IMA Opens Packaging Test Centre in Italy for VFFS and Pouch Lines
IMA FLEXSPHERE has opened a Customer Experience Centre at IMA Ilapak's VFFS Division in Foiano della Chiana, Italy, where manufacturers can trial vertical packaging and stand-up pouch machinery and work with IMA specialists.
IMA FLEXSPHERE has added a Customer Experience Centre at the IMA Ilapak VFFS Division site in Foiano della Chiana, Italy. The company says manufacturers can watch machinery run, carry out product trials and work with IMA specialists on packaging solutions suited to their needs.
The centre covers Vertical Form Fill Seal and Stand-Up Pouch applications for food packaging. Machines available for testing include the VEGATRONIC continuous-motion vertical packaging series and the DOYTRONIC 120 for stand-up pouch form-fill-seal work. An onsite OpenLab adds expertise on packaging materials and sustainability, including analysis of packaging structures and validation of material performance, which IMA says can help customers move toward recyclable mono-material and paper-based packaging.
For equipment buyers, ask which machine configurations and pouch formats can be trialled at the centre, and whether trials can use your own materials. If recyclable or paper-based structures are a goal, ask what OpenLab validation covers and how results would translate to your production line.