The latest product handling equipment—cartoners, case erectors and packers, loaders and palletizers—features maximum flexibility in terms of product handling and packaging styles, which is good news for bakery and snack producers. Featuring quick changeover, this secondary packaging equipment offers flexible format changes and intelligent feeding, allowing brands to quickly respond to market demands.
New systems are able to create more complicated carton types, including shelf-ready display packages. For example, BluePrint Automation, South Chesterfield, VA, offers wraparound case packing equipment that can produce a variety of shelf ready packages. These include two-piece display trays with hoods, where lids are easily removed from display trays at stores, and three-quarter style cases that display the products inside the package, but still have strong corners for case stacking strength and protection on pallets.