Three new machines from Meta packaging equipment line

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation’s (SSCC) Automated Packaging Systems Group has unveiled three new machines from its Meta packaging equipment line this week at Pack Expo International at Chicago’s McCormick Place.

These machines will enable customers to reduce their material and shipping costs while improving the sustainability of their business model.

The Meta-8 case and equipment line features a unique eight-sided case that provides compression strength that is 18% greater than a regular slotted container (RSC) using 6% less fiber as tested, or can maintain existing compression strength while using 17% less fiber.

The increased stacking strength of the eight-sided cases allows up to 30% more boxes to be placed on a single truck, resulting in fewer dock deliveries and reduced labor and fuel costs.

Smurfit-Stone introduced the Meta KD-8 case erector – capable of erecting eight-cornered knockdown cases at speeds up to 25 cases per minute – at the 2007 Pack Expo in Las Vegas.

This year, Smurfit-Stone is expanding the reliable Meta family of case formers with three new models: the Meta Wrap-8, Meta-FS and Meta Tray-8.