Food

CPR System: management of reusable plastic packaging

MULTIHEAD  More robust, efficient, hygienic, "green" and faster by a good 15%. Ishida opens its Woodgate site to present the multihead CCW-RV weigher and the latest achievements in the field of software, user interface, safety and energy saving. E.P.

STEEL AND ALUMINIUM With 925,000 t of packaging produced, Italy is among the top packaging producers in the European ranking. Size of the market, user sectors and format characteristics.

Over 58,000 professional operators from 130 countries visited the 2013 edition of Fruit Logistica, the international fresh produce show held in Berlin from 6th to 8th February last.

HITECH Flowpacking of bakery products: ACMAVOLPAK has dedicated a whole line of machines to this sector, integrated with distribution systems capable of managing different types of packs on several lines.

The Austrian company Bioquelle GmbH owns a number of wellknown brands of cereals, muesli, dried fruit and nuts, as well as soya based products and food supplements; it also markets products under its own brand.

Wax paper packaging is compostable at the industrial scale, as demonstrated by the strict EN 13432 regulation testing on packaging that can be recovered through composting and biodegradation.

Thanks to its proactive R&D Department, Cama Group has recently developed a new range of advanced technology packaging systems specifically designed and engineered to meet market requisites, in particular in the food but also in home and hygiene products sector.

The latest data on food processing and packaging machines industry, some cases of significant applications, the Mitsubishi Electric approach to factory automation, an original concept MES system... Suggestions from the "Alimentare l’innovazione" conference (Enhancing innovation in the food Industry).