Peggy Johnson, the CEO of Agility Robotics, spoke with journalist Bob Safian on the Ra

On World Idli Day, iD Fresh Food—India’s most innovative fresh food brand—launched its latest TransparenSee campaign,

Malaysian based Hexachase Flexipack, one of three divisions of the Hexachase Group, has installed a Nordmeccanica Super Simplex laminator fitted with Vetaphone corona technology at its production facility in Cheng, Melaka.

Founded initially as Hexachase Labels in 1996, with Hexachase Packaging added in 2002, Hexachase Flexipack was opened in 2015 with a mission to create innovative and sustainable packaging solutions with a strong ‘green conscience’.  The company specialises in converting primary flexible materials, including film and laminates into single or multiple layers high quality printed packaging materials. The flexible packaging is supplied in roll form or as pre-made pouches.

The company prides itself on using advanced technology to serve a variety of market sectors in which the maintenance of strict quality management practices is essential to meet the specifications of multi-national as well as local companies.  According to Executive Director Chai: “Hexachase aim is to deliver versatile, eco-friendly flexible packaging solutions that combine protection with shelf-appeal on custom designs that are sustainable.”

The materials (substrates) in most use are PP and PE and to laminate these films successfully requires surface treatment before they are rotogravure printed on one of three presses.  Hexachase has four Nordmeccanica laminating lines running 90% solvent free.  The latest laminator was specified with two Vetaphone corona treaters, supplied through the Danish manufacturer’s local agent Colorblend.  These are VE1C-D (C4) models with a 1420mm web width and a 6kW power rating, capable of running at sustained speeds of 450 m/min.

Rayson Ng, Business Development Manager at Colorblend takes up the story: “Hexachase knew Vetaphone had a good reputation for design, and following a recommendation from a customer, we arranged to do a livestream demo for them from the manufacturer’s showroom in Denmark.”  Three things really impressed Hexachase: the iCorona ‘intelligent’ generator, the easily removable cartridge that allows the operator to clean and maintain the electrodes, and the integrated iCC7 panel that offers touchscreen control.

Speaking for Vetaphone, Sales Manager for Asia-Pacific Holger Selenka commented: “We are delighted to be onboard with such a vibrant company as Hexachase and look forward to extending our business with them.  To be able to demonstrate our technology with a live link to our showroom in Denmark proved crucial in securing this order, and we see it as an asset for all those companies who are too far from Denmark to visit in person.”

Hexachase Flexipack will continue to grow its business from a current annual sales figure of around $25m, 30% of which is exported to nearby Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, as well as Europe. 
 

Innovative SENSE™ software enhancements allow M30 R-Series metal detection range to bring next-level automation and affordable compliance to manufacturers looking to boost performance and productivity.  

Salford, Manchester, UK, 17 April 2023 – Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has launched a new software update for its M30 R-Series metal detection systems designed to offer practical improvements that can help boost productivity and make compliance easier. The highly innovative SENSE™ software offers increased metal detection security and performance capabilities at an affordable price and addresses multiple food safety regulations and standards facing manufacturers all over the world. 

“This next level in SENSE™ is a huge leap in the metal detection field,” said Rob Stevens, Metal Detection Systems Product Inspection Specialist, Mettler-Toledo. “By automating the processes further, we can now offer our customers a game-changing way to future-proof their production lines, resulting in less room for human error and more consistent productivity and efficiency. The digitalisation of data reporting and storing also offers manufacturers the chance to improve their green credentials at a time when increased sustainability is so fundamental. We are looking forward to sharing this new technology with our customers and prospects at Interpack in May.”  

Where the upgraded SENSE™ metal detector software really stands out is in the future-proof benefits available to manufacturers and co-packers. The new software enables the M30 R-Series metal detection system to automatically integrate with ProdX™ data management software. This results in streamlined processes, automated reporting of inspection activities and easy data collection in real-time at the touch of a button, plus simplified and paperless data storage and quick retrieval of information. The intelligence that can be gleaned from the reported information supports full visibility and transparency of the product journey and helps digitalise food safety compliance.  

