At the ProSweets trade fair in Cologne in 2025, Theegarten-Pactec will be showcasing its well-established packaging solutions for the confectionery and snack industry. At a joint stand with its partners MAKREV and Sweet Connect, the company from Dresden will be presenting its high-speed CHS machine as a highlight. At the trade fair, it will be wrapping an impressive 1,600 products per minute in envelope fold and demonstrating how its modular design opens up exceptionally flexible application options.
ProSweets, a key trade fair for international suppliers and decision-makers in the confectionery and snack industry, will once again be taking place in Cologne in 2025. From 2 to 5 February, the industry will come together at this leading event. The focus will be on innovative confectionery and snack packaging, the latest packaging technologies, as well as essential raw materials and process technologies for production. As a leading manufacturer of packaging machines for small-piece confectionery, Theegarten-Pactec will of course be there to present its innovative, customised solutions for the industry. The company will be sharing a stand with its partners MAKREV and Sweet Connect where it will be showcasing the CHS high-speed machine as a trade fair highlight.
CHS – for maximum flexibility and speed
The CHS from Theegarten-Pactec was first presented to the public at the interpack 2023 show and has since become the company’s flagship. The machine, developed for the gentle packaging of chocolate products, also stands out with its outstanding flexibility. On the one hand, it enables quick changeovers between different folding types. And on the other, it simplifies quick changes between different product formats. This enables greater flexibility when dealing with frequently changing, seasonal products, such as the production of Christmas or Easter items. Long and costly changeover times are now a thing of the past.
Thanks to the option of retrofitting different packaging types on the CHS with ease and flexibility, customers also benefit from greater investment security. Instead of having to invest in new machines when the sales of a product are declining, the CHS can be easily adapted to another product with new formats or a different folding method.
The machine is also extremely versatile in another important respect: The CHS supports a range of different product feed options. Users can select between single- or dual-lane belt feed or robot-assisted chain feed. The dual-lane feed in particular enables an extremely high packaging speed, for example, when processing envelope-folded products at up to 1,600 products per minute. The two-lane feeder halves the feed speed and enables exceptionally gentle processing of delicate products such as chocolates or jelly. The downstream product delivery can also be selected for sorted single- or dual-lane delivery.
1,600 chocolate products per minute – packaged sustainably
At the upcoming trade fair, the highly effective packaging process of the high-performance CHS machine on display will be demonstrated using small chocolate products (Neapolitans) being wrapped in envelope fold and a two-lane feed – showcasing the impressive speed of 1,600 products per minute. Furthermore, Theegarten-Pactec will demonstrate how an effective connection to a secondary packaging machine can be achieved with a two-lane discharge of 800 pieces each.
This allows customers to use existing secondary packaging lines in their machine fleet – eliminating the need to make a new investment.
As an innovation driver, Theegarten-Pactec never loses sight of megatrends such as sustainable packaging, which is designed to either reduce the use of plastic or to be fully recyclable. The company’s high-speed machines are also being further developed with a view to using environmentally friendly materials without compromising on efficiency. At ProSweets, Theegarten-Pactec will be demonstrating the packaging process on the CHS using metallised paper as packaging material for the Neapolitans, which can be recycled in the paper waste stream. This clearly shows how easily the machine can be adapted to more sustainable packaging materials.
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