Success Stories
General Mills Success with Peel&Seal®
Project Objective
- Improve production efficiency
- Improve package performance – improve limited opening of bag, sustainability
Approach
- Remove in-line transverse zipper applicators
- Implement Peel&Seal resealable
Successes/Savings
- Improved production speeds; reduced shifts; increasing efficiency; savings in utilities
- Reduction of extra plastic by 94% per package, by removing zipper material and packaging film required for zipper and implementing Peel&Seal
Rosina Foods Success with Peel&Seal
Project Objective
- Improve production speeds
- Improve package appearance, sustainability
- Improve package function, sustainability
Approach
- Discontinue use of pre-applied Inno-lock zipper rollstock
- Implement Sealstrip Peel&Seal feature
Successes/Savings
- 28-30% increase in production speeds, increasing through-put and utilization of equipment and resources
- 68% reduction in plastic used in the resealable feature by switching from Inno-lock zipper to Peel&Seal.