Materials and machinery

Preview and new features at SPS Italia 2016 (24 - 26 May 2016, Parma) where a demonstration area will help people understand what “Industry 4.0” actually is.

Packaging of Perfume Cosmetic & Design (PCD) and Aerosol & Dispensing Forum (ADF), which together make up The Paris Packaging Innovation Hub, registered their greatest success yet on 3-4 February, 2016: over 6,500 experts (+20% on 2015) from concerns that use packaging for beauty products (treatments, makeup, perfumes and personal care), but also food and other products, visited 357…

13-15 April, Bologna

The Italian beauty industry: data, characteristics and evolution of a manufacturing sector with strong growth potential in both domestic demand and especially in exports. Plinio Iascone

Like every year  the international event dedicated to the fruit and vegetable market organized by Messe Berlin features the Innovation Awards, awarded for the high innovation content of products and services.

The motion control giant Moog Inc. and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have signed an agreement for the creation of a joint laboratory, called Moog@IIT, in order to develop a new generation of technologies for the movement and control of autonomous robots.

In mid-January 2016 Cosmografica Albertini SpA formalized the purchase of Industrie Grafiche Servi (Busto Arsizio, VA).

A lively 2016 indeed for Live-Tech Srl, that is busy preparing the launch of an innovative range of products that will shortly be presented to the international community.

Industrial systems for hot and cold gluing: efficient products and strategies that are “environmentally and user friendly” by one of the sector’s leaders. With 40 years under its belt, Robatech confirms its intention to leverage the gains it has made to grow further.

Fiere di Parma has a record year and looks to internationalization with the Koelnmesse Italia agreement. This year at Cibus Tec will be the debut of European Pavilions, which will bring the best European food processing & packaging technologies to the fair. Coming soon, an Italian delegation will appear at the first edition of ProFood Tech 2017.

At its press breakfast on 4 February 2016 at Fruit Logistica, Mondi Containerboard showcased its latest product improvements, highly functional containerboard paper grades which are fit for fruit and vegetable packaging.

Following an analysis of the ketchup and sauce containers currently available on the market, P.E.T. Engineering is offering an alternative to HDPE and PP containers (heavy and costly to produce), as well as PET containers (difficult to customize due to their inevitable rigid structure), for hot fill packaging.

ALpharma, the sophisticated and high-performance labeling system produced by Altech, was chosen by Pfizer Mexico, multinational pharmaceutical company and owner of the brand Viagra, to label the boxes of its famous and often imitated “blue pill”.

Higher speeds, evermore varied material and the demand for environmentally compatible solutions are guiding the development of Hitachi ‘s continuous inkjet coders (distributed in Italy by Marking Products, that also guarantees an efficient and skilled assistance and maintenance service).

High printing quality, zero maintenance and consumables make laser technology a must.

Keyence has developed the LR-W line of photoelectric sensors, designed for missing objects check, assembly components control, product differentiation and more.

The wenglor company announces significant improvements to its range of products for industrial image processing.

At the exhibition “Affidabilità e Tecnologie” (A&T) in Turin, Panasonic will present a 2016 preview of some of its upcoming EtherCAT motion control solutions using servo drives and brushless motors, featuring a high degree of innovation and recognized quality in terms of compactness, precision, bandwidth and reduced consumption, as well as no interference and advanced functions.

The rare earths in permanent magnet motors require a major investment.

Bonfiglioli Riduttori SpA has developed the TQF line of precision planetary flanged gearboxes, whose main characteristics are extremely high torsional stiffness, tilting moment and compactness.