Victorinox relies on the "Swiss Army knife" among blister machines.

Victorinox is a global company with five product categories: Swiss pocket knives, household and professional knives, watches, travel gear, and perfumes. The Swiss traditional company is best known for the “Swiss Army Knife,” which has been manufactured in Ibach-Schwyz in Central Switzerland for more than 100 years. Over time, numerous knife variants have been added. The range extends from small vegetable knives to officer’s knives with 33 functions.

Challenge

  • Design of a highly flexible machine for packaging over 100 different products

  • Resource-efficient operation

  • High requirements for theft protection of the packaged products

  • Quick format changes

Solution

  • Compact machine based on the KOCH blister machine KBS-PT with octagonal pallet transport

  • Products are manually placed into the blisters, followed by front card inserter, back card inserter, sealing station, and product discharge

  • Two integrated labelers for barcodes or radio or acousto-magnetic labels for increased theft protection

Josef Inderbitzin
Head of Packing Department at Victorinox

KOCH works at a high technical level and you can tell that our companies have a similar philosophy – especially with regard to quality, sustainability, and flexibility.

Fast format changes, high packaging capacity, and flexibility in processing different formats and materials. This is what the machine concept of the KBS-PT blister machine stands for.

Swiss Army Knife by Victorinox in double carton with sturdy plastic blister.

Kitchen knife packed in a simple cardboard blister.