Zero Percent Plastic Makes 100% Sense
08 June 2023
Bristol based Keymac Packaging Systems is working with fresh produce growers and packers in Europe to reduce the amount of plastic currently being used in packaging.
Bristol based Keymac Packaging Systems is working with fresh produce growers and packers in Europe to reduce the amount of plastic currently being used in packaging. The company has modified its already successful ready meal sleever, the K101, to run a 100% plastic free pack for loose fruit such as apples, pears, kiwis and nectarines at speeds up to 60 packs per minute.The newly launched K101S servo machine increases output to up to 80 packs per minute and this model is already sleeving fruit in Italy. The pack comprises of a cardboard tray which is filled with loose fruit in either 4, 6 or 8 product count format.
The filled tray then arrives at random to the K101’s infeed where it is timed into the machine and inserted into a pre-glued cardboard sleeve which is taken from the machine’s hopper by a servo driven rotary feeder. Speedy and toolless size changes are an important requirement of packers in Europe who may change pack formats several times per day. The K101 can be size changed in around 5 minutes without the need for tools are costly change parts. The story began in The Netherlands where Keymac received its first order from a large apple grower.
Further orders followed quickly from other customers in The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and France who successfully promoted the concept of loose fruit packed in cardboard packs rather than in PET trays, film or polythene bags to their large supermarket clients. This entry into the plastic free produce market has boosted Keymac’s sales in Europe and enquiries for the machine are now being received from companies as far away as Canada and Australia.
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