Mondi In North America Expands Flexible Pouch Spout Insertion Capabilities At Jackson, Mo. Plant

Consumer Goods Packaging, Mondi in North America has added three IPN Equipment B.V. spout insertion machines to its Jackson, Mo. portfolio of flexible package production equipment.

The additions enable Mondi to further strengthen its position in the growing migration of consumer goods from rigid to flexible packaging and to support increasing market demand for spouted baby food and fruit product pouches. The announcement was made in conjunction with Pack Expo 2015, Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 28-30, where Mondi occupies Booth #S-6719.

“Mondi is qualified by customers, co-packers and the National Food Laboratory for retort and hot fill spouted pouches used on a variety of filling lines,” says Markus Hoedebeck, vice president of product development, Mondi Jackson. “Our new equipment can accurately insert spouts ranging from 8 mm to 36 mm in diameter into flexible pouches at a rate of up to 120 per minute, which helps us achieve fast turnaround. Spouts for large pouches can be inserted to a pouch’s top corner at 0 to 45 degree angles or straight up on its top location."

Mondi’s new equipment complements its existing spout inserting machinery, giving the company spout insertion capabilities for a huge size range of pouches. The new equipment consists of three spout insertion machines, a one-up and two-up, and a three-up that is equipped with a robotic case pack unit and a 100% in line IR inspection system. In operation, the machines insert fitments into pre-made flexible pouches and then seal them. The finished spouted pouches are then boxed or placed on rails, and then shipped to consumer brands or co-packers for product filling at rates of 50 – 200 per minute.

“Mondi is in touch every day with its customers’ needs,” Hoedebeck notes. “Our new equipment purchase was inspired by customer input that indicates growing demand in selected areas of the consumer fast goods marketplace.”

About Mondi in North America
Mondi in North America designs, develops and manufactures solutions for its Industrial Bags, Consumer Packaging, Coatings, and Sack Kraft Paper customers. Industrial Bags produces ultra-strong paper bags for high-speed filling, air-permeable bags featuring hermetic and vacuum sealing, sewn open mouth, valve, pinch bottom, block bottom, woven polypropylene and slider bags, as well as two-ply bag constructions made from high performance kraft paper. It serves the sugar, gardening, building and construction, pet food and animal feed industries. Mondi offers the hygiene certification scheme AIB for food and animal feed applications. Consumer Packaging solutions include stand-up pouches, reclosable bags, microwaveable packaging and other products with optimal barrier properties, along with extruded films for labels. Major markets include food and beverage, pet care, hygiene and the personal and household care sectors. Coatings encompasses silicone-coated and specialty paper, as well as film release liners for a host of pressure-sensitive adhesive solutions, including hygiene and graphics applications. Primary markets include fiber composite sectors, building and construction, and tapes. Sack Kraft Paper products include multiwall consumer and refuse bags.

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About Mondi
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Mondi is an international packaging and paper Group, employing around 25,000 people across more than 30 countries. Our key operations are in central Europe, Russia, North America and South Africa. We offer over 100 packaging and paper products, customised into more than 100,000 different solutions for customers and end consumers. In 2014 Mondi had revenues of €6.4 billion and a return on capital employed of 17.2%.

The Mondi Group is fully integrated across the packaging and paper value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and compound plastics to developing effective and innovative industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Our innovative technologies and products can be found in a variety of applications including hygiene components, stand-up pouches, super-strong cement bags, clever retail boxes and office paper. Our key customers are in industries such as automotive; building and construction; chemicals; food and beverage; home and personal care; medical and pharmaceutical; packaging and paper converting; pet care; and office and professional printing.

Mondi has a dual-listed company structure, with a primary listing on the JSE Limited for Mondi Limited under the ticker code MND and a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange for Mondi plc under the ticker code MNDI.

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