Manufacturers

APSOLS.r.l. is an Italian company specialising in the design and manufacture of end of line packaging machinery with an emphasis on technological innovation. Thanks to a team of highly qualified engineers utilising 3D CAD design tools, Apsol can respond to customer’s specific requirements with professionalism and flexibility. The know-how is based on twenty years’ experience in wide-spread sectors of the packaging machinery industry with hundreds of applications installed worldwide.

Autofeeds Inc. have more than 30 years’ experience in the custom design and manufacture of sheet fed equipment for the Printing and Plastic card industries. Producing complete lines or bespoke equipment, Autofeeds manufacture a wide range of equipment from high speed inline lamination, die-cutting and delivery systems for the production of ID, loyalty and Chip cards, to the compact Cartan machine ideal for short runs. Autofeeds also specialise in the production of high speed sheet fed rotary die-cutting equipment for both paper board and plastic substrates. Autofeeds range of equipment include:

• Complete lines for the production of plastic cards
• Laminators
• Die cutters
• Sheet Feeders
• Sheet stackers
• Sheeter

Axxicon focusses on 5 main product groups: Microfluidics, Ultra Precision Parts, AIM™ Quick Change Mold, Optical Media and Polymer Optics,

Axxicon has produced high-tech injection moulds for decades now. It all started in 1947 with tools for punching-machines and further development led to complete mold systems for various industries. These mold systems are being developed, engineered, manufactured and validated for customers all over the world and that is why Axxicon is the preferred supplier in many industries.

Besco, founded in 1976 and over the years, specialises in the production of forklift trolleys intended primarily for handling reels of paper, plastics and aluminium, for applications in printing to packaging plants.
Reliability, quality, versatility and manoeuvrability are the key features which have enabled Besco to supply equipment worldwide so successfully

BETTI has been a manufacturer of packaging machines since 1955. They produce a broad range of vertical cartoning machines, tin and can fillers, American case-packer machines and machines to cater for all requirements. The Machines have production outputs of up to 360 cartons a minute, 120 cans a minute, 32 cases a minute, depending on the different models.

Multipurpose machines are manufactured using modular compositions that allow packaging different products using different systems, with just one machine featuring very quick size change.

As the leading supplier Brabender Messtechnik® develops, produces and supplies instruments and equipment for the determination of material quality and physical properties in all ranges of research, development and industrial production in the chemical industry world-wide.

Founded in 1923 by Carl Wilhelm Brabender, Brabender® GmbH & Co. KG is the leading company for the development, manufacture, and distribution of instruments and equipment for testing material quality and physical characteristics in all fields of research, development, and industrial production in the chemical and food industries all over the world.

Breitner was foundered in 1960 By Hans Breitner. It is based in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany and is still a family run business. They started out manufacturing simple automatic filling machines and quickly developed into specialist for mechanical and hydraulic piston fillers.
In the early 1980’s rotary filling technology was introduced to complement the existing range of linear filling machines and this was then further enhanced by incorporating mass and induction flow meter technology. Currently they also manufacture their own range of bottle cappers and unscramblers too.
Today 90% of all filling machines are fitted flow meter technology to optimise processing efficiency. The company are also proud to produce over 80% of all component parts used to manufacture machines that ensures superior quality. They have also run an extensive apprentice training program which ensures standards are maintained down through the generations.

CHR. BOCK & SOHN is the worldwide market leader in the manufacture of packaging machines for industrial food fats, supplying and supporting customers in more than 65 countries. They have been developing and building machines for over 80 years specifically used for packing various edible fats in industrial sizes.

CHR. BOCK & SOHN support their customers from consultancy during the order processing stage through to delivery, installation and commissioning. They also provide reliable customer support after delivery. The range of equipment manufactured include; Dosing systems, Wrapping systems, cartonizers, palletisers and transport systems.

C.P. Bourg designs and manufactures print finishing equipment for both the traditional graphic arts market and the digital printing environment. Specialising in perfect binders, booklet makers and additional finishing accessories. Their success is founded on their core company values of quality, innovation and efficiency.

Since 1921, Dalton Electric has been a leader in industrial process heating. Dalton heaters are used for industrial process heat applications in automotive, aerospace, plastics, adhesives, semiconductors, and many other industries throughout the world. Products include the Watt-Flex® split-sheath cartridge heater and immersion heater, Diff-Therm® platen heaters for vacuum diffusion pumps, and related high-temperature accessories and heater modifications.

The DRYTEC steam humidifying systems are distinguished by two principles:
– Humidified from one side, subsequent cooling with cooling roller
– Humidified from both sides, subsequent cooling with cooling rollers on front and back side

Manufacturers of stretch and shrink film labelling and decorating machinery from economical low speed applications to high speed bottling requirements.

