Case study: The Oberto Sausage Company seeks a sealing change
Ultrasonic sealing solution helps the company improve product quality while doubling output.
When you’re packaging a product like beef jerky, the last thing you want to see is product getting caught in the seal of the bag and impacting product freshness. This was the challenge faced by Oberto Sausage Company of Kent, WA. Oberto offers 400 varieties of dried meat products like beef jerky, as well as pork and turkey jerky, and snack sausages. The company, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year, offers such brand names as Oberto, Cattleman’s Cut, Pacific Gold and others. The products are packaged in 1.25-ounce to 15-ounce bags and are carried in supermarkets and club stores nationwide.
When Oberto reformulated some of their beef jerky products, it ran into issues with smaller product particulates getting caught in the seal area, thus causing leakers and rejects. More workers were needed to inspect the bags, which slowed down production speed.