IML verpakkingen, disposables en rotables. moensmouldings.com

Moens Mouldings B.V. has devised and produced innovative packaging and disposables for many clients.
We would like to mention a few:

IML labels are available in different finishes, but the high-gloss variant most definitely stands out.

How you use it depends on your requirements. 
It might help to know what options are availabe:

IML printing with opaque white ink + lacquer + UV lacquer | Inside printing with matt lacquer
 | IML printing with double opaque white ink | Inside printing with gloss lacquer

The client's requirements were clear

little spatula that would be added to a tub of butter:- must fit on the underside of the lid

- must not increase the stacking height of the tubs (because of the settings of the packaging machine)

- must be strong and functional.

Did this work out?

Of course! All the more because the most important of the aforementioned requirements was met: the price could not increase. This meant it was not feasible to adapt the production mould or construct a stage mould both options would be too expensive. Instead a well-preserved test mould with a subtle change appeared to meet all the requirements.

Innovative equipment anticipates new possibilities. Check out the development of the fourth generation 4+4 IML robot. It's all about flexibility, low investment and maintenance costs, cycle time and high reliability.

The flexibility of this robot is down to its modular construction.

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Some non-food products cannot be without sold seperately, such as the two components of a primer. Which is why a customer asked us for a 2-in-1 solution. The result: a ring that attaches the two tins to each other.

This duo tin is produced using a mould, manufactured in Portugal, based on the expertise and quality standards of Moens Mouldings. This meets the customer's requirements exactly, including the request to keep mould costs down dispite the small quantity produced. A magnificently harmonious innovation!

Almost any product can be improved, which was the case with the packaging for deep-fried shredded onions, which we have produced for many years.

The great challenge for the R&D department was the need to give the sprinkle lid an in-mould label. By examining a mould one can see that it is very difficult to form and label a lid in one movement and do the same with a sprinkle flap. But we did it without having to invest too much more - which is what counts!

Do you need new packaging to make the most of your retail product? Thanks to the standardisation carried out using dual moulds, this can be implemented within 10 weeks.

It’s easy: your new product in standard packaging. As a rule, unique company packaging and positioning generates more success. The Moens Mouldings set of instruments (IML robot, labelling, etc.) is multifunctional. Only the casts still need to be made. Now that’s efficiency.

A variation increases the range available for consumers. It pays off to modify the filling process as little as possible for all variations.

This is why Moens Mouldings developed new packaging to hold portions of 20, 50 and 80 ml at the request of a client. All sized containers can be filled in the same manner, which makes a difference to conversion times. The minicups are supplied with an IML label. Also introduced using high-tech efficiency: a robotic arm that picks up three stickers and places them on the mould in one smooth movement.

Round shapes with an in-mould label require more time than other shapes. This also has an impact on the cost price. Using an innovative technique, we have improved production cycle times by 15%.



Traditionally the cycle time for round IML packaging takes longer because the label must be applied around a core. But that shouldn’t put you off using a circular container if it suits the profile of your (new) product perfectly. Ingenious operating technologies can influence both the cost price as well as the capacity.

It is a fact that new packaging can work miracles, as Milkana discovered in Egypt.

The synthetic tub that Moens Mouldings developed for the Egyptian manufacturer of Milkana cheese spread was very successful. Sales increased significantly after the new packaging was introduced, and since then a completely new market has opened up.

The traditional thickness of labels is 75 micrometer, but with a thickness of 50 micrometer one can realise a saving of 30%.

The thinnest sheets make considerable demands on the systems they process. Production facilities and mechanical actions for such paper-thin uses are also very precisely focused on this improvement.

If you want to continue developing new items, then you need to create the right conditions. At the end of 2007 the company invested in three completely new workspaces for Investor, the 3D package for Autocad.

The time-frame tied in well with the 12 and a half year anniversary of the R&D department. At the same time the departments of electronics and machine construction were merged which resulted in better logistics and a faster lead time of new projects. Incidentally, the R&D department is only accessible to employees with a valid pass. After all, innovative development requires strict confidentiality!

Food manufacturers need to add a best-before date as standard to any packaging. If requested, Moens Mouldings can add an extra code.
This takes place at an earlier stage, during in-mould labelling. It can be a production code or a best-before date.

This technology was developed in-house and prints without ink or a similar substance. In this way it is always possible to find out when a tub was made (after it is returned), and the logistical chain is mapped even more clearly.

Sunlight, or more specifically: UV radiation is harmful to food items. A new packaging material with an extra UV barrier dramatically reduces radiation damage.

Moens Mouldings has developed this new packaging in conjunction with the purchaser and the supplier of the packaging raw material. The high UV barrier offers possibilities for the food industry in particular, as it increases the shelf life of the packaged product.