For easy filtering of historic Performance Monitoring Routine (PMR) testing information, SENSE™ software provides PMR Log and Report capabilities and functionality to help improve operational efficiencies. This efficient digital process offers instant retrieval of data which can be used easily to assist with management reporting. It also helps to improve production line efficiency and makes the process far less susceptible to human error.   

With an innovative PMR Wizard, the system offers an end to end, structured and guided performance test process, from initiation to reporting, including test due alerts, a guided test process wizard and test frequency and scheduling.  

The software has the ability to set up products using imperial or metric units and the facility to customise the HMI language at an individual user level therefore offering flexibility to manufacturers across the globe. 

The smart SENSE™ software also offers a range of automation capabilities. Automatic product set-up allows for high detection sensitivity to detect all types of ferrous and non-ferrous metal contaminants and stainless steel contaminants and, by default, reduce any existing operational challenges. With no operator intervention required, human errors are greatly reduced, helping to ensure increased functionality and improved productivity.  This improved automation uses no paper records as everything is stored digitally, offering manufacturers and co-packers the chance to improve their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with improved sustainability across their production lines.  

SENSE™ metal detector software enhancements make it even easier to meet all standards set within the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). This means that manufacturers can feel safe and confident in the quality they are able to provide, negating the opportunity for human error when trying to uphold standards.  

Existing Mettler-Toledo M30 R-Series metal detectors can now be updated with the new version of SENSE™ to gain access to the new features. All new units purchased will automatically have the latest SENSE™ software. 

The M30 R-Series is the first product family from Mettler-Toledo built around the leading-edge SENSE™ software technology, bringing new levels of intelligence and innovation to metal detection. Visitors to Interpack 2023 will be able to view and get a live demonstration of the M34R and M33R which are part of the M30 R-Series product line, on the Mettler-Toledo booth located at A60 in Hall 11 at the Messe Düsseldorf, Germany.  

For more information,
click here or visit www.mt.com/md-m30-rseries-pr 

About METTLER TOLEDO 

METTLER TOLEDO is a global manufacturer of precision instruments and a service provider. The company ranks highly in a number of market segments and is a global market leader in many areas. METTLER TOLEDO is a large provider of weighing systems and analysis instruments for use in laboratories and in-line measurement within demanding industrial and food production processes. 

The Product Inspection division of METTLER TOLEDO designs automated inspection technology. The division includes metal detection systems manufactured by METTLER TOLEDO Safeline Limited, alongside Safeline X-ray inspection, Garvens and Hi-Speed Checkweighing, CI-Vision and PCE Track & Trace brands. The product inspection solutions help to improve manufacturers’ process efficiency and compliance with industry standards and regulations. METTLER TOLEDO systems help to ensure consistently higher product quality, thereby working to protect both consumers as well as the reputation of manufacturers and their products and brands. 

For more information, please visit:
www.mt.com/pi-pr 

Cologne, April 2023 – In research and industry, it is getting more and more important for users of vacuum systems to be able to control individual pumps and to use their operating data. Vacuum specialist Leybold has developed a controller precisely for this purpose. With the Multi-VAControl, users have a solution to control, monitor and synchronise pumps in central vacuum systems as well as in Roots pump systems. This enables them to comprehensively control the pumps, provide data for quality management and intelligently manage their energy consumption.

Smart control of vacuum performance
Especially against the background of scarce resources and rising prices, customers are increasingly demanding smart control of their vacuum performance. The Multi-VAControl prepares the relevant pump data and meaningful KPIs for these cases. At a glance, the status of the vacuum pumps, important performance data and the efficiency of the entire system are shown on a display. Additional use-specific functions can be integrated as required. With this data, processes can be monitored, controlled and optimised in real time.

