There are many different types of packaging machinery. Suppliers that provide integration services can help customers integrate new equipment into existing production lines, or help setup equipment and train employees. Packaging machinery also includes related machinery for sorting, counting, and accumulating.

There are many different package types. Packaging machinery like accumulators, blister packaging machinery, batching machinery, bagging machinery, bander machinery or sleever machinery, box making machinery, crating packaging machinery, can packaging machines, filling and dosing machinery, labeling and marking machines, bottle cartooning machine, bundling machine, case packaging systems, envelopes making and many other packaging machinery are available in the market nurturing the needs of the industrial buyers.

Other examples include aerosol containers, bags and pouches, cartons and boxes, capsules, cartridges, cases, cups and trays, drums, kegs and pails, pallets and intermediate bulk containers (ibc), tubes, and vials. Closing methods for packaging machinery can use caps and lids, cork, glue, heat seals, nails or staples, tamper-evident or tamper-resistant tape, tuck and fold techniques, and wrapping paper.

Within packaging systems are different types of timing mechanisms that can be used to determine how fast the machinery will package the material. Most packaging machines have the option of manual, semi-automatic or automatic operations. They are usually classified by how many packages they can fill or seal per minute.

Applications for packaging machinery include automotive, chemical and petrochemical, cosmetics and perfumery, electronics and semiconductor, food packaging, garment, household product, medical, military, music, video and software, pharmaceutical, stationary, and tobacco.

Manual, semi-automatic, and automatic packaging machinery is commonly available. Product types include: cleaning machinery and sterilizing machinery, collating machinery, combining machinery, counting machinery, decorating machinery, erecting machinery, filling machinery and packer machinery, forming machinery, and inspection machinery. Form, fill and seal machinery is also available. Cleaning machines sanitize containers or packaging systems. Suppliers of packaging machinery also provide palletizers, de-palletizers, pallet dispensers, unloading machinery, sealing machinery, shrink machinery, strapping machinery and banding machinery, sorting machinery, tape dispensers, vacuum chambers, and wrapping machinery.