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At its packaging facility in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England, Procter & Gamble UK contract packages a range of premium perfume products in container sizes from 30mL to 125mL. Brand names include Dolce & Gabanna, Lacoste, Hugo Boss, Laura Biagotti, and Baldessarini.

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Accommodation of this broad variety of perfumes, containers, dispenser pumps, closures, labels, and cartons (provided by multiple, undisclosed suppliers) requires diligent attention to details on the P&G packaging lines. The fully automated operation, capable of speeds from 30 to 55 bottles/min, incorporates rotary indexing perfume filling equipment, pump and collar placer systems, and rotary indexing capper/labeler/coder equipment—all supplied by PKB.

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