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Carton filling technology

Flexibility in every way

SIG’s filling technology is marked by unrivalled flexibility. Provided the same base dimensions, we offer the industry's fastest change-over times for formats, volumes, and designs. Within a few minutes, our machines can be adapted to handle up to nine different carton volumes. Our filling machines are also compatible with a wide range of other equipment from third-party manufacturers, giving you full flexibility over your technology partners.

The aseptic advantage

On a SIG filling machine, a flat sleeve becomes a filled carton in seconds. The aseptic process rapidly heats liquid food and beverages to ultra-high temperatures before immediately cooling them down. Aseptic filling takes place in a sterile chamber where sterile packs are filled and ultrasonically sealed above the filling level to prevent particulates from getting caught in the seal.

Aseptic filling ensures the highest food safety standards and quality, helps retain nutrients, flavors, and colors. 

  • Shelf life of up to 12 months without refrigeration or preservatives
  • Our open-sleeve filling process also ensures a wide range of products to be aseptically filled

High efficiency, low waste rate

With the ability to fill up to 24,000 packs per hour, our filling machines meet highest performance criteria for food and beverage producers. This speed, combined with unrivaled, low wastage rates and unique flexibility results in high effectiveness and low overall system costs.

And, thanks to their robust, well-engineered construction, you can be sure that the machines run reliably for many years. With our standard filling machines, we can fill three main product segments in our standard carton packs – liquid dairy and plant-based beverages, non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD), and liquid food products.

Our standard aseptic filling machines for small-size carton packs

  • Up to two formats and 9 volumes on one filling machine
  • 12,000 or 24,000 packages per hour
  • Wide range of products can be filled
  • Particulate filling possible - food options or SIG Drinksplus
SIG Aseptic filling equipment for small-size packs

Our standard aseptic filling machines for medium-size carton packs

  • Up to 12,000 packs per hour
  • Up to 5 volumes and up to 3 formats on one filling machine
  • Unmatched, short changeover times for format and volume changes
  • Product flexibility - kits and additional options to extend product portfolio
SIG Aseptic filling equipment for medium-size packs

Our standard aseptic filling machines for large-size carton packs

  • Up to 9,000 packs per hour
  • Perfect for families and foodservice
  • Convenient thanks to several opening options
  • Up to 5 volumes and 2 formats
SIG Aseptic filling equipment for large-size packs

SIG Dome aseptic filling equipment

  • 12,000 packs per hour
  • 3 volumes for medium-size formats
  • 7 volumes for small-size format SIG DomeMini
  • Closure application within filling machine
SIG Dome Aseptic filling equipment

SIG Neo aseptic filling equipment

  • Our next generation filling equipment with a design speed of 18,000 packs / hour
  • 3 volumes on one machine
  • Less consumables, improved sustainability features
  • Easy to operate thanks to the new and user-friendly SIG HMI
SIG Neo 18 Aseptic filling equipment

SIG Smile aseptic filling equipment

  • 24,000 Packs / hour
  • Huge range of products can be filled
  • Available in 2 footprints up to 5 volumes
  • SIG Smile as perfect on-the-go package
SIG Smile 24 Aseptic filling equipment

SIG Safe: or retort filling system

  • 12,000 packs / hour
  • 5 volumes on one machine
  • Efficient and sustainable solution for food products with large particulate content
SIG Safe 12 Retort filling equipment

SIG Neo. The next big step in aseptic technology

SIG is expanding its SIG Neo filling machine portfolio launching another cutting-edge filling machine for multi-serve aseptic carton packs, capable of filling up to 15,000 SIG SlimlineBloc packs per hour – a 25% increase in output compared to SIG’s standard filling machines for family-sized formats.

 

Food filling options by SIG

Our open-sleeve filling process ensures a wide range of possibilities for your products: with our standard filling machines, we can fill three key product segments in our standard carton packs – liquid dairy and plant-based beverages, non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD), and liquid food products. To add value to any product, we offer additional kits to increase the number of products that can be filled on our standard filling machines: SIG Drinksplus solution to add value to any beverage and Food Options to extend the possibilities with liquid food products.

For food products with particulates up to 25mm, we use special food structures and filling machines. And we go even beyond this and offer a retort system for all products that cannot pass through an aseptic process.