At the Fachpack in Nuremberg, Germany on September 24-26, GEA will present its latest machine and control technology for food packaging, including its new PowerPak 1000 and SmartPacker CX400.

PowerPak 1000

The new PowerPak 1000 thermoformer is specially developed as an entry-level machine for the thermoforming packaging of meat and meat substitutes, poultry or cheese.

The new PowerPak 1000 thermoformer.

It can produce vacuum, MAP or skin packs to meet a wide range of product and packaging requirements, allowing customers to quickly adapt the machine to changing consumer needs.

For companies looking to move away from traditional methods, such as vacuum chamber machines or traysealers, to increase capacity and flexibility, the new solution offers other benefits, such as flexibility in pack size or reduced plastic consumption.

“With this machine, we can now help smaller companies improve the efficiency of their packaging processes and increase their output, offering them our many years of expertise and flexible service,” said Stefan Runkel, Product Manager Thermoforming at GEA Food Application Solutions.

The new packaging machine can be seen and tested live at the GEA Technology and Application Center XLAB in Biedenkopf-Wallau, Germany.

SmartPacker CX400

SmartPacker CX400 vertical pillow bag packaging machine is a form-fill-seal machine designed for high capacity and maximum productivity. It can produce four different types of pouches for many different products such as frozen and fresh fruit, vegetables, potatoes or protein foods.

The SmartPacker CX400 vertical pillow bag packaging machine.

The machine is able to process bag widths in 55-400 mm and up to 120 bags per minute. Other benefits include fast changeover of bag formats and film types in less than 5 minutes and sensitive detection of product in the seal.

Hand-crafted forming shoulders with a high-tech composite surface ensure smooth over-the-shoulder film transport, even in humid or wet environments.

The CX400's Smart Sealing System can seal up to one million bags before the sealing strips need to be replaced. With the click-and-go device, this is done without long downtime and at maximum output.