ItaliaImballaggio July-August 2024

The 2024 edition of SPS Italy, a point of reference for the world of automation, machinery and innovation paths in an industrial context, which focused this year on the future involving Industry 5.0, sustainability, human-centred technology, artificial intelligence, IIot, robotics and Additive manufacturing, closed with an attendance total of 40,000 visitors.

There were numerous innovative and sustainable products at the 2024 edition of Packaging Première & PCD Milan (21-23 May), full of previews and points of interest.

The historic Japanese company is investing in increasingly customisable solutions.

Synergy with Clevertech gives rise to a PLC entirely managed in cloud.

In SMC sustainability is a business approach

halstrup walcher’s position controls and pressure measurement

IFP Packaging (Tecnopack Group) presents a brand-new machine series suitable for heat-shrink film: SSIT and SSI, respectively with and without integrated shrink tunnel.

The reduction of environmental impact passes through knowledge of the state-of-the-art and of the strategies suitable for obtaining authentic sustainability. Ticinoplast’s films are tangible examples and open up new perspectives.

WITTENSTEIN updates its range developed for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors. And it extends its offer of brushless and frameless motors with a “medium” version.

The latest-generation slip-rings offered by Servotecnica are increasingly simple to assemble and reduce maintenance operations

The new ideas presented at the fair by icotek Italia, producer of intelligent systems for the industrial management of cables based in Turbigo, in the province of Milan, were numerous and all interesting.

Datalogic and Datasensing, presented in a single stand a complete range of products capable of satisfying any type of application relating to automatic data collection and management, real-time tracing, intelligent automation and safety during production.

Sensors, digitalisation, data management, predictive maintenance, Digital Twin and A.I.

HIPAC, European leader in the production of polyethylene stretch film for industrial packaging, is taking part for the first time in Fachpack (24-26 September 2024, Nuremberg, D).

Comek has been designing and developing automatic weighing, packing and packaging systems, in particular for the food sector, for 20 years.

ALTECH (Bareggio near Milan, Italy) has recently delivered an interesting new labelling system for a customer in Northern Europe - a manufacturer of preserves packaged in glass jars.

The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Pietro Cassani as President & CEO of Sidel effective 15 July 2024.

In the face of the contraction recorded in 2023 of almost all types of packaging (including empty packaging), cellulose packaging remains among the most representative in the entire sector in terms of tonnes: 33% of market share and 26.8% in terms of turnover, second only to plastic packaging.

Quarterly monitoring of the packaging supply chain: situation updated to May 2024. General economic situation and analysis of manufacturing activity and consequent evolution of the packaging sector.

Navigating the challenges and opportunities.