Cheese processor has packaging integrity in the bag
Improving controls results in better quality and more cost-efficient processing for Glanbia Foods.
Glanbia Foods is one of the world’s largest producers of American cheese. Headquartered in Twin Falls, ID, the company ships and sells more than 880 million pounds of cheese annually, serving customers in more than 30 countries.
The Twin Falls site produces cheese in 40-pound blocks that traditionally were placed into standard cardboard box packaging with a liner collar for shipping. But there was a problem with the packing process. When the cheese blocks were placed in a polyethylene bag and vacuumed sealed, the bag gusset ends extended from each corner. Occasionally, one of the rear corners of the vacuum-sealed bag gusset got trapped between the liner corner fold and the outer cardboard box.