Hugo Beck packaging machines

“ the flowpack X from Hugo Beck, enable leading consumer goods companies to process both film and paper packaging on the one machine, with a short changeover ”

Hugo Beck flowpack X packaging machine for film and paper

Hugo Beck New Hybrid Horizons

Hybrid packaging machines offer companies new horizons and cost-effective opportunities for the optimum processing of a diverse range of new packaging materials.

Timo Kollmann, Managing Director at Hugo Beck, highlights the importance of hybrid packaging machinery as more companies seek to diversify using alternative, sustainable materials.

“The widespread introduction of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), combined with regulatory pressure and public concerns around single-use plastic waste, has meant brands are proactively seeking new ways to improve the sustainability of their packaging processes. Alongside leading packaging equipment and automation suppliers, manufacturers in food and non-food through to pharmaceuticals and e-commerce are looking to make alternative packaging concepts a mainstay for their products.

With ‘recyclability’ and ‘the circular economy’ the current buzzwords of today, the urgency in the packaging industry to pursue a genuinely holistic sustainability strategy, beyond mere ‘greenwashing’, has increased significantly.

Hugo Beck sustainable packaging

Hugo Beck paper packaging machinery for various industries

With so much negative attention on plastics in favour of paper packaging, it is crucial for manufacturers to partner with the right packaging machinery provider who can process a variety of materials according to a company’s often diverse goals and product requirements.

From Mono to Bio

Machines which can handle everything from recyclable films made from mono-material or recycled content and bioplastics, through to paper-based packaging, are those which are leading the way. Hybrid machines are the ideal solution for enabling the cost-effective, flexible use of paper, alongside film packaging, to deliver optimum functionality to customers and help future-proof their investment.

Fully automatic and flexible flowpack machines like the flowpack X from Hugo Beck, enable leading consumer goods companies to process both film and paper packaging on the one machine, with a short changeover. Suitable for heat and cold-sealable paper-based packaging materials, hybrid machines like the flowpack X enable optimum processing of the most diverse packaging materials. These include barrier paper, kraft paper, offset paper, parchment paper and other recyclable papers with PE, PLA or dispersion coatings. This is in addition to handling a range of film types with various thicknesses.

“ hybrid machines like the flowpack X enable optimum processing of the most diverse packaging materials ”

Empowering users

Thanks to continuous transversal sealing, a long dwell time and high sealing pressure is achieved, even when working with the most complex and diverse coated papers – empowering users with ultimate flexibility and security when processing with a variety of packaging materials. As an alternative, the company’s paper packaging machines also process uncoated papers, sealed with hotmelt or sewn with yarn. The latter predominantly used for e-commerce and mail order applications.

Standard solutions are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of the fast-paced, sustainably inclined industrial sector. With new paper types and films coming to market quicker than ever before, it is essential that brands align with the right machinery supplier to stay ahead. Flexibility is no longer an amenity but a necessity in the packaging industry, and so machines must be able to process a variety of materials and to reduce wastage and energy, whilst maintaining high functionality and efficiency.

Choosing automated machine equipment, which can be easily modified ensures that manufacturers can switch between packaging options freely and continue to meet the everchanging industry regulations and consumer trends. In short, in the increasing fight for sustainability, investing in hybrid film and paper packaging solutions is an assured win”.

“ investing in hybrid film and paper packaging solutions is an assured win ”