KEN'S FOODS AND IMA HASSIA

The history of KEN’S Foods, which specialises in salad dressings, and IMA started back in 2016, when KEN’S Foods picked up some cup business and installed some IMA Hassia P500 machines for cup filling. Since this first collaboration was very successful, KEN’S Foods was confident when IMA Hassia launched the F600 vertical form, fill & seal machine for sachets and presented the project, in 2019. This machine suited their needs specifically for dosing and capacity, making sure they had tighter pounces, which increased yield for KEN’S Foods and, in general, it is simply a much more advanced technology and newer installation.

Currently, KEN’S Foods has five F600 machine installed plus one bought, which improve the company’s package in multiple ways: it gave the possibility to have front-back registration on KEN’S sachets, which allowed marketing attempts on the back, rebranding them. Moreover, thanks to tighter fill tolerances and tighter dosing the yield has increased significantly. The F600 has also positive impacts on sustainability, as it boosts an advanced clean-in-place function that leads to time-saving, as well as water and chemical savings with the way KEN’S is cleaning the machines now. It’s also important to mention that the improved fill accuracy was fundamental to drastically reducing film waste, allowing KEN’S to tighten its pouch geometries and lowering its environmental impact.

In general, the collaboration resulted to be a win-win and the F600 proved to accurately suit all KEN’S needs.