Food and beverage

What do inks and the kitchen/cooking have in common ? The “K” of InKitchen, where Sun Chemical has organized “Cooking with you”, a “smart” event to present four lines of hi-tech, food contact barrier-varnishes. That enable the “lightening” of multilayer laminates, all to the advantage of the user, the consumer and the environment.

“Miray” means “future” in Japanese, and it’s no coincidence that the latest generation, versatile, high speed single-head capper developed by CMI SpA, which is setting new standards for the sector, bears this name. Fundamental to this process is CMI’s collaboration with Bosch Rexroth, which has helped the concern to create a high tech and high yield solution.

The Sacmi Dairy Division sells the speediest of the Benco Pack aseptic FFS to a big Chinese dairy producer, equipping it with new sterile dosers with flowmeters.

NUMBERS AND TRENDS Glass packaging has managed to reinvent itself in recent years thanks to a decisive orientation toward product customization and significant reductions to average weight per application.

Structure and dynamics of the market, with a focus on the mode of packaging of food products, beverages excluded, on the basis of the analysis of twenty-two areas monitored by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.  Plinio Iascone

A CONTROL SOLUTION MIGRATION PROJECT Cama Group and Rockwell Automation work together to implement Integrated Architecture in robotic systems for installations worldwide.

DESIGN Each product (and each and every company) is one of a kind, a uniqueness aboveall expressed in the pack. The contribution of AcmaVolpack that, as well as supplying the machines and complete packaging systems, has designed new packaging of original shape and function as well as the relative technology.

MULTIHEAD  More robust, efficient, hygienic, "green" and faster by a good 15%. Ishida opens its Woodgate site to present the multihead CCW-RV weigher and the latest achievements in the field of software, user interface, safety and energy saving. E.P.

STEEL AND ALUMINIUM With 925,000 t of packaging produced, Italy is among the top packaging producers in the European ranking. Size of the market, user sectors and format characteristics.

HITECH Flowpacking of bakery products: ACMAVOLPAK has dedicated a whole line of machines to this sector, integrated with distribution systems capable of managing different types of packs on several lines.

Joining up with the Swiss Group will help expand the range of products that IMA can offer in the field of food packaging.

The latest data on food processing and packaging machines industry, some cases of significant applications, the Mitsubishi Electric approach to factory automation, an original concept MES system... Suggestions from the "Alimentare l’innovazione" conference (Enhancing innovation in the food Industry).

EXACTA FP 12/6 is a latest generation filling-capping monoblock developed by Ronchi Mario SpA, created with the help of over half a century of experience in the construction of bottling installations used by major global personal care and household brands.

The research presented by Macfrut - Cesena Fiera compares consumption of fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables between May of 2011 and the same month of 2012. Calculations by Fruitimprese pertaining to foreign trade in certain product type areas show a positive balance of trade. 

 
FOOD AND BEVERAGE Structure and market trends. Focus on packaging of food products.

PRB: secondary packaging proposals designed for the food industry,
with an eye to largescale users

With Combi Predis FMa Sidel will go further in terms of filling technologies for sensitive products. Dedicated to single-serve bottles, this latest and fastest generation allows meeting the needs of the sensitive beverages industry for reduced operational costs and higher sustainability.

Presented Nespresso’s global Ecolaboration program for sustainable production and social responsibility. The Italian partners committed to the project, the specific objectives and the paradigm of sustainability, read as an asset to be further developed.

A truly successful partnership between B&G and Acma, totally “made-in-Italy”: a three block  integrated system that includes blower, filler and a multiple capping unit capable of handling up to 10 containers different in terms of format and materials.

An Ishida multiheaded weigher can automatically package even the most fragile confectionery products without damage to the same.