Oystar iwk breaks own recordthe tfs 806, until now the world&rsquos fastest tube filling line, gets competition from its own company. With the new tfs 808 oystar iwk is building a machine that offers an even higher output of 750 tubes per minute.stutensee, march 23, 2010. For a long time the output of the tfs 806 was unmatched with 510 tubes per minute. Now oystar iwk has broken its own record &ndash the market leader for automatic tube filling machines is now building the even faster tube filling line tfs 808. With an output of 750 tubes per minute the new machine will be used by the world&rsquos leading toothpaste manufacturer starting in october. Thus the company will be in a position to manufacture more than 240 million toothpaste tubes per year. Up to now the toothpaste manufacturer employed the tfs 806 tube filling line. However, with the new tfs 808 performance will again be enhanced by 50 while using the same required space.in addition, the tfs 808 is able to guarantee 100 weight control, so that overfilling can be reduced from 1 to 0.5. This translates into toothpaste savings amounting to 83,000 kilograms per year. The machine will be able to fill both monocolored toothpaste and two and threecolored striped toothpaste into the tubes required.oystar iwk specializes in packaging technology for the cosmetics industry and currently accounts for roughly 70 of the world&rsquos toothpaste production with its tube filling lines.about oystar iwkwk verpackungstechnik gmbh is a globally operating company in the oystar group with approximately 330 staff. The company manufactures and sells cartoning machines, tube filling and sealing machines as well as blister machines worldwide, in addition to complete packaging concepts from a single source. The company&rsquos portfolio aims at applications for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. A further focus is placed on the company&rsquos service business. Worldwide sales are supported by oystar&rsquos own sales and service companies in france, england, the usa, thailand, russia and china as well as commercial agencies throughout the world.www.oystar.iwk.de about oystar group oystar &ndash the process & packaging group is one of the world&rsquos leading suppliers of packaging machinery, technology and services. Oystar has extensive process knowhow in the key industries of dairy products, food and consumer, as well as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Based in stutensee near karlsruhe, the holding company currently represents 15 manufacturing companies as well as numerous sales and service companies. At present oystar holding employs a workforce of approximately 2,300 worldwide and generated a total of eur 400 million in sales in 2009.