Gabler A member of the Possehl Group, Gabler Thermoformers of Luebeck, Germany manufacture a comprehensive range of thermoformers to meet the needs of the food-related packaging market. ‘Swing’ is the compact and highly flexible entry-level series. The ‘Varius’ variants offer steel rule, forming only and punch & die. The ‘Focus’ Form, Cut & Stack series with world-beating ‘Twin-Drive’provides moment-free vertical platen action (hence vibration- and stress-free) fast cycle times.

The ‘M-line’, handles the widest range of product shapes and materials, with safe product handling for tall cups and flat bowls via a patented stacking & counting device and a 3-plate format set.

Graphtech is a manufacturer of controllers and inkjets used worldwide in the printing industry. The MIC (Multi-purpose Inkjet Controller) is a real-time, very compact Windows OS based controller designed for advanced inkjet imaging and personalisation. One of their core products is the EZincjet printing head, which is capable of running a wide variety of different types of inks on many different substrates, including plastic cards, paper, labels, lottery tickets and forms.

Hamba Filltec, now part of the IMA Group, manufacture filling and closing machinery for pre-made containers for the dairy & yellow fats industries. Specialising in high performance in-line filling machines, Hamba supply machinery to meet the most stringent hygienic standards including fully aseptic applications.

Manufacturers of continuous sterilisers for cans, bottles, retort pouches, trays and glass jars.

A leader in coding and marking Inc.jet was founded in the USA in 1998. They are the suppliers of rugged and effective variable data printing equipment and solutions to OEMs and integrators in the commercial packaging, graphics and mailing markets throughout the world. Inc.jet products include easy-to-integrate hardware, software and ink supplies that make the printing of variable data effortless in most situations. They are now leading the way in the innovative move from TIJ to CIJ.

Inmaco BV from Hoogeveen, Netherlands manufacture machines to produce paper-based packaging ranging from egg-trays, composite cans, lids for paperboard cups & tubes and bespoke packaging solutions.

• Pulp moulding machines for pulp-moulded paper packages
• Fine pulp moulding for high quality, smooth-finish moulded packages.
• The COBO/MSM composite can assembling and closing systems offers a flexible way to handle all kinds and shapes of composite cans.
• The SMP range of machines covers all production aspects for making a variety of disposable paper plates and trays.
• The VP/6 range of machines are used to produce crimped cups, baking cases and muffin cases from reel or sheet in various formats and sizes.
• Machines for cardboard lids for all types of cardboard packages and paper cups.
• Machines for collating products into a folding box.

Inv Pack (formally Inever) was founded in 1995 when it was the first company to specialise in the stickpack format. Since then new machine formats have been designed using new technologies and to comply with new regulations.

The two most important values they focus on for success are the human and technical quality of its team and the confidence we get after 300 machines installed at our client’s premises. They offer six stickpack models and two innovating Innova machines, the latter one specifically designed for four-side sealed sachet of alternate movements and high quality sealing.

All models are customized depending on product and format needs such as the request of a semi-automatic and automatic cartoners.The headquarters in Spain is a modern facility which includes laboratories with humidity and temperature control to ensure the best climate conditions and high quality of the product. The equipment is adapted to different market sectors such as cosmetics, food and pharma to pack their product in monodose format.

Integra offer a range of specially formulated inks that have been designed to run specifically on mailing lines. They are an innovative company who have also designed and manufactured in the UK the Integra Lifting Belt. This mobile inkjet table has been developed to ensure quality inkjet print on any OEM machine.

Digital Inkjet printing is the creation of a digital image by propelling droplets of ink onto a substrate, and KAO Collins Inc are leaders in their field, providing high-quality ink products globally. Applications of digital inkjet include: Coding & Marking, SOHO (small office home office), Direct Mailing and Addressing, Proofing, CAD, Wide Format Graphics Billboards & Signage, Textiles, Wall and Floor Covering, Ceramics, Photo Finishing, Plastic Cards, Labels, Food Decoration, Packaging, commercial printing, Printed Electronics, 3D Fabrication, Biomedical, and more!

Karg Industrietechnik manufactures and sells instruments to measure the rheological, physical, electrical and thermal properties of materials including instruments for specimen preparation – not only for the plastics industry.

World-class bespoke designers and manufacturers of coating & laminating lines, the KROENERT Group is located in Hamburg, Germany. Machines are supplied into the Flexible Packaging; Technical Self-Adhesive Products (tapes, labels, protective & security films); and Clean Technologies (Epoxy resin film and Composites; Coatings for Lithium Ion batteries; Coatings for Fuel Cells; Organic Photovoltaics (OPV); Printed Electronics (PE); Laminated Films for solar cell back-sheets; Nano layers; Membranes) sectors.

