Designed in Italy, destined for the world

FROM THE CAPSULE TO THE BOX Innovation and flexibility represent the point of contact between the operations of Caffita and Cama: both Italian, the concerns have in short time built two success stories, with continuous growth on an international scale.

Caffita System’s story begins in 2004 when, after years of R&D, its first production site was founded outside Bologna, specialized in the production and marketing of coffee capsules.
A few years later, it opened a second facility near Milan, and the concern’s business began to take off thanks to a product and service on the cutting edge, with a combined semi-open conception with international patents and consisting in machinery and capsules that combine innovative technology, flexibility of use and an appealing design.
As a matter of fact, Caffita capsules and technology enable the coffee market’s leading concerns to package “their own” capsule types with flexibility by adopting the solution most suitable for the final destination market of each, in other words according to the taste of the consumers of each country.
Andrea Clementini, managing director of Caffita System, highlights how decisive this competitive factor has proven: «We prepare coffee that the whole world loves, because we adjust the capsules according to the tastes in each country».

Technology, talent & quality. Because of and thanks to its peculiar structure, the Caffitaly System capsule enables packaging any type of coffee: from Italy’s finest espresso to American coffee to the Swiss caffè crema, satisfying even the most discriminating palates (however, the product range also includes flavored drinks such as lemon tea, tea leaves, chamomile, coffee substitutes, herbal infusions, powdered milk- and cocoa-based drinks, Editor’s note).
In its production and packaging process, Caffita System has adopted the philosophy of quality, selecting reliable partners in order to offer its customers and consumers a product that is excellent in every way. «We are particularly committed to guaranteeing a high quality standard in processing and packaging our capsules» explains Giovanni Accursi, Maintenance & Technologies Director. «And when it came to choosing a partner for secondary packaging, we chose Cama Group, a packaging systems leader with particular experience in the niche market of coffee capsules»

The ad hoc line. In addition to the wide variety of installations/solutions it offers, the most important added value provided by Cama is without a doubt its capacity for acting as a “global consultant”, capable, that is, of offering diverse technical solutions, combining the competencies it has developed in the sector of packaging and robotics with insightful advice on the cardboard to use, the packaging type or the drafting of return on investment plans.
The nine lines now installed by Cama in Caffita’s facilities follow this logic.
The installations were developed using an innovative technical solution featuring a reduced layout that is perfectly capable of meeting both the customer’s space requirements and configuration/product flexibility for the different formats needed.
On the technical front, in addition to customization, Cama worked to produce monoblocks, extremely compact high speed packaging systems: indeed, within a single structure, the flat die-cut is shaped and the coffee capsules are loaded into the carton, which is then closed in various configurations.
The line is thus able to package 500 capsules per minute: its flexibility enables loading the capsules in special configurations in order to optimize the dimensions of the final packaging and subsequently insert them into 8- to 96- piece cartons.
Accursi continues: «Cama has always been at our side: the quality of its technical solutions, but also and especially its willingness to supply us with valuable assistance during the more complicated phases of developing installations, have confirmed its reputation as a reliable supplier».
These are the bases of a long-lasting partnership that represents a 100% Italian combination of innovative spirit and flexibility, also garnering favor internationally.