Cut Operating Costs

Reduce waste and increase productivity across your bakery with AI-powered automation. Lower dependency on manual labour.

Right First Time

Achieve 100% quality inspection with advanced AI vision & laser system. Guarantee retailer code of practice compliance. Drive consistent quality standards across your bakery network.

Make Better Decisions

Create a single source of truth by integrating your systems (ERP, MES, apps) with real-time production data from machines and devices.

We help great bakeries achieve fantastic results

“Without a doubt I would recommend OAL to other manufacturers. It gives us the sense we are doing everything we possibly can to mitigate risk. And yes sometimes there’s mistakes but this system is the fail-safe and it makes sure those mistakes don’t go outside of your business.
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— Sarah McGeehan, Group Technical Manager, Life Health Foods
“The entire project has been brilliant, quick and effective. Fantastic work to you and your team. ”
— Mike Hewson, ADM (Arthur-Daniel-Midlands Company))

Robotic Pre-Weigh & Batch Mixing

Overcome labour availability issues by automating the dosing of ingredients and movement of mixing bowls. We can help you:

  • Automate your front-end mixing processes with robots to significantly reduce the reliance on operators.

  • Automate the dosing the dosing of minor and micro powders (and seeds) with robotics to improve line efficiency and quality.

  • Remove the exposure of operatives to dust and manual handling of mixer bowls.

  • Drive standardisation and bake consistency by improving dosing accuracies and variance.

Product tracking, recipe management and traceability

Drive quality and productivity in your bakery with real-time visibility of your operations. We can help you:

  • Integrate your ERP to your shopfloor operations to automatically execute work orders.

  • Provide actionable data to your operators to prevent downtime and quality issues.

  • Automate quality inspection with AI-powered vision and laser cameras to continually measure key attributes such as volume and colour.

100% Packaging Verification

Stop label and date code errors. Guarantee every product leaving your factory has the correct date code and packaging. We can help you:

  • Ensure compliance with your retailer codes of practice including Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, M&S, Morrison’s, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose Code of Practice Compliance.

  • Automate your packaging lines and remove the risk of product recalls with 1D and 2D barcode packaging verificaiton.

  • Verify the printed information on pack including date code legibility and presence.

Our Approach & Experience - The OAL Way

We pride ourselves on our extensive experience providing tailored automation solutions to the bakery industry. Our experts, with backgrounds in baking, engineering, and technology, work closely with our clients to understand their unique needs and design solutions that deliver results.

We work closely with our customers guided by the following principles:

  1. We start with the end in mind: We define clear objectives, analyse current processes, and prioritise automation initiatives to align with your overall business goals. From the initial stages of a project, we collaborate closely with our clients and offer expert advice to build a specification that ensures the solution is both effective and easy to use.

  2. We collaborate to build your internal capability: We invest in your team's knowledge and capabilities, fostering a learning culture to promote the smooth integration of new technologies. We partner and build your solution on leading industrial platforms utilising best-in-class technology from global technology vendors.

  3. We make it easy: We design our solutions to make the adoption and training process as simple as possible, so our customers can get the most out of their automation investment. We value feedback and strive to maintain our high standards by requesting it after every project and support ticket.

As a leading provider of automation solutions to the bakery sector, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities you face. Our state-of-the-art technologies, extensive experience, and customer-focused approach have helped streamline processes, optimise efficiency, and enhance product quality. Discover the benefits of our bakery automation solutions, learn about our tried-and-tested approach, and explore our success stories.