Industry

Packaging

Packaging producers face increasing pressure to replace plastics and scale fiber-based alternatives without compromising performance, cost or productivity. Dry forming of airlaid fiber materials offers a strong alternative to both conventional plastics and wet forming processes. AP&T supports this transition with advanced servo-hydrolic press technology, automation, and integration expertise for industrial dry forming applications, working in close collaboration with Yangi, a specialist in dry forming technology for fiber-based packaging, as well as directly with customers.

The challenge

From concept to industrial production

The packaging industry is moving rapidly toward renewable, recyclable and lower-impact materials. At the same time, producers need solutions that can meet industrial requirements for cycle time, dimensional accuracy, surface quality and reliable high-volume output. Successful industrialization of dry forming depends on precise forming, stable process control, and seamless integration into complete production lines.

Material transition

Brands and converters need to replace fossil-based packaging with fiber-based alternatives that support circularity and lower environmental impact. New materials must work in practice.

Industrial scale-up

New materials and processes must move from pilot production to robust, cost-efficient industrial output. That step requires production equipment that can deliver repeatable quality at the precision and speed the market demands.

Our solution

Press technology for industrial dry forming

We support the industrialization of dry-formed fiber packaging in two ways. As production equipment partner to Yangi, we integrate AP&T servo press technology into Yangi’s dry forming machine platform, where Yangi contributes deep process know-how and application expertise for airlaid-based materials. In parallel, we work directly with customers as a machine supplier for production equipment and complete lines within fiber-based dry forming, developing solutions adapted to each customer’s material, product requirements and line concept.

Yangi partnership

AP&T is Yangi’s production equipment partner, supplying servo-hydraulic press technology to their dry forming machine platform with reliable, energy-efficient forming performance. Yangi contributes the forming process know-how and application expertise for fiber-based materials. Together, the collaboration enables scalable production solutions with high precision and repeatable quality.

Customer-specific line solutions

We also develop customized production equipment and complete line solutions in direct collaboration with customers. We contribute decades of experience in press technology, automation, and production line integration, while the customer brings their application knowledge and process requirements. Each solution is tailored to the specific material, product and production setup.

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