Packaging equipment is constantly undergoing evolution and transformation to adapt to the application and sustainability requirements of different industries, including food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and automobiles. Packaging Gateway lists the top ten packaging equipment manufacturers based on innovation, technology and product line.
Packaging equipment is constantly undergoing evolution and transformation to adapt to the application and sustainability requirements of different industries, including food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and automobiles.
Packaging Gateway lists the top ten packaging equipment manufacturers based on innovation, technology and product line.
10. Fuji Machinery 1. Tetra Pak, Sidel and De Laval under Tetra Laval in Switzerland have 35,976 employees. Credit: Tetra Pak.
Tetra Laval includes three industry groups, Tetra Pak, Sidel, and De Laval, which reported net sales of US$15.6 billion in 2019. The total number of employees in the company is 35,976.
Tetra Pak is a food packaging and processing company with 55 production plants and 31 marketing companies in Europe, Central Asia, America, Asia Pacific, and the Greater Middle East and Africa. It provides end-to-end processing, packaging and service solutions.
Sidel provides blowing, filling, labeling, material handling and off-line solutions for the packaging of food, beverage, household and personal care products. To date, it has designed more than 1,000 packaging lines. There are currently approximately 40,000 Sidel machines operating in 190 countries. The company continues to innovate its PET packaging solutions to reduce its environmental impact.
DeLaval is an agricultural and dairy equipment manufacturer that provides solutions for milking, cow comfort, farm management, feeding and milking essentials. The company operates in more than 100 markets in Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. Its innovations in dairy herd management, such as the DeLaval calf feeder CF1000S and the milking cluster DeLaval Evanza™, have won the highest honors in the industry. DeLaval's parlor milking system P500 is the first parlor with three cow flow control modes and no sequential doors on the floor. 2. The Krones Group's revenue in 2019 was 4.4 billion U.S. dollars. Image source: Krones.
Krones develops and manufactures components, complete production lines and machines for beverage and liquid food processing, filling and packaging, meeting all requirements of beverage and food processing companies. As of December 2019, it has approximately 5,900 registered patents and utility models.
The company’s products include complete factories, process technology lines, filling and packaging lines, internal logistics, IT solutions, and recycling systems for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and PO. Its product portfolio includes digital, Process technology, bottling and packaging equipment, internal logistics and life cycle services.
The company is headquartered in Neutraublin, Germany, has more than 100 sites worldwide and approximately 17,300 employees. The company has 21 production facilities in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Africa and Asia. It employs 24% of the workforce in emerging markets to take advantage of market growth in emerging economies.
The company's revenue in 2019 was $4.4 billion. It is expanding its environmental sustainability program Enviro, which includes several innovations, including Modulfill NWJ for filling high-viscosity products, real-time services for smart glasses called Argos, PET-ASEPT D dry small batch sterilization, Craftmate G And VarioFlash B. 3. Barry-Wehmiller Companies, USA Barry-Wehmiller owns more than 90 companies in more than 100 locations in 28 countries/regions. Image source: FreeImages.com/Carl Dwyer.
Barry-Wehmiller provides manufacturing technologies and solutions for different industries, including packaging, paper processing, sheet, corrugating, engineering and information technology. With approximately US$3 billion in business, the company has more than 12,000 employees worldwide.
BW companies include Accraply, BW Flexible Systems, BW Integrated Systems, Pneumatic Scale Angelus and Synerlink (packaging systems business), BW Papersystems (paper processing equipment), Paper Converting Machine Company, and Winkler + Dünnebier (paper towel and film processing equipment) And design team (engineering and IT consulting).
The BW Packaging System system provides a series of packaging lines for primary packaging, wet and dry filling, sealing and capping, and rigid and flexible form-fill-seal.
Barry-Wehmiller has more than 90 companies in more than 100 locations in 28 countries in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. 4. Coesia Group, Italy Coesia Group owns 1,190 patents, of which 5% of patent applications are related to sustainable innovation. Credit: Root66.
Coesia Group has 21 companies that provide industrial and packaging solutions for different industries such as ceramics, aerospace, consumer products, electronics, healthcare, luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, racing, and automobiles.
Coesia Group is located in Italy and is wholly owned by Isabella Seràgnoli. In 2019, the company reported revenue of US$2.2 billion, with the main contribution coming from Europe (26%), followed by North America (22%), Asia (24%) and others (21%). Coesia's domestic market only accounts for 7% of total revenue in 2019 revenue.
The company has 82 production plants and 135 operating units in 35 countries/regions, and more than 8,500 employees worldwide. It holds 1,190 patents, of which 5% of patent applications are related to sustainable innovation. Coesia launched 29 new products related to sustainable innovation in 2019.
