MARKET LEADER IN AUTOMATED INGREDIENT HANDLING SYSTEMS

Zeppelin Systems is the Market leader in design, and supply of automated ingredients handling systems around the globe. We are well known for our innovations such as pre-hydration with DymoMix and continuous mixing with Codos for bakeries and other food plants. We provide engineered and turn-key solutions customized to the speci c needs of our clients, with an emphasis on the integration of these systems into the rest of the client’s enterprise as a Rockwell GOLD LEVEL System Integration Partner with decades of full integration experience. Additionally, we provide a highly skilled technical service network, a variety of after-sales services, and comprehensive spare parts support.

PLANTS WE SERVE: Fresh Baked Goods | Extended Shelf Life Baked Goods | Biscuits | Cereals Starch |

To learn more about us and our engineering solutions, please visit us at www.zeppelin-systems.us

Zeppelin Systems USA, Inc.

(Food Processing Plants Division)

13330 Byrd Drive

Odessa, FL 33556

Phone:813-920-7434 info@zeppelin-systems.us for cold fill and aseptic applications, including still water and functional drinks. The design of the injection-molded PP closure features a special tamper-evident band that, once broken, does not a ect the closure’s ability to remain attached. When opened for drinking or pouring, the closure is positioned at a wide angle, adjacent to the neck of the bottle, thus ensuring the bottle can be easily reclosed for consumer convenience.

This solution provides two important sustainability benefits. Because the closure is designed to remain intact with the bottle, it is less likely to be thrown away or littered. This can greatly reduce the possibility of the closure leaking into the environment. Equally important, keeping the closure on the bottle decreases the danger of littering and unnecessary plastic waste when closures are carelessly or thoughtlessly discarded.

Proxima is available in 29- and 38-mm diameters to fit various neck finishes. In addition to its user-friendly features, the closure can be specified in a variety of colors to help individualize product branding and maximize on-shelf appeal. Proxima meets current legislation on single-use plastics including the EU Directive 2019/204, which requires plastic beverage bottles up to 3 L in size to have closures that remain attached to the container throughout its intended use from 2024 onwards.

Paper-based can carriers

ClipCombo was big news at the PACK EXPO International booth of Graphic Packaging International An innovation that combines multiple packaging solutions over a modular machinery system, it was selected as one of four PACK EXPO International Technology Excellence Awards by PMMI.

This new machinery approach to beverage packaging comes in two flavors, one for cans and one for PET bottles. ClipCombo for cans runs EnviroClip, which is essentially a flat piece of paperboard that e ciently holds cans together. But the same machine can also run KeelClip (4), which is positioned as more of a premium option because it folds over the top and has more room for graphics—not to mention the fact that cans can be oriented to maximize branding opportunities. A third option that can also be run on this machine is GripClip, which is similar to KeelClip except that it doesn’t include the center keel, which means it brings savings in paperboard cost.

ClipCombo for PET bottles runs EnviroClip or Cap-It (5). Designed for PET bottles with neck rings, Cap-It provides an on-the-shelf di erentiation from other multipacks by combining both a beautifully printable paperboard billboard while still allowing a portion of the bottles to be visible. Like other options in GPI’s clip portfolio, Cap-It is designed to maintain its pack integrity through the supply chain while also providing a comfortable consumer experience.

Boasting high speeds of up to 400 packs per minute (depending on application) and rapid changeovers as part of an impressive list of benefits, ClipCombo enables customers to di erentiate between brands and position premium or standard options—all on one machine. Worth noting is that GPI also supplies the paperboard material for its various paperboard carrier o erings.

“We know many of our customers take their sustainability goals seriously, as do we,” says Doug Hicks, vice president of the packaging machinery division at Graphic Packaging. “We also know that markets change and there is a need to future-proof machine system choices. That’s why we’re delighted to reveal the ClipCombo concept, a game-changing machinery philosophy that enables customers to select from a wide range of existing and new packaging options as well as container and configuration choices. Packers can combine products over a single