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TECHNOLOGY & SUSTAINABILITY (Source: KHS/Martens) Jan Martens now has the necessary flexibility to best meet the current needs of the retail trade. Secondary packaging: KHS offers extensive portfolio Nature MultiPack is just one example of the ever-increasing range of sustain- able and pioneering secondary pack- aging systems on offer from KHS. The Dortmund turnkey supplier pursues a clear holistic strategy, as Sören Stor- beck, Global Product Account Manag- er for Packaging at KHS, explains. “Our overriding aim is to perfectly cater for all of our customers’ requirements. We thus believe in providing not just a full portfolio of line and packaging systems and solutions but also a global service network that’s available to our customers round the clock.” Among the latest innovations engi- neered by the systems supplier is the Innopack Kisters wrap-around shrink paper packer (WSPP A) that can wrap cans in either paper, cardboard or film. This variety is facilitated by the modu- lar design of all Innopack Kisters ma- chines that enables existing models to be quickly and flexibly retrofitted with the additional paper-wrapping func- tion. By combining various process modules, a WSPP A can process three different types of secondary packag- ing, for example: wrap-around cartons, trays and pads that can be wrapped in either paper or shrink film. It is now also possible to process film made of 100% recyclate on Innopack Kisters machinery – without any loss in quality or performance. Another groundbreaking packag- ing alternative can be produced by the new Innopack Kisters CNP (Carton Nature Packer). This powerful and flex- ible packer turns cans into stable packs using toppers or clips made of corru- gated cardboard or solid board. KHS’ inventiveness is by no means limited to the above. “We’re striving to develop even more efficient and sustainable systems – whether for primary, sec- ondary or tertiary packaging,” states Storbeck. “Together with our customers and partners we’re constantly working on saving even more resources and fur- ther strengthening the recycling loop.” (Source: KHS/Martens) Jan Martens, boss of the traditional Martens brewery in Belgium, is convinced by KHS’ Nature MultiPack technology. His company already uses the sustainable packaging alternative for PET bottles – and will soon also do so for cans. 80 AMEFT 3 2021 www.ameft.com “Together with our customers and partners we’re constantly working on saving even more resources and further strengthening the recycling loop,” says Sören Storbeck, Global Product Account Manager at KHS. Sören Storbeck, Global Product Account Manager at KHS