LoeschPack and Hastamat set for Pack Expo Chicago showcase
Loeschpack, pictured at this year's ProSweets, will be among exhibitors for our World Confectionery Conference 2024 edition. Pic: Neill Barston
Key German confectionery packaging machine manufacturers LoeschPack and Hastamat will showcase their latest ranges extensive ranges at a joint stand at this year’s major Pack Expo International event, in Chicago, US, reports Neill Barston.
The companies, which will be at booth S-2695, are set to join a total of more than 2,500 companies exhibiting at this year’s event, which is across multiple sectors, including specialist sweets and snacks focuses.
With ira LTM-DUO combination line, LoeschPack will present its versatile solution for packaging chocolate bars to trade visitors at Pack Expo, taking place between 3-6 November at McCormick Place, which was formerly the long-term home of the Sweets & Snacks Expo.
Olaf Piepenbrock, Managing Partner of LoeschPack, Hastamat, and the parent company Piepenbrock, welcomed the chance to showcase the group’s capabilities in the region. He said: “LoeschPack and Hastamat’s innovative systems take into account all packaging steps for a wide range of food and non-food products, encompassing everything from feeding to final packaging. In addition to individual machines, our portfolio also includes complete packaging lines,” says
As the company explained, LoeschPack’s combination line provides optimal packaging solutions for machines and features a high degree of automation, minimal staffing requirements, and a small footprint.
The flexible fold wrapping machine LTM-DUO packs more than 200 bars of chocolate per minute in a tightly sealed primary wrap. The outer wrap can be executed as a paper envelope from the stack or reel and as a cardboard envelope.
Notably, the machine is joined by the CMW cartoning module, which fills 30 display cartons per minute. An integrated buffer is utilized between primary packaging and cartoning to minimise product waste during periods of downtime. Only one hot glue device and a controller with the new HMI operated by an operator are required for the entire line. Thanks to its compact design, the combination line occupies much less space than similar layouts. It also can serve as a cost-effective alternative to a configuration with two stand-alone machines.
For its part, Hastamat, which has focused on creativity, innovation, and decades of experience as a packaging machine manufacturer. At the trade fair in Chicago, the supplier will be showcasing a selection of its unique packaging solutions “Made in Germany.”
The firm provides automated machines and systems tailored to accommodate its customers’ specific requirements and product diversity, from stacked potato chips, stick-shaped products, through to fresh and frozen foods, backed by comprehensive service support, with the US being a notable area of focus for the company amid strong performance for its confectionery and snacks categories.
