New Packaging Equipment: May 2020
A desire for sustainability is one of the key factors driving the latest packaging innovations in baggers, closing equipment, twist ties, clips, zippers, resealable materials, heat sealing, and ultrasonic sealing.
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Company: All Packaging Machinery
Website: www.allpackagingmachinery.com
All Packaging Machinery offers a band sealer that can seal slider-zippered pouches. The dual-head, vertical band sealer can make two seals on the bag in one pass. The system is designed to seal slider-zipper-style, pre-made pouches below and above the slider zipper.
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Company: Bedford Industries
Website: www.bedford.com
The Bedford Twist Tie, which the company manufactures with eco-friendly material such as paper, has 80 percent less plastic than standard bakery clips. The twist tie also provides a tight seal to ensure product freshness. These features have incentivized bakers to look into converting to twist tie as opposed to other bag closures.
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Company: Burford Corp.
Website: https://burford.com
Burford Corp., Maysville, OK, offers Twist Tyer machines for horizontal or vertical-fill applications that operate within a wide speed range. The company recently introduced the Burford Connect, which can improve efficiencies by monitoring equipment performance and providing critical preventative maintenance feedback.
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Company: Formost Fuji
Website: www.formostfuji.com
“Customers are looking for more sustainable materials. Film vendors are working to develop a more recyclable film for bags. As new materials become available, bagging equipment will need to be adjusted and tested,” says Angela McDaniel, marketing and sales coordinator, Formost Fuji, Woodinville, WA.
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Company: Hermann Ultrasonics
Website: www.herrmannultrasonics.com
Ultrasonic sealing can help bakery/snack producers preserve freshness and achieve sustainability goals, according to Pat Seitz, vice president packaging, Herrmann Ultrasonics, Bartlett, IL. He sees growing demand to utilize more sustainable and recyclable films, such as paper-based materials.
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Company: KwikLok
Website: www.kwiklok.com
Kwik Lok customers also are looking for solutions that improve food safety. One example that meets this request is the company’s 909 technology, which provides a uniform “laser stitch” that indicates if a bag has been opened and can be re-closed for future use.
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Company: Matrix Packaging
Website: www.matrixpm.com
A new trend that is catching on, especially within the bakery/snack industry, is the use of Velcro-like material to close pouches, according to Christine Duncan, marketing manager, flexibles, Matrix Packaging Machinery, Saukville, WI. Ease of use is one advantage.
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Company: tna
Website: www.tnasolutions.com
The green credentials of brands are increasingly under scrutiny, suggests Anurag Mitra, product marketing manager, TNA North America, Dallas. “Whether it is packaging materials, waste, or energy usage, sustainability has become a powerful influencer on consumers’ brand and product choices, and this is driving the need for more sustainable equipment design across the packaging industry.”