Food and beverage

IMA Group has launched the Coffee Hub, a cluster of specialist brands, each providing the key experience and expertise needed to serve the coffee industry.

Between 13 and 17 May ACMA, a Coesia company, hosted “Tea Days” at its headquarters: a chance to not only show specific solutions and technologies for the primary and secondary packaging of tea,  but at the same time boasting a vast array of knowledge that encompasses the entire supply chain, from cultivation through to the distribution and consumption of the product.

Ground in vacuum packs, beans in 1 kg bags, pods and capsules: coffee is distributed in various forms, each with its own characteristics, which must obviously be respected in every phase of production, packaging and handling. In this very area, PRL Tecnosoft offers complete and proven solutions.

Developed by Omas Tecnosistemi, FLEXICAP is an innovative capsule assembly machine for liquids, solubles or coffee: it is available in different models, from a minimum of 2 rows up to 120 capsules/minute, to a maximum of 8 rows up to 450 capsules/minute depending on the format and the product to be dosed.

The british company Huel offers customers nutritionally complete meals with a mission surrounding convenience.

The RobaFeed3 automatic loading system and the GlueFill granule adhesive container installed on the Robatech hot melt glue melters improve operator safety, reduce downtime and optimize productivity. This is confirmed by Schützengarten AG, a Swiss beer producer who, in 2016, integrated them on its dry area plants.

Spreafico Automation  (IMA Group) and University of Milan (Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences) join forces for a research project on coffee capsules for the study of the properties of self-protected capsules and the role of protective atmospheres in the shelf life

Cama has proven know-how within the bakery and biscuit sectors, with hundreds of successful lines installed worldwide. A recently delivered Cama line for a long established & prestigious company, well known for its wide product range, has enabled the customer to increase output whilst also improve its flexibility to meet ever demanding customer requirements.

The European market for FCMA moves around € 100 billion annually, with 50% of the value coming from the plastics and paper sectors, followed by the glass, metals and the machinery sectors. The need for operators to keep up with constantly evolving laws is imperative, and to carry out their activities by complying with the required obligations without hesitation.

With a complete range of state-of-the-art solutions, Bizerba supports economic profitability and quality assurance in the fruit processing chain.

Amcor Capsules has introduced a new capsule model that facilitates the opening of wine bottles.

The ground that Sidac has chosen to corner its market is clear and simple: offer solutions in the field of flexible packaging & labeling, with reduced times and competitive prices. And this thanks to a principle of sustainability that embraces skills, production means and the environment. The word of GD Luca Mazzotti.  Stefano Lavorini

Livetech debuts on the U.S. market with a system that can pack up to 18,000 muffins/h: a solution that stands out for high productivity, simplicity of use, low footprint and accuracy.

From Contital, a new line of aluminium containers made with the Bake-eeze® system.

Tecmes has recently developed a production program that illustrates the unwavering and passionate search for perfection of this company, which is based in Vaiano Cremasco (CR).

At its Parma site, Punto Pack (since 2010 certified ISO 9001) makes PET bottles with different technologies (injection, stretch and blowing).

Rooted in the heartland of Bologna’s packaging valley, Marchesini Group has long since ventured onto the global market with state-of-the-art processing and packaging solutions in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food product field. Stefano Lavorini

Participation in Meat Tech in the name of sustainability, the result of continuous innovations in the converting of plastics for the food sector and numerous investments in R&D.

Leonardo is a revolutionary rolling mill for the milling industry: it is in fact equipped with the patented OKS (Omas Kers System) technology which, based on a kinetic energy recovery system, ensures up to 70% of energy saving at the milling plant.

Cryovac OptiDure™ is a new generation of multilayer and coextruded hi-tech bags, for the segment of cured, heavy, very hard products subject to special mechanical stresses, such as fresh meats, cheeses and cured meats.