Maximum uptime, high production quality
Based on real-time data and programmed warnings, maintenance can also be carried out as needed, eliminating unplanned process and maintenance costs. If approved by the customer, Leybold Service teams access the VAControl remotely and provide rapid support for necessary updates, optimisations and diagnostics. This ultimately ensures maximum uptime and high production quality of the systems.

Control via various interfaces and devices

"Because of this requirement profile, the focus during the development of the Multi-VAControl was primarily on customer benefits and user-friendliness," explains the product manager Niels Gorrebeeck. For these user benefits, the system records important pump data, such as the pressure values. Then the encrypted data is transmitted to authorised users either locally, via remote connectivity or via cloud. Control can be done directly via various interfaces and devices. With the VAControl, the energy consumption of vacuum processes is also continuously recorded and made transparent. In order to minimise the total energy consumption of a system, the load of the vacuum pumps can be regulated by the controller in such a way that pumps are only switched on when necessary and then run at the required minimum power.

Installation and operation is straightforward and intuitive
Installation and operation of the Leybold controller via the user interface is straightforward and intuitive – the pump manual is stored so that it is always at hand for operators. Subsequent integration of additional pumps into the system is easy and can also be done at any time after commissioning. Moreover, the Multi-VAControl can also be used with pumps and systems from other manufacturers. The bottom line is that its functionality is versatile and oriented towards the needs of modern vacuum systems – all applications and processes from the fields of research & development and industry can be intelligently controlled with it. Customers can use the controller to maximise the efficiency, service life and reliability of their systems while keeping overall life cycle costs low.

The Multi-VAControl is suitable for many areas of application, for example:

Central Vacuum solutions typically in Food Processing, Packaging, general industry, thermoforming, glass.
 

For further information please contact:

Christoph Angenendt
Vice President Communications Industrial Vacuum at Atlas Copco
T: +49 (0)172 29 650 75
Christoph.Angenendt@atlascopco.com
Niels Gorrebeeck
Global Product Management
Niels.Gorrebeeck@Leybold.com

One of the global packaging industry’s most eagerly-awaited events is back. After the cancellations and postponements imposed by the pandemic, the Düsseldorf exhibition centre is finally preparing to host the 2023 edition of Interpack, to be held from 4 to 10 May.

Marchesini Group is ready once again to welcome its customers, suppliers and partners on hall 15 - stand A42 1-6, offering its usual warm hospitality in genuine Italian style. Sustainability, digital innovation, sterile packaging, inspection, traceability and tailor-made solutions are the guiding motifs in the Group’s exhibition experience, conceived as a journey of discovery through the machines, lines and services designed to meet all the pharmaceutical and beauty industry’s needs.

The stand, of more than 1500 square metres, will accommodate about 50 machines and will be subdivided into various themed areas, including a zone dedicated to sustainability and the lines which package products with eco-compatible materials such as paper, recyclable mono-material plastics, R-PET and aluminium.

A specific area will also house process and laboratory machines for small and medium pharmaceutical outputs, while a large zone will focus on sterile packaging, displaying a new no-contact monobloc machine for the high-speed automatic inspection of syringes, with integral denesting and renesting unit. 
Various stand-alone solutions will also be on show, including one for counting, filling and capping solid products, not to mention various secondary packaging technologies, including the new MA 360 cartoner.

The Group’s Beauty Division will also play a leading role at this edition of Interpack: making its first appearance, it will exhibit a vast range of machines and lines for the complete packaging of cosmetic products.

Last but not least, the stand will contain an area dedicated to the new frontiers in technology and artificial intelligence. Together with its partner Eyecan – a startup born from a Bologna University spin-off – the Marchesini Group team will provide a demonstration of how AI can be involved in robot picking applications. What’s more, artificial intelligence will also be the foundation of the “Morpheus” predictive maintenance solution, full details of which will be available at the show, together with complete information about the customer portal (online digital documentation for machines, Service Platform for managing service requests) and augmented reality size change. 
 

