Bosch Packaging Technology B.V., formerly known as Tevopharm, was founded in 1959 and has almost 50 years of experience in providing packaging machines, distribution and infeed systems. The company has been part of the Bosch Packaging division since 2003. By collaborating closely with other companies within the division, it now supplies solutions combining years of experience in a wide range of packaging applications.

The CM wrapper

One of the main products has been the CM wrappers, with the first CM machine having been built in 1975. Now, 34 years later, numerous machines have been installed worldwide. This envelope style packaging machine is suitable for packaging sandwich biscuits, crackers, extruded bread and much more and can be adjusted to various individual product shapes, such as round, oval, rectangular or square. The latest incarnation of the series, the CM-6, offers outstanding accessibility and quick and easy changeovers, as well as an impressive list of options to satisfy the needs of many different customers.

Papadopoulos

One such customer is Papadopoulos, a successful Greek company supplying biscuits and other foods. Papadopoulos is the Greek market leader for biscuits with a market share of about 70% by volume. The company also holds a significant position in the bread substitutes segment. As well as introducing new brands, Papadopoulos already offers a large range of products that are already widely known such as Papadopoulos Petit Beurre, Miranda, Papadopoulos Cream Crackers, Papadopoulos Sandwich biscuits and Caprice,. In striving to fulfill customer’s needs, it holds three principles very highly: quality, innovation and respect.

Papadopoulos CM-6 project

Papadopoulos has worked with CM machines for many years and, last year, the decision was taken to add another machine. Although the principle of the CM6 remains unchanged, the machine’s specifications have been modified in order to make it more operator friendly. This offers significant benefits, such as shorter changeover times. Thanks to the stainless steel covers, cleaning the machine has also become much easier. Furthermore, the machine has been equipped with a tear strip applicator, as well as an additional roller for a cardboard feeder. The use of five sets of sealing heads allows for an improvement in the seal quality, with a tighter and better looking seal being produced, but without loss in machine speed.

New developments

Although the CM-6 is a machine with a long history, this envelope pack style remains very popular and still allows for innovation and improvement. Bosch Packaging Technology has recently come up with an innovative CM-6 solution in which a labeling unit has been integrated into the film tower of the machine. This unit makes it possible to put a label onto the film at a predetermined position, before wrapping the product and therefore ensures that the labels are always placed at the same position on the package.

So, as you can see with the CM-6, the CM wrapper is still evolving and continues to successfully serve many customer’s needs.

For more information please contact:

Paul Quarré at +31 (0)10 4885 752 or per e-mail: paul.quarre@bosch.com