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Machinery

Bagging & Form/fill/seal

Machine Product Brief

| September 12, 2011

Continuous HFFS machine

The film for Aagard’s Maksimal™ horizontal form, fill, seal machine is transported at a low, continuous rate while laying flat during sealing.

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Machine Product Brief

| August 24, 2011

Versatile VFS baggers

The Vertek series of vertical form, fill, and seal baggers from WeighPack Systems offers a broad range of speed, bag widths, and bag types.

Machine Product Brief

| August 10, 2011

Eco-friendly water-soluble pouch packaging

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #C-632! Cloud Packaging’s Hydroforma water-soluble pouch packaging machine is designed to produce very low scrap and integrate easily into secondary packaging systems.

Machine Product Brief

| August 9, 2011

PLC-controlled robotic case packing/unpacking

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #C-3611! Intelligrated’s Alvey® robotic bottle case packer/unpacker features 2 robotic arms operating on a single PLC-based control system that may be integrated into existing fill lines in wineries, distilleries and breweries.

Machine Product Brief

| August 9, 2011

Bagger for premade, wicketed bags

VS™ Bagger from WeighPack runs both polyethylene and laminated wicketed bags, can handle bag lengths of 6-20-in. and 6-14-in., and operates at speeds up to 35 cpm.

Video | August 8, 2011

New snack chip plant is LEED-certified and IT-powered

Opened in two phases in 2010 and 2011, Shearer's Foods' Massillon plant adheres to sustainable principles and leverages dynamic software solutions to optimize efficiency.

Compact controls. The size of the controls cabinet has been significantly reduced because, says Rennco engineering manager Brian

OEM Application Note

| August 8, 2011

New controls, better conveyor optimize bagging system

New HMI, PLC, servo drive, and programmable safety controller combined with a modular discharge conveying system keep this bagger compact and cost-contained.

Video | August 1, 2011

OFF THE SHELF: Standup pouches make progress

Editor Pat Reynolds takes a look at some intriguing new standup pouches, including a Method refill pack that has an easy-pour feature built into it.

Video | July 8, 2011

Poucher has 22 axes of servo motion

VIDEO FROM INTERPACK. The Model K260 Poucher from KHS has 22 axes of motion thanks to Bosch Rexroth servo technology, and the system handles pouches from 125 mm Wide to 260 mm Wide and heights to 325 mm.

Video | June 8, 2011

Weigher/bagger facilitates new packaging launch

Pet food company installs versatile system to handle stand-up, zipper-close pouches in various sizes.

Machine Product Brief

| May 25, 2011

Easy open lap seal package

The BrightSide pack style from Bosch Packaging Systems uses a reclosable lap seal instead of a fin seal, making it easy for children and seniors to open.

Machine Product Brief

| May 9, 2011

Bagger offers vacuum, gas flush options at sealing station

The Bingo Bagger XL from WeighPack handles bags with widths of 16-20-in. and bag lengths of 14-24-in., and operates at speeds up to 25 cpm.

Machine Product Brief

| May 5, 2011

Case packer/palletizer with 6-axis robot

The combined SD/P5 case packing and palletizing unit from Cermex integrates a Fanuc 6-axis parallel-link (delta) robot in a totally new stand-up pouch application.

Machine Product Brief

| April 21, 2011

H F/F/S machine to meet USDA standards

The Integrity horizontal form-fill-seal machine from Ossid, a division of Pro Mach, is rated at 10 to 15 cycles per minute (CPM), and is scheduled to meet USDA meat, poultry, dairy, and 3-A Sanitary Standards, complies with Pack ML, and may be customized for customer specific applications.

ONE FOR TWO. This digital printer (above) replaces two former machines and produces superior print quality for contract packager

Machine Case Study

| April 11, 2011

Digital printer does the work of two machines it replaces

Machine delivers superior print quality to the foil lidding on new blister thermoform/fill/seal line at contract packager Apace Packaging LLC.

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machinery: Bag sealing

All Packaging Machinery Corp.

Lynn Miranda,
Sales & Marketing Manager

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Pouch and bag sealing machinery designed for a wide range of applications
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View our USDA-approved vertical and horizontal conveyorized band sealers for sealing pouches and bags. APM line includes validatable band sealers for medical pouches, portable tabletop sealers, vertical form-fill-seal systems, and bag loaders for wicketed bags.

Horizontal Conveyorized Model
Validatable Model
Vertical Conveyorized Model
Tabletop Conveyorized Model
Automated Packaging Systems

Cliff Brehm,
President

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Form, Fill and Seal Baggers.
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Automated Packaging Systems, Inc. has been a global leader in designing and manufacturing flexible bag packaging systems for 50 years. We are the original inventor of genuine Autobag® bagging machines and pre-opened bags-on-a-roll.

