Flexible horizontal cartoning solution for various products
Streamline your packaging process with this versatile cartoning system, designed for high-speed, continuous operation to efficiently handle solid, liquid, and powder products across medical, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods sectors.

Packs, Loads, and Serializes Products Efficiently
The MKC cartoning machine from Harro Höfliger is engineered to deliver flexible and efficient packaging solutions across pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer goods industries. Designed for continuous high-speed operations, the MKC excels in seamlessly handling diverse products, including eye drops, inhalers, and coffee capsules, through processes such as packing, insertion, feeding, and serializing.
What sets MKC apart is its modular design, allowing tailored configurations with various closure and product infeed options to meet specific customer requirements. The machine delivers up to 300 folding boxes per minute with precision, supported by highly dynamic servo drives and overload protection for safety-critical functions. This feature ensures optimal throughput and product integrity while minimizing downtime.
Harro Höfliger’s MKC can integrate effortlessly into your existing production line, enhancing its capabilities with serialization functions for added security against counterfeiting. Built with robust materials, the machine offers exceptional durability and corrosion resistance, suitable for high-demand industrial environments. The ergonomic design promotes easy accessibility for maintenance, while touch panel interfaces simplify controls and monitoring.
Compliant with industry standards like GMP, the MKC ensures quality and consistency in packaging applications, making it an indispensable asset for manufacturers aiming to streamline operations and maintain stringent quality control.
Benefits
- Increases efficiency with high-speed operation, packing up to 300 boxes per minute.
- Enhances product security with integrated serialization for anti-counterfeiting measures.
- Minimizes setup time through modular, customizable configurations for various closure types.
- Improves accessibility with ergonomic design and movable touch panel interfaces.
- Ensures compliance with GMP standards, maintaining quality and safety in packaging processes.
- Applications
- Medical devices,Inhalation products,Coffee capsules,Eye care products,Transdermal systems,Surgical sutures,Oral delivery systems,Skin care products,Diagnostic products,Wound,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Dissolvable oral strips,Nicotine patches,Espresso coffee capsules,Adhesive bandages,Covid-19 test kits,Eye drops,Aspirin tablets,Asthma inhalers,Absorbable surgical sutures,Hydrating skin patches
- Steps before
- Product feeding,Bottle supply,Pick,Place
- Steps after
- Serializing,Quality control
- Input ingredients
- bottles,blisters,dressing and patches,vials,film,product inserts,folding boxes,pouches
- Output ingredients
- cartoned bottles,cartoned blisters,cartoned dressing and patches,cartoned vials,cartoned pouches,cartoned products
- Market info
- Harro Hoefliger is known for its expertise in manufacturing custom, engineered-to-order packaging and production equipment, particularly for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer goods, and chemical industries, with a reputation for precision, innovation, and quality engineering solutions.
- Output MKC 15″
- up to 100 folding boxes/min
- Output MKC 7.5″
- up to 200 folding boxes/min
- Output MKC 5″
- up to 300 folding boxes/min
- Flexibility
- Modular design
- Automation
- Highly dynamic servo drives
- Product Handling
- Side-loading,Pick-,-Place
- Closure Variants
- Up to two closure variants on one machine
- Feeding Systems
- Ability to add various feeding systems
- Serializing Functions
- Expandable system with serializing functions
- Automation level
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Changeover time
- Quick adjustment features
- CIP/SIP
- CIP available
- Cleaning method
- Manual CIP/SIP options
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous / Inline
- Energy efficiency
- High-efficiency servo drives
- Product feeding
- Configurable options available
- Side-loading capability
- For optimal accessibility
- Dynamic insertion method
- Cycloid rotation technology
- Flexibility
- Modular design
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Container size and shape
- Various folding box sizes
- Closure type
- Multiple closure types (e.g.,top-opening,side-loading)
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Control panel type
- Movable touch panel
- Discharge method
- Side-loading
- Product feeding
- Various feeding systems available
- Folding box closure
- Multiple closure variants
- Touch panel
- Movable touch panel with visualization technology
- Machine design
- Low construction and ergonomic
- Side-loading
- Product insertion from rear
- Closure options
- Set-up of common and customized closure variants
- Serializing functions
- Ability to add serialization
- Top-opening adaptation
- Adaptation for top-opening cartons
- Product transport
- Horizontal cartoning configuration