NSY 600 AND MA 360: the latest innovations on show on the stand

In the large area reserved for sterile packaging, at Interpack 2023 the Group will unveil a no-contact monobloc machine for the high-speed automatic inspection of syringes, with integral denesting and renesting unit. This solution is the outcome of close cooperation between two of the Marchesini Group’s divisions: Corima, a Siena-based company which specialises in technologies to guarantee the total sterility of the injectables production process, and CMP Phar.ma from Vicenza, which produces pharmaceutical inspection machines. 

The monobloc consists of a unit which performs robotised picking of the syringes from tubs/nests and feeds them into the inspection phase in a single row with no contact between syringes or with metal parts. The heart of this solution is inspection itself, which can achieve speeds of up to 36,000 syringes/hour. This part of the machine is able to contain up to ten inspection stations to inspect every zone of the syringe: flange, stopper, particle detection, filling level, needle shield, defects in the glass walls and integrity inspection using HVLD (High Voltage Leak Detection) technology. 

The monobloc features five reject lanes which can be customised to differentiate the rejected syringes and is designed to deliver approved syringes in a single row, without any contact between them or with metal parts. Last but not least, the machine, which has a robotised unit for renesting the syringes in tubs/nests from the denesting station, can be equipped with a variety of optional accessories, including a camera to inspect for nest completeness and the relative syringe count, or coding of the nest or tub by labelling or inkjet or laser printing.

In the stand-alone and secondary packaging area, on the other hand, the Group will exhibit the new MA 360, a high-speed continuous motion horizontal cartoner for packaging products in cartons with tuck-in or glue closure. This solution, able to produce up to 400 cartons a minute, completes a range of new cartoners featuring toothed belt main product and carton conveyors, which are increasingly popular and in-demand on the market. 

The MA 360 is compact, rugged, reliable and quiet; designed in accordance with GMP standards, it offers absolute visibility of the inside of the machine and the production cycle, while ensuring easy operator access. Systems developed during the design phase cut reduce energy use, as well as providing easy, simple size change. Another new feature of the MA 360 will be the new-concept HMI, with user-friendly graphics and design and new functions that ensure the greatest ease of use, thanks also to the Keba system for remote safe controlling of the machine.

The surprises in store also include a new, innovative-concept robot, which will be shown for the first time at Interpack, a special edition at which the famous restaurant serving traditional Bologna cuisine will also be in operation. 

Düsseldorf (Germany) – Amongst the biggest innovations the Marchesini Group will be showing at the Düsseldorf exhibition from 4 to 10 May will be a large area dedicated to sustainability and solutions for packaging pharmaceutical or beauty products with environment-friendly materials.

So visitors to the company’s stand of more than 1500 square metres (Hall 15 – Stand A42 1-6) will enjoy a close-up view of a number of machines and lines able to package products with different types of materials, including paper, recyclable and recycled mono-material plastics and aluminium. Each of these solutions is the outcome of research and development work directed at meeting the market’s demands: “More and more customers are calling us in for projects that involve the sustainability of packaging materials,” Group CEO Pietro Cassani tells us. “Good results in this area require a high degree of cooperation between ourselves as automatic machinery constructors and the suppliers of the packaging materials; the issue must be tackled with a holistic approach that considers all the requirements involved and increasingly embraces the packaging’s entire lifecycle.”

Machines and lines on show in the sustainability area

The stand will exhibit a machine designed to carton vials in paper trays. This solution is presented together with a new-design paper tray, researched and developed entirely by the Group itself, which generates savings of about fifty percent in paper and about fifty percent in glue compared to the models currently on the market.

What’s more, the new paper tray is less thick, providing space savings of thirty percent when products are combined inside the case, with obvious benefits during shipment in terms of load capacities and relative CO2 emissions. The Group, which has been developing paper tray solutions as a valid, safe alternative to thermoformed plastic for more than ten years, has created this new prototype with the aim of guaranteeing even more responsible use of packaging material, while further reducing production costs and avoiding waste.

