Snacks Packaging Automation
Flexible, high-speed packaging for a fast-moving snack market.
SNACKS SECONDARY PACKAGING
Fast, Gentle & Flexible Packaging for Every Kind of Snack
High SKU counts, short runs, fragile products, and variety pack complexity make snack packaging uniquely demanding. Whether you’re packing snack bars into cartons or packing retail-ready cracker trays, our systems are built to protect product integrity while maximizing uptime and line flexibility.
For snack bars, cookies, nuts, pretzels and more — we support the formats your customers love and the operations your team depends on.
Snack Specializations
Douglas offers innovative secondary packaging solutions for a wide variety of snack products.
Chips, Crackers & Savory
Bakery, Candy & Confection
Grains & Snack Mixes
Fruit, Veggies & Dairy
Frozen Snacks
Dips & Spreads
Cartoner Running Multi Tier Cups with Robotic Infeed Eliminates Star Wheel Change Parts
Dips & Spreads
Case Packer for Plastic Snack Cups into Harness Style Case with Pick and Place Loading
Dips & Spreads
OUR SOLUTIONS
Packaging Options for Snack Products
Choose from a range of secondary packaging options, including variety packs, shrink bundles, paperboard cartons, and corrugated trays and cases in different styles—wraparound, regular slotted case (RSC), half-slotted case (HSC), harness style case—with product display options to meet your unique needs.
Packaging Challenges We Solve
High SKU volumes
and rapid, automated changeover demands
Gentle handling
for fragile products
Equipment service
including North American-based field and remote support
Variety pack automation
across SKUs and size ranges
Shelf-ready
and club-store multipack formatting
Space-constrained line layouts
requiring compact equipment
Fast, accurate case packing
for high-speed lines
User-friendly systems
that reduce operator error and training time
Designed for Excellence in Productivity and Usability
Labor shortages, changing materials, and constant product switches demand automation that’s fast, flexible, and intuitive. Our solutions empower operators and maintenance teams with tools that reduce downtime and minimize errors.
- Tool-less changeovers with recipe recall
- GuidePoint tablet-based guidance for operators and maintenance
- Top- and side-load case packing, cartoning, sleeving, shrink wrapping
- Vision-guided packaging systems
- Washdown-ready, open-frame, sanitary design
- Remote diagnostics and integrated smart sensors
- Compact footprints for space-limited facilities
TESTIMONIALS
Trusted by Snack Manufacturers
Great experience working with the Douglas team from start to finish. Specifically for the FAT, everything was ready to go, had been tested and had all the support needed for trial runs and to get any questions answered. We had a few requests for changes and they were quickly worked on.
Packaging Engineer
National Food Brand
Your professional team and the design quality is impressive.
Engineering Manager
National Snacks Brand
KEY ADVANTAGES
Why Snack Producers Choose Douglas
High-speed automation with gentle handling premium packaging
Built-in flexibility for cartons, pouches, trays, and multipacks
Easily integrate variety pack systems
Automated, accurate, repeatable changeovers and recipe-driven HMI
North American-based field service and remote support with snack industry expertise
Sustainability-ready: Cartons, paperboard sleeves, and recyclable formats
