ILLIG
About us
We are a leading global supplier of thermoforming and packaging systems for the production of sustainable and recyclable plastic and cardboard packaging. Our services include the development, design, assembly and commissioning of complex production lines and tools, as well as brand-specific retrofit solutions. Packaging development is at the heart of our business: we work with customers to develop resource-efficient and sustainable solutions and support packaging converters in design and production. For more than 75 years, customers have valued our technology company as a reliable and globally active partner. ILLIG stands for innovative technology, top quality and comprehensive global service.
We operate with five subsidiaries around the globe and two production sites in Germany (headquarters in Heilbronn) and in Romania. Our customers in over 80 countries have been successful with ILLIG systems for 75 years - and we with them. This trust drives us to continue to be there for you with technical know-how, innovations, highest quality, reliability and comprehensive, worldwide service.
Products & services
Dry fiber packaging
ILLIG introduces new product segment with a modular production system for manufacturing dry fiber packaging with a higher output than other natural fiber processes (scalable from 20 to 120 million packages per year) for themselves at the Heilbronn site from the fourth quarter of 2024. This semi-finished product is a nonwoven material made of natural fibers. In contrast to wet-formed fiber, it can be produced and processed with significantly lower energy and without the use of water. The raw material based on natural fibers is cost-efficient and also sustainable in terms of production and recycling. The system was developed for the production of fiber packaging (including trays, lids and cups) with barrier properties. The barrier can be applied using various methods in the manufacturing process: gor example, inline lamination or upstream coating is possible in order to produce the necessary barrier properties depending on the application. It is also possible to use dry fiber in the non-food sector, where it offers more diverse design options for packaging shapes than solid cardboard solutions. The unique feature of the ILLIG machine concept (patent pending) is the high drawing ratio compared to solutions already on the market. With the new dry fiber process developed by ILLIG, more varied and, most importantly, deeper shapes can be produced. ILLIG has been working very closely with manufacturers of machines for the production of nonwoven materials based on the airlaid process right from the start in order to optimize the manufacturing process. The process was also developed in close cooperation with technical institutes and experts in the field of fibers. Dry fiber packaging is produced without the use of process water and the necessary infrastructure. Compared to other manufacturing processes such as wet fiber/pulp, packaging solutions made from dry fiber can be produced more sustainably and economically.
Blister packaging machines
The new HSU 650 packaging machine with its increased size and sealing area of 650 mm x 300mm allows a higher design of the products to be produced. With a cycle output of up to 20 cycles per minute, a high output rate is achieved. Thanks to the new servo-motor drives, the HSU 650 is 30% more energy-efficient than comparable systems.
Cardboard forming machine and inner film lamination
With the XLU family, ILLIG presents a newly developed, modular machine concept for laminating pulp and cardboard packaging as well as labeling of plastic trays. The three machine types PLU, CLU and TLU are specialists for three different applications.
Plastic thermoforming machines
ILLIG thermoforming machines operate with vacuum forming, pressure forming, or both. ILLIG's range of products includes sheet-processing machines, roll-fed machines with forming and punching in the same station, or separately, skin packaging and blister machines, form, fill and seal machines, packaging machines and IML-T® decoration units. All ILLIG thermoforming systems are based on a modular line concept.