KHS Group is gearing up for the new packaging law that has come into effect in Germany from 1 January 2019. In 2018 the EU presented its plastic strategy for the coming decades. There is thus only one direction to be taken for beverage and food packaging: systematically minimise the carbon footprint.
When it comes to the comprehensive portfolio for secondary packaging such as trays and film, Karl-Heinz Klumpe, packaging product manager at KHS, always his customers in mind: “Packaging must of course be sustainable but it should also be easily found and accepted at the point of sale.”
The specialists at KHS master the balancing act between low material usage and practicality with innovative solutions.
Packaging permitting, KHS systems can do without shrink film. An example of this is the KHS Innopack Kisters DP display packer. The trays are stably folded and glued around the product packs at a capacity of up to 75,000 bottles per hour.
The KHS Snap Pack does not use film, and is based on Nature MultiPac for cans packed in 4- and 6-packs. The adhesive dots between the containers and a carrying handle which stabilize the pack completely eliminate the need for other packaging materials.
Many packaging machines from KHS offer a great deal of flexibility with regard to container types. The flexible Innopack Kisters WSP Advanced wrap-around shrink packer also opens up these capabilities.
KHS offers options for blocking system components in order to not only reduce the carbon footprint but also to compactly integrate the packaging line into the customer’s production facilities.