Speed, efficiency, food safety.

A significant challenge faced by KBS is the ability to maintain its customer base at the same time as boosting income in an increasingly stagnant market. Portalink has enabled them to demonstrate that they can be faster and cleaner than other companies, helping them to secure vital increases in profit.

Another key reason for choosing Portalink is the protection offered by closed-system technology. This helps to ensure zero losses, extremely high levels of cleanliness and food hygiene, and far fewer broken grains thanks to gentle product handling. Portalink is also highly energy efficient and easy to maintain, and requires far lower labor resources than other solutions. This has helped the company to reduce its monthly outgoings on staff by around a third, reducing overall costs even further.

Bühler’s WinCos automation solution also allows staff and customers to monitor every aspect of unloading in real time, providing KBS with a distinct advantage over competitors. Working closely together, Bühler and KBS were able to fully overcome any logistical problems they faced in

embarking on the project during a pandemic year. KBS were also impressed by the ease with which they could get in touch with Bühler, and Bühler’s significant local presence. The fact that Bühler is a single-source, full solution provider able to supply essential additional items such as conveyors and warehouse facilities was also highly beneficial.

Added to all of this was the company’s full commitment to ongoing customer care, and its market-leading focus on digitalization. As KBS said, “Bühler has no competitor right now. You’re a pioneer in technology.”