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MULTIVAC

at

Fachpack

in

Nuremberg

/ Hall 1, Stand 1-321

Packaging solutions for the widest range of industry sectors

Wolfertschwenden, 13.07.2012 - MULTIVAC will be presenting

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at Fachpack in Nuremberg (25.-27. September 2012) a diverse range of packaging solutions for food, medical items and industrial products. The highlights are two automated end-toend packaging lines, as well as systems for the packing of sterile medical products. From its wide range of turnkey, end-to-end packaging lines, MULTIVAC will be showing a high-output traysealer line with its twin track T 700 model. The destacking of the trays is carried out by a tray destacker from Carsoe. The MR 821 checkweigher with metal detector from MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection checks the weight and content of the sealed trays. The packaging line is equipped with a H 130 handling module with 4-axis robot for placing the finished tray packs into outer cartons. A palletising system from Trimaster at the end of the line stacks the loaded cartons onto pallets. MULTIVAC acquired the Finnish company in December 2011 and thereby expanded its equipment range in line automation, robotics and palletising systems. "MULTIVAC customers benefit from the advantages of being able to obtain all the line components from one source: full integration of the line modules, the right interfaces, single uniform operator guidance and one person to contact", says Valeska Haux, Marketing Manager at MULTIVAC. Thermoforming packaging line for industrial products Memory cards in thermoformed blister packs will be packed on the second automated packaging line, which MULTIVAC will be showing at Fachpack. The heart of the line is the high performance R 535 thermoforming packaging machine, which is equipped with a H 240 handling module for loading the pack cavities. The H 240 is also equipped with a MULTIVAC MVS vision system to detect and orientate the pack contents. A printed pre-cut card is loaded into the blister pack by a card loader from Buhmann Systems, before the packs are sealed. The thermoforming packaging machine is also equipped with innovations from MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection,

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namely the MVS seal seam scanner, which checks the quality of the seal seams during the packaging procedure, and a cross web labeller with printer unit, which dispenses the labels onto the pack immediately after printing and which is therefore specially suited to serialisation and track & trace applications. The blister packs are converged at the end of the line by the H 50 handling module. Packaging solutions for medical products MULTIVAC will also be presenting packaging solutions for the medical products sector: the R 145 thermoforming packaging machine is a particularly efficient entry-level machine for the packaging of sterile medical products in small and medium batch sizes. On this machine is installed the MR296 TI direct web printer with the Wolke m600 printing system. Process reliability and recording capability will also be demonstrated in the case of the C 400 TC, a special chamber machine with temperature controlled sealing bar for sterile medical products. The identification of the individual stages and operators is assured through barcodes and RFID, so that the packaging procedure is constantly monitored, safeguarded and recorded. Other Exhibits With its T 100 and T 300 models, the packaging specialist will be showing a semi-automatic and a fully automatic traysealer, which are both designed for small and medium batch sizes. MULTIVAC will also be presenting various chamber machines for packing food in pouches. The MR293TT direct web printer with thermal transfer printing and the MR425 link chain labeller for the front and back labelling of shaped bottles will also be shown from the product range of MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection. (This text contains approximately 3,890 characters))
About MULTIVAC: MULTIVAC is one of the world's leading suppliers of packaging solutions: the company is a global market leader in thermoforming packaging machines and it manufactures a comprehensive range of traysealers, vacuum chamber machines, chamber conveyor machines, labellers, quality control systems, automation solutions and even ready-to-use lines.

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The MULTIVAC group has approximately 3,400 employees worldwide, with about 1,400 based at the headquarters in Wolfertschwenden. With more than 65 daughter companies the Group is represented on all continents. Over 900 consultants and service technicians around the world place their knowledge and experience at the disposal of their customers and ensure that all installed MULTIVAC machines remain fully operational.

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Press enquiries: MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmller GmbH & Co. KG Valeska Haux Bahnhofstr. 4 D-87787 Wolfertschwenden, Germany Tel. +49 (0) 8334 - 601 - 495 E-mail: valeska.haux@multivac.de www.multivac.com CREATISSIMA GmbH Agency for PR and Marketing Ilona Krmer Isarstrae 7 D-83661 Lenggries, Germany Tel. +49 (0) 8042 - 50 79 00 E-mail: ilona.kraemer@creatissima.de www.creatissima.de