- Need to keep food packaging closed under deep freeze conditions?
- Require a rigid carton and secure closure to protect contents?
- Want to ensure no glue odor or color penetrates your package?
Brown has unmatched knowledge about the types of adhesives, equipment and other consumables that are most effective to enclose, protect and ship your products.
WE HAVE THESE SOLUTIONS AND MUCH MORE!
Product Packaging Markets
If it’s sold in a store, restaurant or supermarket or online, Brown can help package it.
We’ve worked with companies that manufacture ice cream, bicycle helmets, taco shells, brownie mix and more.
Foods and frozen foods
Personal care
Non-wovens
Packaging Applications
- Corrugated box assembly
- Case and carton sealing
- Product sealing
- Product or shipment padding/protection
- Palletization
Adhesives for Product Packaging
- Metallocene
– Low smoke, low odor
– Higher tack, cleaner running
– Perfect for deep freeze products - Lower Temperature Hot Melt
– Less stress on hot melt equipment for longer life
– Fast tack ideal for carton sealing
ADHESIVE APPLICATOR
EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCT PACKAGING
- Electric Hot Melt Gun Systems
- Controls
- Tape Equipment
- Stretch Wrap Machines
CONSUMABLES FOR PRODUCTS PACKAGING
- Corrugated boxes
- Paper reams
- Lids
- Bubble wrap
- Pallets
- Stretch wrap
- Paper wraps
- Shrink wrap
Recent Product Packaging Challenges
Solved by Brown
Client: Major ice cream manufacturer
Problems
- High adhesive usage
- Poor case and carton closure
- Glue not setting up fast enough
- Messy, visible glue on a leading and trailing edges of package
Solutions
- Improved the closure on cases and cartons (inner and outer) by using a higher tack, cleaner running metallocene product with low smoke, low odor—perfect for deep freeze products
- Installed electric hot melt gun systems, reducing usage by 30% by switching to a stitch pattern
- Shifted to a stronger and faster-setting glue appropriate for tougher boxes with more memory and boxes that are not sufficiently crease scored
- Changed filters, flushed and cleaned glue system and heads, added additional controls so glue starts and stops exactly where wanted
- Conduct bi-monthly audits of all systems to check operation and confirm completion of preventative maintenance
Results
- Lowered the volume of the adhesive usage, improving customer’s margins
- Improved closure of cases and cartons, reducing product loss
- Improved appearance of product packaging, helping increase sales
- Improved inventory management, impacting financials
Your On-Call Consultant Team
Brown has the chemists and formulators, mechanics and technicians on staff to consult with you and determine the right solutions for any client challenge.
We can adjust adhesive formulas for your exact specifications in a very short amount of time; we have a 1-2 day lead time on all liquid adhesives.
We can help you determine the best equipment and layout for the most efficient production lines. Our service team is on call to help troubleshoot production challenges.
Brown has expertise in a wide range of other markets and applications including:
