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Niverplast’s automation solutions can help meat and poultry companies streamline their packaging operations, while the company’s unique Easy Open bags can make operations more environmentally friendly.
Niverplast, a Netherlands-based company, is expanding its presence in Grand Rapids, MI to better serve its U.S. customer base. With a team of over 300 specialists, Niverplast excels in producing innovative bag-in-box packaging solutions featuring unique pre-made bags, designed to meet the needs of various food industries, including meat and poultry.
“Packing meat and poultry is one of our passions. Whether you want to pack in crates or boxes, Niverplast offers machines to accelerate your packaging process. From manually placing bags to complete packaging lines,” Niverplast said.
Niverplast works with companies of all sizes, from large corporate entities to small mom and pop operations.
“We are a family-owned business, so we work hand-in-hand with companies and get to know how they operate within the industry,” Niverplast USA Sales Rep Mark Finneran said. “Our goal is to make our clients’ work just a little bit easier.”
Niverplast offers standalone packing machines with easy-to-use pre-made bags as well as complete turnkey systems that implement automation throughout the line. The company offers a variety of labor-saving equipment, including case-erecting, bag inserting, case-filling, and uncuff closing solutions.
“We don’t just handle the packaging side – we also can provide solutions on the processing side with automated weighing, sorting, and transporting,” Finneran said.
Niverplast has a large list of clients it’s collaborating with all over the globe, and the company already partners with some of the world’s largest meat and poultry companies, including Bell & Evans, Finneran noted.
“We have a lot of knowledge and applications that we do in the meat and poultry industry,” Finneran said. “It’s been one of our leading industries, alongside applications for wholesale bakeries. Niverplast has a customer base of 50 plus customers with more than 150 machines installed all over the United States.”
The company has seen wide success in developing and installing bag-in-box packaging systems throughout Europe and Asia over the last 35 years.
“Now we want to take the success that we’ve had in packaging automation in Europe and bring it to meat and poultry companies in the U.S.,” Finneran said. “Niverplast has a substantial U.S. presence, with locally based sales representatives, field service technicians, support, and spare part warehousing.”
One of the main ways Niverplast wants to help is in reducing plastics usage, Finneran added. Companies that team with Niverplast can reduce their impact on the environment by switching from standard bags on a roll to Niverplast’s thinner, ultra-strength Easy Open bags, which cost less, use less material, and have less impact on nature, according to the company.
“On the sustainability front, one of our biggest capabilities is the ability to reduce the use of plastics in customers’ factories,” Finneran said. “We can cut 30 to 50 percent of their plastic usage by going to our type of automation. Not only does that reduce cost; it reduces their impact on the environment. That’s a big part of what we do for our customers.”
U.S. consumers want to know that the meat and poultry they purchase is produced through a sustainable supply chain, and reducing plastics usage can be part of that.
Niverplast provides audits for prospective clients to show how its solutions can improve operations.
With Niverplast equipment installed, meat and poultry companies can lower labor rates and requirements, improve operations efficiency and performance, and provide a safer workplace for employees, Finneran concluded.
Niverplast will be attending the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) at Booth #B48033, where they will be showcasing their latest packaging innovations designed to enhance efficiency, sustainability, and automation in the meat and poultry industry.
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