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RS can support the varied and complex challenges facing the food & beverage industry.
When it comes to a specialised industry like food & beverage, you need a partner with the expertise to understand your challenges. We’ve worked with your industry for years and have products and solutions to help you drive down costs and improve efficiencies.
Offering you an extensive product range which includes automation, electrical, mechanical, effective PPE and hygiene control solutions, we’re confident that we can give you what you want, when you need it. Take a look at our range of delivery and purchasing solutions to make ordering easy.
When it’s your reputation at stake, our in-house experts are here to give you peace of mind, supporting you with everything you need, all from one source — saving you valuable time as well.
We've got all the right ingredients
Across the whole Food & Beverage industry, RS is dedicated to supporting our customers every day to ensure that they can get the products, the support, services, solutions and advice they need, when they need it - all in one place.
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Procurement Solutions
Consolidate your suppliers and create an efficient process with our suite of eCommerce solutions
Hygiene
Keeping the production environment clean is a battle. Ensuring the cleaning processes don't cause problems to machinery is yet another headache. We have the solutions for managing spills, cleaning the working areas, as well as durable, reliable parts that will make sure the production equipment can stand up to the challenges of washdown.
Food Safe Cleaning & Lubrication
NSF registered products have been tested independently for safe use in the food industry. The NSF category denotes where they can be used.
Spill Management
Spill control products are used to manage and contain spills immediately to protect employees and the environment from being harmed by potentially damaging substances.
Hygienic Cleaning
Keep your environment clean & contamination free with our range of coloured mops, buckets, brushes & squeegees for different areas of use.
Washdown Protected
Ensure your production line's control systems are protected from stringent washdown procedures, with these stainless, IP69K enclosures from RS.
Downtime
Unplanned downtime is to be avoided at all costs. And taking a systematic approach to reducing or eliminating the risks is key. RS has incredible experience in this field, not just with our stocked range of parts and products that can be used as part of a preventative or predictive strategy. But also in solutions we can deploy on your site to help you gain the upper hand on maintenance.
Certainty Doesn't Happen By Chance
Find everything you need to know to prevent and predict problems that can cause downtime. Tips, advice and solutions await!
Thermal Imaging
Detect mechanical or electrical problems early to avoid unplanned downtime. Use a thermal imaging camera and intervene when convenient and necessary.
Contamination Control
We understand that the risk of product contamination is a major concern for you. This is why we have a comprehensive number of parts and products designed to avoid or limit any contamination risk. Here are just a few examples.
Hair Nets & Beard Snoods
Hair covering is an essential part of working in the food industry and hair on the head and face needs to be covered to maintain compliance.
Metal Detectable Cable Ties
From HellermannTyton and RS PRO, these blue ties are easy to spot, and every single part of the cable tie is detectable, even if trimmed.
SKF VP311 Series Bearings
Pre-lubricated with food-safe grease, these ball bearings are low-maintenance and have a long service life even in heavy load environments.
HEAVY CLEANING TOWELS | L30
Great for wiping up water and liquid spills. Single sheet dispensing so users only touch the sheet they take to help reduce the risk of cross-contamination. Lower cost hygienic hand drying alternative.
PPE
In food manufacturing, PPE helps protect production staff from injury and ensures the products being made are contamination free. Explore our full range of head-to-toe protective equipment, developed with the food and beverage industry front of mind.
Hearing Protection
Metal detectable hearing protection is required when working in a food and beverage environment to ensure products are detectable if lost during the production process.
Disposable Clothing
Disposable clothing is critical as it reduces the risks of contamination. We can offer a wide range available from stock.
Energy Management
Getting a firm handle on energy costs has always been a key focus, but with unit costs having soared in recent years this is even more critical. We can help you. With meters that let you measure where the energy is being used. With products that save energy compared to previous versions (for example motor/drives, lighting). And with onsite energy surveys if you'd prefer.
High efficiency motors & drives
Food & drink manufacturing is energy intensive, and switching out old AC motors for IE3 efficiency versions or installing inverter drives will deliver worthwhile savings.
Power & Energy Data Loggers
From Chauvin-Arnoux, designed to measure & record the consumption of electrical installations to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.
Connected Thinking: Created by RS to provide valuable insight & expertise
Why better MRO is the process industries’ bread and butter
COVID-19 has put enormous pressure on the Food and Beverage, Packaging and Pharmaceuticals industries as they work to meet increased demand.
Tools of the trade
With food and beverage manufacturers under increasing pressure to maintain high safety standards, it’s vital to work with suppliers on tool traceability
The recipe for a safe workplace
As companies in the food and beverage sector look for ways to improve workplace safety for their employees, tapping into the expertise of suppliers could provide useful insight
MRO offers food for thought
The single biggest fear of food and drink manufacturers is contamination, but by introducing thorough checks and making use of outside expertise, it’s a risk that can be managed
Cutting contamination out of food manufacturing
The single biggest fear of food and drink manufacturers is contamination, but by introducing thorough checks and making use of outside expertise, it’s a risk that can be managed
The full MRO package
MRO purchases in the packaging industry are often made more complicated by strict health and safety rules but that doesn’t mean there aren’t opportunities to make efficiencies
Building for the future
The weak pound and rising raw material prices have been putting pressure on food and beverage companies. All the more reason, therefore, to proactively review your buildings MRO procurement strategy.
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