News | October 7, 2004

Hassia SVL 20/30 Form/Fill/Seal Machine Produces Duo Stick Packs For New Line Of Food Products

Provides sterile packaging for single-serve yogurt/fruit syrup or other combinations of products

MORGANVILLE, NJ – Hassia, a world-renowned supplier of thermoform and flexible packaging machinery offers the SVL 20/30 Vertical Form/Fill/Seal Stickpack Machine, now capable of producing duo stick packs that contain two separate food products in a single-serve pouch. The aseptic version of the SVL is the SAS 20/30 is the first multi-lane machine to package low acid food products aseptically, increasing their shelf life to a year without refrigeration, providing a new standard in shelf stability for tubular, flexible convenient packaging of food products.

Currently, the SVL 20/30 is being used by Müller Dairy in the UK to produce its Yogz® Squeezems™, a two-compartment ready-serve sealed package containing vanilla yogurt and flavored fruit syrup.

The SVL 20/30 meets all United States and International hygiene standards, and features an unmatched output performance due to its multi-lane system, producing up to 24,000 aseptic liquid stick-packs per hour. The flexible design also enables the packaging of different substances pairs or flavors simultaneously on one machine.

In partnership with A+F Automation (an IWKA Group company), Hassia USA now offers a complete array of packaging capabilities from a single source: Hassia, with its world-renowned portion-packaging machines, including cup and pouch aseptic systems, and A+F Automation's modular secondary and end-of-line packaging systems. Additional info www.afautomation.com

Hassia USA provides sales, service and support to the North American marketplace and offers thermoform, sachet, pouch, aseptic and end-of-line packaging machinery for the food and confectionery, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Hassia USA is headquartered at 1210 Campus Drive West, Morganville, New Jersey. For more information on Hassia's complete line of form, fill, seal, and end-of-line packaging systems, call 732-536-8770 or visit Hassia's web site at www.hassiausa.com.

Source: Hassia USA