Autobag® AB 180™ OneStep Bagger
FAS SPrint Revolution™ SidePouch® Bagger
Script Pack™ SPrint™ System
Autofulfillment™ SPrint™ System
Fres-co System USA

Pat Rocchi,
Manager, Marketing Communications

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Complete flexible packaging systems for the coffee, food & beverage and specialty markets
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Click to learn how Fres-co System USA, Inc. serves Fortune 500 leaders in the coffee, food industrial/chemical markets by solving their packaging challenges rapidly and creatively, from our engineered materials, to our world-class equipment and superior service.
Matrix Packaging Machinery

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Vertical Form Fill & Seal Systems
Rennco LLC

Robin Thurgood,
Vice President/General Manager

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Vertical Form Fill Seal Packaging Machinery
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See how Rennco packaging equipment can save money on bagging material costs by utilizing centerfolded material versus pre-made bags. Rennco supplies basic hand load units to fully automated packaging lines.

Vertical Form Fill Seal
Automated Vertical Form Fill Seal
Medical Heat Sealer
Sharp Packaging

Micah McDowell,
Vice President of Sales and Marketing

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Poly bags, packaging equipment, from semi-automatic machines to fully automated systems
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Sharp manufactures a full range of poly bags and packaging equipment, from semi-automatic machines to complete inline fully automated packaging systems. We develop the best system for each particular company.

Automated Bagging System
Vertical form/fill/seal
Table Top Bagger
WeighPack Systems Inc.

Nicholas Taraborelli,
Vice President Sales

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Weighing and filling technology Vertical and Horizontal Bagging Complete systems
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WeighPack Systems is a manufacturer and systems provider of quality packaging solutions that include filling, bagging, conveying, case erecting and robotic palletizing. Visit any of our three facilities in Las Vegas, Miami and Montreal.

Fill Pre-Made Bags with Swifty Bagger
Mix Multiple Products with the PrimoWeigher
Bulk Fill Cases with the V-25
High Speed & High Performance VFFS - XPdius Elie i-130

machinery: Form/fill/seal

Aagard Group, LLC

Steve Mulder,
President

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Flexible FFS, Cartoners, Sleevers, Retort, Case/Tray Packers, and Palletizers/Unitizers.
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Aagard is delivering our customers a competitive advantage. Aagard’s equipment will meet and adapt to your evolving packaging challenges, reduce installation time and cost, reduce line labor, reduce utility costs, and significantly increase overall line efficiency.

Maksimal FPS
All-In-One Combination Equipment
Retort Loader/Unloaders
Cartoners
All Packaging Machinery Corp.

Lynn Miranda,
Sales & Marketing Manager

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Pouch and bag sealing machinery designed for a wide range of applications
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View our USDA-approved vertical and horizontal conveyorized band sealers for sealing pouches and bags. APM line includes validatable band sealers for medical pouches, portable tabletop sealers, vertical form-fill-seal systems, and bag loaders for wicketed bags.

Horizontal Conveyorized Model
Validatable Model
Vertical Conveyorized Model
Tabletop Conveyorized Model
Bosch Packaging Technology

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Process technology, primary-, secondary-, end-of-line packaging, automation, services
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Based in Waiblingen near Stuttgart, Germany, and employing 4,700 associates, the Bosch Packaging Technology division is one of the leading suppliers of process and packaging technology. The solutions are complemented by a comprehensive after-sales service portfolio.
Formost Fuji Corporation

Dennis Gunnell,
Vice President Sales and Marketing

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Horizontal Bagging and Horizontal Wrapping, Veritcal Bagging, Automation, conveying
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Click to see our full line of capabilities. Custom packaging solutions that are unique, value oriented and backed up with outstanding service and parts availability. Our people set us apart through hands on expereince and dedication to quality execution.

Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal Wrapper
Automatic Horizontal Bagger
Fres-co System USA

Pat Rocchi,
Manager, Marketing Communications

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Complete flexible packaging systems for the coffee, food & beverage and specialty markets
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Click to learn how Fres-co System USA, Inc. serves Fortune 500 leaders in the coffee, food industrial/chemical markets by solving their packaging challenges rapidly and creatively, from our engineered materials, to our world-class equipment and superior service.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.

Heidi L. Harlfinger,
VP Marketing

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Tray seal, flow pack, F/F/S, meal assembly, cartoning, sleeving, case packing, robotics.
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Harpak-ULMA offers solutions for all packaging needs - from individual components to fully integrated packaging lines – primary, secondary and robotics. We develop custom applications and provide training, service, and ongoing technical support.

Tray Sealer
Flow Wrap
Thermoform
Cartoning / Secondary Packaging
Kliklok-Woodman

Ross Long,
Vice President, Sales & Marketing

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Topload, endload, wraparound cartoners; vffs bagmakers; product handling.
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For 65 years KW has been the #1 supplier of long-lasting machinery to leading food and consumer products companies. We provide 24/7 PMMI-certified service, support and training, and our parts availability is second-to-none. Learn why our customers keep coming back to KW.

