Materials and machinery

Linearteck produces its own line of LITEK™ brand linear modules, used primarily for applications in the packaging, automatic machinery and pick & place sector.

Kuka Roboter Italia presented at Ipack-Ima in style, with a 160 m2 stand in the middle of pavilion 14, dedicating particular attention to pick&place solutions and palletization in the consumption goods sector, which perhaps more than others requires high performance, with robots integrated with high speed conveyors and vision systems.

Lancia Srl measures its success at the fair by the number of interesting events scheduled for its featured machines. The concern brought to Ipack-Ima cutting edge packaging systems, the results of a technological knowhow acquired through years of research in close contact with the market.

PRL Tecnosoft reports that the most recent Ipack-Ima supplied further proof of a trend noticed in recent years: concerns are seeking solutions first and machinery second.

In automatic packaging processes, speed is fundamental. That’s why Schmalz has developed the “vacuum end effectors (VEE)”: a modular system that enables reducing time cycles and streamlining the planning process.

Advanced automation and robotics solutions serving the packaging sector by Yaskawa Italia, such as Total System Solution: an integrated and optimized system, made up of new MPP3S (high speed pick&place and compact robots)  along with inverters and servo-drives, controls, a linear SGT track, VIPA HMI and I/O and PLC/standard SLIO CPU systems.

Maximum computing power and more intelligence in a smart factory? Beckhoff’s new generation of C6670 industrial servers guarantees high efficiency and precision.

Advanced Remote Assistance (ARA) is the new AcmaVolpak tool, simple to install and easy to use.

The BolognaFiere event dedicated to the pharmaceutical sector took place April 17 to 19 2015 in the Emilia-Romagna capital.

With 173 participants from 12 nations, the first Save Food Meeting 2015 (hosted by the Nestlé headquarters at Vevey in Switzerland 11 and 12 of May last, was a success according to all: representatives of politics and the scientific community, the numerous partners (to date 120) involved in the undertaking started up by Messe Düsseldorf, the 230 NGOs and the international organizations (including…

AIBO-FCE, with the sponsorship of Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, is hosting at the Palace Hotel in Desenzano the 4th Food Contact Experts National Scientific Congress, a technical/scientific information event dedicated to “Materials and objects in contact with food products”.

The United States represents the largest market for beauty products, not only for its size and the significant projected growth rates for the next three years, but also because it has always anticipated the trends in taste and consumption patterns as they emerge in the rest of the world.

Facts and figures on the Italian market and on the packaging of the various pharmaceutical forms: an analysis of medicinal products for human use (ethical and OTC) sold in pharmacies, excluding products consumed in hospital.

Bio4Expo.com is an online shopping site that manages orders and express delivery of “organic” plastic containers and dishware, for use in catering services during EXPO2015.

Massimo Zanetti Beverage, one of the biggest US coffee roasters (but with parent company  in the province of Treviso) has announced the introduction onto the US market, by the end of the year, of the first line of  100%  compostable coffee capsules.

Perfumery doing very well, both luxury and lifestyle for extensive retail; skincare doing fine, active in all segments; nail varnishes have put in a downturn, though the first quarter of 2015 shows a recovery.

The consumers’ jury of the Accademia del Profumo awards, in a record edition that drew over 67 thousand votes, elected Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet and Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum “perfume of the year”, while the technical jury voted Panthère Cartier and Valentino Uomo as the best womens’ and mens’ perfumes.

For the user public the pharmacy is no longer just a dispensary of medicines but also a trusted salespoint for products and health and beauty treatments considered now by most people as an integral part of their lifestyle.

+40.8% visitors at the fifth edition of TuttoFood, the biennial event dedicated to the food industry, organized by Fiera Milano last 3-6 May, alongside a special edition of Venditalia and the opening of EXPO.

Lameplast Group hosts an event in the spirit of sharing, in order to celebrate and re-launch the team play that carried it onto the international scene.