The sales and service teams of Schubert’s North American subsidiary showcased the company’s newest innovations, presenting them live and in-person to the public for the first time, including the debut of the lightline Cartonpacker. This solution allows manufacturers to benefit from a cost-effective case packer to quickly automate their packaging processes with the most efficient technology on the market. With Schubert’s lightline solutions, a large part of the configuration is built-in. Drawing on the expertise the company has accumulated from building other case packers, Schubert has preconfigured a packaging machine that can implement the most common process steps in case packing. This provides manufacturers with a highly affordable automation solution for specific product and packaging formats.

The exhibited lightline Cartonpacker is part of a modular Schubert TLM system for Michigan-based Hudsonville Ice Cream. Hudsonville Ice Cream co-manufactures the famous frozen Greek yogurt bars for the brand Yasso. The case packer will be installed together with four cartoners and one more case packer on site until the end of 2021.

“As a contract manufacturer, flexibility in manufacturing is key to success. As consumer preferences change, so do future products and formats. While producing for other brands as well as manufacturing our own branded products, flexible end-of-line systems, such as our new Schubert packaging machines, ensure competitive advantage,” said John St. Aubin, operations leader at Hudsonville Ice Cream. “It’s great to see part of our machine system exhibited at Pack Expo and how it attracts other manufacturer. This confirms once again that opting for Schubert was the right choice.”