• The Nature MultiPack includes bottles which need almost no packaging.
    The Nature MultiPack includes bottles which need almost no packaging.
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Filling and packaging systems manufacturer KHS has launched a system which can produces packs of PET bottles or cans joined together only by dots of adhesive.

No film is required for this technology, and the machine offers shorter changeover times, lower energy costs and uses fewer resources.

The Nature MultiPack, which is marketed by NMP Systems GmbH, needs almost no packaging.

KHS has a range of packaging and palletising systems in its Innopack Kisters product portfolio, each focused on offering flexibility and saving on resources.

Its tray shrink packer, for example, shows that one system can be used to form packs in several different ways. The TPFO packer can combine containers on trays with or without film, on pads with film, or simply pack them in film only.

In addition, the KHS Innopack Kisters DP DisplayPacker shows how products can be sold directly off the pallet, so at point of sale there is no longer any need to move individual packs or lose containers from the shipping pallet to the shelf.

A new packing and palletising block, consisting of a packer, buffer system and palletiser, shows that operators no longer have to change over machinery in order to process different formats. KHS achieved this by removing the guides on the conveyors and establishing direct communication between the individual system components.

The nozzle technology in the shrink tunnel also makes for efficient packaging processes. By adapting existing machinery, KHS enables line efficiency to be increased after initial installation.

KHS has been driving the development of its German factory in Kleve by making extensive investments on-site.

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