Machines

The IMA Group along with ATOP, one of its latest acquisitions, is pleased to share another great event in the programme: ELECTRIC atTRACTION.

 

In the Turin plant of Cereal Terra - a food company operating in the organic canned food sector - SMI has installed a new LSK 40 T ERGON shrinkwrapper, ideal for the packaging in tray+film (or layer pad+film) packs of a wide range of glass jars (from 0,12 up to 0,39 l), as well as 350 g glass bottles.

Control Techniques, a Nidec brand, is launching a new frame size 12 drive, the largest drive in its 48 year history, a logical progression for Control Techniques (its previous largest drive was frame size 11, operating up to 250kW) – but with more flexible and user friendly than anything else of its kind.

Informative note published by Conai on January 5, 2021: what the Decree of September 3, 2020 provides for and the changes introduced by the Decree "Milleproroghe 2021" regarding the environmental labeling obligation.

Among the labeling solutions developed by Wide Range, the Counter Xtra Label model is able to apply labels on labels and, at the same time, thanks to an inkjet printing device, can customize them with progressive numbering and 3D codes.
All this using large rolls up to 400 mm in diameter at a speed of over 50 m/min.
The company also offers:

Among Finpac’s top-of-the-line shrink sleeve applicators, the HS series is a high-speed solution (up to 72,000 bph); it can also be configured in twin head, with dual in-line application head, and dual lane, with dual head and dual inlet/outlet.

Eidos collaborates directly with OEMs, leading to increasingly efficient products with a high degree of integration with packaging lines.

Sorma Group presents its new 100% recyclable FSC paper packaging for fruit and vegetables, that feature an innovative cellulose mesh window that allows the contents to breathe, thereby extending shelf-life while allowing for product visibility.

With more than 50 years of activity, Famar Tec is a leader in the design and construction of automatic machines for primary and secondary packaging for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and nutraceutical market.

You don’t get to be the world’s leading coffee industry secondary packaging machine company without significant experience and a class-leading range of solutions. Cama adds these to its customer-centric approach to deliver just what a fast-moving market needs.

Leader in the design and construction of filling and capping machines, Omas Tecnosistemi has supplied - from the beginning of the global pandemic to the present day - numerous monoblocks for hand sanitizing gel and Sars-Cov2 Test reagent.

 

The new brand PackRevolution created by ITP includes a range of innovative and sustainable films for food packaging, the result of a constant research and development work that has engaged the company in recent years, with the aim of achieving the “green revolution” able to transform the future of flexible packaging production.

The expansion of the Covid-19 and the consequent spread of food delivery on the one hand and smart working on the other, have pushed many Italians to consume meals in their homes.

Etipack renews its brand identity, evolving its historic trademark in the name of continuity

Oriental Motor’s new EH Series electric gripper is driven by a rack and pinion mechanism, run by a stepper motor with integrated absolute mechanical multiturn encoder and a 24 VDC Series AZ drive.

The solutions developed for the packaging industry by SIPRO to automate Pick & Place cycles involve the use of Delta geometry robots.

Many are the strengths of IOT technologies, but it is not easy to build the infrastructure that is able to allow the business to make a forward leap. The role of Competence Center, suppliers, OEM, system integrator and end user.

When a world-renowned converter and automatic machine builder with over 170 years of history meets a young hi-tech startup, a win-win collaboration is born, which gives rise to a new service proposal. Open innovation and servitization are the key factors of a change, which allows machine users to improve productivity and quality. Camillo Ghelfi and Marco Bressanello, respectively CEO of 40Factory…

Principles of sustainability ahead of one’s time distinguish the activity of Menichetti, which has been producing organic glues for boxes, papermaking and bookbinding since 1950: faithful to a tradition that derives from the past, it puts its experience at the service of today’s packaging industry. Meri Menichetti, at the head of the family business, tells us about it.

Aldi is launching a packaging waste management campaign called “Missione Im-ballo” with targets through to 2025.