Assistance Contact Spare parts Support Contact Spare parts Our History Jean-Jacques Graffin, Founder “… Jean-Jacques Graffin, who founded Serac in 1969, probably had no idea that 50 years later he would have a global group employing more than 600 people. This “Arts et Métiers” engineer is at the very heart of a success story matched by very few others in French industry. Coming from a family of craftsmen, Jean-Jacques Graffin began his career in the early 1960s working in civil engineering in Senegal and then in Cameroon. But France was where he was to find success. In May 1966 he joined Nova Socimec, a company specialising in the manufacture of milk pumps and taps. He designed a machine for filling plastic bottles for packaging the output of a small Breton dairy. At that time there was no supplier of equipment of that kind for small dairies. Sales of these machines followed on…but an idea was taking root in the mind of this engineer…” * Serac was created out of an inspired idea! Jean-Jacques Graffin had realised that dairies weighed their plastic bottles when full to monitor the quantity of milk. As the regulatory volumetric measurements were calibrated at a temperature of 20°C and the milk filled at 4°C, weighing made it possible to avoid gaps due to the expansion of the liquids. Hence the apparently simple idea of weighing the container during the filling process. He therefore created the first weigh filler, a first for the food industry. Serac was established in June 1969 and this was the beginning of the success story… The first Serac machines Some key dates 1969 Creation of Serac by Mr Jean-Jacques Graffin – First linear filling machine for milk in plastic bottle. 600 bottles per hour. 1972 Serac introduces the first rotary filling machine for fresh milk and sterilized milk. 8000 bottles per hour. 1973 Agreement with Sidel for the production of a linear aseptic machine for the filling of milk in plastic bottle (Siderac). 1978 Serac presents the first electronic weight filling machine at the Interpack Packaging tradeshow, Düsseldorf. 1981 Creation of Serac inc at Chicago in United States. 1982 Serac installs an aseptic rotary filling machine for UHT milk in Belgium (5 liters container). 1985 Creation of Serac Do Brasil at Sao Paulo in Brasil 1987 Birth of Serac Group Holding 1988 Creation of Serac Aseptic in France 1994 Creation of Serac Asia in Malaysia 1999 Creation of Serac Japan 2004 Acquisition of Nova Socimec in France specialized in food cups filling 2008 Creation of Serac China 2012 Serac introduces its first PET bottle blowing machine. 2013 Creation of Serac Indonesia 2014 Acquisition of Agami in France specialized in PP & PS bottle manufacturing 2015 Creation of Serac India 2019 Creation of Serac Middle-East 2020 First Blustream® module for chemical-free decontamination of caps in production at a beverage company. 2021 Creation of Serac Moscow ... * Arts et Métiers Magazine – June 2009 Our machines By Sector Dairy Products Beverages Oils & Sauces Household Products Personal Care Automotive Products Paints & Thinners Agrochemicals By Function Packaging Manufacturing Filling & Capping Filling & Sealing Multifunction Block Sign up for our Newsletter OK I agree that the information I provide will only be used in accordance with Serac Group Privacy Policy Legal notice / Privacy notice You have a project, a question, … Copyright 2019 - Serac Group We are using cookies. By continuing to use our website without changing the settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. I accept