Contract packaging specialist, Multipack, knows that many manufacturers need highly flexible short or long-term food packaging solutions without major capital outlay.
So it has added a new pouch filling line to its food-accredited packaging facility in Sydney.
Its new Leepack RP 10TZ-24 pouch filler operates at up to 3000 units per hour, and can accommodate the latest consumer-friendly pouch designs, including pillow packs, stand-up pouches, integrated spout pouches, pouches with re-closable seals and hole-punch hang-sell sealed pouches.
Its 10-station line can handle solids, pastes, liquids, granules, cereals and powders; and the unit incorporates specialised treatments such as nitrogen flushing (to improve shelf life) and dust blow-off (for hygiene and seal integrity). An anti-static device also helps prevent product being caught in seals.
In common with all Multipack's food packaging lines, the new pouch filling equipment is separately housed in its own clean room with independent air-conditioning and positive air pressure to keep contaminants out.
"Manufacturers are under pressure from retailers to offer supermarket-specific pack configurations. So to satisfy the demands of the duopoly, brand-owners have to consider creating costly new packaging lines – a risky proposition in this retail environment," Multipack sales and marketing director, Brad Devine, noted.
"Our food packaging plant - now featuring this new pouch filling line - is designed with optimum flexibility in mind. Whatever form the food arrives in, we aim to package it in whatever format our customers (and their customers) want."
The new pouch filling line also provides brand-owners the ability to innovate within their own categories. Contract packaging allows brand owners to create distinctive packaging that differentiates their brands from private labels, without having to invest in a new or reconfigured plant.
