Machines

Gluing of pre-cut labels.
In addition to ensuring maximum precision, the two-step LabelStar M hot melt applicator from Robatech reduces adhesive consumption and maintenance requirements. This is confirmed by Krones Inc., which has chosen to integrate it on a pet food can labeling system supplied to a North American customer.

Partnering with customers to automate their packaging lines, Cama offers comprehensive innovative machinery and service solutions, adding tangible value to their business operations.

Founded in 1980, from February 2018 Nuova Erreplast transferred the production plant to the province of Caserta, in an area of 55,000 square meters with cutting-edge technologies, also with regard to digital printing and doypak line.

Durst will present innovations and show live demonstrations of the updated Tau RSC portfolio on its at Labelexpo 2019 (Hall 9 - Stand C50, from 24 to 27 September, Brussels).

The new P1EL series retro-reflex photoelectronic sensors developed by wenglor use a continuous, homogeneous light band to reliably detect objects with irregular or asymmetric shapes within a range of up to 1.6 metres. They accurately detect dark, transparent or glossy objects, including those with perforated surfaces.

Debem has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of the new KM 70 magnetic drive centrifugal pump available in both polypropylene and PVDF versions which attains higher levels of performance in terms of flow rate (65 m3/h) and energy efficiency.

Bologna, August 7. The Board of Directors of IMA S.p.A approved the Group results at 30 June 2019, which is expected to be a year of growth. The Group acquires 60% of Perfect Pack S.r.l. thus completing the range of machines  for single-dose packs in the pharmaceutical market. An extraordinary shareholders’ meetings on August 8 of IMA and GIMA TT approved the merger plan for the incorporation of…

Tenenga and Tecno-Soft will be organizing an emblematic event on September 20, 2019: “Among the engines of innovation. Come and discover the technologies to improve your processes”.

Automation for the digital and flexible industry on show at SPS: discovering the trends that are guiding development and production. Review of solutions dedicated to the world of packaging, with a first focus on the evolution of sensors. First part.
By Maurizio Cacciamani

At its facility in Sissa in the province of Parma, Italy, Corteva Agriscience™ (DowDuPont)  has adopted a packaging solution that keeps seed sacks firmly anchored to pallets without the need for further containment films.

New processing and finishing for additive manufacturing with the ProX® SLS 6100 printer by 3D Systems.

Dicolube® Sustain 5 is a new biocidal conveyor lubricant designed specifically to meet the needs of production plants in the brewing and beverage industry where hygiene has the maximum priority.

Bormioli Pharma, leading pharma packaging manufacturer based in Italy, announces the first sustainable plastic packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.

The Aptar group recently acquired the company Reboul, which specialises in metal packaging, particularly lipstick packaging, and all the associated processes.

For over 35 years, TGM - Tecnomachines Srl has been designing and manufacturing automatic tube filling machines for filling and closing tubes, as well as automatic cartoning machines for packaging tubes, blisters, bottles, cartridges, jars and lipsticks.

Since 1958, Laborplast’s core business has been the production of regenerated PVC cores for film wrapping.

Durst anticipates the technological developments related to digital printing systems for Tau RSC labels, awaiting the Labelexpo Europe fair (Brussels, 23 - 27 September 2019) where - together with Lirmaprint* - it will show live innovations of an updated and state-of-the-art portfolio.

Distributed exclusively on the Italian market by Imballaggi PK, the GLUE DOTS™ adhesive points are a multi-purpose and instantaneous bonding system - they do not require any heating time - for the most varied applications: fixing of samples on catalogs or containers of different sizes, the joining of different elements together, as in the case of sets of disposable forks and knives attached to…

Etipack has developed a high productivity and flexible self-adhesive labeling system for processing various formats of aluminium trays for a major pet food producer.

For over 25 years, Marking Products Srl has been dedicated to the sale and assistance of industrial marking systems for each application sector and with different technologies. From Hitachi it proposes the new coding and industrial marking systems with its Series UX continuous inkjet technology and the CO2 vector laser LM Series.