ProMach, a provider of packaging machinery products, has acquired the assets of KHS Bartelt, a supplier of packaging systems for the food and confectionery, beverage, home and personal care, pharmaceutical, chemical, and tobacco industries. The addition of Sarasota, FL, USA-based Bartelt expands ProMach’s business with an additional North American base for flexible packaging solutions and further strengthens ProMach’s portfolio of pouch packaging solutions.

Additionally, the acquisition includes the assets of KHS Kayat and KHS Scandia, expanding ProMach’s offerings with cartoning, shrink wrapping, shrink bundling, case packing, and tray packing systems.

“Bartelt, Scandia, and Kayat expand our product offerings and allow us to bring an even more complete portfolio of solutions to our customers,” says Mark Anderson, ProMach president and CEO. “Together, they bring over 215 combined years of packaging solutions to the marketplace, with a strong and established customer base. We welcome their team to ProMach where we will continue producing and supporting all three brands out of the Sarasota facility and look forward to providing the customers of these respected brands with new products and innovations, as well as dedicated parts and customer service programs in the years ahead.”

Bartelt horizontal fill and seal and form fill and seal systems can produce a wide range of pouch types and sizes for food and non-food products, including sachets, shaped pouches, bottom gusset pouches, three-sided seal pouches, four-sided seal pouches, and stand-up pouches for dry products or liquids, including single-serve products. Machines feature a hygienic, open, and modular design capable of running up to 150 pouches per minute, with both mechanically driven and servo driven configurations offered. Value-added optional features include resealable press-to-close zippers and ultrasonic top sealing are also available.

Bartelt joins ProMach’s Flexibles & Trays business line along with existing ProMach product brands Matrix, FLtècnics, Southern, and Ossid, as well as distributed partnerships with Toyo Jidoki and INVpack brands. “When ProMach first launched our flexible packaging initiatives our singular vision was for customers to have a truly consultative partner to help them select the best flexible package for each unique project and application,” says Troy Snader, ProMach senior vice president. “We’ve made numerous investments over the years to deliver on that vision, adding both domestic and international OEMs and expanded partnerships to our lineup. We are now well-positioned with VFFS systems, stickpack and sachet packaging systems, pre-made pouch packaging systems, and with the addition of Bartelt, one of the broadest HFFS solution ranges in the market with mechanical and servo controlled linear, carousel, walking beam, and gripper/clip style systems to handle nearly any pouch packaging need.”

“We are delighted to welcome the entire Bartelt team to the ProMach family,” said Ryan McCart, ProMach President, Secondary Packaging. “We will be investing in Bartelt, their facility, their people, and their related brands as we work to grow their business and firmly position them among the market leaders in their space. Existing customers from Bartelt, Scandia, and Kayat can all expect timely and responsive support from the ProMach team with documentation, training, service, retrofits, conversions, upgrades, and spare parts available to the thousands of machines that are in the field today. And many of our current ProMach retort, filling, pharma, end of line, and labeling and coding customers that are already using or have future plans to use pouches and other flexible packages for their products now have an even stronger partner to work with for the long-term future.”