Manufacturers who process many product formats or who work for fast-moving industries need highly flexible packaging machines. Fast format changes and the capability to integrate new formats into the packaging process at low cost are absolutely essential here. But every company defines its specific requirements differently. With this in mind, Schubert offers each of its customers an optimally adapted mix of adjustable and exchangeable tools – with innovative solutions such as micromotors and new change levels.

How do the robots in Schubert’s fully automatic packaging machines know which product they are picking up and placing down, when, where and how? They can actually see. In TLM systems, image processing performs the function of the human eye. The team supporting Dr Abdelmalek Nasraoui, head of image processing development at Schubert, works every day with these vision systems to ensure that the robots have everything in view that is necessary for the efficient and high-quality packaging of products from almost any industry. Schubert is regarded as a pioneer in image processing in the packaging sector and continues to advance its in-house technologies.

At the Achema trade fair, Schubert-Pharma will be presenting a cross-section of its packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

As part of its new service strategy, Schubert has divided its services into five key areas and supplemented its portfolio with different service packages. With this restructuring, the market leader in digital packaging machines is pursuing the goal of entirely avoiding downtimes and therefore unplanned service operations in the future. Marcel Kiessling, Managing Director of Sales, Service and Marketing at Gerhard Schubert GmbH, explains the new developments and describes his philosophy of a comprehensive customer-oriented package.

Olaf Horrenberger on Schubert-Consulting’s scope of services

At the FachPack 2016, Schubert unveiled its new Flowmodul solution during a press conference. On the first day of the exhibition, Gerald Schubert presented the new Flowmodul to the many attending journalists. Schubert’s customers also took the opportunity to seee the novelty on the occassion of a separate event.

Schubert looks back on a very positive financial year. The entire Schubert Group recorded an increase in sales to approx. 300 million euros – setting a new record. At the same time, the company’s workforce continues to grow. The entire group of companies now employ 1,100 staff – which represents a 4 per cent increase compared to last year. Gerhard Schubert Verpackungsmachinen GmbH generated sales of 174 million euros in 2015. This represents yet another sales record for the acknowledged leader in the field of digital packaging machines in its 50th year of existence. The first quarter of 2016, with the best order volume since the company’s foundation, is already promising yet another very successful business year.

In January 2014, Schubert-Pharma was launched as a specialist team in pharmaceutical final packaging. Olaf Horrenberger, Managing Director of SPS Schubert Packaging Systems, explains the added-value, this think-tank has already achieved for their customers.