Materials and machinery

Developments for pharmaceutical packaging that are sure to arouse interest: CAM solutions recounted by Gabriele Gnudi (G.B. Gnudi Bruno), the group’s longtime representative in Italy.

Italian market automation suppliers agree: the seventh edition of SPS Italia – Parma, 23-25 May, organized by Messe Frankfurt – was a well-deserved success. All indicators show progressive growth: +16% more visitors than in 2016 (33,194), 738 exhibitors (+15% compared to 2016), with a 20% increase in occupied surface area.

At Drinktec 2017 (11-15 September, Munich), the company run by the Aureli family presents the most advanced high-speed automatic rotating ring wrapping machine to date.

The handling of full or empty containers has no limits: the Modena based Magnoni has presented Table Top, a system to handle bottles, tanks, cartons, trays, bundles, buckets, cans and jars, which can take place on one or more ways with different methods, according to the needs.

With the clear objective of further increasing its production capacity, Kimbo has adopted a Comau robotic station for the palletizing of boxes containing various types of coffee packs. Operational flexibility, high performance and reliability are the most appreciated features of the selected solution.

TLM packaging machines for confectionery and cosmetic products show in a live demo the flexibility of high performance technology: that of Gerhard Schubert, which at interpack displayed its own development concept. Objective: to simplify complexity.

Imballaggi Pk could not have missed Interpack, where, as usual, the concern appeared as a guest at the stand of German firm HADE, with which it has been working together for many years.

Wide Range is a Lombard specialist in industrial automation solutions for packaging and labeling. At Interpack the concern presented its WR Feeder range of friction sheet feeders, available for widths up to 250 mm, or in the new version, up to 400 mm.

Laser marking systems continue to play a key role in activities featuring high production volumes.

For cosmetic products, which feature packaging in the widest range of exciting shapes, Altech presents a custom-developed linear labelling system: ALline E/C.

At SPS IPC Drives, Parma, Interroll presented its  state-of-the-art range for material handling, intralogistics, and transport, a concrete example of its “4.0” vision. Here are but a few.

Already an outstanding producer of lobe pumps, OMAC of Rubiera (RE) is now also offering a line of volumetric pumps based on peristaltic technology that, with the utmost respect for the hygienic and physical/chemical characteristics of the product being processed, meet various dosage and process requirements.

At the heart of Leister plastic welding and hot air process solutions are cutting-edge technology and perfect functionality. The Swiss multinational complements these features with careful design based on long study of how to combine ergonomics, style and ease of use.

A supplier of high tech sensors for industrial automation in the packaging sector, Leuze electronic offers a number of specific solutions for bottling lines. After the GSU 14D and PRK 18B models, for recognition of transparent labels and bottles, respectively, the concern presents LS55 H20, a new barrier photocell with a stainless steel housing that enables detecting liquids, including…

Created to allow couriers, postal operators and logistics centers to identify the objects to be handled, registering their weight and volume, and all the information needed for shipping, DWS (Dimensioning, Weighing, Scanning) by SICK is the only certified system for tax purposes.

We already announced it in the June issue and in our webmagazine: the packaging and wrapping machine sector continues to turn out record figures. We have had further confirmation during the press conference organized 26 June at Baggiovara (MO), alongside Ucima’s annual assembly, attended by a hundred or so heads and top managers from machine builder companies. Choice titbits of news offering…

The four-day trade show returns to Brussels Expo  (25-28 September), with over 650 exhibitors lining-up to showcase the latest in cutting-edge developments for the label printing market. Online visitor registration is open as Labelexpo Europe 2017 gears up for its biggest edition to date.

The Italian industrial processing and packaging industry is in good health, generating an annual turnover of over 44 billion euros, with future prospects that open up to interesting business opportunities, thanks also to the high propensity to export. Among the pitfalls perceived by companies, the competitive and macroeconomic scenario, commodity prices, labour costs and taxation. This is the…

11-15 September 2017, Munich, Germany

Market trends and new means of distribution and packaging of various pharmaceutical products (considering only prescription and OTC drugs sold in pharmacies).  Plinio Iascone