The Bosch Packaging prototype Sigpack VPF (Vertical Platform for Flat Pouches), the first freely scalable flat pouch machine, has been honored with the German Packaging Award 2016. The packaging machine won over the jury with the innovative nature of the overall concept and execution in technical terms.
In particular, the scalability offered by the machine, which allows manufacturers to switch production at any time from one line to as many as twelve, is what signals a completely new approach within this segment. The jurors gave their verdict on a total of 213 projects from nine countries. Product Manager Frank Bühler and Maik Lamprecht, the project manager for Platform Development – from Bosch Packaging Technology in Beringen, Switzerland – accepted the award during the presentation ceremony, which was held as part of this year’s FachPack trade fair in Nuremberg.
“We are really pleased that our machine has managed to win the Packaging Award as early as the prototype stage. This confirms we have developed the kind of solution the market is looking for. We are already looking forward to working with a wide range of manufacturers from the pharma and food sectors who have already expressed an interest,” said Bühler.
The German Packaging Award has been presented since 1963 on an annual basis by the German Packaging Institute across ten categories. Under the auspices of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, this is an opportunity for the trade association to honor outstanding technical solutions and innovations – for the manufacture of packaging – which have been deemed to improve packaging still further for consumers, the environment, and the markets and add greater value to it.
