Here's How One Pasta Producer Made the Switch Without Disrupting Production.
Consumer demand for sustainable packaging is no longer a trend to monitor.
For pasta producers selling through retail, discounters, and direct channels, it has become a shelf-level competitive reality. When Altmühltaler Teigwaren began fielding that pressure, the question was not whether to make the move — it was whether their packaging line could handle it. Would paper run reliably? Would output rates hold? Would the changeover between materials create costly downtime on a line already running multiple SKUs in small batches?
What they found was that the right machine, paired with the right partner, made the transition far more manageable than expected. Working with ROVEMA, Altmühltaler was able to retrofit their existing SBS system to run both plastic film and paper, switching between materials without rebuilding the line. The result is a packaging operation that now serves retail, food service, and direct-to-consumer channels — producing up to 95 bags per minute across a wide range of bag styles and materials, with the flexibility to grow as the market keeps moving.
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