Enterprise Horizontal Endload Cartoner
Vantage Multi-Bag Baler
P3c Constant Motion VFFS Bagmaker
Vari-Straight Straight-Line Tri-Seal Topload Carton Closer
MARQ Packaging Systems, Inc

Kelli Barton,
Vice President Sales

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Case erecting, case sealing, random case sealing, case settler/sealer, tray/blissforming
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View our entire line of more than 80 machines built from the ground up with input from "YOU" our customer. From our semi-automatic machines to our self adjusting random machines, our dedicated team works with you to guarantee a perfect fit for your application.

Case Erector Bottom Sealer (HPE-NS)
Random Side Flange Bliss Case Sealer
Case Settler / Sealer (HPV-FB-144-T-TB)
Trayformer - Protein Industry (HPT-P)
Matrix Packaging Machinery

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Vertical Form Fill & Seal Systems
Polypack Inc.

Emmanuel Cerf,
Vice President of Sales

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Shrink-wrapping equipment, wraparound case packers, corrugated sleeve and shrink systems
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See how Polypack end-of-line packaging equipment can reduce your packaging costs, decrease the required storage space for packaging supplies, increase your line efficiencies and deliver a rapid Return On Investment.

Printed Film Shrink Wrapper
Sleeve/Bullseye Shrink Wrapper
Inline Shrink Bundler
Compact Pharmaceutical Shrink Bundler
Rennco LLC

Robin Thurgood,
Vice President/General Manager

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Vertical Form Fill Seal Packaging Machinery
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See how Rennco packaging equipment can save money on bagging material costs by utilizing centerfolded material versus pre-made bags. Rennco supplies basic hand load units to fully automated packaging lines.

Vertical Form Fill Seal
Automated Vertical Form Fill Seal
Medical Heat Sealer
Sacmi USA

Roberto Casadei,
Vice President of Sales North America

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Compression, Injection and Blow Molding, Filling, Labeling.
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View our comprehensive portfolio of turnkey solutions for the beverage industry. Innovation, quality, spare parts, support and assistance to meet all your needs.

Roll-fed labeler
Stretch Blow Molding machine
PET and glass bottle filler
Form-fill-seal technology
Sharp Packaging

Micah McDowell,
Vice President of Sales and Marketing

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Poly bags, packaging equipment, from semi-automatic machines to fully automated systems
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Sharp manufactures a full range of poly bags and packaging equipment, from semi-automatic machines to complete inline fully automated packaging systems. We develop the best system for each particular company.

Automated Bagging System
Vertical form/fill/seal
Table Top Bagger
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc.

Mario Carlomusto,
President

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Blister, Clamshell, Skin, Medical & Food Tray Packaging; Thermoforming & Die Cutting.
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Starview manufactures machines for Blister & Clamshell, Skin, Medical Device & Pharmaceutical, Food Tray Packaging, Die Cutters and Thermoformers. Our ability to modify standard designs and produce custom machines to meet client’s needs sets us apart from the competition.

Automatic Rotary Bister Packaging Machine
Automatic Carousel Clamshell / Blister Packaging Machine
Automatic Inline Film to Tray Food Packaging Machine
Impulse Heating Skin Packaging Machine
Synerlink USA, LLC

Harry Marovskis,
Director of Sales Synerlink USA

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Engineering packaging lines, Form-Fill-Seal machines,overwrapping machines, case-packers
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Learn how we support our clients starting at the product and packaging design phase, continuing to full-line industrial optimization and complete line engineering with performance warranties. Discover our innovative and cost-effective solutions for dairy, food, beverage,...

Horizontal-FFS-machine
Paperboard sleeving machine
ultraclean-piston-filler
Paperboard sleever/casepacker
tna North America, Inc.

Alfredo Blanco,
VP, Americas

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VFFS baggers, multi-head scales, conveying, seasoning, spraying and verification equipment
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tna is a leading global supplier of integrated food packaging solutions including spraying, distribution, seasoning, weighing, packaging, metal detection and identification solutions, plus system controls & integration solutions.

vertical form, fill and seal
seasoning systems
horizontal and vertical motion conveying systems
spraying systems
Triangle Package Machinery Co.

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VFFS Baggers, Combination Weighers, Cartoning and Tray Loading/Depositing Systems
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Superior engineering, world-class manufacturing, and unparalleled customer support, as well as a Faster, Cleaner, Smarter solution to your packaging needs. FSMA-ready solutions include our X-Series bagger, designed to meet USDA/3A sanitation standards.

Vertical Form/Fill/Seal
InLine Combination Weigher / Scale
Tray Loader / Depositor
Horizontal Cartoning / Bag-In-Box System
WeighPack Systems Inc.

Nicholas Taraborelli,
Vice President Sales

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Weighing and filling technology Vertical and Horizontal Bagging Complete systems
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WeighPack Systems is a manufacturer and systems provider of quality packaging solutions that include filling, bagging, conveying, case erecting and robotic palletizing. Visit any of our three facilities in Las Vegas, Miami and Montreal.

Fill Pre-Made Bags with Swifty Bagger
Mix Multiple Products with the PrimoWeigher
Bulk Fill Cases with the V-25
High Speed & High Performance VFFS - XPdius Elie i-130