Specialist manufacturers of Palletising & Depalletising equipment. Covering all aspect of palletising, Lita offer layer type, cartesian axis and articulated arm systems designed specifically to best suit the particular application needs.

Mariani is a leader in the design, development and construction of innovative solutions for the secondary end-of line packaging automation. Present on the market since 1960, Mariani today exports its products to more than 45 countries. The company initially produced machines and packaging systems for the dairy industry but now services other markets such as food, beverage, printing, home and personal care and pharmaceutical industries and other industrial sectors where packaging and palletising systems are increasingly required, becoming a key international manufacturer.

Montech are the world´s leading premium manufacturer of rubber testing instruments and laboratory solutions. Their machinery is engineered and manufactured entirely in Germany according to highest quality standards.Formed in 1998, from its headquarters in Buchen near Frankfurt, MonTech produce an extensive range of rubber testing and specimen preparation devices including their Mooney Viscometer, MDR and RPA instruments, all of which are available in several versions to allow for both day to day quality control requirements and for high-end materials analysis.

PermTech supply a unique range of permeability testing instruments for oxygen, carbon dioxide & water vapour both as individual and as a combination of gas measurements in a single device. The founder, Dr. Piombini is a physicist and researcher from the University of Pisa. PermTech have considerable experience in applied physics, with the use of solid-state laser and ultra-high vacuum experiments, and over twelve years of experience in the design of instruments for the measurement of permeability of  gases and vapours through films and other packaging.

Pattyn specialise in providing solutions for the filling and packing of semi-liquids. With over 30 years of know-how in case lining and the most accurate and compact semi-liquid fillers, Pattyn are able to offer solutions for the filling and packing of a wide range of products including butter oil, palm oil, margarine, and animal fats.

Pattyn’s easy-to-use and state-of-the art packaging machines provide solutions to pack product in a safe, efficient and cost-effective way into lined cartons, boxes, tins, pails or drumsfrom 5 to 30kg. The range of equipment Pattyn manufacture include; the Case erector, Poly bag inserter, semi-liquid weigh filler, Bag folder, Bag sealer and case closer.

Since its founding in 2006, the firm Ph -QUESTEC has been operating successfully for partners and companies in almost every industry. As a performance -oriented, experienced team with high professional competence finished we innovative, inexpensive and the most state of the art. Located in our traffic -low production facility coordinate we addition to complex single and serial production and large -scale projects and develop concepts related to our core product, the rotary cross cutter. High quality, punctuality and open communication: how we understand our position as strategic partners, system suppliers and manufacturers.

Specialist manufacturers of packaging machines and automation technology for paper and plastic disposable cups in particular, PR P&P’s modular construction allows easy customisation to serve other packing applications too. Their machines are usually designed to run at up to 20 cycles/minute. They are based in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart, Germany.

Profold is a systems integrator for the mail and card finishing industries. The systems are modular and designed for transporting, labelling, stamp affixing, accumulating, folding, sorting, sealing, and feeding of either mail or paper/plastic cards.

Pure Air Solutions offers air treatment systems for the removal of odour, H2S and VOC’s to both industry and municipalities. Operating through an extensive network of companies and representatives throughout the world our expertise is provided worldwide.

RONO Maschinenbau have more than 25 years’ experience and expertise in the design and manufacture of high pressure Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers, SSHE Pasteurizers, Pin Workers and rework PHE  systems. These systems are used for the pasteurization and crystallization  of spreads such as margarine, shortening or other edible fats. Emulsifying systems and batch processing equipment are also available.

In addition to spares for their own products RONO Maschinenbau also supply spare parts for other manufacturers of  Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers and ancillary equipment. Experienced service engineers are available for the complete overhaul or regular servicing of existing scraped surface heat exchangers, pin workers and other auxiliary equipment.

Schneider and Ozga are German manufacturers offering complete solutions for the printing and packaging industry.

• Complete solutions from the stacker to the ramp
• Labelling, film wrapping, strapping and transportation
• Commissioning and controlling
• New controller for old mechanical hardware

Programming and dimensions according customer request.

Specialist manufacturers of secondary packaging systems for the dairy industry. Sema equipment includes Tray Erecting, Tray Packing, Case Packing & Sleeving machinery either as free standing equipment or integrated with up-stream machinery.

Servitec is a leading German manufacturer of equipment for the plastic and rubber industry. Laboratory machines for research, development and quality control are installed all over the world. The production range includes laboratory roll mills POLYMIX which are used for mixing plastic or rubber as well as hydraulic presses POLYSTAT for platen samples which need treatment under temperature.

Sitma, established in 1965, are the world leader in printed media, packaging and distribution systems with over 8,000 systems installed worldwide. Active in over 70 countries, their corporate offices and factory are located in Spilamberto (Modena) in northern Italy. Sitma began business manufacturing equipment for the packaging industry. Since that time Sitma has expanded and specialized in the graphic arts industry achieving leadership in this business segment by supplying high quality systems dedicated to the newspaper, magazine, book and direct mail / fulfilment industries.

