IBP PACKAGING DIGEST
LANTECH’S SL AUTOMATIC
STRETCH WRAPPER
LANTECH INTRODUCED ITS REVOLUTIONARY SL
AUTOMATIC STRETCH WRAPPER WITH AUTOMATIC
ROLL CHANGE IN EUROPE THIS SEPTEMBER.

“Lantech was always there,
responding in a timely manner to our
requests and helping achieve our goals
by coming up with innovative solutions,”
said one of their Packaging Engineers.

With Lantech’s LeanWrap®
technologies, the company was
able to see multiple benefits:
The SL Automatic Stretch Wrapper can
wrap up to 110 loads per hour more
tightly, using less film to secure the load
on the pallet. Automatic Roll Change
enables the Stretch Wrapper to change
film rolls automatically, maximising
productivity and performance.

Bottled water company to produce
new standards for reduced packaging,
efficient load wrapping and film quality.

Bottled water is one of the most
difficult products to unitise securely.

Packaging such an unstable and heavy
substance makes it difficult for bottled
water companies to strike an efficient
balance between effective containment
and cost-efficient stretch wrapping.

A leading bottled water company
teamed up with Lantech to develop
a system to achieve the required
containment force for damage-free
shipments, shed excess packaging, and
26 maintain profit margin. As a result,
this company has reduced its stretch
film usage per load by 26%, achieved
a sustained containment force, and
reduced the use of cardboard, plastic,
and other secondary packaging.

When the bottler began working
with Lantech it had few wrap standards
and experienced frequent film breaks.

Operators tried to compensate by
changing wrap settings, which produced
a wide variation in containment force
and film usage of each load. The
common goal of this cooperation was:
to get loads from point A to point B
without damage, at the lowest cost
effectively shipped. The bottler’s
engineers, who understood the
importance of containment force,
quickly made the connection between
containment force and effective and
efficient packaging.

n Consistent safe-to-ship loads
– With Load Guardian®, the
operator is able to create,
maintain and deliver the right
amount of containment force
every time.

n Less shipping damage Pallet
Grip® stops loads from sliding off
by locking them to the pallet.

n Fewer film breaks and better
wrapping – Metered Film
Delivery® reduces film breaks,
load twisting, and load crushing
n Improved containment and
fewer film tails Lantech’s Load
Seeking Clamp® 4.0 ‘seeks out
the load’, eliminates film tails,
and improves containment at
the bottom of the load.

n Reduced operator intervention
While testing the Automatic
Roll Change option, the
machine was running for
nearly 12 hours without
operator intervention.

INTERNATIONAL BOTTLER & PACKER | DECEMBER 2025



PACKAGING DIGEST
Metered Film Delivery® was
instrumental in achieving the required
high amount of containment force
while reducing the amount of film
usage and breaks. New algorithms
allow Metered Film Delivery to
outperform conventional stretch
wrapping technology with faster, more
precise reaction speeds. A method
of applying film to loads at a higher
tension per revolution (compared to
demand-based film delivery systems),
Metered Film Delivery delivers double
the wrap force per revolution of
film, reduces film breaks, prevents
crushing or twisting of the load, and
wraps to the core of the film roll.

Load Seeking Clamp® eliminates
film tails which have a habit of getting
caught in downstream equipment,
causing lines to shut down. Because this
bottler’s facilities are highly automated
and have relatively low staffing levels,
downtime is an ugly problem. Load
Seeking Clamp minimises downtime
by eliminating film tails and reducing
film breaks at the clamp (25% of all
film breaks happen at the clamp).

The bladder-style technology holds
the film with three times the force of
other clamps, drastically reducing the
risk of film pulling out of the clamp. It
also moves out to the base of the load,
controlling the leading and trailing film
tails, while providing tighter base wraps
and more consistent wrap performance.

Pallet Grip® helps the company
further stabilise loads by minimising
the impact of the ‘slosh’ factor, a
problem that causes water weight to
shift suddenly on forklifts and in trucks.

Pallet Grip helps keep products from
shifting or sliding off the pallet during
transport by creating a 3- to 6-inch
film ‘cable’ positioned just below the
top runner boards and wrapped around
the entire pallet. Because of the cable’s
placement, there’s no risk of a forklift
puncturing the film or compromising
tension as it picks up the pallet.

Automatic Roll Change (ARC) Stretch
wrappers periodically require staff to
replace empty rolls of film. The ARC
reduces the time an operator needs to
spend at a machine by holding multiple
rolls of film and detecting when a roll
change needs to happen. When the
machine detects an empty roll or one
with many flaws, the ARC moves into
position beneath the roll carriage,
removes the empty roll, and rotates
a new roll into place. The initial test
results from the bottled water company
showed the ARC was nearing the
company’s goal of achieving 12 hours
without operator intervention.

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NEW BAG IN BOX PACKAGE
SIG announced that it has been formally recognised by the Association of
Plastic Recyclers (APR) for meeting the highest criteria for recyclability
under the APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability.

This recognition applies to the SIG
Terra RecShield BD bag-in-box
package featuring SIG Terra FlexTap,
SIG’s industry-leading beverage
tap for bag-in-box packaging –
marking a milestone as the first
wine packaging solution from SIG to
achieve APR Design® Recognition.

This latest innovation joins SIG’s
growing portfolio of APR Design®
recognised, recycle-ready solutions,
including: SIG Terra RecShield
PE-42B for water (2021) and SIG
Terra RecShield D for post-mix
syrup (2024). APR Design® for
Recyclability Recognition provides
third-party validation that a package
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or packaging component’s design is
compatible with the North American
recycling system.

With the wine bag-in-box solution
now recognised, SIG continues to
lead in designing for recyclability
across major product categories.

The newly recognised packaging
consists of a thoughtfully engineered
structure that was validated through
the APR’s Critical Guidance Protocol
(FPE-CG-01 Path 1A), the most
stringent pathway for establishing
recyclability in North America.

Teresa Bernal-Lara, Ph.D., Global
Head of Film Development, Bag-
in-Box and Spouted Pouch at SIG,
said, “Wine brings unique packaging
challenges, particularly when it
comes to balancing oxygen barrier,
ease of dispensing, and robustness
throughout conversion, filling,
and distribution with recyclability.

With SIG Terra RecShield BD,
we’ve developed a recycle-ready
laminate that performs under
the rigorous demands of wine
distribution and preservation.

Through market-leading packaging
engineering, we’ve enabled this
complex bag-in-box, comprised of
SIG Terra RecShield BD Laminate
and SIG Terra FlexTap, to be
reprocessed into new materials
– demonstrating that even highly
functional barrier packaging
can be circular by design.”
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