Case Study
SYSMAC – at the heart of EFFYTEC’s new continuous process concept
Until recently, Spanish packaging machine maker EFFYTEC manufactured only intermittent-process packaging machines. When the company decided to develop continuous-process machines, they turned to their automation partner Omron, and created a new concept around the SYSMAC automation platform. With headquarters in Barcelona, Eficiencia y Tecnologia SA (EFFYTEC) specialises in the development and manufacture of Horizontal Form Fill Seal (HFFS) machines for packaging all kinds of products in sachets, pouches and bags. It exports about 95 percent of its production, and has customers in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals sectors all over the world. EFFYTEC machines use flexible material such as laminated foils or film to make the pouches or sachets, filling, sealing and fin