{"id":3194,"date":"2020-11-13T17:34:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hofferplastics.com\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:52:26","slug":"hoffer-plastics-and-mespack-partnering-for-breakthrough-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/innovation\/hoffer-plastics-and-mespack-partnering-for-breakthrough-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffer Plastics and Mespack Partner for Breakthrough Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-machine.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1196\" height=\"516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-machine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-machine.jpg 1196w, https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-machine-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-machine-768x331.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-machine-1024x442.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1196px) 100vw, 1196px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Featured at this year\u2019s Global Pouch Forum: Partners Hoffer Plastics, a family owned custom injection molder based in South Elgin, IL, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mespack.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mespack<\/a>, a global producer of flexible packaging machinery based in Barcelona Spain. A shared vision and passion for innovation in packaging, and a perfect match of complementary skills and technical expertise.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hoffer and Mespack\u2019s Shared Goal: Impact the entire flexible packaging supply chain through innovations that:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage growth<\/li>\n<li>Minimize production downtime<\/li>\n<li>Enable production independence<\/li>\n<li>Promote environmental sustainability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hoffer and Mespack achieved this by melding and leveraging the technical spouted pouch \u201cknow-how\u201d of Hoffer with the global machinery excellence of Mespack. It\u2019s about respect, trust, and shared goals.<\/p>\n<h2>An open, holistic approach to product development<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hoffer and Mespack consider all aspects of the value chain: the needs, problems and benefits to end consumers, the brand, co-packers, converters, cap and spout suppliers, and machine suppliers. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>They embrace contributions and capabilities from other internal and external sources that can add value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Announcing the HF Series: A Revolutionary Fill-Though-the Spout Machine<\/h2>\n<p>A&nbsp; direct result of the Hoffer\/Mespack collaboration. The machine is capable of running fully recyclable spouted pouches like the CellPouch\u2122.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additional partners that contributed to make this a successful launch included <a href=\"https:\/\/widmann-pro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Widmann<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbcgroup.com\/en\/bbc-cellpack-swiss-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Cellpack Packaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This machine can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run multiple products at once at enhanced speeds<\/li>\n<li>Be augmented with various end of line modules<\/li>\n<li>Deliver enhanced product safety and reliability through its consistent cap application.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-pouch-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"mespack pouch\" class=\"wp-image-3197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-pouch-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mespack-pouch.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features of The CellPouch\u2122 package:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Delivers outstanding seal integrity through the use of ultrasonic technology<\/li><li>Provides shelf life of up to 12 months<\/li><li>Can be run with a variety of hot or cold fill applications.<\/li><li>Certified as being fully recyclable in the European Union, with potential expansion to North America and beyond<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To see this exciting innovation in action,&nbsp; click here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T1vlRNg5djc&amp;trk=organization-update-content_share-embed-video_share-article_title&amp;ab_channel=MESPACK-InnovativePackagingSolutions\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T1vlRNg5djc&amp;trk=organization-update-content_share-embed-video_share-article_title&amp;ab_channel=MESPACK-InnovativePackagingSolutions<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact Justin Markel at Hoffer Plastics:&nbsp; <a href=\"mailto:j-markel@hofferpl.com\">j-markel@hofferpl.com<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured at this year\u2019s Global Pouch Forum: Partners Hoffer Plastics, a family owned custom injection molder based in South Elgin, IL, and Mespack, a global producer of flexible packaging machinery based in Barcelona Spain. A shared vision and passion for innovation in packaging, and a perfect match of complementary skills and technical expertise.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hoffer and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,34,11,24,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-closure-safety","category-engineering-expertise","category-innovation","category-manufacturing-excellence","category-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hoffer Plastics &amp; Mespack Partner for Breakthrough Innovation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hoffer Plastics and Mespack launch the HF Series fill-through-spout machine\u2014boosting 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