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Foto credits: Frutmac
at Interpoma 2026, Frutmac presents AI, automation and plastic-free packing lines.
At the end of the grading line, many packhouses are feeling the squeeze: seasonal workers are hard to find, lines have to run without downtime, and the plastic punnet is being phased out under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). As a full-line supplier of machines and packaging materials, Frutmac is bringing a solution for all three challenges to Interpoma.
Placing fruit into tray inserts is often still done by hand. In the Trayline, the TrayBot takes over: 3D cameras detect position, stem and colour, and robotic arms set each apple in its cup, with the blushed side facing up if required. The BoxFiller then transfers the filled trays into the crate. Every crate looks the same, even at the height of the season. ‘The camera sees every single fruit, and the system keeps learning as it runs,’ says CEO Stephan Christoph. The individual modules can also be integrated into existing lines.
Foto credits: Frutmac | The TrayBot uses 3D cameras to detect tray and fruit, then sets each
apple in its cup.
For secondary packaging, Frutmac is launching the new Boxer PRO crate erector. It handles up to 1,500 crates per hour, is built with brushless drives for continuous operation and processes 40 × 60 and 30 × 40 cm formats in a minimal footprint.
Foto credits: Frutmac
| The Boxer PRO erects up to 1,500 crates per hour in 40 × 60 and 30 × 40
cm formats.
The Jollypack VARIO builds on more than 20 years of Jollypack filling technology. It destacks cardboard trays and fills them automatically with fruit, with fewer staff needed. The new 2027 generation is narrower, faster and handles the fruit even more gently. Combined with the Flapsolution, it becomes a closed process, from flap tray to closure, entirely without plastic. Businesses switching to cardboard get trays and machines from a single source.
Foto credits: Frutmac
| The Jollypack VARIO destacks cardboard trays and fills them
automatically with fruit.
Frutmac started out in 1976 with packaging materials and machines for the apple industry. Today, an experienced, close-knit team in Nals plans, builds and services complete packing lines, for apples and many other types of fruit. ‘We have always been quick to put new technical possibilities to work for our customers,’ says Christoph.
Foto credits: Frutmac | Frutmac’s headquarters in Nals.
