Innovative Flowmodul with new heat sealing technology impresses visitors at the fair
Charlotte (USA) / Crailsheim (Germany), October 2018 – Packaging specialist Schubert was delighted with the market response to its offering at this year’s PackExpo in Chicago. Fair visitors were especially impressed by Schubert’s latest system component, the Flowmodul, which efficiently packages products in flowpacks and is now available with a new heat sealing technology for sensitive products. The interest shown at the fair and excellent contacts made encourage the acknowledged market leader in top-loading packaging machines from Germany in its strategy to further expand its share in the North American market.
Gerhard Schubert GmbH is a globally recognised market leader in top-loading packaging machines (TLM). For its digital, robot-based packaging machines, the family-owned company based in Crailsheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) builds on an interplay of simple mechanics, intelligent control technology and high modularity. With this philosophy and a highly developed culture of innovation, the company has been pursuing an entirely independent technological path for more than 50 years.
With its TLM technology, the machine manufacturer provides its customers with future-proof packaging machine solutions that are easy to operate, flexible in terms of format conversion, high-performance and stable in function. The TLM packaging machines package products of all types and from all sectors – from food, confectionery, beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to technical products – in trays, cartons, boxes or in flow-wrap bags.
Well-known brands such as Ferrero, Nestlé, Unilever and Roche rely on Schubert’s automation solutions, as do numerous small, medium-sized and family-owned companies. Founded in 1966, the second generation of the company now employs 1,300 people.
About Schubert North America
North America is one of the most important growth markets for the Schubert Group. Since the end of 2015, Schubert North America has been coordinating business in this market through its Charlotte headquarters. Together with its service center in Dallas, Texas, as well as with Schubert Packaging Automation, the sales and service office in Mississauga (near Toronto), Canada, the company ensures the best possible service for customers throughout North America.
The Flowmodul packages products efficiently in flow-wrap bags and is now available with a new heat sealing technology for sensitive products.
Highlight: the Schubert Flowmodul
The Schubert Flowmodul was a real magnet for visitors at the stand. It was the first time the company presented its latest model variant with improved accessibility for maintenance work and a new, patented heat sealing technology in North America. “The visitors were very impressed with the seamless, space-saving integration new heat sealing technology, the Flowmodul demonstrated its area of application live when packaging sensitive chocolate biscuits. For hot-seal films, the machine adapts seamlessly to the variable speeds of the upstream F44 robots and achieves an output of 250 products or 125 flowpacks per minute. The wide range of sealing technologies that Schubert offers together with the Flowmodul enables customers to select the most suitable processes for their productsof primary and secondary processes,” said Hartmut Siegel. In combination with the.
Schubert lightline for standardized packaging tasks
The new Schubert lightline machine series for standard packaging tasks was also presented at the fair. Customers can now select between preconfigured machines from the new lightline product family with predefined product and packaging formats, and freely configurable machines with comprehensive degrees of freedom tailored to individual requirements. In addition to the “lightline Cartonpacker”, the “lightline Pickerline” for pick & place applications and the “lightline Flowpacker” for packaging in flowpacks are also part of the new product family.
Service and support for the North American market
Delivering comprehensive services are always in the foreground for Schubert. And this applies to the North American market as well. High-level accessibility, preventive service and extensive training are par for the course. “Our service offering in North America certainly inspired visitors to the booth,” reported Hartmut Siegel. “This not only applies to the increased availability of service engineers, easy ordering of spare parts and service hotline, but also to our training programs in Charlotte, which we have further enhanced with our latest training machine.” The North American headquarters located there, along with sites in Dallas and Toronto, offer customer proximity and strong support across the continent for Schubert customers
About Schubert North America
North America is one of the most important growth markets for the Schubert Group. Since the end of 2015, Schubert North America has been coordinating business in this market through its Charlotte headquarters. Together with its service center in Dallas, Texas, as well as with Schubert Packaging Automation, the sales and service office in Mississauga (near Toronto), Canada, the company ensures the best possible service for customers throughout North America.
The headquarters in Charlotte with its training machines also form the Schubert Training Center for customers in North America and Canada – a core element of Schubert’s service offering. The company’s customers include very well-known corporations as well as medium-sized family businesses and start-ups.
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