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Love Hemp

CBD Products, London

Background

Founded in 2015, Love Hemp is the UK’s leading supplier of CBD products.

The diverse range of Love Hemp products has expanded dramatically with the company’s growth, driven by innovation and increased demand. Unhappy with the lack of proper industry regulation, they established Love Hemp – the high quality, 100% traceable, perfectly pure CBD products.

About S3B

Based in Kent, S3B Machinery, supply tablet pressing, capsule filling and associated equipment manufactured to their own spec in from a trusted partner in China using critical components sourced from best-in-class global suppliers. With S3B Machinery products customers gain the cost benefits of Chinese manufacture in price paid, with the reassurance that high component quality improves reliability, protecting their business from costly interruption as well as the peace of mind that comes from a track record in excellent after sales service

The Need

The past few years have seen unprecedented growth in the UK’s CBD market. Today, the UK has the largest CBD consumer market in Europe worth over £400M and expected to hit the £1bn mark by 2025.

The industry is already diverging from the popular CBD oil to other product types such as capsules, topicals and edibles and this trend is forecast to triple the market worth to over £1bn by 2025 driven by distribution moving from niche to mainstream online and high-street retailers.

To meet demand from the high street and a contract with Holland and Barrett, Love Hemp needed to upgrade their capsule production from manual encapsulation. A manual process was clearly not a sustainable solution to meet market demand, and the decision was made by the board to bring to acquire technology that was capable of higher volume throughput.

The Solution

As a result of market research, Love Hemp selected the semi automatic capsule filler S3B-25-C from

S3B Machinery. Capable of producing 25,000 capsules per hour, the S3B-25-C is fitted with a Siemens PLC screen, runs Siemens software and uses a Becker German built vacuum pump – these enhancements mean that the core of the machine is powered by more reliable European technology.

The S3B-25-C from S3B Machinery was chosen because the machine type was perfect for their existing production needs, with capability of meeting increased demand as well as offering new product development opportunities. It was also great value for money and easy to use. Return on investment is proving to be fast; the new machine will recoup its cost inside 12 months, as well as allowing much greater market agility.

S3B Machinery was selected as they are UK based and could provide not only a competitive price, but also aftersales support. This has included guidance in terms of best practise and access to technical support and parts.

On the back of the performance of the S3B-25-C, its immediate impact on their business, and great customer service, Love Hemp have invested in further equipment from S3B Machinery in the form of a S3B-25C, a capsule counter, VH-30 powder mixer and spare S3B-25c moulds.