In many food applications, the infeed is anything but predictable. Tubs of guacamole — lightweight, round, and often irregularly spaced — can arrive in unbalanced lanes that create downstream inefficiencies. For a long-time customer, Aagard engineered a top-load case packer designed specifically to tame this challenge. The system begins by taking unbalanced lanes and conditioning them through a controlled infeed sequence. From there, products transition onto a staging conveyo

Some packaging challenges don’t stay in one facility — they scale across continents. For one customer, Aagard had already engineered two solutions that transitioned their product out of plastic packaging in the United States. When they needed the same sustainability-driven transformation overseas, the partnership naturally expanded to Poland. This third system pushes flexibility even further. The customer needed the ability to run three different product flavors — A, B, and C

Watch the video of our Director of Customer Innovation, Jonas Capistrant, talk about the Energizer story. He'll describe how Aagard responded to Walmart challenging Energizer to transition away from plastic packaging; The task extended far beyond simply changing materials. It required total system-level innovation — a rethinking of formats, consumer usability, and end-to-end packaging automation. Energizer turned to Aagard to engineer a packaging transformation capable of mee

Not every packaging project starts with a single, clear-cut plan. Some take years of conversations, iterations, and trust-building—layer by layer—until the right moment hits. Tightly integrated combination case packer, palletizer, and stretch wrapper for deli meat. That was the case with this long-standing customer, who had a clear goal in mind: upgrade the end-of-line systems for six deli meat packaging lines. The challenge? Make it more efficient—and fit it into the footpri

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When an engineering firm reached out to Aagard on behalf of their customer to inquire about creating a case packaging machine, the...