Machines

  • The importance of the right packaging

    EQUATIONS If packaging plays a strategic role for companies operating in the field of consumer products and good packaging can be achieved thanks to an adequate motion control... then motion control is strategic. This is demonstrated by Control Techniques’ intervention on the company Mimi’s Mito shrink-wrapping machine.
  • A marking solution for the extrusion sector

    Markem-Imaje expands its range of small character inkjet solutions with a new reference: the new 9232E, designed to meet the specific needs of the extrusion sector. The company thus confirms its commitment to offering high performance, cost reduction and respect for the environment.
  • Automation and energy: the perfect couple

    The topic for this month is the “sustainability” of packaging: a very topical subject that can't just be limited to the research and use of eco-compatible materials, but must include the recovery of energy efficiency during production.
  • More layers are better than one

    MONODOSE Thanks to their original R&D work Lameplast Group has created the monodose multi-layer plastic laminate. Available in six versions with different "effects" like the tactile and visual ones liked by the marketers.
  • Rendezvous at Frankfurt

    IMA at Achema with a mega stand and all the most recent proposals of its divisions catering for the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Separate to protect

    PRESS AND DRINK Intended for the nutraceutical and beverage sectors, Inge has developed Push and Drink, a cap separator for multidose packs that combines ease of use, containment capabilities and compatibility with most mineral water bottles.
  • Changing ones logic (and mindset)

    STRATEGIES The world is changing and reinventing the way companies do business and produce goods. But how? TMC, also with its buy-up of PRB, offers interesting suggestions of entrepreneurial creativity, powered by forward thinking, experience and determination.
  • Freebox™: the 28 sqm eco-system

    Zero scrap, savings on raw materials, reduction of transport volumes and less environmentally stressful logistics poles. The creation of made to measure Freebox™, a system designed and patented by System Packaging, optimises the volume of cardboard used along with the volume of road transport.
  • 100% control of packaging

    The French company Luceo Inspection Worldwide (part of the Tiama group) at Eurocarne will be presenting ThermoSecure, a range of packaging machinery for controlling packaging via video camera.
  • High-performance separator

    At Ipack Ima CGP Industries (Cebazat, FR) presented an interesting range of anti-skid material for logistics, among which Stabulon: a separator for stabilizing pallet loads, which performs its anti-slide action with the pallet inclined up to 42°.
  • True to tast


    A-hundred-and-thirty years on, the Belgian company Filliers has revolutionized the packaging of the Dutch 30° jenever, marking a new stage in the renewal of the  juniper based liquors line, enriched by new fruit flavors that are captivating the younger target group.
  • Born for labeling cans

    Thanks to a closed system and special application heads, the hotmelt spray systems designed by Robatech to provide wrap-around labeling guarantee an accurate and clean metering of adhesive on tins and cans, even at high speeds.
  • Identification at the end of line

    In addition to the wide range of linear self-adhesive labellers, Packlab presents the print & apply system for the product traceability: very efficient system that prints and applies the label directly on any kind of pack.
  • Control and sorting: good news

    FLEXIBILITY With the aid of Beckhoff electronics, FBA Srl has developed an automatic system able to perform the identification and sorting of parcels of different shapes and sizes, according to parameters that the user defines and modifies to suit specific requirements.
  • Pallets: stretching with care

    BINDING MACHINES Mecwrap has developed a line of ring system machinery for wrapping and stabilizing palletized loads with stretch film. Distinctive features: original mechanics, superior performance and reliability “certified” by the University of Bologna, an excellent cost/performance ratio and extreme ease of use.
  • Automation for processing

    The market, demographic changes, and marketing are just some of the reasons why the packaging of food products and drinks is a sector that is continually growing and changing. In particular, there is a progressive evolution in the packaging of fresh products, an area that has always been subjected to the strictest standards and regulations in order to minimise any possible contamination of the…
  • The perfect packaging

    TEA AND COFFEE A successful international debut for Tecnomeccanica following its acquisition by Acma, a company of the Coesia Group: the double chamber tea bags made by the T4 Modula packaging machine proved popular among attendees.
  • DIY cases

    ADVANCED PAPERBOARD CONVERTING System SpA presents Freebox™: a system that enables the automatic production inhouse of cases custom sized to fit the object to be packed, starting from a sheet of corrugated cardboard. No resorting to casemakers, no need for packing case storage facilities, with the creation of sturdier boxes that enable material savings.

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