New shrink wrapper

Rabe Spreewalder Konserven, a leading German maker of food preserves, knows a thing or two about combining family traditions with new ideas, innovative technologies, and emerging trends.

Pat Reynolds
Mar 16, 2018
New shrink wrapper at German food producer Rabe.
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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