New shrink wrapper

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New shrink wrapper at German food producer Rabe.

So it’s no surprise that the firm recently added a new CSK 50 T ERGON automatic shrink wrapper from SMI to its operations. The machine accurately packs glass jars of product in tray + film, pad + film, film-only, or tray-only formats with an output to 50 packs/min.

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