A customized 8-Lane high-viscosity honey stick packing machine solution for a New Zealand contract manufacturer, designed to improve output, reduce dripping, prevent product trapping, and support export-ready round-corner stick pack packaging.
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Food contract manufacturing factory, nutrition and health supplement industry
New Zealand
Mānuka honey
High viscosity, easy dripping, easy product trapping, easy stringing during filling
Custom high-viscosity liquid stick pack packaging project
Round-corner stick pack
May 2026
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This project was developed for a food contract manufacturing factory in New Zealand serving the nutrition and health supplement market. The customer needed a more efficient and stable packaging solution for Mānuka honey, a high-viscosity product that is easy to drip, string, trap in the sealing area, and cause bag bursting if the filling and sealing process is not properly controlled.
EIXPACK provided a customized pharmaceutical gel stick pack packaging machine solution with a servo ceramic pump, laser coding machine, and standard stick pack forming, sealing, cutting, and discharge functions. The solution was designed to replace the customer’s previous capacity-limited setup of four small vertical machines, improve packaging efficiency, increase production capacity, reduce dripping and product trapping, and support export-ready round-corner stick pack packaging.
For export-focused Mānuka honey projects, packaging consistency, product traceability, and clean sealing are especially important. New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries provides official information about Mānuka honey testing, while food and dietary supplement manufacturers can also refer to FDA information on Current Good Manufacturing Practices when planning quality-oriented packaging operations.
Mānuka honey is a high-viscosity product that may continue to drip after dosing if the filling system is not properly selected. Dripping can contaminate the sealing area, increase product waste, affect package appearance, and reduce production stability.
When honey is trapped in the sealing area, the seal may become weak or incomplete. This can lead to leakage, poor package quality, customer complaints, and a higher risk of bag bursting during transportation or handling.
High-viscosity honey can create stringing during filling. This makes the filling process harder to control and may cause contamination on the film surface, unstable sealing, and inconsistent finished packs.
The customer’s previous setup of four small vertical packaging machines could no longer meet production demand. Limited output restricted order fulfillment, production scheduling, and the customer’s ability to handle larger contract manufacturing orders.
For sticky liquid products such as honey, unstable sealing and trapped product can increase the risk of bag bursting or leakage. This directly affects product safety, export packaging quality, and brand trust.
As a nutrition and health supplement product, Mānuka honey stick packs require clean appearance, consistent coding, reliable sealing, and a premium presentation suitable for export markets.
The project was designed to help the customer achieve the following goals:
EIXPACK supplied a customized pharmaceutical gel stick pack packaging machine solution for Mānuka honey. Although the packaged product is honey rather than pharmaceutical gel, this machine type is suitable for high-viscosity liquid and gel-like products that require stable dosing, anti-drip filling, clean sealing, and consistent stick pack presentation.
For buyers evaluating similar high-viscosity packaging projects, EIXPACK’s stick pack machine page can be used as an internal reference point for multilane stick pack machine applications, including powder, liquid, gel, and supplement products.
The servo ceramic pump was selected for accurate and stable dosing of high-viscosity Mānuka honey. It helps reduce dripping, improves filling control, and supports more consistent filling volume compared with basic manual or less controlled filling methods.
The servo auger filling system is suitable for powder products that require quantitative filling. It helps improve filling consistency and reduce overfilling or underfilling compared with manual filling.
The forming system converts packaging film into stick bags with a stable bag shape. This helps improve package consistency and supports better product presentation.
The sealing system is critical for high-viscosity liquid packaging. It helps ensure that the round-corner stick packs are sealed properly and reduces the risk of leakage or bag bursting caused by weak sealing.
The laser coding machine supports date coding, batch coding, or traceability information on each stick pack. This is important for food supplement contract manufacturers and export-oriented packaging operations.
The system included a reserved interface for future connection with an automatic cartoning machine. This allows the customer to upgrade from stick packing to secondary packaging automation when production demand increases.
Mānuka honey requires a packaging system that can manage viscosity, reduce dripping, control stringing, and protect the sealing area from contamination. The servo ceramic pump and stick pack sealing system directly address the customer’s key problems: dripping, product trapping, leakage, bag bursting, and insufficient output.
For contract manufacturers, this solution also improves production scalability. Instead of relying on several small vertical machines with limited output, the customer can move toward a more centralized and stable stick pack production system.
For this custom quoted project, EIXPACK can support the customer throughout the full project cycle, from initial product evaluation to machine delivery and future production optimization.
Available support can include:
“After introducing the EIXPACK stick pack machine, our Mānuka honey packaging became much more stable. The dripping and product trapping issues were reduced, the round-corner stick packs looked cleaner, and the production team could handle larger orders with less pressure. The technical support helped us adjust the machine according to the viscosity and filling behavior of our product.”
— A production manager from the customer company
This solution works because it is designed around the real packaging behavior of high-viscosity Mānuka honey. Honey is not the same as water-like liquid. It can drip slowly after filling, form strings between the nozzle and film, contaminate the sealing area, and create seal defects if the dosing system is not properly engineered.
The servo ceramic pump provides better control for viscous liquid filling. The stick pack forming and sealing sections support consistent package shape and sealing quality. The laser coding machine supports traceability and export packaging requirements. The round-corner stick pack format improves product presentation for nutrition and health supplement channels.
This solution is especially suitable for contract manufacturers because they need stable production, repeatable results, and the ability to handle larger orders. When packaging products intended for regulated or quality-focused markets, manufacturers may also refer to FDA guidance related to dietary supplement CGMP requirements during quality system planning.
As a packaging machinery supplier, EIXPACK supports contract manufacturers with customized stick pack machine solutions for liquid food supplements, honey, gels, powders, granules, and similar packaged products.
Our service capabilities include:
This type of honey stick packing machine can be used for Mānuka honey, regular honey, liquid food supplements, nutrition gels, syrup, concentrated liquids, and similar high-viscosity products. Final configuration depends on viscosity, filling volume, package size, material, and final production requirements.
Yes. Bag width, bag length, round-corner cutting style, filling volume, sealing pattern, coding method, and machine configuration can be customized according to customer requirements.
For high-viscosity Mānuka honey, a servo ceramic pump filling system is suitable because it provides controlled dosing for sticky liquid products and helps reduce dripping, stringing, and filling instability.
Yes. The machine can be equipped with a laser coding machine for date coding, batch coding, traceability codes, or other required package information.
The solution uses a servo ceramic pump and high-viscosity filling control to improve dosing stability. The filling and sealing sections can be adjusted to reduce dripping, stringing, and product residue in the sealing area.
Before quotation, EIXPACK usually needs product samples, viscosity information, target filling volume, bag size, packaging film information, target output, coding requirements, factory layout, and any special export packaging requirements.
This solution is suitable for medium to large production needs, especially for contract manufacturers that need stable output and repeatable package quality. For smaller production, the configuration can be adjusted according to budget and capacity targets.
After-sales support can include installation guidance, commissioning support, operator training, maintenance guidance, spare parts supply, remote troubleshooting, and on-site technical support depending on the project agreement.
Whether you package Mānuka honey, liquid food supplements, nutrition gels, syrup, or other high-viscosity products, EIXPACK can help evaluate your product behavior, recommend a suitable filling system, and design a stick pack machine solution for your production goals.
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