Materials

Cassoli Group / Automation and tissue: demand changes

Changes point to producing less and aiming for line efficiency, with modifications to existing lines and many new projects, including in the end-of-line area

Tests / NatureWorks and IMA for the compostable coffee pod

Filling tests at IMA COFFEE Lab on K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods

Huber / Flexible Eco-Films: A Collaborative Process

Huber Group places a priority on selected raw materials

Polymer / Benefits of plastic without problems

Aquapak has developed Hydropol a biodegradable polymer

Bioplastics / The are developing in different sales markets

Ceresana study notes the increase in applications and higher growth rates over conventional standard plastics

SinProPack / Grass fibres offer alternative to single-use plastic

Danish project SinProPack upvalues grass fibres for sustainable packaging

Coffee / NatureWorks and IMA, a New Strategic Partnership

It will accelerate the availability of a turn-key solution for K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods in North America

Sectors

Aseptic packaging

Consists of packaging a food product immediately after sterilization

Aseptic

In the food sector, 100% absolute sterilization is never reached

Bag in box

Packaging system involving a flexible bag and a rigid outer folding carton box

Biomass

Organic material that has not been transformed by geological processes

EPD-Environmental Product Declaration

A document that communicates information about the environmental performance

Organic

Produced according to organic cultivation principles, without the use of chemical synthesis products

Climate Declaration

The declaration signed by over 200 international experts in climatology during the COP-13

Robot

An automatically controlled, reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator, programmable in three or more axes

Robot palletizer

Thanks to its free six-axis motions, a multi-articulated robot can provide high flexibility

Palletising machine

Packaging machine that assemble a layer of products, groups of packages or rigid containers according to a specific layout

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