer the highest levels of customer support is paramount in order to achieve complete project success, from commissioning and training to machine service and maintenance.
Success story about FANUC's excellent customer service, technical support and training, required when it comes to high-level robotisation projects, at Elsa Group (a Swiss expert in the manufacture and packaging of dairy products)

Key Insights from Task to Result

Task

When it came to the successful commissioning and integration of its numerous FANUC robots for the packaging and palletising of dairy products, the Elsa Group wanted to know if FANUC could provide all of the necessary customer service and support demands that come with high-level robotisation projects.

Solution

FANUC Europe shines in technical support, service and training. The company dedicates approximately 1,000 people to customer service activities, providing support for as long as the customer uses FANUC products, without time limitation. In addition, the FANUC Academy offers everything customers need to upskill operators and increase productivity.

Result

To ensure optimal integration, programming and operations the Elsa Group made extensive use of FANUC’s comprehensive level of training and commissioning services. Notably, FANUC tailored training to the specific requirements of Elsa Group technicians.

Elsa Group

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The Elsa Group (previously ELSA Misfroma) belongs to the Migros Group (Migros Industry). As a market leader in Switzerland and an important player at international level, the Elsa Group is an expert in the manufacture and packaging of dairy products and the production and ripening of cheese and plant-based products. With over 60 years of experience and production facilities at Estavayer-le-Lac and Ursy in Switzerland, the Elsa Group continually invests in the latest manufacturing technologies, ensuring the company can deliver unrivalled quality and consistency.

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FANUC is a Pillar of Support for Elsa Group

The Elsa Group runs a wide range of FANUC palletising and packaging robots with integrated controllers, delivering a fast, steady and reliable automated solution. FANUC’s industrial palletising robots can lift payloads up to 700 kg. Depending on the type of robot and the application, it is possible to handle up to 30 cases per minute.

At the Elsa Group’s highly automated facilities, FANUC robots work tirelessly in the packaging and palletising of dairy products, predominantly milk and cheese. The company’s main goals and challenges are providing customers with the best possible quality and innovation. However, to ensure optimal integration, programming and operations, the Elsa Group says it relied heavily on FANUC’s comprehensive level of training and commissioning services. The company has been using FANUC robots for seven years.

“The services provided by FANUC were of very good quality,” states Query Beurier, the plant’s Logistics Maintenance Manager

Query Beurier, the Logistics Maintenance Manager from ELSA Mifroma in Switzerland talks about his experience with FANUC's training, commissioning and maintenance services.
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Beurier Query

Logistics Maintenance Manager

FANUC Europe excels in technical support, service and training, regardless of location. For instance, the company has approximately 1,000 people dedicated to customer service and repair activities, providing support for as long as the customer uses FANUC products, without time limitation. In addition, the FANUC Academy offers everything customers need to upskill operators and increase productivity: from introductory programmes for beginners through to courses tailored to the needs of expert users and specific applications.

FANUC palletizing robot operating in the food industry. Success story about FANUC's excellent customer service, technical support and training, required for high-level robotisation projects at the Swiss company ELSA Mifroma,  specialized in dairy products

“Particularly remarkable of FANUC’s customer service was the responsiveness in all areas and at all levels, be it accounting, technical support or training; everything was set up really well,” says Beurier.

He adds: “I would also like to highlight the quality of FANUC products and the FANUC philosophy of productivity improvement, which matches the Migros profile.”

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