ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITS WITH THE LEADING SNACK MACHINE MANUFACTURER

 

As consumers turn away from loose snacks and mithai towards hygienically packaged products; as online shopping becomes the norm across India; marketers of snacks need to consider automated snack packaging machines. It's the only way to build your consumer base, and expand your market.

High quality snack packaging offers many advantages, such as:

- attractive retail appeal

- hygiene; products untouched by human hands

- protection from air, water & contaminants

- longer shelf life

- better mobility

- easier to transport, distribute & store

With these advantages for your business, snack manufacturers can improve retail value of their products and make forays into new markets, thereby growing sales and profits.

Nichrome snack packaging machines

Nichrome is India’s leading provider of integrated packaging solutions with a whole gamut of offerings for snack packaging. Nichrome range of automated snacks packaging machines and namkeen packing machines suit different needs and budgets while offering some definite advantages:

- high speed performance

- accuracy in weighing & filling

- excellent vacuum sealing

- easy changeover for multiple products

- easy cleaning and maintenance

- flexible pouches for better packaging design

- robust construction

- HACCP & GMP compliance

- reliable performance

- flexibility: different fillers make multiple applications possible on the same machine

All these features add up to big benefits for snack manufacturers. Greater speed and efficiency means improved productivity for your factory, and longer life for your products.

Choose your pouch format

Nichrome offers a wide range of automated snack food packaging machines, each offering different flexible packaging formats. Some of the most popular snack packaging formats include:

Chain of small pouches
Nichrome’s Sprint Snack Pack packs snacks such as chips, namkeen, puffed snacks, dry fruits, etc. in Centre Seal Pillow Pouches of different sizes. It has a perforation mechanism that produces a chain of pouches that is easy to display in crowded Indian stores.

Large bulk packs
Nichrome’s snack packaging machines offer a variety of large pouch formats such as the Gusset, Gusset with D-cut, Penta Seal and Quad Seal pouches. These are ideal for bulk packaging up to 10 kgs and pack at a speed of 80 bags per minute.

Stand up pouches
Nichrome has innovated India's first vertical pouch packaging machine! The Excel Vertipack 320 has been developed for packaging dry fruits, snacks, pasta, grains, etc. in a variety of stand up pouches with or without zipper.

Sealed trays
Nichrome’s tray sealing machines are the perfect choice for packaging Indian mithai, snacks and other food products. MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) technology ensures the snacks are packed safely in preformed trays, untouched by human hands - and sealed tight in a modified atmosphere that prevents spoilage and extends shelf life.

Special innovation for start-ups

More and more snack manufacturers are seeing the need for automating their packaging process. To retain old customers, attract new ones and make inroads into new markets, snack manufacturers need modern packaging that’s safe, accurate and effective.

But not every snack producer has the space or budget for an expensive snack packaging machine. Nichrome has a solution. Nichrome has designed a special snack packaging machine under the brand name ‘E-Line’, for such start-ups and small-medium enterprises.

Wing 200 E-Line is an exclusive entry-level snack packaging machine that delivers all the technology, expertise and reliability of Nichrome in a compact, affordable format. Wing 200 E-Line is designed to fit modest space, budget and performance expectations.

It is the ideal machine for chips, kurkure, namkeen, pasta, dry fruits, candies - even sugar, grains and pulses. Products are vacuum-packed at a speed of 80 bags per minute in economical Centre Seal Pillow Pouches (CSPP). Perforated chains of pouches are also possible.

Conclusion

As hygiene and safety become increasingly important for the modern consumer, automated snack packaging grows in need. The ongoing pandemic further emphasizes the need for hygienically packed and sealed packs.

For snacks producers, it makes sense to partner with a snack packaging machine manufacturer who truly knows and understands the business. Nichrome offers a wide range of high quality, high speed namkeen packaging machines, and can even customise solutions for specific needs.

Nichrome provides end-to-end support, right from consulting to understand your requirements and recommending the most relevant, cost-effective solution, to manufacturing and delivering it. Nichrome also helps integrate the machine in your upstream or downstream systems, provides training for your staff, and offers timely support and spares when required.

Pouch packaging: a growing, evolving trend

According to a report by Smithers-Pira, the global pouch packaging market will reach $19 billion by 2021 up from a projected $15 billion in 2016 – a compound annual growth rate of 4.6%. In India, the flexible packaging segment is estimated to be growing at over 35% annually, mainly driven by the food and the pharmaceutical sectors.

Pouch filling machine manufacturer

The large and growing Indian middle class, along with the growth in organized retailing in the country are fuelling growth in the flexible packaging industry. Another factor, which has provided substantial stimulus to the packaging industry, is the rapid growth of exports, which requires superior packaging standards for the international market.

Pouch packaging vs. Rigid packaging

Flexible pouch packaging scores over traditional rigid packaging in different ways:

Barrier properties

Flexible packaging offers companies the ability to customise the appropriate barrier for their product and end-use. For example, products such as juice and milk require an oxygen barrier. Other products may not. A flexible pouch can have specific barrier properties built into it.

For years, aluminium foil was used as the ultimate barrier material but when used in the increasingly popular stand-up pouch, the foil can crack leading to pinholes that let contaminants in. New materials have been developed to replace foil.

Ease of branding

In pouch packaging, pouch formation generally includes full printing features as well as lamination if required. The pouch also offers larger printing area for companies to print their brand and product details, and to incorporate high-end graphics to make their label as attractive as possible.

This is of prime importance as manufacturers jostle for space and attention on crowded retail shelves.

Sustainability

In a world where environmental sustainability is an ever-growing concern, flexible packaging proves to be far more energy-efficient and economical than rigid packaging such as expensive plastic jars, glass bottles, heavy duty boxes and metal tins. Throughout the three stages of its life-cycle i.e. manufacturing, transportation and disposal, flexible packaging proves to be the cheaper, more responsible option. Packaging engineers everywhere continue to search for thinner and lighter laminate structures without compromising upon the overall strength, barrier & functional properties of the packaging.

Flexibility in design and dispensing

Flexible plastic films can be moulded into practically any shape, with the inclusion of different handles, opening features & fitments. It is also possible to produce packaging of larger sizes. All these aspects enhance convenience and storage for the end-user, and improve brand preference.

Today's pouches have easy-tear notches, screw-top caps, ziplock, and etc. and new innovations crop up every day. Pop-up straws, one-way dispensers and valves that connect directly to appliances are some of the fitments for liquid packaging that are making their way into the market to enhance functionality.

Conclusion

Pouch packaging continues to grow in popularity. The main reason for this growing popularity is that flexible packages are found aesthetically attractive, cost-effective and sturdy. Consumer preference for the use of convenient packaging and packaged products in affordable quantities in laminates is also one of the main reasons that have contributed to the growth of flexible packaging in India.

What is more, the world of flexible pouch packaging keeps evolving, with new design innovations, materials and applications emerging every day. Various pouch formats and new fixture technologies are increasing market share in an array of applications in food, beverages and other end-use segments.

In India, Nichrome is a leader in the design, manufacture and integration of pouch packaging machines. For a diverse range of applications across Food, Pharma and other sectors, Nichrome innovates and customizes packaging solutions that create value for its customers. If you are contemplating pouch packaging for your product or seek to improve efficiency of your packaging line, Nichrome’s integrated packaging solutions can ensure desired outcomes.

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