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Thermoforming proves swell for Jo-El

“Hardware manufacturers were not known for offering consumer-friendly packaging in the past,” admits Benny Vestergaard, logistics manager of Jo-El Electric A/S, Odense, Denmark.

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“But that’s all changed. The days of frustrating experiences with carded hardware packages are over for consumers. The new containers allow better visual inspection of our products, are easier to open, and more durable.”

The two-piece thermoformed containers he speaks of are made on a new horizontal thermoform/fill/seal packaging system from Multivac (Kansas City, MO). The R 330 machine was added last May by Jo-El, makers of plastic electrical components.

Jo-El uses 600-micron (23.6-mil) APET film on the machine for the forming web. The backing web is believed to be 3-mil flexible polyester, both reportedly from Amcor Flexibles Europe (Gloucester, England). Before the Multivac machine seals the backing web to the APET, an automated loading system from a local vendor fills hardware components into the cavities of the forming web.

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