Ropak Manufacturing (PELV Booth S-5296) is poised to supply the hottest trend in single serve packaging today – stick packs.

And they’re making their industry-leading stick pack machinery even more flexible and compact with new Intelligent Servo Module technology from ELAU (Booth S-5414). The latest Stik Pak system is a recipe-driven, multiple-lane, continuous motion vertical form/fill/seal solution that uses 14 Intelligent Servo Modules to control dosing heads, sealing jaws and cut-off knives.

Dancer-controlled infeed to 10 in-line slitters is transferred by adjustable turning bars reminiscent of newspaper presses to the modular forming, filling and sealing station – where up to 1,000 stick packs per minute can be produced.

While some competitive machines require a factory technician on site for days and $70-80,000 in assemblies to accomplish each format change, the servo-driven Stik Pak system can be changed over in a few hours by plant personnel with minimal change parts and clear, easy to follow instructions.

They are being used throughout food, beverage, cosmetics and OTC drug applications. Ropak makes systems not only for powdered and granular products, but liquids as well.

These packs are perfect for on-the-go lifestyle marketing – and they do more for sustainability than one might imagine. First they are flexibles that typically replace a rigid reclosable container. Second, they virtually eliminate waste or spoilage.

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