Revolutionising Packaging: Precision, Sustainability, and Efficiency.

Discover how IMI Bahr linear actuators and Opitz Packaging Systems GmbH are transforming the packaging industry with innovative solutions.

No More Shipping Air: How IMI Bahr actuators and OPITZ are revolutionising packaging
In the modern industrial landscape, every business faces the same mounting pressures: reduce waste, cut costs, increase speed, and act sustainably.

Nowhere is this pressure more acute than in the packaging sector.

We have all experienced it as consumers. You order a small item, only for it to arrive in a disproportionately large box. You open it to find generous amounts of bubble wrap or paper, surrounded by empty space.

Not only is this a nuisance, but for packaging companies, it is fraught with operational, sustainability and cost disadvantages due to the high level of wasted carton material, unnecessary carbon emissions and inflated shipping costs. Essentially companies are paying to transport air around the world.

But as the packaging industry looks to address such inefficiencies, Opitz Packaging Systems GmbH – a German packaging innovator is leading the way.

By collaborating with IMI’s Industrial Automation sector, Opitz specified IMI Bahr modular linear actuator platforms. As a result, they have developed a high-performance motion system - a patented carton volume reducer system - that delivers precision, speed and flexibility across multiple packaging functions. In effect, the fully automated motion system allies the appropriate amount of packaging for the individual item being shipped.

And the results of the smart motion solution have been tangible.