IMA for: Food IMA provides the global food market with tailor-made and turnkey solutions designed to meet every industry need.
IMA FOOD, your ideal partner for any processing, filling and packaging need
Since the 1960s, IMA has been worldwide renowned as a leader in the production of tea bag packaging machines. Its expansion into the FOOD sector began in 2010 through the acquisition of well-established companies and continued over the following years. This strategic growth aimed to bring together the best-in-class platforms and technologies available, enabling IMA FOOD today to meet the needs of virtually any segment of the food industry.
The market segments we focus on
Bakery
Beverages & Baby Food
Biscuits & Cookies
Bouillon Cubes & Sauces
Breakfast Cereals
Chocolate & Confectionery
Dairy & Plant-Based Products
Fish & Seafood
Meat & Poultry
Pasta, Noodles & Rice
Pet Food & Animal Feed
Produce
Savoury snacks
Snack Bars
Snack Fruit & Nuts
Spreadable Food
Bakery
With nearly 55 years of experience, IMA is a trusted partner in the bakery industry, offering complete and innovative packaging solutions tailored to the evolving demands of producers worldwide.
Biscuits & Cookies
Thanks to the high expertise and the technological know-how, IMA is your reliable partner in fully automated packaging solutions for biscuits, cookies and wafers.
Bouillon Cubes & Sauces
IMA is a leading provider of packaging solutions for preserves, condiments and bouillon cubes.
Chocolate & Confectionery
IMA serves the international Chocolate and Confectionery market with the best platforms and machines available to satisfy the process and packaging industry needs.
Dairy & Plant-Based Products
IMA stands out as a key technological partner and business advisor for packaging technology suppliers in the Dairy, Cheese and Alternatives markets.
Fish & Seafood
From frozen crustaceans, fillets, and shrimps to whole fresh fish, each product demands tailored handling to maintain quality and extend shelf life. Our packaging solutions protect these delicate products throughout the supply chain, ensuring food safety and optimal freshness.
Meat & Poultry
IMA engineers have developed hygienic packaging solutions for fresh and frozen products, ensuring leak-proof hermetic seals and M.A.P.
Pasta, Noodles & Rice
Thanks to high-level expertise and innovative technological know-how, IMA confirms itself as the ideal partner for fully automated packaging solutions, perfect for a wide range of pasta, instant noodles and rice.
Pet Food & Animal Feed
Complete packaging solutions for pet care and animal nutrition, from dry and wet food to accessories, designed to preserve product integrity, enhance shelf appeal, and ensure maximum efficiency across the entire supply chain.
Produce
The proven experience of IMA in the fresh fruit and vegetable packaging industry is thoughtfully applied to our entire range of packaging machinery and automatic packaging lines, designed and manufactured to meet all sector packaging needs.
Savoury snacks
IMA solutions ensure attractive packs with leak-proof seals that lock in freshness and flavour, keeping products safe, appetizing, and shelf-ready.
Snack Bars
IMA offers fully automated packaging solutions designed to handle these products with care, preserving their freshness and flavour every step of the process.
Snack Fruit & Nuts
IMA helps preserve freshness, taste, and nutritional value from production to consumption.
