haliburton international foods will be us&rsquos first company to install and evaluate curwood&39s innovative highspeed liquiflex® vffs, which is a continuous motion packaging equipment that is meant for mass foodservice pouch applications. the run speed of the company is more than doubled in first five months itself. a company now uses 30 less packaging material than it was before installing a new machine. furthermore, a company has significantly reduced the produce giveaway, as well. haliburton international foods, inc., which is a leading manufacturer of food products that is based in ontario, california, has reported major productivity gains and cost control after using the innovative curwood liquiflex® av2.2cbhf series of packaging equipment. this innovative highspeed vffs bulk foodservice pouch packaging machinery features an extremely efficient continuous box cb motion design. this machine is the latest model in market dominating liquiflex® av equipment series introduced by curwood. haliburton is the first us food company which has installed and evaluated this new highspeed technology. haliburton received the delivery of the machine in the month of may. haliburton mentioned that this machine exceeds the expectations and performs very efficiently. haliburton packages a vast range of food products for retail, industrial and foodservice customers. this company is using the liquiflex® advance&trade barrier films and the new vffs pouch machine for bulk quantity of hot and cold fill soups, sauce, and salsa applications that range pocket size from 1 to 10 lbs. in just the duration of five months, haliburton foods reports significant improvements. the headtohead productivity is more than double from previous packaging rates as acceleration of packaging throughput is above 80 packages per minute. as this machine allows outstanding processing and weight control, the product giveaway of haliburton is reduced by twothirds. the downtime is reduced because of the quick change out between product types and sizes that offer improved flexibility, versatility, and speedy responding to customers&rsquo demands. the company has experienced about 30 source reduction through 13layer liquiflex® advance&trade that is barrier bulk liquid films. ian schenkel, the president and ceo of haliburton, said that the nature of business requires them to be fast and flexible in order to meet the changing customer demands and requirements. furthermore, they need to do it in the possible cost effective way. the liquiflex® av2.2cbhf machine is the first vffs machine that could bring them to the level of 80 packages per minute. the flexibility is allowing them addressing the customer demands in the given period of time. schenkel showed gratitude for the partnership with curwood for innovative packaging and process solutions, which is helping to create value for their customers and providing a business advantage over competitors. haliburton international foods purchased this new equipment to contribute in expanded production of their new facility. curwood field and technical service supported haliburton international foods from the initial installation to commercial production. as the liquiflex® filmequipment platform speedily proved its usefulness, haliburton international foods is to rent four more machines for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2012. curwood&39s liquiflex® av series vffs equipment blends performance and accelerated speed with advanced engineering that simplifies setup, maintenance, changeover, and operation. for extraordinary strength, barrier and abuse resistance, liquiflex® av series machines supplement curwood&39s liquiflex® advance&trade liquid pouch film that is a proprietary 13layer structure that comes with pe and evoh layers and redundant nylon. liquiflex® av series equipment, which is available exclusively through curwood, features a spaceefficient footprint. it also includes standard allenbradley® controls for reliable and proven operations. these machines are available in four different servodriven models that include the latest highspeed cb "continuous box motion" option. along with this, machines can be easily customized for conveying, weighing systems, code dating, or other enhancements. the equipment platform used in the machine is fieldproven in over 400 machine installations throughout the world and includes simpletooperate yet advanced controls and features. both liquiflex® equipment and liquiflex® advance&trade films and are backed by curwood&rsquos countrywide network of devoted field service experts and usbased supply for unequaled customer support. source of informationhttpwww.curwood.comnewsarticle365
