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JLS + Reiser partnership

One food line. Two proven teams.
See where Reiser meets JLS.

A visual map of the production line — from processing through palletizing — using the primary / secondary / tertiary packaging hierarchy. Every stage is labeled with what happens, who owns it, and where JLS-built robotic automation fits alongside Reiser's processing and packaging portfolio.

Full food production line — Reiser and JLS Automation scope Ten stages of a food production line, grouped into four zones — Prepare/Portion/Form, Load/Seal, Case/Carton/Collate, Palletize/Wrap. Each stage is color-coded by who provides it: JLS-built robotic automation in purple, equipment available through Reiser's portfolio in blue, and scope-dependent partner equipment in gray. Three neutral bands below group the stages into primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging tiers. Prepare. Portion. Form. Load. Seal. Case. Carton. Collate. Palletize. Wrap. 01 Mixing & blending Grinding Emulsifying Marinating Tumbling Available through Reiser portfolio 02 Forming & portioning Stuffing Extruding Patty forming Depositing Available through Reiser portfolio 03 Further processing Slicing Dicing Shredding Tenderizing Available through Reiser portfolio 04 Primary loading Pick & place Vision-guided Lane loading Product collation JLS TALON® JLS KESTREL™ JLS Automation 05 Primary packaging Thermoforming Tray sealing Vacuum / MAP Skin pack Available through Reiser portfolio 06 Case packing Robotic case loading Robotic loading Washdown configurations Hygienic options JLS OSPREY® HAWK™ · PATTY HAWK™Case erecting & sealing via partner equip. JLS Automation 07 Cartoning Form, load, close cartons Compact footprint Hygienic design JLS PEREGRINE® PEREGRINE IS JLS Automation 08 Collation / bundling Collation Count & stack Bundle pack Multipack Partner equipment scope-dependent 09 Palletizing Layer building Robotic palletizing Slip-sheet place Layer pad Partner equipment scope-dependent 10 Load securement Stretch wrap Banding Corner board Top sheet Partner equipment scope-dependent Packaging tier key Tier 1 Primary packaging The package that touches the product Tier 2 Secondary packaging Cases, cartons, and multipacks for retail or distribution Tier 3 Tertiary packaging Pallet, stretch wrap, ship-ready unit JLS + Reiser · Expertise across the line Reiser delivers the upstream processing and primary packaging machines. JLS engineers the robotics that load the package, build the case, and fill the carton.

How to read it: Time and product flow left-to-right, processing through palletizing. The four condensed headlines name what each zone does. Box color shows who provides each stage — vibrant purple is JLS Automation, muted blue is equipment available through Reiser's portfolio, and gray is scope-dependent partner equipment. The three colored bands at the bottom name the packaging-tier hierarchy (primary → secondary → tertiary), which is the vocabulary CPG brand owners and packaging engineers use most often.

Packaging tier reference

Primary, secondary, tertiary — what each tier means.

When customers talk about packaging engineering rather than line layout, they switch to this hierarchy. Same line, different vocabulary. Be fluent in both.

TIER 1 · PRIMARY

Touches the product

The package that physically holds the product — thermoformed pocket, sealed tray, vacuum pouch, skin pack. Stages 04–05.

Equipment: JLS TALON® / KESTREL load the cavity → Reiser-distributed thermoformer or tray sealer closes the seal.

TIER 2 · SECONDARY

Groups primary packs

Corrugated case, folding carton, multipack, display tray, shrink bundle. Built from primary packs for retail or distribution. Stages 06–08.

Equipment: JLS OSPREY® (case), JLS PEREGRINE® IS (carton), JLS HAWK / PATTY HAWK (specialty case).

TIER 3 · TERTIARY

Builds the shipping unit

Pallet of cases, stretch wrap, slip sheets, top sheet. The unit that gets loaded onto a truck. Stages 09–10.

Equipment: Partner palletizing systems build the pallet → load securement closes out the line.

The combined story

One continuous line. Two specialists.

Reiser — Robert Reiser & Co., a leading food processing and primary-packaging equipment company — delivers the line up to the seal.
JLS engineers the robotics from there through case packing and cartoning.

No customer wants to integrate four vendors. With the JLS + Reiser partnership, two specialists cover the full chain — processing through secondary packaging — with the engineering depth that comes from each focusing on what they do best.

JLS Automation × Reiser · Channel partner reference

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