Spreadable Food
Spreadable food is a very diverse category which comes in various forms, ranging from creamy to savory and spicy up to sweet
Technologies
- Bagging
- Banding
- Blister Packaging
- Bottle and Jars Filling and Closing
- Carton Closing
- Carton Forming
- Carton Sleeving
- Cartoning
- Case Packing
- Coating
- Counting/Dosing
- Cup & Tub Filling and Sealing
- Cup Forming, Filling and Sealing
- De-palletizing
- Dosing and wrapping
- Feeding & Manipulation
- Granulation
- Horizontal Form Fill and Seal
- Mini-portion Cup Forming, Filling and Sealing
- Overwrapping
- Palletizing
- Pouch Filling
- Pouch making
- Primary wrapping
- Sachet Form Fill and Seal
- Sandwiching
- Shrink wrapping and stretch banding
- Stand-Up Pouch Form Fill and Seal
- Stick Pack Filling
- Tableting
- Tray packing
- Tube Filling
- Unit dose Form, Fill and Seal
- Vertical Form Fill and Seal
- Weighing and Counting
Figures & facts
50.000+
Machines in operation
Figures & facts
20
Manufacturing Plants
Figures & facts
35
Branches
Figures & facts
90+
Agents and distributors
Latest innovations for the Food industry
Foldwrap
Dosing and wrapping
R-Line
Cup & Tub Filling and Sealing
BK NEO
Cup & Tub Filling and Sealing
Doytronic 120
Stand-Up Pouch Form Fill and Seal
Vegatronic 6000 DZ
Vertical Form Fill and Seal
DELTA OF 3SS
Horizontal Form Fill and Seal
Peregrine Series
Feeding & Manipulation
HYWRAP20
Overwrapping
Integrated turn-key packaging lines
primary, secondary and end-of-line solutions
IMA FLX. At the centre of your next complete flexible packaging line
Let us answer your demands with an infinity of targeted technologies developed through the synergies within the IMA FLX HUB. Our primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging solutions combine with each other to form tailored turnkey lines able to handle the broadest variety of flexible pack styles.
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Benhil Gmbh
Benhil GmbH, based in Germany, and 100% owned by IMA S.p.A., designs and manufactures dosing and wrapping machines for butter, margarine and other pasty products, as well as cup & tub filling machines and secondary packaging solutions.
Via Padre P. Meroni, 10, 22031 Albavilla, Como, Italy
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CIEMME Srl
Since 1985, experts in carton packaging machinery, closing and forming machines and automatic loading systems for different market sectors.
211 Commerce Parkway, Lowell, Arkansas, 72745 USA
Factory, Sales, Service • Part of IMA FLX Hub
Delta Systems & Automation LLC
IMA Delta Systems designs and manufactures automated flow wrapping solutions for the North American market, specializing in custom feeding, grouping, stacking, collating, and handling systems. Based in Lowell, AR, USA.
11, Avenue des Andes – Zone d’Activités de Courtaboeuf, 91940 Les Ulis, France
Factory, Sales, Service
Erca S.A.S.
Packaging experts for pasty & liquid products – with a long experience in the dairy industry – and inventor of FFS technology – IMA ERCA has a long lasting experience in designing packaging solutions to ensure maximum productivity. The packaging solutions of FS machines comprise low to mid speed machines.
Via Cassanese 102/104, 20052 Vignate (MI), Italy
Factory, Sales, Service • Part of IMA FLX Hub
Eurosicma – Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
HFFS wrappers and fully automated lines for the packaging of candies, jellies, gums, chocolates, bars, biscuits, wafers and noodles are IMA Eurosicma’s core business. Starting from the end of the processing lines, customized handling, portoning and buffering systems can be supplied with flow and fold wrappers, both single and multipack.
Raiffeisenstraße 8, 74523, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany
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GASTI Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
Located in Schwäbisch Hall (Germany), with more than 100 years of experience in developing and manufacturing filling and sealing machines, especially continuous motion machines, for pre-formed cups.
Heegweg 19, 63691 Ranstadt, Germany
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Hassia Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
From portion cups to single cups, double chamber cups, stick packs and sachets, IMA HASSIA supplies both – user-friendly and reliable FFS machines as well as high-performance filling and sealing machines for pre-formed cups and bottles from the long established IMA HAMBA brand.
Via Luciano Lama 11-13 , 52045, Foiano della Chiana, Italy
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Ilapak Italia S.p.A.
IMA Ilapak VFFS Division designs and manufactures VFFS baggers and dosing systems such as multi-head weighers and auger fillers, delivering complete vertical packaging solutions for the fresh and IQF food industry. Based in Foiano della Chiana, Italy.
Ilapak Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH Marie-Curie-Allee 8, 25358 Horst, Germany
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Ilapak Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH
IMA Ilapak IVC Division specializes in designing and manufacturing linear weighers, vision and counting systems for the produce and bakery industries, offering advanced weighing and inspection solutions. Based in Horst, Germany.
