Food and beverage

With farsightedness and an openness to new markets, the Arborea milk cooperative won over international buyers, trade professionals and horeca operators in the food & beverage sector at Anuga (Cologne, 10-14 October, 2015).

Published by Beverfood in partnership with Mineracqua, the 2015/16 edition of Bevitalia, the yearbook that offers an overview of the Italian packaged water, flat and carbonated soft drinks and fruit beverage market.

The consulting service offered by P.E.T. Engineering helps bottlers and converts develop bottles of excellence in terms of materials used, injection process, barriers, colors and additives.

Overriding success at the 26th edition of SIMEI, the biennial winemaking and bottling machine show.

The Guala Closures “Design Studio” is a leading edge center, where attractive and innovative wine closures are created.

ACMA is Coesia Group’s point of reference for consumer goods packaging. At Host 2015, it presented its coffee and tea systems, with an extensive catalog of machinery for primary and secondary packaging. At center stage are the latest models of the Qi capsule-filling range and the flowpacker Miniwrap, as well as Tecnomeccanica solutions for designer teas.

With knowhow consolidated over years of designing complete installations for packaging food & beverage and more, AMS Ferrari designs, produces and supplies automatic lines adapted to a wide array of product types: flat or carbonated liquid, carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), fermented and non-fermented beer, hot-filled products, syrups and sauces, but also olive oil and detergents. The Modena-…

The moving and handling of food products require great attention and care, the aim being to guarantee the final customer a wholesome and controlled product.

The ETC steel bucket elevator conveyors manufactured by Cidiesse Engineering are designed to optimize transport of loose food products, guaranteeing their integrity through to their destination, thanks to one or more loading/discharge stations with perfect sealing

Once mainly tied to vending, monodose capsules and packs are now progressively gaining hold in the widescale retail trade, accompanying the traditional offer of ground or granulated coffee. Spreafico, the builder of machines for packaging coffee and solubles, analyses the trend and proposed solutions in line with the needs of the new global market.

Every year, about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted.

Markem-Imaje launches marker Inkjet S 9450, designed to meet the traceability, versatility and hygiene requirements of the beverage industry.

Based on an existing TLM packaging system consisting of three sub-machines - and without an electrical cabinet - Gerhard Schubert GmbH will demonstrate how delicate pastry products can be packaged gently and efficiently. On show at ProSweets, Köln.

Representatives of various food & beverage firms spoke at the ACIMGA conference, but also those in the packaging sector (producers of paper and board, flexible packaging and labels) and vending machine operators, who interpreted the changes reported by the experts and offered some innovative proposals. Their success is proof of the accuracy of their findings.

With Expo over, the voices remain of those who discussed food, distribution and consumption. These include those of the experts that ACIMGA brought together in a conference on the second to last day of Expo, in order to foster reflections on the phenomena that are changing the face of food products – and their packaging. E.P.

With the onus on knowledge sharing, an encounter organized by BASF gathered together the stakeholders of an Italian segment of excellence (that of flexible packaging): successful experiences, technological development, new products and future scenarios.

Mondi is one of the world’s leading packaging and paper companies, employing around 25,000 people across more than 30 countries. It ranks among the top international suppliers of virgin and recycled containerboard and brings its ideas on service and innovation to Fruit Logistica.  

Great satisfaction a the first Rimini edition of the historic fair dedicated to fresh fruit and vegetables, organized by Cesena Fiera and held last 23-25 September.

A little over a year after the acquisition of Appia Etichette, Nuceria Group lives up to its growth objectives in all sectors of the packaging industry, expanding and diversifying its production range. And looks towards the high-end, offering creative, high-quality, designer labels.

A centennial source, a restyling of charm.