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Riggs Autopack Ltd, a leading UK manufacturer of a range of volumetric depositing & filling
equipment since 1972, has formed a hugely successful relationship with famous Kent
based cake producer The Cake Bake Company Ltd, helping it to grow rapidly and meet
the increasing demands from independent and major high street retailers.

The Cake Bake Company, creators of the cake that appeared on the most talked about television commercial of 2008 – the Skoda advert – turned to the depositing specialists for
two large capacity depositors. Riggs Autopack supplied two Model 1000 depositors with high performance transfer pumps. In order for this customer to maintain high standards,
meet fast growing demands for its traditional long-life cakes and size-able national contracts from major multiples, such as Morrison’s and Netto, reliability and capacity were
imperative to the company when choosing new equipment.
Companies such as The Cake Bake Company need equipment that is able to cope with varying viscosities and particulate sizes. Riggs Autopack was the only approached
company that could provide machinery capable of drawing the cake mix from mixing bowls and depositing the vast range of cake mixes including those with high fruit content.

Riggs Autopack has provided The Cake Bake Company with a system which ensures a
smooth flow of product without the risk of blockage. The machine is currently depositing
various cake mixes into four tins on 18 by 30 inch baking trays and is producing a
minimum of 20,000 delicious cakes per day.
The Cake Bake Company is particularly impressed at how easy the machines are to use
and clean and the ease at which the equipment was able to be incorporated onto an
existing production line. The Cake Bake Company’s Director, Sharon Goodyear,
commented: “Our relationship with Riggs Autopack is invaluable. In this day and age it is
imperative that we work with quality partners. Riggs Autopack has helped us with our
tremendous growth from a three-person business to an international operation. “

“They have provided us with outstanding servicing and aided us with solutions in our
various expansion programmes.” She added: “Riggs’ equipment is high quality, heavy duty and easy to operate with impressive change over times, which is ideal for coping with our
high volumes.”