German manufacturer, Theegarten-Pactec has a long and diverse history with many years of forward-thinking providence in the packaging technology sector – for over 90 years, the company have established themselves as pioneers in the confectionery sector and continue to live up to their innovations for all performance levels today
Small-sized confectionery program
Theegarten-Pactec recently declared their aim to offer a complete selection of wrapping styles and performance levels for small-sized confectionery items. In order to meet this aim, the mid-sized family company has gone a long way based on many decades of experience and the know-how of more than 10,000 machines supplied.
The manufacturing program is organized in a matrix meanwhile comprising more than 30 individual solutions, for the three main product categories which are hard candy and pre-formed products, soft and hard caramels, chewing gum and bubble gum (cut & wrap method) as well as chocolate.
Several additional food and non-food applications are also available. In each of these categories the typical wrapping styles can be offered. In co-operation with their customers, the company develops new designs and solutions for instance to optimize the wrapping material consumption or to provide innovative solutions for the presentation at the point of sale. This also includes the use of ecological paper-based packaging materials and recyclable mono foils. For example, this has resulted in solutions for the high-performance packaging of confectionery in double twist wrap, flow packs or fold wrap.
New Flow Pack Generation
One of the key competences of Theegarten-Pactec has been the development of continuous-motion high-speed machines. With the FPC6, Theegarten-Pactec is specifically strengthening its expertise in flow-wrap packaging for chocolate, confectionery, cereal and protein bars, functional foods and snacks. This innovative system solution for efficient packaging processes – from unpackaged products to secondary packaging in cartons – is on display at this year’s interpack. The entirely new generation of machines doesn’t focus on the principle of ‘faster, higher, further’, but rather on stable, reliable and sustainable efficiency throughout the entire life cycle.
In addition, the modular CHS high-performance packaging machine was specially developed for the gentle packaging of chocolate products and now achieves an output of up to 1,800 instead of 1,200 products per minute. The CHS is especially flexible with regard to the possible folding types: double twist, protected twist, top twist, side twist, foil wrap, envelope fold, bottom fold, side fold and Viennese fruit fold are possible without any problems whatsoever. Now Theegarten-Pactec is presenting an additional folding type, the ‘Smart Bunch’, in which the closure is made at the side. This expansion not only increases the flexibility of the machine, but it also reduces the consumption of packaging materials without compromising on efficiency.
New directions into secondary packaging
Theegarten-Pactec has ventured into new territory by developing a secondary packaging machine that can keep pace for the first time with the high performance of their primary packaging machines. The new BLM now packs up to 3,000 individual products or 200 cartons per minute and is suitable for small to medium carton sizes. Finding a suitable cartoner in this high-performance range has been almost impossible so far.
Efficient high-performance packaging system by Lehman, featuring an infeed and distribution system, gondola buffer storage, horizontal flow-wrapping machines for primary packaging, and cartoning systems for secondary packaging of chocolate bars, cereal bars, protein bars, and similar products.
Theegarten-Pactec´s customised packaging systems enable the flow wrapping of chocolate bars using paper-based materials or recyclable mono-films, with subsequent cartoning for secondary packaging.
