As the challenges of the global economy increase the pressure to save money at all stages of the production and packaging process increases. Higher energy costs have driven up the costs of packaging materials, the electricity required to run packaging machinery and the expense of air conditioning and refrigeration systems to keep the temperature for both staff and products at safe levels.

Based on our previous experience with ME machines we felt confident it would work perfectly…

With a greater emphasis on environmental sustainability, bio-degradability and cost reduction there is a greater focus being placed on wrapping products with paper…

A demonstration of the Evo-Fold wrapper from Marden Edwards at the PPMA Show 2008 has led to an order from Scottish confectioners Thomas Tunnock to wrap its tea cake products. The machine is the third ME wrapper to be purchased for the company’s Uddingston, Glasgow facility, where the well-known ‘snow ball’ and caramel wafer biscuits are also manufactured.

Major cereal manufacturers are consistently choosing overwrapping as the preferred method to bundle and wrap their single portion products.