AmeriPak packaging equipment is built for performance, reliability, and versatility across food and non-food industries. Our tray sealers and horizontal flow wrappers handle high-speed operations, multi-lane production, and a wide variety of products, ensuring every package meets quality, safety, and presentation standards. Whether you’re packaging ready meals, fresh produce, frozen foods, snacks, confectionery, or consumer goods, AmeriPak provides solutions that fit your operation’s needs.
Tray Sealer Applications
Ready-Meal Trays for Schools / Institutions
Features
- Hermetic heat seal of lidding film to tray ensures airtight/contaminant resistant closure.
- Supports a range of tray materials, enabling reheating or chilled and frozen distribution.
- Ability to integrate with conveyors/automation where throughput matters.
- Works with a wide range of lidding films.
- Flexibility for multiple tray sizes, compartments (entrée + sides) and quick tool-free change over for reduced downtime.
Benefits
- Product safety – the sealed film lid reduces risk of contamination from external sources during transport or handling in school or industrial kitchens.
- Portion control for compliance, cost and waste management.
- Extended shelf life and reduced waste – the sealing barrier films help keep meals fresher longer, reducing spoilage and food waste in institutional settings.
- Operational efficiency and labour savings – using tray sealers enables faster packaging compared to manual lids or bulky containers; helps streamline cafeteria or central kitchen operations.
- Flexibility for menu changes – because machines can accommodate different tray sizes and shapes, institutions can swap meals (entrée + side) without needing wholly new packaging equipment.
- Better presentation and consumer appeal – clear films and high-quality sealing enhance the visual appeal of the meals, which can help uptake in school meal programs.
Why this matters for schools/institutions
- In universal school meal programs you need consistent, high throughput packaging that is safe and simple to distribute, for example from central kitchen to satellite schools.
- Tray sealing allows central kitchen to pre-fill trays and seal them for transport, maintaining integrity and hygiene, reducing spoilage, and increasing efficiency of distribution.
Fresh Produce Trays
Features
- Use your choice of film for cost savings and functionality to keep produce fresher.
- The flexibility of the tray sealing machine allows quick changeover for different tray sizes and lidding film.
- Reduced material usage compared with clamshells or rigid lids when using lidding film, supporting sustainability goals.
Benefits
- Freshness and quality retention – the produce stays crisper longer, reducing shrink and waste.
- Shelf life extension – especially for cut fruit or vegetables, properly sealed lids help maintain oxygen and moisture levels, extending shelf life and enabling longer display or transport times.
- Improved handling and presentation – trays with film lids are stackable, lightweight, and offer clear visibility, aiding retail display or institutional use. The sealed lid also prevents spillage.
- Sustainability and cost efficiency – because top lidding uses less plastic compared to clamshells, this supports sustainable packaging initiatives and reduces costs.
- Flexibility for processing lines – the tray sealer can handle fresh produce trays as part of larger produce pack operations, enabling integration with portioning, washing, and cutting operations.
Why this matters for fresh produce trays
- In fresh produce, appearance, handling, and freshness are key. Sealed trays permit easier stacking, transport, reduce the risk of contamination, and improve shelf appeal.
Consumer Goods in Trays
Features
- Tray sealing machines are not limited to food – they can be configured for non-food applications such as tools, hardware kits, or components, where tray and film lid packaging offers protection and display.
- Tamper-evident seal enhances consumer confidence.
- Flexibility in tray size and film type. Quick changeover tooling helps adapt to different needs.
- Reduced secondary packaging – since the film seal provides protection, there may be less requirement for external boxes or shrink wrap, reducing cost.
Benefits
- Enhanced protection and presentation – for non-food items, the sealed lid ensures items stay in place, are protected from dust or handling, and present well on retail shelves.
- Tamper evidence and brand trust – a sealed film lid gives a visual cue that the product is untouched, helping build brand trust for consumer goods.
- Efficient packaging process – using a tray sealer for consumer goods enables quicker throughput, less manual labor, and often a smaller footprint compared with fully boxed solutions.
- Material and cost efficiency – film lidding uses less material than rigid multiple-piece lids and allows for compact stacking and lightweight transport.
- No contracts for consumables like trays and film, helping you control your costs.
- Versatility – a tray sealer provides multi-use capability, supporting mixed SKU lines.
Why this matters for consumer goods in trays
- Tray sealing equipment is ideal for packaging kits for easy transport, product stacking and display, and a tamper-evident seal.
Frozen Meal Trays
Features
- Tray sealers capable of sealing trays made of freezer-compatible materials such as C-PET with film lids that withstand freezing, thawing, and reheating.
- Strong hermetic seal to prevent leakage during freezing or thermal cycling.
- Machines designed for automatic feeding, high throughput, and compatibility with automatic tray feeding and handling systems for frozen meal production lines.