Slittec GmbH from in Ahaus, Germany, supply slitting equipment to producers and processors working in the fields of paper and tissue, plastic film, rubber, floor coverings and laminates, textiles, non-wovens & metal foils. The equipment range includes knife holder and dust/trim extraction technology.

An independent member of the Starlinger Group with 40 years of experience, SML Maschinengesellschaft mbH of Lenzing, Austria manufacture polymer extrusion lines for their customers to make cast film, cast sheet, extrusion coating and spinning filaments for weaving. They are a leading player in the supply of lines to extrude A-B-A-configured sandwiched recycled polymers. In 2015 they supplied the world’s widest cast stretch film, achieving a usable film width of 6m and a net output of 4,500 kg/hr and an extremely low energy consumption per kilogram of produced film.

Soma Engineering is situated in Lanskroun, Czech Republic. They primarily serve the flexible packaging market with:

• Flexographic presses – Designed for printing on paper, films, laminates and foils, the range of mid- and wide-web central impression presses can be supplied for solvent or water-based inks.
• Slitter rewinders – The SOMA slitter rewinder range comprises the PLANET group including machines capable of handling a wide range of paper, films, foils and laminates.
• Laminators – A wide range of flexible packaging laminates can be produced on the LAMIFLEX series of laminating machines including BOPP, PET, PE LDPE, OPA, Cast films, PP, AL foil or paper using solvent free adhesive.
• Plate mounters – The FLEXMONT series of plate mounting machines are designed to permit fast and accurate plate mounting. Plates can be mounted directly to a sleeve using the SOMA Micro Dot precision mounting system.
• Die Cutters – The Bulldog machines are a reel-fed precision die cutting process used mainly for in-mould label, yogurt lid, wine label, and beer label production.

Synchropack is internationally established in the packaging world as specialists in the design and manufacture of tailor-made horizontal flow-wrapping machines and automatic feeding systems. With over 1300 machines installed at over 800 customer sites the Synchropack name is synonymous with experience, specialization and reliability in the flowpack world.

Synchropack manufacture 3 principal ranges of modular flow wrapper systems:

• Top film reel holder – for regular products
• Bottom film reel holder – For irregular and/or fragile products
• Top and bottom film reel holders – 4 side sealed packs & strings for thin products

Technowrapp has over 20 years of technical and commercial experience in the production of wrapping devices with stretchable film for palletized loads. The current range includes:

• rotating table machines
• rotating arm machines
• rotating ring machines

Options include:

• cover sheets
• integrated roller conveyors
• integrated chain conveyors
• load transport devices e.g. rotating platforms, switches, shuttles on rails and overlapping devices

VITS International is a leading supplier of variable repeat sheeting & finishing systems for the printing, packaging, digital and converting industries. Manufactured in the U.S. with a global customer base in mind and with installations throughout the world, VITS has set the standard for web finishing. They offer a machines from a simple inline sheeter to complete offline systems, pre-folding, angle bars, or value added processing like perforating, gluing, batching and foil saving.

Volpak are the world leader in horizontal form-fill-seal equipment for sachets and stand-up pouches suitable for both wet and dry products. Specialities include; shaped pouches, in-line zippers, spouts and caps, gas flushing, laminar flow cabinets and fully aseptic systems. Also available is a range of high quality vertical form-fill-seal equipment for a wide range of pouch designs and products. The range is complemented by cartoning, case packing and project management of turnkey packages.

Neu-Ulm, Germany-based, Weyhmüller Verpackungstechnik (packaging technology) design and build machines to manufacture paper cups and other paperboard containers. Think coffee cups, smartie tubes, Calippo squeeze-ups or ice-cream tubs but also non-round oval packs, a triangular whisky bottle package or the eco-friendly DestoCup.

Winpak Ltd. manufactures and distributes high-quality packaging materials and related packaging machines. The Company’s products are used primarily for the protection of perishable foods, beverages and in health care applications.

Winpak has the following equipment in their portfolio:

• High speed vertical form-fill-seal equipment for the traditional 4 side seal sachets
• Multi-lane form-fill-seal equipment to produce the Winpackage which is a 3 seal economic stick pack for sauces
• Vertical form-fill-seal equipment for catering pouches up to 19 litres capacity
• In-line pre-made pot fill and seal equipment for portion pots

Xplore is the front runner in developing, producing and marketing micro compounding and shaping instruments. These instruments are utilized for formulation development and screening of polymer materials and blends, polymer compounds, biomedical applications, low bioavailable or slow release pharmaceuticals (HME), energetic materials and nutritional products.