Banding is probably the cleanest, simplest, efficient and most cost effective way of holding items together either as part of a manufacturing or logistic process or for final presentation.
By switching from hand applied rubber bands to an automated system using pre-printed banding material, Max Schwarz AG, a Swiss market gardener, has improved productivity, cut costs, won more business and, for the first time, been able to brand its produce of fresh spring onions and leeks.
Band rather than sleeve? "Of course we're biased - but with good reason," says Erich M. Lohner, General Manager Sales and Marketing of the Swiss banding machine manufacture ATS.
Production managers at Buitoni have the challenging task of finding packaging solutions that are: