Theegarten-Pactec

Above: The new CHS modular high-performance packaging machine

Theegarten-Pactec: packaging a punch

German manufacturer, Theegarten-Pactec has a long and diverse history with many years of forward-thinking providence in the packaging technology sector – for over 80 years, the company have established themselves as pioneers in the confectionery sector and continue to live up to their innovations for all performance levels today

Efficiency demands Theegarten-Pactec came and, finally, Theegarten started off-spring of the former GDR a perfect interplay in existence in 1994 when the their own program of high-speed combinate Nagema – traditionally throughout the packaging Cologne-based company Rose machines in Germany which – until had excellent contacts to Eastern workflow. In other words: Theegarten took over Pactec in 1970 were sold worldwide by the European and Asian countries Proven know-how for Dresden. The result was more than British company. As from mid-1970 which helped to establish a strong holistic process solutions, which the sum of two individual units, Christa Rustler-Theegarten, the market position of Theegartenproduces individually customizable, since expertise and competence grand-daughter of the founder, and Pactec in these areas. synergetic solutions for primary of both companies complemented her husband, Erhard W. Rustler, packaging by combining high- each other to perfection. Rose decided to establish their own sales Small-sized confectionery performing packaging machines with different feed and storage Theegarten was founded in 1934 in Cologne by Justus Theegarten and organization. The parents of the current Managing Director, Markus program components. In order to meet the his son Franz. The name Rose stand Rustler, thus laid the foundations Theegarten-Pactec recently requirements of the confectionery for a former co-operation with the for the international sales network declared their aim to offer a industry for complete solutions British company Rose Forgrove. with trade partners in more than complete selection of wrapping Theegarten-Pactec provides Initially the Theegarten-family was 100 countries worldwide. styles and performance levels for complete packaging systems of sales agent for the British machines Obviously, the acquisition of small-sized confectionery items. feeding, separating and collecting in continental Europe. the company Pactec resulted in In order to meet this aim, the components under their entire Later, the English machines an important strengthening in mid-sized family company has responsibility. were built under license in Cologne the market presence. Pactec – an gone a long way based on many

Theegarten-Pactec recently declared their aim to offer a complete selection of wrapping styles and performance levels for small-sized confectionery...

decades of experience and the know-how of more than 10,000 machines supplied.

The manufacturing program is organized in a matrix meanwhile comprising more than 30 individual solutions, for the three main product categories which are hard candy and pre-formed products, soft and hard caramels, chewing gum and bubble gum (cut & wrap method) as well as chocolate.

Several additional food and non-food applications are also available. In each of these categories the typical wrapping styles can be offered. In co-operation with their customers, the company develops new designs and solutions for instance to optimize the wrapping material consumption or to provide innovative solutions for the presentation at the point of sale.

Innovations for all performance levels

One of the key competences of Theegarten-Pactec has been the development of continuous-motion high-speed machines. The EK4 is an efficient twist wrapper for highboiled sweets reaching an output of 2,300 candies per minute. For hard and soft caramels, chewy sweets, chewing gum and bubble gum the machine types WHF (fold wrap) and WHD (twist wrap) respectively again are unmatched on the market with outputs of 1,800 pieces per minute.

In addition, the modular CHS high-performance packaging machine was specially developed for the gentle packaging of chocolate products and now achieves an output of up to 1,800 instead of 1,200 products per minute. The CHS is especially flexible with regard to the possible folding types: Nine different folding types such as double twist, protected twist, top twist, side twist, foil wrap, envelope fold, bottom fold, side fold and Viennese fruit fold are possible without any problems whatsoever. Additionally, the machine allows quick changes of folding type and format within only four hours.

Above: Then and now... Eight decades after the birth of the former Rose-Theegarten, the company is proving to be more successful than ever

New directions into secondary packaging

Theegarten-Pactec has ventured into new territory by developing a secondary packaging machine that can keep pace for the first time with the high performance of their primary packaging machines. The new BLM now packs up to 2,000 individual products or 120 cartons per minute and is suitable for small to medium carton sizes. Finding a suitable cartoner in this highperformance range has been almost impossible so far.

As a result of this limitation, customers were unable to operate their primary packaging machines at full capacity. Unwanted reductions in efficiency were the result. With the cartoner developed by Theegarten-Pactec, which is perfectly adapted to connection to the high-performance machines, even small products can now be processed with a high output.

The new generation: Global player with strong roots

Today, the average export rate of the company is around 90 %. Fundamentally, the current management sees its task in preserving what has been created over three generations of a successful family business and to provide a true market value and to continually increase the benefit for the customer.