FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. Presented by Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC. Seafood processors face increasing operational complexity as they manage growing product variety, sustainability initiatives, and labor challenges. Each SKU change—whether shifting from fillets to shellfish, adjusting portion sizes, or switching materials—introduces downtime, potential errors, and process inefficiencies. Achieving true flexibility in seafood packaging isn’t about running every format on one line; it’s about creating systems that can quickly, accurately, and confidently adapt within their design family. This session explores how a systems solution approach—built on unified controls, synchronized recipes, and integrated line performance visibility—can enable that adaptability. By viewing the packaging line as an interconnected system rather than a collection of machines, processors can coordinate changeovers, reduce manual adjustments, and improve consistency across multiple SKUs.
The session will illustrate the approach using two common seafood packaging applications: tray-sealing and vertical bagging applications. Modeled examples demonstrate how a single recipe selection can automatically adjust weight targets, sealing profiles, film feed, and label data across the entire line. The discussion also outlines expected performance gains, including shorter changeovers, reduced operator intervention, and improved overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Attendees will gain practical insight into how systems-level design transforms mechanical flexibility into operational agility—empowering seafood operations to respond faster to market demand, enhance quality, and minimize waste. Ultimately, the session demonstrates how a connected, data-driven packaging line allows processors to do more with less—proving that the whole system is greater than the sum of its parts.
