Automated Packaging Systems is the market-leading designer and manufacturer of flexible bagging solutions. Its bagging systems include Autobag® ‘bags-on-a-roll’, SidePouch™ speciality bags, and AirPouch™ void fill pouches and protective packaging. The company is highly regarded as an innovative and reliable packaging partner capable of delivering cost-effective and efficient bagging solutions for a wide range of industries.

At its core Automated Packaging Systems has a programme of product development designed to continually improve service, quality, environmental performance and flexibility. Unveiled in Europe earlier this year was the new food bagging system: FAS SPrint Revolution. Marketing of the first AirPouch Express 3 void fill air pillow system to feature Knifeless technology also began.

Automated Packaging Systems has a broad client base bagging everything from frozen food and confectionery to plumbing and car parts, DIY fixings and military rations. The success of the company’s materials development programme meant medical device manufacturers could use Autobag systems with medical papers. Now further developments are in the pipeline to ensure that Autobag and SidePouch are the first choice bagging system for an even wider range of industrial applications.

The company is based in Streetsboro, Ohio, USA and has its European headquarters and manufacturing facility in Malvern, Worcestershire. Sales and service officers are located in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium and The Netherlands and the company works closely with an extensive network of European distributors. Together they support more than 30,000 packaging systems in operation worldwide.

Automated Packaging Systems provides a complete range of baggers, printers, in-feeds, conveyors and void fill/protective packaging systems, providing hand-load and automatic-feed solutions to suit a extensive range of applications. Its customer support team has vast experience in a diverse range of markets, providing unbeatable service, practical support and advice to businesses packaging food, automotive aerospace clothing & textiles, cosmetics, domestic appliances, fasteners & connectors, hobby & craft, DIY & garden, plastics & rubber mouldings, stationery, medical, hardware, electrical, electronic and plumbing parts.

Its Systems Advantage Programme ensures that machines and bags are designed and made with one goal in mind – problem free packaging, bag-after-bag, year-after-year. And because very occasionally problems may occur, innovations such as on-board system diagnostics and modular ‘Replace-n-Repair™’ keep downtime to an absolute minimum.

Ease-of-use and ease-of-setup are essential ingredients in an Automated Packaging Systems solution. Lightning-fast bag changes ensure ultimate flexibility, and because systems are designed from the operator perspective, an Automated Packaging Systems solution delivers significant improvements in productivity from day one.

Systems are based on proven modular units – Autobag® baggers and printers coupled with optical and weight counters, bowl feeders, and conveyors to create a system ideally suited to individual customer’s needs. And with printer options capable of overprinting barcodes, graphics and variable text directly onto the bag, Automated Packaging Systems delivers significant improvements in performance and environmental awareness.

Bag quality is key to packaging efficiency and system uptime. Automated Packaging Systems extrudes and converts its own plastic material into bags at the company’s European Headquarters and manufacturing site in Malvern, Worcestershire. Bags are made to rigid tolerance standards exceeding industry standards. Customers can choose from a broad range of bag film materials, from standard polyethylene, polypropylene, and nylon, to complex co-extruded materials, medical papers and oxo-biodegradable plastics. As you would expect from the world’s No1, bags are available in multiple gauges and in a vast range of sizes, from tea-bag to pillow-case size. Special features such as tamper-evident security, hanger slots, breather holes and re-seal facilities are also available on personalised and plain bags.

Automated Packaging Systems customers benefit from real improvements in productivity and efficiency. But an important benefit is also the increase in brand and product value which results from improved product packaging and product image. Personalised bags, professionally printed, and with strong environmental credentials, improve the look and feel of packaged product, helping to drive sales and secure markets. A specialist in-house graphics team offers a professional innovative and creative design and production service. And because of its fundamental understanding of machine printing capabilities, the team helps customers to create unique, attractive packaging with a competitive edge.

The Autobag AB 180 is the company’s flagship product; an unbeatably reliable bagger which is in service throughout the world. Autobag AB 180 has enabled many small-to-medium-sized enterprises to make the crucial step-up from hand-bagging, allowing them to significantly increase productivity without escalating labour costs. An AB 180 is capable of bagging at speeds of up to 80 bags per minute and yet is simple to use, dependable and operationally flexible. Giving maximum uptime and bag packaging productivity, the AB 180 utilises the latest operating systems and the most advanced user touch-screen available, making it the most reliable and easy to use automatic bagging system of its kind.

On a smaller scale, Automated Packaging Systems recently released the PS 125 – a desktop bagger specifically designed for low- to medium- volume packaging operations. The PS 125 takes Automated Packaging Systems bagging know-how and builds it into a quiet, all-electric, compact, desk-top design that does not require compressed air to run. Push-to-Seal™, footswitch or automatic cycling deliver packing speeds up to 25 bags per minute, and a unique, locking turntable combines with the AutoThread™ feature for ergonomic handling and changeover. And fitted with a special OneStep™ printer, PS 125 prints individual graphics, text and bar code labels directly on to the queuing bag, improving environmental performance, reducing bag waste and eliminating product queuing.

Now Automated Packaging Systems celebrates the launch of the new FAS SPrint Revolution, a bagging system specifically designed for fresh and frozen food packaging applications. FAS SPrint Revolution is a high speed bagging system with a wide loading area of multiple, pre-opened bags, suitable for hand-load or fully automatic operations. To find out more about Automated Packaging Systems, Autobag®, SidePouch™, and AirPouch™, or for information about how Automated Packaging Systems solutions can benefit your business, call Autobag® Customer Service on 01684 891400 or visit www.autobag.co.uk.

Automated Packaging Systems, Inc., headquartered in Streetsboro, Ohio, has been a world leader in designing and manufacturing printed flexible bag packaging systems for more than 40 years, and is the original inventor of Autobag® bagging machines and pre-opened bags. The company has over 30,000 packaging systems in operation worldwide. Automated Packaging Systems’ European Head Office and manufacturing facility is located in Malvern, UK, and the company satisfies European customer requirements through business units strategically located in Belgium, France and Germany and via a comprehensive European network of distributors and agents.