Packaging lines must be fined-tuned, efficient and free of hold-ups, break-downs and stoppages. New innovations in cartoning machinery not only offer speed, but they bulk up on versatility and pack new methods for an ever growing market.

The National Food Lab, a consulting and testing firm, expands its product and process development capabilities by offering Tetra Pak’s Tetra Recart retortable cartons in its R&D Pilot Plant.

A range of soups from the traditional Unox brand is now available in aseptic carton packs for the first time. Unilever’s Unox-brand soups, in SIG Combibloc’s combibloc Standard 1,000 ml carton packs, are now available in the Netherlands. They represent an innovation on the Dutch soup market, where most ready-to-eat soups have previously been available only in food metal cans and pouches.

Robots are increasing in popularity for use in packaging both here in the U.S. and across the pond.

AFA has developed a new cartoner called the HD-LSP – Heavy Duty Linear Servopack Autoload Cartoner. The HD-LSP is extremely versatile as it can handle bars, flow wrap packages, and sachets with ease.

A conversation about trends, challenges and solutions in cartoning.

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