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EN > Packaging your ideas... Packaging Chocolate www.loeschpack.com Innovation. LoeschPack 02 Your premium products benefit from flawless, efficient partners and constantly strive to live up to your require- and sustainable packaging. LoeschPack offers innova- ments. This is how new packaging ideas, experiences tive full-service system solutions to make this possible. and suggestions are incorporated into the process of in- Discover the opportunities and possibilities working novation, making the good even better. And that’s what with LoeschPack can offer for your value chain. When it we understand by > Packaging your ideas... comes to after-sales support, our unique service organ- isation supports you around the globe. We are part of the Piepenbrock Group, a company with a history going Olaf Piepenbrock Dr. Thomas Cord back over 100 years. As an owner-operated family busi- Chairman and CEO Managing Director, Piepenbrock Group LoeschPack ness in its fourth generation, we have one clear vision – to boost our customers’ businesses. We see you as true LoeschPack is a technology and quality leader in packaging machines and complete systems for packaging chocolate, chewing gum, confectionery, dry baked goods, food and non-food products. In this tremendously dynamic industry, LoeschPack has stood for innovative, flexible and economic system design since 1919. And for comprehensive service, available around the globe. We offer comprehensive solutions for the entire life cycle of your machinery – from the idea to the engineering. Chocolate. System solutions 04 FACTS & FIGURES > Founding year 1919 in Dresden > Core expertise Packaging machines and systems for the When it comes to packaging chocolate, LoeschPack of personal responsibility. Flat, transparent hierarchies confectionery industry has the specialist expertise which for almost 100 years ensure an unbureaucratic atmosphere and quick deci- > Headquarters has made the company a leading machinery engineer in sion-making. Integrated project management and the Altendorf in Upper Franconia the industry. Global players and medium-sized produc- involvement of all involved areas of the business guar- > Employees ca. 27,000 Piepenbrock Group (2017) ers now put their trust in the packaging machines and antee maximum transparency, quality and lean process- > Other locations system solutions from LoeschPack. es. You can trust our machinery and solutions in your USA, France, Ukraine, Russia, Thailand, value chain. We call this corporate excellence. Switzerland, Great Britain, over 50 sales Fold wrapping, packing, loading, feeding and cartoning and service partners worldwide > International orientation demand specialist knowledge. Our employees are spe- Export rate approx. 90% cialists with deep understanding of the challenges they > Certification face in production operations. We understand our cus- DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 tomers’ businesses – at all levels of the company, from > Membership management via the engineer to the skilled worker. We VDMA – Food Processing and Packaging Machinery promote this full understanding of our work in a climate Production costs represent the lion’s share of your packaging system’s total cost of ownership. We help you to reduce costs wherever they arise – below the surface. Allowing you to do more. With Added. Value. added value. Innovation, technology and quality 06 You’ve made the right choice in selecting packaging ect turnaround times. That’s what we understand by solutions from LoeschPack – guaranteed premium ma- “packaging your ideas”. LoeschPack is flexible, manu- chinery quality “made in Germany” at Altendorf near factures quality products and stands out with maximum Bamberg. Our highly skilled employees with many years overall performance. As a customer of LoeschPack, you of service in the company stand for technical excellence benefit from our unique pre-sales service in addition to and maximum in-house vertical integration. As innovation our reliable after-sales service. Our customer care policy leaders in the packaging industry, we guarantees rapid response times in always listen carefully to our customers, LoeschPack cuts produc- sales and services – anywhere in turning their many different packaging tion costs from the very the world. ideas into workable technical solutions. start of developing your Clearly defined machine platforms with solution – allowing you a wide range of standardised modules guarantee customers full compliance to maintain control of all with their applications – with short proj- expenditure! The acquisition costs represent just a small part of production costs over the operating lives of the machinery – the tip of the iceberg. Maximum performance and ultimate efficiency result in lower production costs. Cost. Advantage. Keeping production costs down 07 Packaging machines and systems from LoeschPack MANAGING COSTS offer maximum quality, premium performance and ul- timate efficiency. We solve packaging challenges and Income don’t just sell machines by price lists or discounts. Income Costs (revenue) Profit wedge Gross LoeschPack The reliability of our packaging machines “made in margin Germany” means lower production costs in your pro- Total costs cess for entire useful life of the machinery. By choosing LoeschPack, you ensure that production costs are kept Variable costs as low as possible. Fixed costs Sales volume/ revenue Your cost benefit Thanks to the premium overall performance of machin- ery and systems from LoeschPack, your up-front costs rapidly pay for themselves over the term. Packaging design. Professional teamwork 08 Customers around the world value the expertise any opportunities for improvement and make sugges- LoeschPack offers in solving highly complex challeng- tions relating to the packaging design, for example in es. We work with them to create not just innovative terms of opening methods, material combinations and machinery but also entirely new approaches to pack- machine utilisation. aging which open up new opportunities in presenting merchandise and considerably enhance product conve- LOESCHPACK TEST CENTER nience. At the test center inaugurated directly adjacent to our production facilities in 2014, you can try out our > Development and testing of technical solutions machines and provide your staff with comprehensive > Review machine utilisation for the product and training. We create samples and carry out test runs with packaging material original materials – also in customer formats. Using the > Training for your staff data this generates, we analyse the cost-effectiveness > Design of innovative packaging solutions and feasibility of your individual project. We also review Carbon-neutral packaging. Sustainability Sustainability occupies a key position across the Piepen- own woodlands in Rheinshagen, thereby guaranteeing brock Group – naturally also at LoeschPack. The com- carbon-neutral operation of the packaging machines at pany underscores its commitment to the environment by customers’ production facilities. In research and devel- using carbon-neutral packaging, positioning itself as a opment, LoeschPack focuses on the systematic reduc- machinery engineering enterprise that champions sus- tion of energy consumption and technical optimisation tainability. For some years, LoeschPack has enjoyed a of packaging machinery for the use of bio-degradable first-mover advantage by offering carbon-neutral pack- films. The website sustainability.piepenbrock.de by the aging machines. The company offsets emissions re- Piepenbrock Group provides detailed information on the leased during the value creation process through climate topic of sustainability management at LoeschPack. protection projects. This has been confirmed by official 921 Zeichen certification. In addition, the Piepenbrock Group has to date planted more than 42,000 trees in the company’s Value creation. Chocolate 10 Feeding and Two-stage primary Single-stage primary distribution packaging packaging Processing Feed systems transport In two-stage primary packag- In single-stage primary the chocolate from up- ing, the chocolate products packaging, the chocolate LoeschPack integrates stream processing to the are packed in two packaging products are packed in the equipment upstream packaging machinery materials over two consecutive one or two packaging ma- in the value chain with in a controlled manner. steps – either as monopacks terials in a single operation unique expertise in the From there, the distribu- or multipacks. – as monopacks. downstream packaging tion system is responsi- machine and covers all ble for transporting it on interfaces. to the packaging ma- chine. Various product storage systems can be easily integrated. Integration. Machines and systems 11 Secondary Tertiary packaging packaging At the secondary packaging Fully packed chocolate products Final packaging stage, the chocolate products are placed in open or closed At the final packaging stage, in primary packaging are over- folding cartons, trays or display the packed chocolate prod- wrapped in a second packaging cartons at the tertiary packaging ucts are prepared for dispatch material such as cellophane, PP stage. If required, filled cartons using integrated downstream or OPP film, cardboard label or are sealed with cellophane. equipment, for example in paper wrap, either as monopacks shipping cartons or on pallets. or multipacks. Feeding and distribution. Regulating the production flow 12 Every chocolate product requires the right feeding and the products are fed row