Resealable food packaging is a growing consumer trend that presents many benefits for businesses: from increased brand visibility and customer loyalty, to greater competitive performance. However, as desirable as these benefits are, if resealable food packaging solutions are difficult to implement in the production line, then manufacturers will be less enthusiastic to adopt them. Understandably so.
For example, if implementing the solution results in significant downtime, this can severely impact the financial performance and undermine potential benefits. In a 2021 report titled The True Cost of Downtime, compiled by predictive analytics company Senseye, FMCG manufacturers across the globe are estimated to lose 25 hours per month to downtime. This translates into over 6 million euros lost every year — or over 35 billion euros for Fortune Global 500 constituents in the FMCG category.
Implementing solutions that result in downtime can, therefore, be counterproductive. This leads us to an important question for resealable food packaging solutions: what is the actual impact on the production line and is it worth it for food production managers?
In terms of the tesa® range of resealable food packaging solutions, specifically our single-sided and double-sided resealable bag closure systems, the answer is simple. There is little, if any, impact on production lines. Manufacturing plants can actually hit the ground running quickly with a resealable food packaging solution that not only integrates with existing processes and machinery, but is also incredibly easy to learn and implement.
Let us explore these benefits in greater detail.
The installation process can be completed quickly with minimal downtime or disruption to the production line. In a typical installation, which takes less than a single working day, a professional from tesa will visit the manufacturing plant with a dispenser apparatus — the tesa® 6081 Spool Dispenser with brake & buffer system — that feeds the adhesive tape into the production line at controllable speeds. Once the tesa professional mounts the dispenser and feeds the tape into the feed path, the installation is complete. Furthermore, as the adhesive tape is supplied in a wound spool, this installation offers rapid integration with no negative impact on production output or running speed.
The mechanism of the tesa® 6081 Spool Dispenser reveals just how convenient our resealable food packaging solution can be. As touched upon in the previous section, the dispenser is delivered ready-to-run without any electrical components. This significantly reduces any risk of malfunction or electrical failure. During production, the adhesive tape is unwound mechanically by the propulsion of the profile.
As a result of this simplicity and ease of integration, food production managers do not need to rework their production line or alter any facilities. The solution also works with various types of film-based packaging, including pouches, pillow packs, stabilo packs, and many others. This, along with its flexibility and small size, means that packaging design and branding decisions are safeguarded from disruptive alterations.
With tesa® resealable food packaging solutions, you are guaranteed a high-quality solution that integrates seamlessly with existing packaging operations. By retrofitting a tesa® resealable food packaging solution with your production line, you can unlock significant benefits across your entire product lifecycle.