Bagging to beat the recession with Automated Packaging Systems

Feb. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Automated Packaging Systems is showcasing innovations in environmentally-sustainable packaging at this year’s Packtech.  The world leader in flexible bagging solutions is promising visitors recession beating Autobag performance and is raising the bar when it comes to desktop systems.

Bagging to beat the recession
Keeping up with demands for ever more innovative, distinctive and environmentally-responsible packaging can be a challenge.  And it’s a challenge made all the more difficult as companies grapple for business in the tough economic climate.  

Automated Packaging Systems has been working in partnership with Connections AML to add value to its products, satisfying not only functional objectives, but also branding and communication objectives.  Exhibiting at Packtech, Automated Packaging Systems will be demonstrating packaging solutions which enable Connections AML to deliver 4,000 lines of plumbing components to leading UK retailers which look great, and cost less.

“Brands demand consistent, well-designed and well-presented packaging but they also want to show an improvement to the bottom line,” says John Peck, Operations Director at Connections AML.  “It is often a compromise between the marketeers, who want a certain brand image, and production, which demands the best price.

“With Automated Packaging Systems we are able to show our customers a cost saving without detracting from design or functionality,” he says.

Green film
AirPouch, the desktop void-fill system from Automated Packaging Systems, is reinforcing its green credentials as it showcases a more environmentally-sustainable material for void-fill applications.

The film, produced from single-source reprocessed material at the company’s European headquarters in Malvern, will contain at least 95% reused material that is by-product from its bag manufacturing process.

“The environment is a primary concern for all of us, even at a time when the rising cost of raw materials is hitting customers hard.  Reprocessing by-product from our bag manufacturing process reduces the environmental impact of film and helps reduce costs,” says Mike Healey, Automated Packaging Systems’ European Marketing Manager.  

“As well as reducing reliance on virgin fossil fuels and eliminating unnecessary shipping, the new film will offer cost advantages over conventional material.”

Compressing the bagging know-how
Setting the new standard for desktop baggers, Automated Packaging Systems is exhibiting its PS 125 ‘FreeSpace’ at Packtech.  The new system harnesses the latest engineering developments to offer a solution with all the benefits of an Autobag system, but in a simple table-top design.

“Compressing all we know about bagging into a smaller package, the PS 125 ‘FreeSpace’ is productive, flexible and simple – just like any other Autobag machine – but on a smaller footprint,” says Mike Healey.  “Specifically designed for low- to mid-volume operations, the system has been adopted for a wide range of applications in small and medium sized businesses.  Everything from splitting bulk purchase fittings and craft items for retail to dispatching goods from offices.  The option to have products go out in individually labelled clearly-branded bags has been particularly well received.

“At the other extreme, the PS 125 ‘FreeSpace’ is giving Autobag users the option to bag efficiently within production cells for the first time, rather than move goods to a separate department for bagging.”

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