Machines

The Schur Flexibles Group, which has its head office in Baden/Austria, will be represented with an extensive product portfolio at Interpack 2017 (Hall 10, Stand D96). The group of companies is presenting profitable packaging solutions at the leading international trade fair for the packaging industry.

Automation provides the flexibility that is needed to progressively reduce product batch numbers down to the smallest levels, and ultimately to a single unit - reaching the utopian goal of product personalisation. Dennis Verhoeven reviews how the demands of highly regulated market sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices - and increasingly, the food and beverage industry, define the pace…

Lightweight, rigid and reusable: it’s “Happy Day”, the range of aluminium circular containers produced by Contital, winner of the prestigious Alufoil Trophy 2017 assigned by EAFA (European Aluminium Foil Association) in the “Resource Efficiency” category.

FKuR, one of the leading producers of bioplastic compounds for flexible packaging solutions and technical applications, has developed new Bio-Flex blends for the production of low gauge films (as low as 8 microns) which will biodegrade completely in garden compost at low, variable temperatures.

Leading, customer-focused supplier of specialized and multi-purpose film solutions to a global market place, Taghleef Industries presents at Interpack 2017 a wide range of BoPP, BoPLA and CPP films developed for the packaging of food and non-food products, labels, industrial and graphic arts applications.

A leader in flexible packaging, the Gerosa Group offers photo-processing and electronic and laser cylinder incision solutions, with latest generation printing and lamination systems.

Schubert-Pharma combines thermoforming and carton packaging of pharmaceutical products on a single machine.

Zignago Vetro group has always placed its focus on the environment and eco-sustainable development.

As a renowned market leader in digital top-loading packaging machines, Gerhard Schubert GmbH has been setting the highest standards for years in this sector.

Nimax is launching the Domino Ax Series range printers on the Italian market, which marks a radical paradigm shift in inkjet for in-line inkjet coding and marking technology.

High performance, greater durability and flexibility, quick delivery, drastically reduced assembly and maintenance times: these, in sum, are the benefits of Interroll’s new generation of drum motors.

Servotecnica proposes for the Italian market a wide array of electric actuators (from micro-actuators to ones with stepper or brushless motors), which have always been the strongest product type in the concern’s portfolio.

To renew a packaging line of products for the world of ice cream, Poloplast has chosen a fully automatic solution based on Omron’s Sysmac platform, where the handling operations are driven by a Delta robot capable of processing 80 pieces per minute. R.C.

Leuze electronic is expanding its product range with the new KRT 18B contrast sensor, an ideal combination of high performance and maximum usability.

Optimized material consumption and increasing energy efficiency: these the benefits offered by Nordson’s solutions for the packaging industry, ideal for both large and for medium-low production needs. Focus on ATS (Adhesive Tracking System) and on the Starter Kit.

An internationally established supplier of traceability and vision control systems for the pharmaceutical sector, Antares Vision is looking increasingly to the consumer goods packaging industry.

Vacuum pump lubrification requires competency and experience.

Fameccanica Fameccanica created its first liquid filling line in 2012, at the request of a leading multinational company looking for a partner that would enable it to achieve a technological breakthrough. The result of this operation is the BVG technology that combines the skills and experience gained in the construction of diaper as well as dosing and packaging machines.

Anniversary number 60 for the Italian Packaging Oscar. The finalists of the contest and the initiatives scheduled during the Milan Fuorisalone, fielded by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio to promote creativity and scientific knowledge of an industry that is top internationally.

Already available for some years now in Schmalz’s portfolio of vacuum solutions, the compact SCPS/SCPSi series of ejectors with the new Eco nozzle system are ideal for highly dynamic handling processes.