Sustainable packaging is defined as:

• Beneficial, safe & healthy for individuals and communities throughout its life cycle
• Meets market criteria for performance & cost
• Sourced, manufactured, transported, and recycled using renewable energy
• Maximises the use of renewable or recycled source materials
• Manufactured using clean production technologies and best practices
• Physically designed to optimize materials & energy.

(Source: Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Oct 05)

So for cartoning applications, this doesn?t just mean using less packaging, it means using recycled material and lighter carton-board.  For hand pack operations, this does not present a great challenge, however for automatic packaging lines there are few cartoning equipment companies with the experience, knowledge and expertise to provide the confidence of high-speed packing using lightweight recycled board. Kliklok International is one of these companies....

Kliklok invented & patented their rotary carton feeder.

This unique mechanism was originally designed for Kliklok's range of end load cartoners, and has been recently enhanced on their latest high speed cartoner CELOX.  This feeder positively pulls, rather than sweeps, the carton out of the hopper and transfer it into the flight chains in the same direction as the carton travel. In doing so, it gently pulls the carton into shape, reducing damage to the cartons and enables recycled, thinner & lighter weight (GSM) board to be run with confidence - thus reducing wastage, improving productivity, not to mention maximising transit space.