Machines

Tecmes proposes a platform of machines that fill coffee/soluble product capsules and are marked by unique and innovative features that guarantee unprecedented advantages in terms of performance and energy efficiency.

«If the product is what the consumer buys, the packaging is the“ cladding ”with which the industry proposes and delivers it, as well as being a powerful means of communication to inform and retain customers. This is why it is necessary for companies to be able to count on tools capable of ensuring total quality - container and content - and “without compromises”».

With versatile automatic or semiautomatic solutions suited to the needs of the most varied industrial sectors, Bizerba’s offer of weighing and filling systems is ideal for applications requiring reliability and “per gram” precision.

With an overall increase in attendance of 10% and a significant growth of foreign operators, the sixth edition of Pharmintech Exhibition - an event organized by BolognaFiere - has brought to light the excellence of supplies in the Life Science fiel

Stora Enso launches packaging solutions for luxury products, cosmetics and foodstuffs based on bio-composites derived from wood, alternatives to plastic packaging.

At the recent International Nutfruit Congress (23-25 May, Boca Raton, Florida), a major annual event for the nut and dried fruit sector, Besana was presented with the INC Innovation Award for its latest innovative packaging solution.

A globally recognized manufacturer specializing in the production of bottle unscramblers, orientators, puck inserters, filling lines, cappers, depuckers, Ronchi Mario SpA has recently developed BETEL Δ 4-EVO, a robotic bottle unscrambler without format change.

Original workings and finishings for additive manufacturing with the ProX® SLS 6100 by 3D Systems printer. Weerg’s word.

With the new KT-M icotek grommet, already available on the market, the connectors and installation jacks are integrated directly into the icotek KEL, KEL-U or KEL-ER cable glands.

In response to the traceability needs of the pharmaceutical sector, for which printing on cartons and packages of a series of variable information is required (lot, date, 2D code etc.) Wide Range has developed a series of ideal solutions for coding of medium-small lots, based on WR FEEDER, a friction feeder for sheets, labels, boxes and coupons in formats up to 250x300 mm with the 250 version, or…

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.

Airpack, a company based in Ossago Lodigiano in Lombardy, Italy specialising in the production of bubble wrap and foam packaging and owner of Jiffy Packaging and TAP Telio, is set to sell its interests to Belgian group Abriso, a producer of polyethylene (PE) and polystyrene (PS) foam and bubble wrap film.

With the Innoket Neo labeller, KHS is expanding its product portfolio in the field of labelling systems. This machine stands out for its compact size and low energy consumption (just 5 kilowatts/hour) and is specially designed for labelling cans.

Following the acquisition of Telerobot S.p.A. in 2016, IMA not only significantly strengthened its presence in Automation, i.e. automatic assembly platforms, but also positioned itself as one of the most innovative world leaders in this sector. IMA S.p.A.'s commitment to being a key player in Automation is confirmed by its purchase of ATOP, which operates in the world of electric vehicles.

With decades of experience in developing high-quality renewable paperboard, the Finnish-Swedish company Stora Enso has launched Cupforma Natura Solo™, a paperboard for the production of paper cups.

The new multi-frequency metal detection technology from Thermo Fisher Scientific now meets the retail industry’s most stringent codes of practice regarding foreign object prevention and detection, including those from Marks & Spencer, regarded as the “gold standard” for compliance.

Volpak (part of the Coesia Group) inaugurates a "PouchLAB" at its headquarters in Barcelona, a R&D center to support customers and partners in the development of sustainable solutions. And it offers the market a technological upgrade to produce  100% recyclable paper pouches.

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.

B&R has introduced a completely integrated machine vision system that opens up new opportunities for applications in the field of automation. The solution comprises two types of cameras: Smart Sensor and Smart Camera for one or more simultaneous functions.

Among the recent achievements of Printronix Auto ID (part of TSC Auto ID Technology Co. Ltd), the T4000 thermal printer combines some winning features: in the face of reduced dimensions (264 mm × 276 mm × 455 mm), it guarantees significant performance in terms of operating speeds (up to 8 inches/second, with an output of 5000 labels per day, whose thickness can reach 0.28 mm).