Food

Wrapping rectangular or round sandwich-cookies and cookies has now become much easier: Hastamat presents its new Vertical Multilane Wrapper VMW: high performance in the smallest spaces. From 4th to 10th May 2017 the company based in Lahnau, Hesse will present its latest innovation in Hall 15/A41 at interpack, the leading trade fair for processes and packaging.

Tecnomeccanica Srl was merged with ACMA Spa.

Cama North America will exhibit at ProFoodTech 2017 in Chicago, April 4th - 6th (booth number 1732). On show the IF292 Monoblock case packer, a system that erects, top loads and closes RSC cases.

BASF experts and specialists from BTC Europe, the distribution organization of BASF, will present at at Interpack 2017 (Düsseldorf, from May 4 to 10) a wide range of products and innovations from its packaging portfolio (Hall 10, Booth 43).

Mondi, a market leading international packaging and paper producer, received global recognition for its two packaging solutions at the WorldStar competition.

Weighing solutions specifically developed for the special characteristics of fresh produce, and cost-effective entry-level tray sealing and X-ray machines will be demonstrated by Ishida Europe at Fruit Logistica 2017.

RPC Group enjoyed a highly successful All4Pack in Paris, where the company showcased a wide range of its latest developments and innovations in plastics packaging.

VOLPAK strives to innovate and respond to the continuous growth in flexible packaging and, to this end, is committed to expand the successful range of SI Series machines by developing the new SI-440 model, which will be officially presented during 2017.

Schur Flexibles Group, with its headquarters in Baden/Austria, has announced the sale of the majority its shares to the private equity fund Lindsay Goldberg, represented in Europe by Lindsay Goldberg, Vogel GmbH, Düsseldorf.

At FachPack 2016 (Hall 1, Stand 1-221), MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection will be demonstrating the capabilities of its labelling solutions, and how they can be integrated into lines, among these a R 245 thermoforming packaging line and a T 600 L traysealer line. In addition to these, the focus will be on reliable stand-alone solutions, such as the L 310 conveyor belt labeller, and the…

Innovative, sustainable packaging solutions: latest products are designed to minimise the use of fossil-based plastic packaging across packaging segments.

A new report, from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has benchmarked a number of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) undertaken by Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), in a wide ranging, in depth, report to understand best practice in using LCA as an assessment tool for packaging.

The project for a totally Italian made coffee capsule chain.“Uno”, the first result of the alliance between Illy and Kimbo, is a new system with capsules available in different flavors, which will be produced by Mitaca and packaged by Qi ACMAVOLPAK. The project was presented at HOST 2013. 

Stäubli  has established itself as a benchmark in the food industry thanks to a specific range of articulated robots fully qualified to meet the stringent sector demands.

Keen interest of the visitors for Elba SpA product offer at the world plastics and rubber fair. Spotlight on a new vacuum packing machine along with the latest version of their heatshrink welder, also featuring a bolstered R&D staff, capable of making made-to-measure, custom-built machines.

Consumption of ready meals, packaged and refrigerated for retail, is on the rise. Increasingly popular even among Italians, these products find their packaging of reference in the Freshware line by Linpac Packaging*.

Figures in brief An overview on the situation of the sector in Italy: production, trade balance, consumer trends. Focus on the types of packaging used.

The Sacmi Group has developed a compact labeling machine, able to perform the loading and unloading of the material completely automatically at the maximum operating speed (up to 60,000 b/h). Innovative too the management of the waste liner.

With the Xtreme brand machines, Sipa SpA presents a new technology for the production of preforms from granules.

For over 20 years Verimec (Abbiategrasso, MI) has been the exclusive distributor of Massilly products.