The snack food industry is currently seeking transformation: consumer scenarios are diversifying, product categories are becoming more finely segmented, and channel structures are changing. According to Frost & Sullivan, retail sales in China’s snack food industry are expected to reach RMB 1,142.7 billion by 2026, taking the market past the trillion-yuan mark, with an overall pattern of “big industry, small companies”. Industry observers note that leading companies keep upgrading product innovation toward healthier and more nutritious products, energy-replenishing functions and premium ingredients.
Because the barrier to innovation in snacks is low, products are highly homogenized and product advantages are hard to widen, supply chain integration and efficiency have become one of the key competitive factors. Wanzhi Automation has therefore developed a series of food labeling machines specifically for the snack food industry, helping companies upgrade and innovate across the board, build a resilient supply chain, further widen a cost-advantage moat, complete a “product plus channel” two-wheel growth model and strengthen their core competitiveness.
1. Flat-surface labeling machine for packaging bags
The flat-surface labeling machine for packaging bags applies labels or adhesive film to the flat surface of snack products. An optional coder or inkjet printer can print production dates, batch numbers, barcodes and other information on the labels; an optional checkweigher can be added downstream — for example after fresh produce such as fruit and vegetables is packed — to weigh and reject out-of-tolerance items;
2. Carton side corner labeling machine
The automatic side corner labeling machine applies sealing or anti-counterfeiting labels around a 90-degree corner on the side of packaging boxes; the corner unit can be stopped independently, and the machine can also label flat product surfaces, so it handles ordinary top-surface labeling and corner labeling;
Suitable for applying labels or adhesive film to the flat surface of various blister packaging boxes, such as PP transparent fruit boxes. It comes with automatic counting and receiving: 200 pieces are collected in one batch. Operation is designed around the operator and makes production management easier.
Suitable for real-time print-and-apply labeling with inline weighing on the product surface. It uses advanced non-contact blow-on labeling and adapts to automatic labeling of boxes and bags of different heights (thicknesses). The printing system is connected to a database and labels products on the production line; a packaging machine or film wrapping machine can be connected upstream for unmanned line operation.
To learn more about labeling machines, visit www.wanzhiauto.com or call 400-8860822 to discuss your needs.