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IMA FLX Hub Customer Experience Centre

A space entirely dedicated to innovation, testing and the future of sustainable packaging.

The IMA FLX Hub Customer Experience Centre is a space entirely dedicated to innovation, testing and the future of sustainable packaging.

In collaboration with our IMA OpenLabs, the Customer Experience Centre is designed to be a key driver in customer sustainability and digital transformation.
Here you can explore, test, and validate real packaging solutions aligned with your materials, your processes, and your goals.

What you can access:

·  HFFS & VFFS Customer Experience Centres
·  6,000+ film test reports
·  Product & material testing
·  Sealing and laboratory analyses
·  Sustainability, Digital & AI competences
·  Application development, workshops and training

Inside the Centre, visitors can explore a rich selection of our latest technologies, each designed to demonstrate real applications and performance across multiple product categories.

Technologies Overview

FLX Technologies

Horizontal Form Fill and Seal

FLX Technologies

Vertical Form Fill and Seal

FLX Technologies

Stand-Up pouch Form Fill and Seal

FLX Technologies

Pouch filling

FLX Technologies

Stick Pack Filling

FLX Technologies

Sachet Form Fill and Seal

FLX Technologies

Bagging

FLX Technologies

Feeding & Manipulation

FLX Technologies

Weighing & Counting

FLX Technologies

Sandwiching

Pack styles

Pack styles

Pack styles

Pack styles

Pack styles

Pack styles

Pack styles

Market segments

Bakery

Biscuits & Cookies

Breakfast cereals

Chocolate & confectionery

Dairy, cheese & alternatives

Produce

Pasta, noodles & rice

Meat & poultry

Pet food & animal feed

Coffee

Snacks fruits & nuts

Snacks bars

Savoury snacks

Preserves, condiments & bouillon cubes

Fish & seafood

Nonwoven

Pharma non sterile

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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.

Breakfast cereals

From classic multigrain flakes to protein-enriched blends, breakfast cereal options continue to grow on retail shelves.

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, cheese & alternatives

IMA stands out as a key technological partner and business advisor for packaging technology suppliers in the Dairy, Cheese and Alternatives markets.

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. 

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.

Meat & poultry


IMA meets the challenge of meat and poultry perishability with hygienic packaging machines that ensure leak-proof hermetic sealing and enable MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) for optimal freshness and shelf-life extension.

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.

Coffee

IMA serves the international Coffee market with the best platforms and machines available to satisfy all the industry needs.

Snacks fruits & nuts

Year after year, the variety of fruit and nut snacks on store shelves and vending machines expands.

Snacks bars

IMA offers fully automated packaging solutions designed to handle all type of snack bars

Savoury snacks

Savoury snacks demand packaging that preserves crunch, prevents breakage, and stands out on shelves

Preserves, condiments & bouillon cubes

IMA is a leading provider of packaging solutions for preserves, condiments and bouillon cubes.

Fish & seafood

Fish and seafood require safe, hygienic packaging to preserve freshness, texture, and flavour.

Nonwoven

Nonwoven solutions for personal hygiene

Pharma non sterile

Integrated processing and packaging technologies for pharma non-sterile manufacturing

IMA FLX HUB

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. Machines can be configured to process recyclable and sustainable materials, while digital features and connectivity maximise line efficiency.
For Food, Pharma, Wet Wipes and Pet markets, IMA FLX HUB will place you at the centre of a neverending partnership.

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OPENLab

OPENLab is IMA Group’s network of technological laboratories and testing areas, dedicated to research on sustainable materials, technologies and production optimisation processes. OPENLab analyses 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.

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