What B+ Equipment does

B+ Equipment is a privately held French industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1982 and headquartered in Aubagne, France, with a reported headcount of 1-10 employees. The company manufactures, installs, and services automated packing and wedging solutions targeted at order fulfilment operations, specifically volumetric weight reduction systems, on-demand digital printing for boxes, and ancillary packaging line equipment (conveyors, counters, scales, bagging systems, foam equipment, paper systems, and side pouch systems). Its portfolio centres on the I-Pack Dual Void Reduction System (dual-head volumetric box sizing for fulfilment centres), the I-Pack Void Reduction System (high-speed automated packaging), the e-Cube Void Reduction System (e-commerce focused void reduction), and the AutoPrint on-demand digital printer, which prints usage and handling instructions directly onto boxes to eliminate extra labels. The value proposition targets hidden shipping and material costs created by oversized packaging, framing its systems as a means to reduce void space, lower DIM-weight charges, and improve sustainability metrics for high-volume shippers.

The company's business model is B2B capital equipment sales plus ongoing service, with pricing handled through direct sales engagement rather than public quotation. Customer reach spans e-commerce fulfilment (primary), food industrial, aerospace and defense, consumer goods, and electronics segments, served through a vertical-segmentation approach. Distribution and solution positioning appear to be conducted in coordination with Sealed Air's protective packaging channel (including UK offices in Kettering and St Neots), which gives B+ Equipment access to enterprise account coverage, content marketing assets, trade-show presence, and a multi-brand portfolio (I-Pack and e-Cube appear under the Sealed Air corporate site). The product architecture follows a platform-plus-modules pattern: a core cartoning/void-reduction engine extended by add-on modules for digital printing, labelling, bagging, foam moulding, paper-based void fill, material handling, and side pouches, which supports account expansion via cross-sell once a base system is installed. Limitations on visibility: the firm is small, privately held, and no revenue, contract value, installed base, or service-revenue mix data is disclosed in the source material.

Name

B+ Equipment

Legal name

Sealed Air Corporation

Website

https://bplus-equip.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

B+ Equipment, founded in 1982 and based in Aubagne, France, manufactures, installs, and services automated packing and wedging solutions — including I-Pack and e-Cube void-reduction systems and AutoPrint on-demand digital printing — for e-commerce fulfilment and industrial packaging customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automated Packaging Equipment

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

akta.pro primary industry

Cartoning & Case Packing Systems (IMAHAOAB)

Keywords

• Automated packaging equipment
• Void reduction systems
• Order fulfillment machinery
• Industrial packing solutions
• Protective packaging equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Aubagne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

B+ Equipment manufactures, installs, and services automated packing and wedging solutions for order fulfilment. The company provides automated cartoning and void reduction systems (I-Pack, I-Pack Dual, e-Cube) along with complementary packaging equipment such as AutoPrint digital printing for on-demand box labelling, bagging systems, conveyors, scales, foam systems, and inflatable packaging systems targeted at e-commerce fulfilment, food processing, aerospace/defense, consumer goods, and electronics packaging operations.

Product overview

B+ Equipment (as referenced in Sealed Air content) offers automated packaging solutions through a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering centers on the SEALED AIR corrugated box sizing and void reduction systems, which include the I-Pack Dual Void Reduction System (dual-head advanced system), the I-Pack Void Reduction System (standard automated packaging), and the e-Cube Void Reduction System (e-commerce focused). These automated cartoning systems are complemented by a comprehensive equipment portfolio: AutoPrint Digital Printing for on-demand box labelling, AutoLabel Thermal Transfer Ribbons, Bagging and Printing Systems, Bagging Systems, Conveyors/Counters/Scales, Inflatable Packaging Systems, Insert Placement Systems, Instapak Foam Equipment and Foam Moulding, Paper Systems, Printers, and Side Pouch Systems. The company also markets protective packaging materials (Bubble Wrap, Instapak Quick RT, inflatable cushioning, mailers) and food packaging solutions under the CRYOVAC and Liquibox sub-brands. The I-Pack systems transform packing processes by eliminating wasted space, reducing material costs, and improving sustainability through right-sized packaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cryovac: Food and beverage packaging solutions including bag-in-box, vacuum shrink bags, form-fill-seal films, pre-made pouches, and tray lidding films
• Liquibox
• Autobag
• Bubble Wrap
• Nexcel
• Instapak
• Korrvu
• I-Pack
• e-Cube

Products and services

• I-Pack Void Reduction System

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Krones: Global packaging and bottling machinery leader for food and beverage end-markets — adjacent competitor in food industrial packaging equipment where B+ Equipment also competes.
• ProMach: Large diversified packaging machinery OEM serving food, beverage, pharma and protective packaging end-markets — competes broadly in the same end-of-line packaging line integration space as B+ Equipment.

Direct peers

• Pregis: Protective and automated packaging solutions provider offering paper-based and inflatable void fill systems, box-on-demand, and integrated packaging lines comparable to B+ Equipment's I-Pack / e-Cube offerings.
• Sealed Air: Global packaging incumbent that both distributes and directly competes with B+ Equipment's void reduction systems via its own I-Pack / e-Cube product line on sealedair.com, and operates the protective packaging category that B+ Equipment's equipment serves.
• CMC Machinery: Italian packaging machinery specialist producing automatic box-making and right-sizing / box-on-demand systems for e-commerce and logistics — a direct European competitor to B+ Equipment.
• Ranpak Holdings: Specialist in paper-based protective packaging and automated void fill / wrapping systems for e-commerce and industrial fulfilment — directly competitive with B+ Equipment's sustainable, automated packaging equipment portfolio.
• Automated Packaging Systems (Sealed Air brand): Automated bagging systems brand within Sealed Air offering AutoBag equipment, directly competitive with the bagging modules in B+ Equipment's portfolio.
• Sparck Technologies (formerly Packaging Technologies): European maker of right-sized, automated packaging and box-on-demand systems targeting e-commerce and 3PL customers — a head-to-head competitor to B+ Equipment's corrugated box sizing systems.
• Storopack: German-based protective and void fill packaging manufacturer (air pillows, paper, foam) with growing automated systems exposure, competing with B+ Equipment in fulfilment-centric packaging.

Emerging players

• Quadient: Mail and parcel automation / locker vendor that has expanded into parcel fulfilment packaging automation, providing adjacent competition to B+ Equipment's e-commerce order fulfilment systems.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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