Sympak Bottling and Canning S.p.a. of Italy is pleased to announce the appointment of HBM Packaging Technologies as their sales partner in Australia and New Zealand for their range of Beverage and Food Filling Machinery for glass and PET containers and cans.

Sympak’s Sales Director, Mr Cosimo Gasbarro commented; “We view HBM as our ideal partner in expanding our market base in Oceania further to the installed base of over 30 fillers already in the local market.”

The Sympak BC Group offers state-of-the-art filling equipment for a wide range of applications:

Bottle Filling for a range of liquid beverages and foods, specialising in: 

•  Wines

• Juice (Hot Fill)

• Isotonics

• Milk/Yoghurt

• Dressings & Sauces

 Can Filling for:

• Fruits & Vegetables

• Meat & Fish

• Soups

• Beverages

Of special interest is Sympak’s Unique Hot Fill Technology of which 30 systems have been installed globally with major beverage groups in the last 3 years.

The technology includes:

• accurate filling temperatures ( ± 0.5°C) achieved due to servo-driven filling valves

• precise product filling to mouth level with nil product spillage

• PLC control for external process systems (pasteurisers, mixers etc)

• controlled variable recycle blend capability achieved even in the case of bottle absence

• systems are available in a range of pitch sizes (94mm thru 141mm) to suit different bottle diameters in single or tri-block configurations

• output speeds range from 3,000 to 60,000 bph

• significantly lower start up costs as compared to Aseptic versions and simplified operation by non-specialised staff

HBM see the Sympak range of filling equipment as being an exciting addition to the portfolio of Food and Beverage Packaging and End-of-Line machinery currently offered by the company, states Gary Brown, HBM’s CEO