Testimonials

"I found the engineers to very professional and knowledgeable, they complied with our Safety protocols to the letter."

Bryan Neaves, A Schulman Gainsborough

"By investing in the Maguire ULTRA dryers, we’ve been able to achieve very real savings in energy costs, especially in view of energy costs rocketing in the last 12 months. This helps in every sense in running our independent business in keeping our costs under control. We offer a range of packaging solutions from food, vitamins to confectionary and the flexibility we can achieve in drying is greatly enhancing our production capabilities for short runs, which is ideal for our custom orders, whilst keeping costs to a minimum.

The service and guidance provided by Summit Systems and their recommendation of the Maguire ULTRA dryers has made great savings and we’re happy to report such positive energy reductions since introducing the vacuum dryer to our processes. We would highly recommend Summit Systems and the Maguire ULTRA dryer to anyone in the industry looking to invest in energy-efficient plastics drying equipment."

Iain McLeod, Moulded Packaging Solutions.B6

A little while ago, one of our customers was experiencing major issues maintaining their cooling water temperatures of 40°C & 50ºC to the mould using 2 temperature control units. Summit Chilled assessed their process and decided to install a Frigel Firenze S.p.A. dual zone Turbogel. They are now maintaining a PERFECT cooling water temperature of 40°C & 50ºC. This has reduced the actual tool temperature by 23% and the final moulding temperature by 24%. They have also reduced cycle time by 10% as a result of the new installation.

Anonymous

“The longevity of these simple blenders has been well proven over the years. They have survived the test of time in a pretty harsh environment with constant use.”

Alpla UK

“We were finding it impossible to maintain our mould temperature of 8°C using our current set up of a chiller and 2 TCU’s. Summit Chilled installed a Frigel dual zone Microgel combined unit and we are now maintaining a perfect 8°C mould temperature and have reduced our cycle time by 20%. We enjoy a great relationship with Summit Systems so look forward to working with Summit Chilled”

Patterson & Rothwell

“We are currently trialling a Maguire LPD200 from yourselves for the application of PET in ISBM and the results are very promising. We can have resin dry and ready to use in 1 hour 10 minutes giving moisture readings of 30-40ppm”

R&D Leverage

“We have successfully deployed Maguire gravimetric blenders across the group for many years in the UK and Europe. They have worked extremely well and reliably for us, and I am pleased to say, to our good fortune, appear to be the preferred standard for most of our recent acquisitions at Superfos and Promens. It therefore makes perfect sense to have this equipment to train our apprentices and operators on best practice across the Group companies.”

Carl Boniface, Technical Manager, RPC Promens Training Centre

“This is the next step forward for drying, enabling machinery to respond to real time conditions. The energy and material saving implications are significant. We are very excited to offer another innovation that drives down operational costs.”

Mike Jordan, Managing Director, Summit Systems

“I often see holed and poorly repaired pipes whilst servicing, causing material and vacuum loss. We address these issues, as well as adjusting system parameter settings to ensure optimum operating performance.”

Mark Norton, Contracts Engineer

“Summit Systems displayed the utmost professionalism throughout the project. We were impressed with the service provided, from meeting the entire team in a kick off meeting to their stringent commissioning process. When issues arose, Summit Systems dealt with them quickly and efficiently enabling us to stick to our strict schedule. The team knew exactly what they were doing which made our dealings feel effortless.”

Ian Woolf, Plant Director, Sartorius Stedim Lab

“We were looking for new ways to trim back on energy and material degradation over long distances, we were experiencing angel hair at the machines, and the inverter-controlled claw pump ticked both boxes. It fits into our existing material feed system. We were so pleased with the first unit we purchased a second unit, and I am now looking at replacing our other units over the next few years.”

Andy Baker, Plastic Omnium

“Every year since 1989, 700 million tonnes of material has passed through our Maguire Gravimetric Blenders, saving UK processors millions of pounds in additives. These machines are still running just as accurately as the day they were supplied over 23 years ago!”

Mike Jordan, Managing Director, Summit Systems

“The newly acquired dryers form the tail end of a major reinvestment programme which to date has seen investment in excess of £300k over the last two and a half years. We brought our original two Low Energy Rotor Wheel Dryers because of their energy profile and have been delighted by their performance, and the savings that they have provided. We had no hesitation in purchasing the latest two machines.”

Paul Edwards, Managing Director, Pentagon Plastics

“We purchased our first Low Energy Rotor Wheel Dryer to reduce our energy consumption when drying Polycarbonate. The result was a significant energy reduction of 38%. In addition, material degradation has been completely eliminated.”

Chris Furniss, Director, Cloverleaf Plastics

“Our four low energy rotor wheel dryers easily save us 40% on our energy bill, so when it was time to expand, we didn’t think twice about ordering another two.”

Rob Anderson, MD, Advanced Plastics

“We have found our Weight Control Dryer to be extremely reliable, cutting costs by adding a level of precision to processing. Material and energy costs are down whilst production has risen.”

Schneider Electric

“The purchase of the Zerma GSH700/1000 Heavy Duty Granulator has enabled TDX to significantly increase its throughput in its ability to collect and granulate PET scrap material. In terms of output and quality of material produced this has exceeded all expectations.”

Trevor Marr, Commercial Director, TDX

“We purchased our Movacolor Gravimetric Colour Doser in an initiative to reduce our masterbatch consumption and improve quality. The result was a significant 22% reduction in our masterbatch consumption. So, with reduced scrap levels, lower maintenance costs and a comprehensive 5-year warranty, we bought 4 more!”

Engineering Manager, IAC Group

“I have used TRIA machines for many years and always found them to be the best in class. We run 24-7 and in an environment such as we work in it is important, we can rely on our equipment, hence we buy TRIA machines.”

Alan Green, Technical Manager, Desch Plantpa

“At 30% cheaper than a standard shredder, the Q Series reduces purgings, bins and barrels at up to 50 tonnes per week. By cutting out third party recycling, payback can be achieved after 22 tonnes.”

Mike Jordan, MD, Summit Systems

“At around 30% less cost than similar granulators, the SS60 is the economical solution to in-house recycling. By cutting out third parties, payback can be achieved in just 50 tonnes or 100 hours.”

Mike Jordan, Managing Director, Summit Systems

“I would certainly recommend this product from Summit Systems. From the trials we did with our units, it was hands down the solution to get the material out of the bag. In fact, we struggled to stem the flow!”

Leading retail and food packaging processor

“As a customer, the direct dealings with Craig Jordan, Workshop Co-ordinator, Summit Systems can only be described as helpful, friendly, and super-efficient. He clearly understands his products and responds with knowledgeable enthusiasm on any problem fielded his way. He is the voice on the end of a phone line you want when your production line is halted. His turnaround is second to none and he keeps you informed without prompting or follow up. Highly recommended.”

Engineering Manager, Evolution Aqua