Benefits
- Leak prevention and product integrity – a robust seal ensures juices or sauces don’t escape during freezing or thawing, maintaining product integrity and appearance.
- Extended shelf stability and quality retention – barrier lids help maintain texture, flavor, and appearance through freeze/thaw cycles and long-term storage.
- Operational throughput and automation-friendly – high-speed tray sealers allow frozen meal manufacturers to scale up and reduce labor costs, helping manage cost pressures on prepared meal lines.
- Flexibility for multi-compartment trays – multi-compartment trays are easily accommodated by tray sealers, and no contract for film and trays allows you to control your costs.
- Reduced logistics and transport risk – sealed trays reduce the risk of contamination or freezer burn during distribution or storage, improving shelf life and reducing waste.
Why this matters for frozen meal trays
- For prepared frozen meals, tray sealers play a critical role in delivering consistent quality from production to the end consumer.
Horizontal Wrapper Applications
Snack and Bakery Items
Features
- Wrap muffins, cookies, bars, brownies, and pastries with tight, wrinkle-free seals that preserve freshness and shelf appeal.
- Adjustable for easy film registration for printed graphics.
- Automatic feeding for continuous operation and high-speed packaging.
- Sanitary, easy-clean design suitable for food production lines.
Benefits
- Maintains product freshness – hermetic film seals reduce moisture loss and staling.
- Enhanced visual appeal – printed or clear film highlights branding and product quality.
- Operational efficiency – continuous automatic feeding keeps bakery lines moving with minimal downtime.
- Hygienic and easy to clean – reduces contamination risk and simplifies sanitation processes.
Why this matters
- Snack producers need consistent, high-quality packaging that preserves flavor, extends shelf life, and attracts consumers on retail shelves.
- Reliable flow wrapping reduces labor, increases throughput, and supports a fast-moving bakery production environment.
Confectionery and Candy Bars
Features
- Wrap chocolate bars, fudge, hard and soft candies, and specialty confection packs with smooth, wrinkle-free seals.
- Servo-driven control for precise cut lengths and tight end seals at high speeds (200+ packs per minute).
- Accurate registration for printed films ensures consistent brand artwork alignment.
- Supports holiday or promotional packaging with specialty films.
Benefits
- Preserves flavor and texture – tight seals prevent exposure to air and moisture.
- High-quality presentation – smooth seals and accurately registered prints reinforce premium brand perception.
- Efficient high-speed operation – maximizes output while maintaining quality.
- Flexibility – easily adapts to seasonal or promotional packaging variations.
Why this matters
- Confectionery manufacturers require packaging that ensures freshness, protects delicate products, and presents an attractive, brand-consistent appearance.
- High-speed, precise flow wrapping reduces waste and increases production efficiency.
Produce or Prepared Food Overwraps
Features
- Wrap fresh produce, sandwiches, meal kits, and prepared food trays with protective, breathable films.
- No contracts for film. choose the film from your prefered vendor and for your application. Compatible with standard, barrier, perforated, or printed films; options for gas-flush or modified atmosphere packaging to extend shelf life.
- Seamless integration with upstream conveyors, portioning machines, and tray or bundle feeders for continuous production.
- Handles multi-component meal kits, individual sandwiches, and produce bundles efficiently.
- Maintains freshness and quality – breathable or modified atmosphere films preserve texture, flavor, and moisture in produce and prepared foods.
- Improved presentation – clear or printed films enhance product visibility and appeal for retail or foodservice display.
- Operational efficiency – automated wrapping reduces manual handling, streamlines production, and supports high throughput.
- Flexible packaging – accommodates trays, pouches, bundles, and various sizes without needing separate equipment.
- Fresh produce and prepared foods require reliable packaging to protect quality, prevent contamination, and extend shelf life during transport and retail display.
- Efficient overwrap solutions reduce labor, minimize waste, and allow operators to maintain consistent quality across high-volume production lines.
- Enhanced presentation and hygienic packaging support consumer satisfaction, food safety compliance, and brand trust.
Benefits
Why this matters
Non-Food Consumer Goods
Features
- Wrap small consumer goods, household products, medical devices, hardware, and stationery with protective film.
- Provides tamper-evident, dust-resistant, and hygienic packaging.
- Flexible operation allows rapid changeover between SKUs and different product lengths/widths.
- Supports printed, clear, or specialty films for branding and presentation.
Benefits
- Protection and presentation – safeguards items during storage, transport, and display.
- Operational efficiency – reduces labor and increases throughput compared with manual or boxed solutions.
- Cost-effective – minimal secondary packaging and reusable film options reduce material costs.
- Versatility – accommodates mixed SKU production and quick changeovers.
Why this matters
- Non-food product manufacturers need reliable, flexible, and visually appealing packaging that protects items and builds customer trust.
- Horizontal flow wrapping reduces downtime, improves production efficiency, and supports brand integrity for a variety of small goods.