Cartoners for Sachets and Stick Packs
Complete your line with compact secondary packaging.
What Is a Cartoner?
A cartoner, or automatic cartoning machine, is a secondary packaging machine that groups, loads and seals stick packs or 3-4 seal sachets into a pre-glued carton, ready for distribution or retail display. Mespack designs them to integrate with vertical (VFFS) and horizontal (HFFS) sachet and stick pack machines, delivering a fully integrated and coordinated line from primary to secondary packaging.
How the Cartoning Process Works
1. Infeed
Sachets or stick packs arrive from the VFFS/HFFS machine, already formed and sealed.
2. Collating
The infeed system collates the product into the desired grouping configuration.
3. Carton Forming
The folding carton is formed.
4. Loading
The product is loaded into the carton.
5. Closing
The carton is closed and sealed.
6. Discharge
Finished cartons are discharged for palletizing or distribution.
What Can You Pack in a Carton?
Stick Packs
- Single-serve sticks in individual or multipack cartons.
Sachets
- Flat sachets grouped by count for retail-ready cartons.
Key Benefits of Mespack Cartoning
Compact design
A compact, servo-driven automatic cartoner with a reduced footprint, ideal for plants with limited floor space.
Made for sachets and sticks
Compatible with any Mespack HFFS or VFFS machine, including the vertical MLC Series.
Servo-motorized precision
Precise product handling and smooth operation, with less mechanical wear and more consistency.
One supplier for the line
From primary packaging to end of line with a single supplier and a synchronized line.
Reliable, continuous production
Engineered to reduce downtime, improve OEE and ensure consistent packaging quality.
One PLC, One Connected Line
A single PLC controls both the Mespack HFFS/VFFS machine and the cartoner, enabling synchronized operation, centralized control across the entire packaging line.
Cartoning Solutions Across Industries
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Food
Instant coffee sachets, soup and seasoning sachets, sauce sachets.
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Beverage
Powdered drink stick packs.
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Personal Care
Facial cream sample sachets, shampoo and conditioner sachets, sunscreen stick packs.
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Pharma & Nutrition
Vitamin stick packs, protein powder sachets, collagen and electrolyte stick packs.
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Home Care
Laundry detergent sachets, concentrated surface cleaner sachets.
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Pet Food
Wet food sachets, treat sachets, supplement stick packs for pets.
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Food
Food
Instant coffee sachets, soup and seasoning sachets, sauce sachets.
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Beverage
Beverage
Powdered drink stick packs.
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Personal Care
Personal Care
Facial cream sample sachets, shampoo and conditioner sachets, sunscreen stick packs.
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Pharma & Nutrition
Pharma & Nutrition
Vitamin stick packs, protein powder sachets, collagen and electrolyte stick packs.
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Home Care
Home Care
Laundry detergent sachets, concentrated surface cleaner sachets.
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Pet Food
Pet Food
Wet food sachets, treat sachets, supplement stick packs for pets.
CS | CL Cartoner Series
Compact sachet and stick pack cartoner
A compact, servo-driven cartoning machine that groups, loads and closes sachets or stick packs into folding cartons, in line with any Mespack VFFS or HFFS machine.
Works in Line With
Stick Pack Machines
- Multilane VFFS for single-dose sticks.
4SS Sachet Machines
- Vertical MLC Series for 4-side seal sachets.
Sachets & Pouches
- HFFS machines for sachets and pouches.
Cartoning FAQs
A cartoner, or cartoning machine, is a secondary packaging machine that groups products, loads them into a folding carton and closes it, ready for distribution or retail display. Mespack designs them specifically for sachets and stick packs coming from vertical (VFFS) and horizontal (HFFS) form fill seal machines.
Sachets or stick packs arrive already formed and sealed from the primary machine. The infeed system collates them into the required count and configuration, the folding carton is formed, the product group is loaded, and the carton is closed and sealed. Finished cartons are discharged for case packing or palletising.
Mespack cartoning machines handle stick packs and sachets in single-count or multipack cartons: instant coffee and powdered drink sticks, soup and sauce sachets, vitamin and collagen stick packs, cosmetic sample sachets, home care doses and pet food or treat sachets.
A cartoner packs individual products, such as sachets or stick packs, into a folding carton, which is usually the pack the consumer buys. A case packer groups those cartons or other packs into a corrugated shipping case for transport, such as an RSC case packer or a wrap around case packer. Many lines use both, one after the other.
Mespack, a Duravant company based in Barcelona, is a cartoning machine manufacturer. Its CS | CL Series is a compact, servo-driven stick pack cartoner machine and sachet cartoner. As Mespack also builds the stick pack and sachet machines, it can supply the complete line as a single supplier.
Consider the product (sachet or stick pack) and its size, the count per carton, the carton format, the output of the primary machine, the space available and whether the line continues to case packing and palletising. Mespack assesses these factors to recommend the right CS | CL configuration.
Talk to Mespack's packaging experts to evaluate your application and identify the optimal cartoning equipment for your production line.
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