Fully automated meal packaging with case packers of Lan Handeling With their flexible packaging robots, Lan Handling Technologies responds to the increasing demand of food producers to package products of variating sizes and patterns in both crates and boxes. “The market for products such as ready-made salads, vegetables and rice and meat substitutes is booming”, Sales Manager Mark de Boer explains. “Also, the availability of personnel remains challenging to many production companies which makes automatization a whole lot more interesting.” Caution with top seal trays With certain top seal trays, for instance the easy peel of ready-made meals, the delicacy of the sealing plays a crucial role. “To keep these intact we equip our packaging robots with special grippers and make sure that the robots arm movement is as smooth as possible.”