Norden, Tritron, Volpak, RA Jones, SASIB, MOLINS, MGS, GDM, GF, IPI, HAPA, Flexlink, EMMECI, CIMA, COMAS, CITUSKALIX, ACMA, Atlantic Zeiser, CERULEAN and System Ceramics are companies of the Coesia Group. 5. Syntegon (Bosch Packaging Technology), Syntegon, Germany has operations in more than 30 locations in more than 15 countries. Credit: Syntegon Technology.
Syntegon provides processing and packaging technology, equipment and services to the food and pharmaceutical industries. Provide process technology, solid dosage form, liquid dosage form, inspection technology and secondary packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
For the food industry, the company provides liquid food filling machines, candy processing technology, horizontal packaging, vertical packaging and secondary packaging solutions. The company's revenue in 2019 was $1.4 billion and it has 2,000 patented inventions.
Syntegon also provides smart solutions, including sensors, software and database services under the Industry 4.0 product portfolio.
Syntegon is headquartered in Wiblingen, Germany, with offices in more than 30 locations in 15 countries in Europe, America, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and has more than 6,100 employees. The company has installed approximately 64,000 machines worldwide. 6. Marchesini Group, Italy Marchesini Group provides machines and production lines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Image source: Marchesini Group.
Marchesini Group provides machines and production lines for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. It received $493.8 million in revenue in 2019 and acquired three new companies, namely Carlo Corazza, FVM and Auteco Sistemi.
The company uses the most advanced technology to develop innovative machines that use artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for standard or customized machines and production lines to improve product quality and process safety, thereby maximizing output.
Marchesini holds 477 patents in multiple countries and operates in more than 68 countries in the United States, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It operates 10 production facilities in Europe and employs more than 1,315 people. 7. Aetna Group, the US Aetna Group has operations in more than 120 countries and has approximately 900 employees. Credit: Aetnagroup.
Antai Group provides a series of solutions, such as semi-automatic packaging machines using smart technology and automation solutions for industrial packaging, shrimp packaging, cartoons and other packaging processes using innovative technologies.
It operates seven manufacturing plants, five of which are located in the Packaging Valley of Italy, and one each in the United States and Brazil. The company has nine subsidiaries in the United States, France, Germany, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and Spain.
Aetna Group has operations in more than 120 countries and has approximately 900 employees. The company's five brands, including ROBOPAC, ROBOPAC SYSTEMS, ROBOPAC PACKERS, IMSB ROBOPAC and TOPTIER ROBOPAC, have revenues of $224 million in 2019. The company has installed more than 150,000 machines worldwide. 8. Berhalter, Switzerland Berhalter's die-cutting machine uses the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform CUTcontrol™ technology. Image source: BERHALTER AG.
Berhalter provides packaging solutions for the food, beverage, pet care, pharmaceutical and non-food industries. The company is committed to continuous innovation in sustainable packaging solutions.
Its die-cutting machine uses the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform CUTcontrol™ technology to achieve digitization and improve product performance. The company's die-cutting solutions support printing plants and food manufacturing companies to automate and optimize the die-cutting process.
The company's other innovative technologies include BEAMstack™ Robot Generation and innovative Paternoster System for smoothly modifying product dimensions, LABEL-light™ Tool, PRElaser™ laser system and SMARTembosser™ for sealing edge embossing. 9. British Adelphi Group of Companies Adelphi Group provides a series of packaging and processing machinery and equipment.
Adelphi Group includes Adelphi Manufacturing, Adelphi Masterfil, Pharma Hygiene Products Ltd and Adelphi Healthcare Packaging.
It provides a wide range of packaging and processing machinery and equipment for different industries, including pharmaceuticals and healthcare, cosmetics and personal care, food and beverages, lubricants, e-liquids, adhesives and sealants, veterinary medicine, essential oils, household chemicals Products and agrochemicals.
Adelphi Group is headquartered in Haywards Heath, UK, and operates through four divisions, including medical and health products, packaging machinery, laboratory equipment and healthcare packaging. It has three buildings on site, including The Friary, an environmentally friendly manufacturing plant, which significantly reduces the company's environmental footprint. The company reported revenue of $20.1 million in 2019. 10. Japan's Fuji Machinery Fuji Machinery has 669 employees. Image source: Phasmatisnox.
Fuji Machinery is a leading manufacturer of automatic packaging machinery in Japan, with six international subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, the United States and Africa. It has 669 employees and distribution networks in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
The company is a pioneer in the application of electronic control and robotics in the packaging industry. Its horizontal pillow packaging machine is continuously improved to meet future needs.
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