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CUT’IT!™ EVO

THE PERFECT PACKAGING

FIT REVOLUTION!

Text: Frank Calviño // Photos: Ranpak

Ranpak has consolidated itself as one of the world’s leading sustainable packaging companies.
Its wide range of 100% recyclable packaging materials and automated packaging solutions
has earned them considerable success globally. Now, the company is taking one step further,
announcing the global launch of the Cut’it!™ EVO, an in-line packaging machine that
promises to transform end-of-line packaging, offering at least a 25% reduction in outgoing box

dimensions. Thus, saving storage and shipping costs for companies all over the world and, at
the same time, turning packaging into a more sustainable industry. That’s why we decided to
talk to Paul Spronken, Product Manager of Automation at Ranpak, to explain what the Cut’it!
EVO exactly is.

hat is the Cut’it! EVO? But the machine also offers a lot of other things that
“The Cut’it! EVO is part of the end-of-line are not normally present in an end-of-line packaging
Wpackaging solution that Ranpak offers. It is an solution, right?
automated and sustainable packaging solution that is also “Yes. The Cut’it! EVO machine provides KPI data
easy to use and implement. First, you can automatically reporting, remote assistance, (online) support, and a video
erect a box with a box-erecting machine, our Form’it! camera system, among other perks. This information is
machine, for example. Then the box will be sent to a picking incredibly valuable at the end of the line of any packaging
area where the goods (and, if needed, cushioning material) operation because the end of the packaging process is
are added to the box. Hereafter, the box with the goods vital: a bottleneck there can quickly escalate and seriously
arrives at our height reduction and box-closing machine, the harm the ability to deliver on-time. It is more than just a
Cut’it! EVO, which automatically reduces box heights by packaging machine; it is a system that provides you with
scanning the highest point of filling, cutting the corners of information about your packaging logistics and is aimed at
the box, folding the created flaps, and glueing a lid on the providing efficiency.”
box,” says Paul.
How much is this efficiency we talk about?
“The Cut’it! EVO optimises the size of the box to match “The Cut’it! EVO offers a solution that can substitute up to
the size of the products inside. On average, the Cut’it! 10+ human packers per line. This means that, during peak
EVO provides at least a 25% volumetric efficiency in each periods, companies can count on Cut’it! EVO’s efficiency
packaging.” and don’t need to hire a lot of additional warehouse staff,
which precisely because of the peak periods is scarce and
What’s Cut’it! EVO’s main competitive advantage? expensive. Therefore, having a Cut’it! EVO in your end-
“The main competitive advantage is the fact that we offer of-line has a guarantee of possessing a flexible capability in
an automated box-closing solution with integrated height case of peak seasons.
reduction to perfectly fit the product. By combining
automation with height reduction, we increase productivity Additionally, switching from crash-lock boxes to regular
while reducing the need for labour. At the same time, we boxes can save about 25% on corrugated costs. Our
reduce shipping volume and improve sustainability for the integrated height reduction saves 25% of the truck space
environment.” required, significantly reducing delivery costs due to the

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