Machines

The trends, advantages and problems related to the choice and implementation of this indispensable "component" for Industry 4.0.

US label systems provider Luminer is seeing a significant rise in demand for extended content labels (ECLs) for clinical trials, several of which deal with ongoing development of drugs related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sitma has made its expertise, machinery and workforce available for fully sustainable packaging of an initial batch of 12,000 paper face masks supplied by UPM Speciality Papers, a leading Finnish company in the sector with which it is collaborating on a number of R&D projects.

The Wittenstein Group offers a complete range of gearboxes and servoactuators specific for parallel axis robots (Delta): often unique robots - with two, three or four axes - which must integrate perfectly with the handling and sorting systems.

Fameccanica, as part of the Angelini Group and of the joint venture with P&G, took several actions to actively react to the COVID-19 emergency.

Berry bpi, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of polyethylene film, is investing in new equipment and adapting its existing production facilities to produce personal protective equipment for National Health Service (NHS) workers.

Given the exceptional nature of the present situation, K.L.A.IN. Robotics and Autognity Srl have decided to enter into a strategic and operational alliance to develop systems for reducing biological risk based on the principles of infectivity, pathogenicity and transmissibility.

E-commerce, minimalism, 100% recyclable materials, smart packaging and edible packaging were the top five packaging trends announced in January by the World Packaging Organisation for 2020.

Flexibility and customization have always been the strongpoints of PRL Tecnosoft’s service and design approach.

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS presented a new synchronous motor with a significant higher energy efficiency (IE5+).

ABB (world supplier of industrial robots) announces the start of a partnership with Covariant (AI startup of Silicon Valley)

The innovation developed by ITP's R&D team for a green world in recent years is clear. It is a real rainbow revolution involving flexible films.

Antares Vision and the Brescia-based company Vigilate, both experts in supervision technology, are launching their proposal for guaranteeing safety during the phase 2 post-lockdown period

Awarded Best Partner of the International Sales Ranking 2019 of Kurt Zecher GmbH, Ulmex distributes exclusively in Italy the new printing cylinders designed by the German manufacturer for flexo, offset and printing machines.    

Collaboration, Sharing Experiences, and Digital Working are the keywords that feature Stay Connect!, the digital platform launched by IMA to enhance and offer all the Group’s digital products on a single touchpoint.

For over 70 years, Zecher GmbH has been producing chromed and ceramic anilox rollers. Thanks to the progressive developments and innovations introduced in the field of printing technology, it manufactures more than 12,000 anilox rollers engraved per year in its main factory located in Paderborn.

The new AMI812x series of integrated servo drives expands the compact drive technology portfolio (up to 48 V DC) from Beckhoff by extremely compact devices for distributed field installation.

Marchesini Group Beauty, the Marchesini Group's brand dedicated to cosmetics  has now a dedicated website.

Since 1958 Laborplast has been producing regenerated PVC cores for wrapping films, membranes and fabrics: a precise choice of field, the latter, thanks to which the company is a competent and reliable supplier of sustainable solution for the application of films and membranes for the packaging industry.

The fall in demand for aluminium aerosol cans in the cosmetics sector has been offset by the surge in demand from healthcare, pharmacies and the chemical and food sectors, explained Leopold Werdich, president of the international organisation of aluminium aerosol container manufacturers Aerobal.