PACKAGING MATERIAL SOLUTIONS

WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU TO MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFIT FROM PACKAGING

Smart manufacturing is an essential part of the next industrial revolution. It goes beyond traditional automation towards a fully connected and flexible system. In the packaging industry, smart technology helps to increase productivity, enable self-optimization, and enhance safety and functionality in the manufacturing process. It also ensures strict regulatory requirements and high production standards are met.

Today, converting companies and producers are additionally challenged with the global crisis of packaging waste and its environmental implications. To address this, the demand for innovative, recyclable material compositions is increasing hugely.

To help you stay abreast of current industry practices, our teams of experts in Packaging Material Solutions are here to accompany you at every stage of your project, from strategic planning and project management through equipment supply and installation to technical service. Working closely with our global sales and project managers, we understand the demands and trends of the industry in various markets.

Packaging Material Solutions combines our joint know-how gained from decades of activities in the conversion of plastic, paper, and metal as well as downstream printing and decoration.

From the provision of stand-alone machines and components from globally-recognized, state-of-the-art machine manufacturers to complete processing lines, let us help you discover the endless possibilities for your industry.

FLEXIBLE PLASTIC PACKAGING

FLEXIBLE PLASTIC PACKAGING FOR FOOD, SANITARY, AND HYGIENIC APPLICATIONS

The market for flexible packaging is rapidly growing as this type of packaging combines the capabilities of different polyolefins, paper, and aluminum foil to deliver a complete range of diverse properties using minimal materials.

Most of these materials are recyclable and offer many benefits, such as ease of use, resealability and printability, whilst providing protection to ensure a longer shelf life and food safety. In addition to this, flexible packaging can be customized, for example eliminating the need for extra product labeling.

We identify the right process and technology setup to help you reduce material costs and consume less energy to manufacture and ship your products to market, thus achieving long-term sustainability.

With our complete process solutions, we can help you determine a profitable and efficient production process for your packaging requirements.

We understand that flexible packaging processes need to be clean and efficient, as well as meet the constant demand for uninterrupted production. Through the complexities of manufacturing, we can help you ensure your production line setup is optimized for efficiency.

Our smart process solutions merge extrusion, printing, and various converting steps and are tailor-made to your production requirements. We offer advanced technology, manage all interfaces, source local components, and include automated solutions for all your production stages.

Our portfolio

Material handling

  • Storage, conveying & dosing
  • Drying & dehumidification
  • Dedusting
  • Centralized solutions
  • Printing

Automation solutions

  • Robotics
  • Assembling
  • Wrapping & boxing
  • Warehouse systems
  • Manufacturing execution systems (MES)

Finishing

  • Bag making
  • Metallization
  • Lamination
  • Laser perforation
  • Slitter/rewinder

Quality control

  • Film inspection for gels and transparencyr

Auxiliary equipment

  • Process cooling
  • Granulators

Film extrusion

  • Blown film
  • Cast film
  • Machine direction orientation (MDO)
  • Retrofits
  • Typical applications:
    • Barrier film
    • Bi-Oriented films
    • Diaper film
    • Protection film
    • Laminating film
    • Medical products
    • Sanitary products

RIGID PLASTIC PACKAGING

PROVIDING ALL KNOW-HOW YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN PLASTIC PACKAGING

Our rigid packaging solutions account for every stage of the process, including injection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, and blow molding for the production of fast moving consumer goods, such as bottles and caps, cups, bowls, containers, trays, and lids as well as medical devices and personal care products. For beverages, such as water and carbonated soft drinks (CSD), rigid packaging applications continue to show a significant growth.

Packaging is as essential to any product as it is a marketing medium in itself, given its ability to influence purchasing decisions. Many end consumers prefer high-quality products and packaging. Products with good shelf impact will increase your turnover and profit margin.

Our packaging experts can help you optimize the quality and design of your final product, considering lightweighting and environmental impact. Furthermore, we have the latest insights into upcoming trends that offer new opportunities for your packaging design and properties, such as thin-wall products, in-mold labeling, and co-injection.

