Custom Tooling for the Packaging Industry

In the packaging sector, process reliability and cycle times determine the efficiency of your production lines. Whether it involves producing thin-walled plastic packaging or precisely stamping cardboard and metal components, production tools must perform consistently under high load. Unplanned downtime and premature wear have a direct impact on your operational results.

Tumag designs, produces and maintains high-precision moulds and customer-specific cutting tools from its site in Turnhout. We support packaging manufacturers with technically substantiated solutions aimed at a long tooling service life and a stable production process.
Drawing on our expertise in engineering and precision mechanics, we translate your product design into reliable production tools.

The foundation for efficient packaging production lies in the design phase. Our engineers work closely with your R&D department to optimise the product design for the injection moulding or stamping process. By analysing critical parameters such as wall thicknesses and draft angles, as well as cutting tolerances at an early stage, we prevent errors later in the process. This significantly shortens your time-to-market, reduces material use and guarantees an extremely stable production process.

Modern packaging must be functional. Think of flip-top closures with integrated soft-touch zones, two-colour caps or bottles with built-in rubber seals. Tumag specialises in the engineering and manufacturing of complex 2K moulds (two components) and multi-cavity systems. By combining multiple materials or hardnesses in a single injection moulding cycle, you eliminate costly downstream assembly steps and improve product quality and leak tightness.

For metal packaging components, films, carton materials or specific closure systems, Tumag produces customer-specific precision cutting tools. Thanks to our modern CAD/CAM technology, wire EDM and profile grinding, we guarantee extremely accurate cutting and forming. This results in perfectly burr-free production, minimal tool wear and high process reliability in your stamping lines. We deliver these tools ready for immediate integration into your production line.

Each type of packaging requires a unique machining method. At our machine park in Turnhout, we produce customer-specific tooling for applications including:

• Capsules and screw caps: complex spindle moulds with extremely precise demoulding mechanisms for threads.
• Dosing systems and closures: multi-cavity moulds with high nesting accuracy for perfectly functioning snap hinges and dosing openings.
• Thin-wall packaging: moulds with extremely tight tolerances that withstand extremely high injection pressures and fast cycle times, including preparation for In-Mould Labeling (IML).
• Hardened cutting punches and cutting plates: wear-resistant, hardened stamping and cutting components for high-speed packaging and closure lines.
• Cosmetic and pharmaceutical bottles: moulds with a mirror-smooth surface finish (low Ra values) achieved through precision polishing and HSM milling.