Depart join forces with HBTS to expand vertical packaging solutions in MEA

TURKEY – Depart, Alapala Holding’s group company for milling spare part sales and after-sales services has partnered with HBTS Packaging to expand its solutions to include vertical packaging.

Under the agreement, Depart will manage the sales and marketing of HBTS’s vertical packaging machines in all of Africa, the Far East, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Cengiz Tiryakioğlu, general manager at Depart said: “By following the modern packaging technologies closely, we support our customers’ flawless production with the same precision as in the milling field.

“With the assurance of Depart, we meet our customers with reliable, customizable systems according to their needs.”

Meanwhile, based in Italy, HBTS is an integrated packaging systems division within the DM Packaging Group.

It is a major supplier of integrated packaging technology to the food and beverage, bakery and biscuits, chocolate and confectionery, frozen foods, pharma and consumer goods industries.

The move comes at a time when the importance of vertical packaging machines is constantly on the rise.

They offer heavy packaging efficiency: The vertical packing machine has a bag-support pusher that can also hold heavy items as they are being transported onto an evacuation belt. This allows the equipment to be more efficient.

Easy to operate: These machines usually have a user-friendly control panel that makes it easy for even first-time users to understand how the machine works.

In addition, vertical packaging machines often come with an automatic weighing and filling system. This means that you won’t have to waste time weighing and filling yourself.

High speed: Vertical packaging allows for accurate bag filling at a fast rate of speed per minute, making it ideal for items that are sticky or gummy like candies,

Early this month, Depart signed an agreement with Italy-based DM Packaging to expand packaging operations in Turkey.

Under the agreement, Depart would provide sales and marketing for horizontal/flowback packaging systems for the food industry, including bakery, chocolate and confectionery products in Turkey. It also will provide end-of-line packaging machines.

Commenting on the agreement, Cengiz said: “As Depart, we recently entered the packaging sector. In our evaluations, we have found that we have made rapid progress during this period.

“Since we are a company that aims to meet all our customer’s needs, we decided to expand Depart’s packaging solutions. We agreed and signed an agency agreement with DM Packaging, one of the leading companies in Italy.”

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