Industrial sustainability pathways for right-sized corrugated, wooden export packaging, returnable systems, VCI, desiccants and EPR-aware material choices.
Packaging choices focused on right-sizing, material reduction, route-aware protection and lower avoidable waste while preserving product performance.
Waste Smart signifies that the initial stride toward a circular economy that entails the elimination of waste through innovative design, enabling materials to enjoy multiple lifecycles.
Paper-based packaging routes including corrugated, honeycomb, paper cushioning and responsible sourcing discussions where product-specific evidence supports the claim.
The wood, foam and shrink film that protect most machinery are themselves a contamination risk on food processing equipment if they touch a product-contact surface directly, and the hollow jackets, chambers and CIP piping many of these machines carry trap moisture internally where nobody can see it, breeding mould and bacteria in a sealed crate over a multi-week voyage. BENZ builds a hygienic barrier into the pack, not just a protective one.
The packing material itself can be the contamination risk.
Most crating uses wood, standard foam and general packing materials in direct contact with the machine, which is exactly wrong for equipment that will touch food product on its first day of operation. Wood dust, splinters and untreated surfaces cannot be allowed against a product-contact zone, so every point of contact between the crate structure and the machine's food surfaces needs a hygienic barrier layer, food-grade film or sheeting, not the general wrap used on a lathe or a press.
The second risk is hidden. Mixers, cookers, pasteurisers and other food processing equipment often carry jacketed vessels, hollow chambers or CIP (clean-in-place) piping loops that hold residual moisture from final washdown at the factory. Sealed inside a crate for weeks, that trapped moisture does not just risk corrosion, it is a microbial growth environment, and a machine that looks clean on the outside can arrive with mould or bacterial growth inside a chamber nobody thought to check. BENZ drains and dries internal chambers and jackets before sealing, and keeps the crate structure itself out of contact with product surfaces.
Jacketed vessels, hollow chambers and clean-in-place piping loops are drained and dried before the machine is sealed, so residual washdown moisture cannot sit trapped for weeks and turn into a microbial growth risk inside a closed system.
Food-grade film or sheeting is placed at every point where the crate structure, bracing or cushioning would otherwise touch a product-contact surface, so no wood, foam or general packing material contaminates a food-safe zone.
Product-contact and general stainless surfaces are protected with a food-safe corrosion inhibitor to MIL-PRF-3420H rather than a general oil-based rust preventive, easy to wipe down before commissioning.
The machine is mounted on an engineered skid sized to its weight and geometry inside a heat-treated ISPM-15 crate built for crane and forklift handling.
Bowl and jacket draining, blade protection.
Jacket and chamber draining against trapped moisture.
Blade and cutting head protection to hygienic standard.
Belt and frame protection across the line length.
Refrigerant line and insulation protection.
See our dedicated packaging and bottling machinery page.
Food processing machinery is one of 35+ machine types we pack, from pharmaceutical machinery to complete production lines and process equipment.
We drain and dry jacketed vessels, chambers and CIP piping loops, build a hygienic barrier at every point the crate would otherwise touch a product-contact surface, preserve stainless and exposed metal with a food-grade corrosion inhibitor, then mount the machine on an engineered skid inside a heat-treated ISPM-15 crate.
Yes, if they touch a product-contact surface directly. Wood, general foam and standard packing materials are not food-safe, so we place a hygienic barrier layer at every contact point between the crate structure and the machine's food-contact zones.
Because a sealed crate holds that moisture in place for a multi-week voyage, and inside a hollow jacket or piping loop it becomes a microbial growth environment rather than just a corrosion risk. We drain and dry these internal spaces before the machine is sealed.
Yes. Product-contact and general stainless surfaces are protected with a food-safe corrosion inhibitor rather than a general oil-based rust preventive, so the machine is safe to wipe down before commissioning.
Yes. A BENZ team comes to your plant with tooling and lifting equipment and packs the machine on your floor, including chamber and jacket draining.
Yes. All solid-wood crating and skidding is heat-treated and ISPM-15 stamped, with the treatment certificate supplied for customs clearance without quarantine or fumigation.
Send the machine details or book an on-site survey. We protect the hygiene, not just the metal.
BENZ Packaging consistently provides reliable and efficacious Corrosion Prevention & Protective Packaging Solutions to clients worldwide.