Also on show in the sustainability area will be a complete line for blister products, comprising first and foremost an integrated, robotised solution which inserts tablets in a packaging consisting of seventy-five percent PVC-free aluminium, an entirely recyclable, infinitely reusable material, and then in a cardboard carton. The line is completed by a monobloc comprising a case packer and a palletiser equipped with an innovative robot.

Apart from the all-aluminium primary packaging, this line’s truly innovative feature is the installation on the machine of a Track & Trace technology by SEA Vision: from blister serialisation through to pallet aggregation, a single solution to protect the brand and safeguard the product against counterfeiting.

Visitors to the stand will also be able to view a thermoforming machine for forming mono-material trays in R-PET, PET recycled material, designed to take vials, and a line comprising a Schmucker 12-lane stick packaging machine, a stick inspection system and a cartoner. This line is designed to process PP-based packaging materials (with and without PE) such as 100% recyclable mono-material plastics like OPP or BOPP with a metallised intermediate layer.

Due to its suitability for food contact, this material is a worthy polyolefin-based substitute for the classic PET/ALU material for production of high-barrier flexible packaging.

Last but not least, the area dedicated to green solutions contains a new, versatile machine model which uses only cardboard as packaging material: it can serve as a case packer for small sizes, eliminating the need for plastic bundles, or as a cartoner for large sizes.

The sustainability of packaging materials is only one of the many frontiers in which Marchesini Group is investing in order to comply with the paradigms of the circular economy: it is also engaged in other activities such as the business of Rinova, the company created to give new life to pre-owned original Marchesini lines and machines. In fact, through a remanufacturing process the Group is able to offer customers a solution more advantageous in both economic and environmental terms, with the same quality and reliability specifications.

13 April 2023
 

The traditional PulPaper event has been fully redesigned. The next generation for PulPaper, Pulp & Beyond 2024 is the leading forum bringing together the latest forest-based bioeconomy innovations, products, services and technologies as well as key people throughout the ecosystem. It offers new encounters, inspiration, networking and business possibilities for marketing global and sustainable solutions. The event provides the widest available showcase on the latest trends, and supports learning, employer branding and competence development. The new event format will have a strong focus on sustainability, efficiency and functionality. Pulp & Beyond will be arranged on 10-11 April 2024 at Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre in Finland.

“Now it is time to look forward and take one step ahead. You are welcome to join us on a journey into the future and beyond.  Instead of the traditional PulPaper we are going to arrange a totally new event which will be inspiring, human-focused and enabling. Pulp & Beyond is a compact two-day event on 10-11 April 2024 starting with an international conference on 9 April 2024. Now it was definitely time to start something new and open a new Nordic Arena for innovations”, says Managing Director Antti Lindqvist from Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association PI.

Pulp & Beyond offers exhibitors an easy and sustainable way to participate one of the leading and most influential forest industry events in the world. For visitors, the event it is a great place for networking and learning.

Efficient, easy and sustainable participation alternatives

The new efficient event concept will focus on easiness, time saving, sustainability and high impact. Companies can choose between four different turn-key participation packages, including everything needed for the participation. The stand constructions are fully made of sustainable and recyclable materials. In addition to sustainability, turn-key packages also mean efficiency and easiness for the event partners. As the organizer takes care of all practical matters, the event partners can fully focus on networking and business. Sustainability will also play a central role when it comes to catering and travelling. Visitors will have possibility to compensate possible travelling emissions and only responsibly produced food will be served.

Focus on functionality and networking

Except the international Pulp & Beyond conference on Tuesday, the actual event area will feature three different program stages during Wednesday and Thursday: The Main Stage for top-level panel discussions and keynote speakers, Speakers’ corner for event partners’ technical and business presentations and Lab Stage for co-creation, workshops and hackathons. The event will be full of discussions, forums, meetings and networking. There will be social lounges, remote work areas and a lot of other activities for visitors. Evening programs and excursions will be also arranged in connection with the event.

Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre – sustainable experiences

Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre was the first Finnish event organizer to receive the ISO 14001:2015 certification. The aim is to have 110 % carbon neutrality by 2029. The goal will be achieved by reducing energy consumption, by increasing the share of renewable energy, and by recycling and making responsible purchases. As an example, since 2019 there have been 1589 solar panels on the roofs producing 553 MWh of energy yearly. Helsinki Expo and Convention uses the latest building service technology: solar power, geothermal heating, district cooling, heat recovery and LED technology. Over the past ten years, Helsinki Expo and Convention  has reduced water consumption by 50%,  heat consumption by 20%, and  electricity consumption by 15%. All facilities are equipped with recycling opportunities. Pulp & Beyond aims to be the most sustainable event organized at Helsinki Expo and Convention  in 2024.

Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre organises the Pulp & Beyond 2024 event in cooperation with the Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association (PI).

#pulpandbeyond  www.pulpandbeyond.com

For further information please contact:
Communications Manager Teija Armanto, +358 50 376 0804, teija.armanto@messukeskus.com, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre
Business Manager Marcus Bergström, +358 44 562 4524, marcus.bergstrom@messukeskus.com, Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre
Managing Director Antti Lindqvist, +358 40 725 2543, antti.lindqvist@puunjalostusinsinoorit.fi , Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association PI

New Air Knife Coater greatly increases company’s capacity for coated Tyvek® and reinforced papers for various medical device, pharmaceutical & diagnostic applications.

Wayne, PA – TekniPlex Healthcare, which utilizes advanced materials science expertise to help deliver better patient outcomes, is installing a new state-of-the-art air knife coater. The new infrastructure not only will extend the quality of TekniPlex Healthcare’s precision coated barrier products, but also add substantial capacity that is urgently needed in the industry. In particular, the air knife coater will allow TekniPlex Healthcare to significantly increase its supply of coated Tyvek®, heat seal coated reinforced paper, cold seal coated paper and film for various medical device, pharmaceutical and diagnostic applications. 

Scheduled to complete validation in Q4 of 2023, the machinery addition is exceedingly well-timed, coming at a crucial confluence of global supply chain challenges, increased demand, and heightened requirements for higher performance barrier solutions. The investment allows TekniPlex Healthcare to stay ahead of the supply and demand curve while further improving product performance. 

“Our engineered barrier solutions, including our coated Tyvek and coated paper products, have experienced substantial growth in recent years,” said Chris Qualters, CEO of TekniPlex Healthcare. “The state-of-the-art air knife machine will ensure we can meet escalating product demands in the North American market while also allowing us to further expand in other geographies like China, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Europe.” 

TekniPlex Healthcare’s proprietary coating formulations and application technology result in products designed to meet demanding performance and sterilization requirements. The division’s coated Tyvek® combines robust sterile barrier with optimal breathability, while offering a clean peel and compatibility with a wide variety of flexible and rigid film materials. 

Meanwhile, TekniPlex Healthcare’s high-performance coated paper is a high-volume solution for a broad array of breathable and non-breathable medical products, including drapes and gowns, gloves, procedural kits, tubing and syringes. The coated papers offer both clean peel and compatibility with multiple paper grades. TekniPlex Healthcare also produces a range of latex-free, cold-seal options ideal for adhesive bandages and dressings, nasal strips, swab sticks, and certain medical devices. 

About TekniPlex Healthcare
TekniPlex Healthcare utilizes advanced materials science expertise and technologies to develop and deliver critical solutions for medical and diagnostic devices, drug delivery systems and healthcare packaging applications. With a global reach, the division’s deep understanding of the greater pharmaceuticals and medical landscape helps it produce exemplary barrier properties for drugs and precision medical devices for interventional and therapeutic procedures. TekniPlex Healthcare’s ever-evolving portfolio helps meet demands for high-leverage medicines and mission-critical healthcare products that benefit care providers and patients. For more information visit www.tekni-plex.com/healthcare. 
 

