FERO Retail Marketing Ltd based in Sandy, UK has just taken delivery of a Lamina Packline SA in early 2024. The machine is a fresh and newly designed hot melt packing line for gluing flat corrugated packs (FEFCO 401/2) up to 50mm thick, running at 300-350ph. Lamina has wanted to build a machine for this purpose for some time so when Garry Woods (FERO Operations Director, Sandy) and Jesper Hjalmarsson (Lamina System Design Manager) got together, the project began. The main USP is due to its genius of design and construction, there is no need for any set-ups, meaning different sizes and capacity of collated packs can be hand-fed continuously without stopping. Traditionally this job is carried out by small armies of out-workers using vast quantities of vinyl branded tapes. It is possible to add an inkjet print head to the Packline to enable logos and information to be printed directly onto the packs. Early calculations suggest a very attractive ROI of around 12-18 months.
Neil Thayer owner of Finishline Machinery says “It’s not every day we see a revolutionary machine that has the potential to disrupt print finishing. The Packline SA was built for flat corrugated packs of POS work, however it could easily be used in other industries where this kind of corrugated packing is required.”
Lamina will exhibit this brand new Packline SA for the first time at DRUPA 2024.