With rising material and energy costs, it is increasingly challenging to be profitable whilst meeting the requirements of the top global players.

Automated or partly automated solutions are one way to respond to these requirements. Another is a combination of well-designed processes and advanced technology plus integrated visual inspection and quality control systems in your production plant.

Our team of experts offer support from the idea for a new product throughout the entire development process to realization of the project. We can also help optimize your existing product or production lines by analyzing and improving your production processes with regards to quality, material saving, and energy consumption, as well as automation.

Using high quality machines, combined with our lean management process know-how, you can be assured of increasing your productivity and reducing production costs.

Our portfolio

Material handling

  • Storage, conveying & dosing
  • Drying & dehumidification
  • Dedusting
  • Centralized solutions
  • Printing

Auxiliary equipment

  • Process cooling
  • Granulators

Blow molding

  • Extrusion blow molding
  • Stretch blow molding
  • Typical applications:
    • Jerry cans
    • Drums
    • IBC’s
    • Bottles
    • Jars
    • Kegs

Injection molding

  • In-mold labeling (IML)
  • Co-injection
  • Typical applications:
    • Preforms
    • Caps & closures
    • Coffee capsules
    • Medical devices
    • Thin wall products
    • Cutlery

Automation solutions

  • Robotics
  • Assembling
  • Wrapping & boxing
  • Warehouse systems
  • Manufacturing execution systems (MES)

Sheet extrusion

  • Typical applications:
    • Mono-/three-layer sheet
    • Barrier sheet
    • Alveolar sheet

Thermoforming

  • Trim in place thermoforming
  • Typical applications:
    • Cups
    • Coffee capsules
  • Multi-station thermoforming
  • Typical applications:
    • Bowls
    • Containers
    • Lids
    • Trays

CAN MAKING

CANS FOR ALL APPLICATIONS

Cans are used in a wide variety of applications and are indispensable, especially in the food industry and for aerosols. In other words, whenever a very long shelf life, special protection of the product or consumer requirements make this kind of rigid packaging necessary.

Well-chosen components are key to an efficient can production process. Keeping also your periphery equipment in mind, we can help optimize your individual production process. These are the main factors to ensure your profitability.

Our concepts consider the usage of thinner material, thus saving raw material costs and increasing your production output. To help you meet market demands and offer a diversified product range our machines include high flexibility with a huge variety of diameter and height.

Rieckermann covers all industry requirements for can production, including high speed sheet decoration and complete 3-piece can lines. We develop customized solutions from a single machine to complete line solutions. In addition to this, our product range covers solutions for lids, ends, drums, pails, caps, closures, and composite cans.

Our local, qualified service engineers install your machinery and focus on your production excellence, providing long-term service and certified original spare parts.

Our portfolio

Coil & sheet processing

Metal sheet decorating

  • Printing
  • Coating
  • Drying

Quality control

  • Leak testing
  • Optical inspection
  • Testing equipment

Slitting

Welding

Seaming

Scoring

Conveying/palletizing

Composite can manufacturing

Body maker

  • Flanging
  • Beading
  • Necking

End manufacturing

  • Ends
  • Peel of ends
  • Easy open ends
  • Caps & closures manufacturing
  • Typical applications:
    • Food cans
    • General cans
    • Drums/pails
    • Aerosol cans
    • Crown corks
    • Wine capsules
    • Lug caps

BUILDING PLASTIC

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE WITH STRONG PLASTIC FOUNDATIONS

In markets where we are present, there has been substantial growth in infrastructure and the development of new urban areas and cities. The prospering of these regions has also led to a greater demand for modern building concepts, which are already the standard in other parts of the world.

We support the development in these markets with our focus on building plastic materials, especially in the production of pipes, window profiles, insulation materials and special solutions for architectural applications.

Our portfolio

Extrusion lines

  • Typical applications:
    • Pipes
    • Panels
    • Profiles
    • PVC pellets
    • Roofing
    • Wood-plastic composite (WPC) products

Auxiliary equipment

  • Storage & conveying
  • Mixing & dosing
  • Downstream equipment
  • Inspection