GS Italia volumetric food piston filling machinery
02 November, 2010GS Italia is a manufacturer of volumetric food piston filling machinery. Its volumetric piston fillers are specifically designed for fresh food manufacturers, for products ranging from liquids to viscous products such as paste, semi paste or semi-thick liquids such as bolognese sauces, filling both cold and hot products (to a max of 90°C).
Hot-fill bottles without vacuum absorption panels
02 November, 2010SIPA, a manufacturer of stretch blow-moulding machines for the production of PET bottles, can now produce hot-fill bottles that do not have vacuum absorption panels.
Sealing technology to reduce film packaging
01 November, 2010 byInternational Food Partners Ltd (IFP) has released a sealing technology for flexible packaging that is claimed to be able to save food manufacturers thousands of tonnes of film per year, while also improving seal integrity.
A monobloc concept for the dry end
06 October, 2010 byThe field-proven technology of monobloc machine synchronisation can now be used for packaging functions as well: Krones has also come up with a monobloc solution for the dry end. The Ergobloc D (for Dry) combines field-proven standard machines with innovative new designs to create a holistically harmonised system for end-of-the-line packaging and palletising. It can be used for canning lines, non-returnable-glass lines and non-returnable-PET lines in all speed categories.
Biscuit packaging made easier
07 September, 2010 byGourmet biscuits are in increasing demand in various sectors of the consumer market, from airlines to health food shops to the regular supermarket outlets. With this increase comes the requirement to handle the biscuits in the most efficient manner, avoiding damage and reducing the manual handling in meeting with attractive packaging parameters.
Perfect Packaging FP096 flow wrapper
06 September, 2010 byThe FP096 flow wrapper has the reel at the bottom and is used in the packaging of fragile, irregular or heavy products which need to be carried by the packaging material, such as pasta, seafood, cutlery, plastic bags and multipacks. The flow wrapper is capable of wrapping up to 220 packs/min.
Fibre King Scrolls shelf-ready case packer
06 September, 2010 byFibre King Scrolls can be used in case packing for diverting, turning and separating product.
Goglio G300 coffee packaging solution
06 September, 2010 byGoglio’s G300 coffee packaging solution is suitable for 250 g and 1 kg coffee bean packs.
Astepo Srl bag-in-box and aseptic filling technology
06 September, 2010 byAstepo Srl has been acquired by Alfa Laval. Astepo manufactures equipment for thermal food processing, especially aseptic food lines and bag-in-box machinery, and the company has a widespread customer base, predominately in Europe
SMI Pacifica Moulder-Filler-Capper
06 September, 2010 byThe Moulder-Filler-Capper incorporates its own blow-moulding machine, generating savings on transport, handling, supervision, storage and consumables.
Creative choice for ready meals
02 September, 2010 byReady meals manufacturer Creative Cuisine is benefiting from the speed, reliability and convenience of the GT0 tray sealer supplied by tray-sealing specialist Proseal Australia.
Clever design drives packaging throughput
04 August, 2010Visy Automation has developed a new-generation box ‘lidder’ machine founded on innovative drive technology from SEW-Eurodrive, delivering a powerful combination of speed, accuracy and throughput.
Multivac FreshSafe microperforation system
08 July, 2010 byFreshSafe is a packaging concept in which microperforations are produced inline by laser technology on normal plastic films in packaging machines. Multivac offers its users the choice of creating the small perforations using needle rollers or by laser technology.
Sidel Kohlox grease-free moulds
08 July, 2010 bySidel has released Kohlox, a thermo composite material with a low co-efficient of friction, helping parts move freely without any lubrication.
Seafood exports are in the can
06 July, 2010 byAn Australian seafood processor has turned to cans to expand its operation and avoid the complexities involved with live exports.