Food Manufacturers Can Package Faster for Less Cost in a Pouch

Sealed Air Introduces the Cryovac® Onpack 2100A VFFS "Bag-in-Box" System

DUNCAN, S.C. (Nov. 7, 2004) - At Pack Expo International 2004, the Cryovac Food Packaging Division of Sealed Air will feature its latest automated packaging system - the Cryovac® Onpack 2100A vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) system. Visitors will be able to see the new VFFS system on display at booth 2413S at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Enabling food manufacturers to package faster and for less cost in a pouch, the 2100A bag-in-box system is ideal for packaging liquid and semi-liquid foods, including condiments, edible oils, fruit fillings, liquid eggs and salad dressings. In fact, the system can package product containing food particulates up to 1.5 inches in diameter - perfect for applications such as chunky vegetable soups and stews.

The Onpack 2100A gives food manufacturers an efficient and cost effective alternative to five-gallon, plastic pails used for bulk packaging, which are typically hand-filled with product prior to distribution. Not only are the pails, lids and liners costly, but also hand-filling them can be labor intensive. The Cryovac® OnPack 2100A VFFS system automates the filling process, packaging the product in pouches instead of pails. The automated system can fill up to twenty pouches in one minute in sizes ranging from 1.5 to 5 gallons. This equates to packaging nearly 35,000 pounds of product per hour, compared to approximately 17,000 pounds of product per hour with the hand-filling method.

In addition to operation efficiency and increased production, the Cryovac® OnPack 2100A system offers potential cost-savings for food manufacturers. The bag-in-box pouches are considerably less expensive than standard pails; in fact, one pouch is approximately half the price of a standard pail, lid and liner. Pouches also occupy less storage space - both pre- and post-filling - than pails, enabling manufacturers to store more product in the same amount of space.

In addition, the system’s new "pre-seal" technology produces finished pouches with fitments closer to the bottom corner of the pouch than previously possible, increasing the amount of product end-users are able to get from each pouch.