4th May 2022, Milan – IMA Group, with IMA BFB’s overwrapping HYWRAP20 won the Best Packaging 2022 award during the IPACK-IMA exhibition.
The HYWRAP20 is an overwrapping machine designed to meet medium-high speed requirements and to guarantee high quality wrapping processing different materials with the utmost accuracy.
Thanks both to its innovative and sustainable features, the HYWRAP20 was selected among the winners in the “Innovation and Technology” category for the Best Packaging Award 2022, a competition that promotes and discloses packaging solutions, packaging systems and machines that are innovative for the Italian market.
The jury stated that the reason of the selection is in the machine’s flexibility, which allows the HYWRAP20 to run different types of materials, without having to change its configuration or, more in general, to make any kind of change. What brought this solution to win the Best Packaging Award was the key strategic concept: IMA is not merely supplying a machine, but also a high-performance service.
HYWRAP20 overwrapping machine
The name of this winning solution comes from the idea of creating a flexible machine that can adapt to any type of material, whatever the final packaging requirement.
The HY(BRID)WRAP is a hybrid solution suitable for wrapping with paper, traditional plastic material (OPP), compostable and recyclable films, without changing its configuration or components depending on the material.
When wrapping with paper, for example, the machine does not require external gluing units, which would make the gluing areas inaccurate and increase the amount of glue required for sealing, consumption and maintenance costs.
The glue is incorporated in a minimum quantity on the paper sheet, only in the necessary edge areas to close the packet.
The HYWRAP20 has been designed to be a model with greater potential, reconceived in its functions and design.
It stands out for its ease of use by operators, for the possibility of optimising the use of paper and film without changing parts to size, for the reduction in consumption, for the quality of the packs produced and for its extremely reduced and accessible layout.
Its design is cleaner and lighter, and its features show significant improvements over previous wrapping machines.
The wide range of set-ups thanks to the available optional units allows us to address all sectors from cosmetics to food and pharmaceuticals.
IMA ZERO
The HYWRAP20 overwrapping machine falls under the Group’s IMA ZERO project, in particular under the NOP (No-Plastic Program) that is one of the four categories in which IMA ZERO is declined, together with LOW (Low-Impact Program), E-MOB (Sustainable Mobility) and YOU (Human-Centric Program).
IMA ZERO is the evolution of IMA’s commitment to Sustainable Development: its ultimate goal is to minimise environmental impact in industrial manufacturing, while promoting and creating a working and living habitat that always puts people and biodiversity at the centre.
IMA BFB
IMA BFB Division has a long tradition in design and manufacturing end-of-line or secondary packaging machines. Its bundling and wrapping machines, case packers, robotized handling systems, palletizers and de-palletizers cover a wide range of speeds for different markets.
Reduced machine footprint and great accessibility are key features of IMA BFB’s latest generation machines. Attention to detail is an important part of our manufacturing philosophy.