Cartoning for Food

IMA offers vertical cartoners designed to dose and fill granular and bulk products such as candies, gums, dragées, coated sweets, liquorice, nougat, wrapped or flow-packed items, sweeteners, cocoa powder, nuts and dried fruit.
Designed to be extremely versatile, these machines can handle most types of pre-glued carton shapes and closures. A variety of feeding systems (counting, volumetric and weighing systems) can be integrated depending on the product handled and the output request. Their fully accessible, modular design allows for the easy implementation of additional feeding systems, printers and quality control units.

IMA horizontal cartoning machines are well-suited for the confectionery and food industries, offering a blend of precision, flexibility and speed. These machines are designed to handle delicate and irregularly shaped products such as chocolate bars, biscuits, snack packs or frozen items ensuring reliable performance without compromising product integrity.
The machines support a wide range of carton sizes and formats, allowing for quick changeovers to meet varied packaging requirements.
Carton closing options, including hot-melt glue sealing or mechanical tuck-in, are offered to match specific product and market needs.

Our modular horizontal cartoners, both intermittent and continuous-motion, are designed to work from flat blanks, handling a wide array of package styles. From simple sleeves to multi-panel wallets for slab gums, chocolate bars, blisters and other customised packages, our machines meet the demands of several industries.
Whether dealing with large dimensions, irregular shapes or delicate consistencies, our equipment is up to the task. Depending on the specific application and customer needs, the machines can be engineered to achieve medium or high production speeds.

Our top-load cartoners are incredibly versatile, handling both standard cartons, corrugated cardboard, from flat blanks, pre-glued cartons and pre-formed plastic containers. Pack styles go from tray-display boxes to cartons available with several closing styles. Equipped with single or multiple magazines, they can process a wide variety of products, whether regularly or irregularly shaped. This includes items like bottle, jars, cartons, blisters, vials, flowpacks and pouches, thanks to various integrated handling tools.
This series leverages advanced robotic units for precise product manipulation and insertion, ensuring excellent production efficiency and quick size changeovers.
We can also incorporate a diverse range of feeding systems, tailored to the specific product and desired output. Before insertion, products can be precisely arranged and oriented by dedicated handling units, ensuring the desired configuration and optimal presentation in the final carton.

IMA’s horizontal cartoning machines are well-suited for the confectionery and food industries, offering a blend of precision, flexibility and speed. These machines are designed to handle delicate and irregularly shaped products such as biscuits, snack packs or frozen items ensuring reliable performance without compromising product integrity. 
The machines support a wide range of carton sizes and formats, allowing for quick changeovers to meet varied packaging requirements. 
Carton closing options, including hot-melt glue sealing or mechanical tuck-in, are offered to match specific product and market needs.  

Flexible and top-value wraparound cartoners are designed to pack butter, margarineand spreads in sticks and bricks. These fully automatic machines start from flat blank cartons, handling between 1 and 12 portions per carton. With output speeds ranging from 50 to 125 cartons per minute, they offer exceptional versatility in portion configurations, accommodating both single and double layers.
These machines ensure fast and easy format changes for various carton sizes and specifications, and their design makes them ideal for integration with different dosing and wrapping systems.
Also available are cartoning machines for single-serve portions in stacked bundles with a production speed of up to 75 boxes per minute.

Since 1954, IMA Corazza has been a pioneer in dosing and packaging solutions for processed cheese. With decades of experience, we’ve developed a comprehensive range of technologies for cartoning and tray packaging solutions, capable of delivering every shape and size of portion. Our machines are designed to meet the diverse demands of the global market and handle a wide spectrum of production speeds. 
This includes cartoning machines for traditional round boxes, on single or multi-layered triangular portions. We also offer specialised solutions for square and rectangular portions of processed cheese. 

With decades of experience in designing and manufacturing machines for both paste and pressed bouillon cubes, we’ve developed a comprehensive range of technologies specifically conceived for complete packaging lines. These include solutions for wrapping, cartoning and tray packaging.
When it comes to cartoning, our machines handle both pressed and soft bouillon cubes, forming the cartons directly from flat blanks. They are engineered to meet the diverse demands in terms of pack configurations of the global market and handle a wide spectrum of production speeds, reaching up to 600 cartons per minute in different sizes, and enabling multi-layer configurations.

Secondary packaging in coffee production plays a crucial role in protecting the product and preserving its integrity from the factory to the final consumer. Depending on the primary pack characteristics, different secondary packaging methods are required.
IMA offers a comprehensive range of cartoning solutions — from oriented to bulk configurations — engineered to provide maximum flexibility and high productivity.
Discover our full portfolio of secondary packaging technologies for every pack style, including sticks, sachets, paper pod envelopes, flowpacks and coffee capsules.