PACKAGING
Adopting innovative packaging systems creates advantages for those willing to do so early Select Equip continues to work successfully across food and beverage manufacturing by anticipating which emerging systems and innovations will work best for its clients. Adam McCleery writes.
Experts at Select Equip help customers identify which emerging systems are best for a business.
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nlike some other industries, the importance of packaging in the food and beverage industry is so important it can make or break a product. That’s why companies like Select Equip, specialists in packaging system technologies and innovation, continue to find success in the market. The company focuses on five key areas; case-ready meat, ready meals, snacking on the go, produce, and dairy sectors. By doing so it’s able to source
and develop packaging systems that can be seamlessly transitioned from one sector to another utilising learned experience from one industry and adapting to another. For example, the company’s specialist knowledge on skin packing is used across multiple sectors including Case Ready meats and ready meals. While also creating a more efficient product by limiting the steps in the process. Because of its approach, Select
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Equip has built a reputation as a specialist in packaging systems that are not only innovative and more sustainable, but ‘future proofed’, as James White, sales and marketing director at Select Equip, said. “We are targeted in what we do and everything that we do is integrated together so it can all work seamlessly,” said White. “And because we are targeted in the sectors we work in, it also means we have dedicated systems to those
markets and know them well so we can guide and consult our customers to get the best ROI results for them.” Packaging continues to be a space where manufacturers and producers can reduce on plastic waste, an issue which continues to dominate the industry. “New packaging and packaging equipment technology deliver many benefits, from a reduction in plastics consumption, in some cases up to 50 to 80 per cent, to overall
