OYSTAR. The Process & Packaging Group

More than 100,000 Portion Cups an Hour

The Dutch butter manufacturer Kaptein continues to rely on machines from OYSTAR Hassia. As its third machine from OYSTAR Hassia Kaptein has ordered a THL 24/48 forming, filling and sealing machine for portion cups that has a 60-fold format design and an integrated cartoning machine.

The growing number of single person households and the unabated trend towards to-go products have resulted in one thing above all for the food industry: the market for portion packaging is growing at a rapid pace. Consequently, the demand for packaging machines that are able to form, fill and seal as many portion cups in one minute as possible is just as great. Thus Kaptein BV, the Dutch manufacturer of butter and cheese, has commissioned OYSTAR Hassia – the leader in technology for portion packaging – with developing a FFS machine with a 60-fold format design. This is already the third order that the Dutch company has placed with OYSTAR Hassia.

With its increased production capacity the THL 24/48 forming, filling and sealing machine will manufacture 60 portion cups per work cycle in the future at a machine speed of 30 cycles per minute. This translates into 1,800 portion cups every minute; or a total of 108,000 per hour. By comparison, just a few years ago the standard was still a 20-fold format design with a rate of 20 cycles per minute. Apart from individual packaging the FFS machine for Kaptein will also manufacture 5- and 10-portion multi-packaging units. It will be supplemented with an SPH 25/50 type cartoning machine. Thus OYSTAR Hassia will supply its customer with an entire packaging line from a single source.

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