Empresas Polar and SMI: investing to satisfy a growing market

The ketchup, a condiment that is increasingly fashionable and loved by young people, is experiencing steady growth in consumption. In Venezuela, the company Empresas Polar, for the secondary packaging of Pampero brand tomato sauce glass bottles, has recently turned to SMI for the installation of a CSK 40 T ERGON packer together with the handling systems for incoming bulk bottles and outgoing packs

Quality, practicality and flexibility

Empresas Polar is particularly attentive to the level of quality of its products, eco-sustainability and efficiency of the production systems. The CSK ERGON series proved to be the ideal solution for versatile and economical packaging of 198 g and 397 g glass ketchup bottles in practical and resistant 6x4 formats with tray+film. The machine is also prepared for the future packaging of the 567 g and 1000 g bottles in 4x3 and 3x2 formats with tray+film.

SMI solutions for Empresas Polar

Empresas Polar invested in the purchase of a new packaging machine to increase the performance of the current Pampero ketchup production line.
The CSK series shrink wrapper ensures high flexibility and automation of production processes, fundamental factors for responding promptly to market demands. In addition, the compactness of the machine ensures optimal use of existing logistics space and easy use by operators during plant operation and maintenance activities.The model supplied, for packs with tray support, is the most suitable choice for glass bottles, as it ensures greater robustness and practicality of the package both during palletizing and during handling and storage in stores.

Key features of the CSK 40 T ERGON shrinkwrapper:

• easy format changeover
• carton magazine positioned under the infeed belt
• curvilinear cardboard climb in the initial and final section, to facilitate the insertion of the cardboard pad
• smooth product infeed system for easy channeling of loose bottles on the conveyor belt
• film cutting unit with a compact design, with high-precision film cutting operations thanks to the brushless direct-drive motor
• simplified maintenance operations thanks to the ergonomic design of the machine
• Smitec ICOS motors equipped with integrated digital servo-drive (driver), able to simplify the wiring of the machine and ensure greater energy efficiency, less noise and reduced wear of the components
• the model installed at Empresas Polar mounts an optional additional 1,150mm belt, positioned at the exit of the tunnel, for rapid cooling of the packages and better aesthetic quality of the package itself

Key features of conveyor systems

• simple and intuitive human-machine interface
• simplified maintenance
• reduced format changeover times for the transition from one production to another
• efficient accumulation system between the shrinkwrapper outlet and the palletizer inlet.

Focus on Empresas Polar

Founded in 1941, Empresas Polar holds a leadership position in Venezuela in the food sector and is one of the most important entrepreneurial structures in Latin America.  Through its subsidiaries Alimentos Polar, Cervecería Polar and Pepsi-Cola Venezuela, it operates in the food, alcoholic beverages and soft drinks sectors.

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Marketing Department
SMI S.p.A.
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