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When asked to flash back to June 4, 2016, William “Chip” Mann II replied, “Let’s not,” rolling his eyes while shaking his head. That’s the day when he received a text at 6:20 a.m. from Pretzels, Inc.’s plant supervisor in Canonsburg, Pa., that simply said, “We have a fire. Everybody is out of the building.” Mr. Mann, who serves as co-chief executive officer along with longtime friend Steve Huggins of the Bluffton, Ind.-based snack producer, eventually took some solace that the Canonsburg disaster could have been much worse. “The fire happened very fast, but everyone was safe and got out quickly, and...

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ENGLISH BELOW Groupe Link Pack et son partenaire PPi Technologies Group tiendront la 4è édition de leur séminaire technique "Automation & Flexible Packaging" le 3 mai 2018 au Palais des Congrès de Montréal. Si vous considérez emballer vos produits alimentaires dans des sachets, stick packs, sacs stand-up ou d'autres types de sacs, ce séminaire vous donnera le poul du marché, autant pour le matériel d'emballage que pour les équipements.  Des professionnels de l'industrie seront sur place pour des discussions individuelles en marge du séminaire. Groupe Link Pack offre des solutions clé en main pour l'emballage en sachets, sacs et sacs grands formats.  Nous intégrons des...

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As the leading global trade fair, Anuga FoodTec is the most important driving force of the international food and beverage industry again. It is the only trade fair in the world that covers all aspects of food production. The industry presents its innovations and technological visions at Anuga FoodTec – from processing, filling and packaging technology to packaging materials, ingredients, food safety and the entire range of innovations from all the areas associated with food production. It provides every solution for every food industry! While our company will not be exhibiting at Anuga FoodTec, we will support our OEM Partners by welcoming visitors from...

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automated bagging system

Concetti supplies packing line to seed supplier Germinal GB is a leading supplier of forage and amenity seeds to the wholesale agricultural trade and the amenity sector in the UK.  Germinal is a seventh-generation family owned and operated business, originally formed  in 1825. The new Concetti line is intended to produce weighments of between 5Kg and 25Kg into open mouth flat plastified bags of various sizes at a minimum rate of 500 bags per hour. Plastified bags are laminated paper with an internal PP coating. These are then closed by plain sewing.  The Concetti line begins with a small product feed hopper...

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 The latest version of model FDS2500 Filling, Sealing & Lidding Machine for pre-made containers features a servo-driven film sealing station. Indeed, two Kollmorgen Stainless Steel AKMH Series servo motors replaced air cylinders which results in several benefits for machine users.Easier changeovers made directly from the touch screen Repeatable height and speed adjustments because parameters are memorized Increased speed of sealing operation, which is typically the bottleneck on this machine Cleaner/more hygienic design by removing pneumatic hoses Model FDS2500 with integrated PL500 Sealing Module is an automatic, single-lane machine to fill, seal (with or without gas flush) and apply lids to various...

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versatile food packing machines

 I was recently asked this question by an artisan yogurt processor who was in the market to buy a new filling and sealing machine for cups to cope with rapid growth. It seems like the growth in the specialty yogurt category is not about to stop and like any crowded food categories, all means must be used to separate your products from the bunch, including packaging.  For small and medium yogurt processors, it often means to come up with new flavors, recipes and to offer their products in various sizes of container to target segments from single people to families. The main...

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Buying tabletop packaging machinery is pretty easy to do on eBay or Amazon and it is no different than buying any other product online these days.  Low price and low risk, but what about industrial production and packaging machinery? It is pretty common for me to meet with food entrepreneurs who launched a product at the farmer’s market, then got into a handful of retail stores and they are now about to be listed in one of the big chain.  This is when they start looking at more automated packaging systems to avoid time consuming and expensive manual labor. Many people are...

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Our focus in the cheese industry is to offer complete or stand-alone packaging solutions for fresh cheese products packed in rigid plastic containers and shredded/grated cheese packed in bags and pouches.  We are offering solutions for both primary packaging (rigid and flexible packaging) and secondary packaging (cartons, cardboard sleeves, cases, bags) as well as product inspection and container decoration.Rigid Plastic Packaging for cheesePlastic tubs are very popular for fresh cheese packaging and we have a wide array of automated packaging systems for cheese and dairy products. For any soft cheese that can be pumped, like cream cheese, cottage, mascarpone, cheese dips,...

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