Phoenix Italia S.r.l. Via S. Andrea 11/b, 20008 Bareggio (MI), Italy
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A designer, manufacturer, and provider of labeling solutions with high and constant quality standards for the needs of distributors, system integrators and OEMs.
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IMA S.p.A. – BFB Division
IMA BFB designs and manufactures end-of-line packaging machines, including bundling, overwrapping, case packing, palletizing, and product handling systems. Serving sectors from personal care to pharmaceuticals and food, its solutions combine compact design, easy access, and attention to detail, with the flexibility to handle any shape, size, or product consistency.
Via Natalino Corazza 9, 40128 Bologna, Italy
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IMA S.p.A. – CORAZZA Division
IMA Corazza designs and manufactures dosing and wrapping machines for processed cheese, bouillon cubes, yeast and butter. It also provides tableting solutions for bouillon cubes, and wrap-around, banding, tray-packing machines and cartoners.
Via Ugo Ferrandi 43126 Parma, Italy
Factory, Sales, Service • Part of IMA FLX Hub
IMA S.p.A. – FILLSHAPE Division
IMA Fillshape designs and manufactures pouch making and filling machines for flexible stand-up pouches – with and without spout – for dairy, food, beverage and personal care sectors. It offers the most revolutionary technology in the field of flexible containers, but it leaves the customer free to choose the shape of the pouch, spout and cap.
Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 17, 40069 Bologna, Italy
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IMA S.p.A. – GIMA Division
IMA Gima designs and manufactures primary packaging machines for confectionery and secondary packaging solutions for food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and personal care industries, including cartoners, overwrapping machines, and tray packers.
Via Nobel Alfred Bernhard, 34, 40064 Bologna, Italy
Factory, Service
IMA S.p.A. – RI Division
IMA RI Division ensures top performance with a state-of-the-art service center, offering expert overhaul for IMA Tea&Herbs teabag machines and IMA Corazza dosing and wrapping systems for cheese and bouillon cubes.
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INTECMA S.A.
With the patented solutions ZERO Technology IMA Intecma offers an optimal solution for the use of mono-materials, such as PET, PP and PLA to produce multipacks on FFS machines. IMA Intecma also designs and manufactures FFS machines for cups.
Via Pana 36, 48018 Faenza (RA) Italy
Factory, Sales, Service • Part of IMA End of Line
Mespic S.r.l.
Designers and developers of secondary packaging solutions, including case packing, palletizing, handling and robotics for different industries.
Via Italia, 46, 23846, Garbagnate Monastero (LC), Italy
Factory, Sales, Service • Part of IMA FLX Hub
Record S.p.A.
IMA Record designs and builds horizontal flow pack machines technologically advanced, durable and reliable, interfaced with modular composed automatic feeders, easy to be integrated into automated packaging systems.
Calle 1 entre 6 y 8 Parcela 16 Parque Industrial Gral Savio, B7608BJB Mar del Plata – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Factory, Sales, Service • Part of IMA FLX Hub
Tecmar S.A.
IMA Tecmar is a company dedicated to the design and manufacture of packaging machines and flexible packaging systems for South American market. Vertical baggers, 4 side seals multi-lane and sticks machines are the IMA Tecmar’s flagship products.
News & Updates
Event
Open House IMA HASSIA during interpack 2026
From to • IMA Hassia Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, Ranstadt • Germany
KEN’S Foods and IMA Hassia
News •OPENLab
OpenLab is the IMA Group’s network of technological laboratories and testing area, dedicated to the research on sustainable materials, technologies and production optimization processes. OpenLab analyzes most of the new sustainable and innovative materials as new compostable, biodegradable, paper-based or ultra-thin film, before they are commercially available in order to run them on vertical and horizontal packaging lines.
Meet us at trade shows
Djazagro
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Algiers, Algeria. Booth C129
INTERPACK 2026
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Dusseldorf, Germany. Hall 17
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