Hickory Harvest and Viking Masek Featured in Food & Drink Magazine

Hickory Harvest of Akron, Ohio produces snack items like roasted nuts, candies, confections, trail mix, and dried fruits and vegetables. Recently the company has been changing it's manufacturing processes and product selection to reflect organic principles and offer healthier choices for the consumer. Food & Drink magazine took notice of these changes, and the company was selected for a feature article in their Spring 2016 issue. Viking Masek is proud to be a part of their success by supplying the VFFS machinery required to automate their packaging processes.

Our Vertical Form Fill and Seal packaging machinery provides reliable automation and increases efficiency for a number of industries, food products being the major market served. Companies like Hickory Harvest that produce a variety of snack products and are expanding in to the organic market are an especially good match for our innovative packaging solutions.

The Viking Masek VFFS E250 is a perfect entry level machine for a food producer looking to break into packaging automation with the goal of making their production process more efficient and reliable. This pneumatically-driven machine is durable and compact and can hit speeds of up to 60 bpm. It can produce a variety of bags, from a simple pillow pouch to a more complex flat bottom bag.

At speeds of up to 100 bpm, Viking Masek's VFFS M250 boasts a mechanically-driven enclosed jaw drive, perfect for packaging in dusty, wet, or corrosive environments. Optional washdown construction allows your facility to clean the machine to stringent food quality regulations. This machine also boasts expanded options as far as bag styles, from quad seal packages to bag-in-bag pouches. Our M Series baggers are our most popular packaging solutions because of their reliability and flexibility. These machines are workhorses that simply keep running.

Viking Masek's VFFS S250 packaging machine delivers exceptional reliability and speed through a quiet, enclosed, servo-driven jaw. Reaching speeds of up to 150 bpm, this machine is ready to keep up with ever increasing demand for your food products. This packaging solution offers more options to choose from for bag styles, including the popular Doy bag. 

All of our packaging solutions can be integrated with a variety of fillers, from volumetric and auger fillers to multi-head scales for extremely precise measurements. Add a hole punch for easy display on peg hooks or a tear notch or zipper closure for consumer convenience. From start to finish, our packaging experts can help create a custom packaging solution that fits your exact food product specifications.

Ready to automate your packaging? Viking Masek is ready to help.

Read Hickory Harvest's featured article here.