New Delhi, 1 October 2022: ITC Limited, one of India’s leading multi-business conglomerates and an exemplar in sustainability, is making significant contributions to the Swachh Bharat mission by rapidly scaling up its integrated waste management and sustainable packaging initiatives.

“We at ITC are immensely proud to be able to contribute meaningfully to the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of a Swachh Bharat through large-scale solid waste management interventions. The Company has deployed the principles of circular economy to implement scalable, sustainable and replicable models of waste management, besides investing in cutting-edge innovation in the area of sustainable packaging that substitutes single-use plastic,” said Mr. S Sivakumar, Group Head, Sustainability, Agri and IT, ITC Ltd.

Solid waste management: Through its multi-dimensional efforts, ITC went past plastic neutrality in 2021-22. It collected and sustainably managed more than 54,000 tons of plastic waste across 35 states and Union Territories in India. ITC’s flagship community-based programme, ‘Well Being Out of Waste’ or ITC WOW has an outreach of over 4.6 million households, 5.2 million school children and over 2000 corporates since its inception. The benefits of ITC’s integrated programme are many – they prevent waste from reaching landfills, improve supply chain efficiencies, encourage innovation and create jobs, another critical national need.

The Company also runs a separate community-driven programme of decentralised solid waste management in 10 states, covering 14.6 lakh households. Under this programme, it also builds capacity of municipalities and panchayats on implementation of waste management practices that reduces the amount of waste reaching landfills significantly. In addition to the existing 10 PPPs in solid waste management, the company has also recently collaborated with the   Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India’s initiative with India Sanitation Council to create 35 “lighthouse” villages demonstrating best practices on Solid and Liquid waste management across 17 districts in 10 states. ITC has also spearheaded a first of its kind multi-layered plastic (MLP) collection and recycling program in Pune leveraging the R&D expertise resident within the ITC Life Sciences and Technology Centre. Another unique effort, ITC’s Green Temple initiative, is a closed loop waste management model that processes waste generated in places of worship and provides biogas to temple kitchens and compost for gardens.

Sanitation: ITC also runs an extensive sanitation programme that has led to the construction of 39,400 individual Household Toilets (IHHTs), leading to 100% of project catchments becoming Open Defecation Free. The programme has also enabled construction of 112 community toilets and over 2,000 toilet blocks in schools which are now being sustained and maintained by the community, with women and girl children being the key beneficiaries

Sustainable packaging: ITC’s Paperboards and Packaging Businesses are actively engaged in developing and promoting sustainable packaging solutions on the laminated board and moulded fibre platforms to substitute single-use plastics. Innovative packaging offerings include the recyclable ‘Filo’ series, the biodegradable ‘Omega’ series, ‘Bioseal’, ‘Oxyblock’ as well as ‘Germ free coating’, a solution for microbial free packaging. These solutions are increasingly being used by Quick Service Restaurants, food & beverages as well as takeaway segments, amongst others. ITC’s Personal Care brands such as Vivel and Fiama are also leveraging ITC’s sustainable packaging expertise. For example, Fiama Shower Gel bottles are now made with 30% Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) material.

As part of ITC’s bold Sustainability 2.0 agenda driven by Chairman, Mr Sanjiv Puri, ITC will endeavour to ensure that 100% of packaging is reusable, recyclable, compostable or biodegradable over the next decade.

ITC, over the decades, has demonstrated pioneering environmental stewardship efforts through an array of large-scale sustainability initiatives including water conservation, afforestation, biodiversity management, development of green buildings, increasing use of renewable energy, as well as adopting a 360-degree circular economy model.  It holds the distinction of being the only company in the world to be carbon positive, water positive, and solid waste recycling positive for more than a decade.

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New €5 million R&D centre at Mondi Steinfeld, Germany, to meet customers’ growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions
Facility to strengthen customer collaboration, insight and knowledge transfer
When completed, will include pilot lines for both plastic- and paper-based solutions as well as an analytical laboratory and a customer experience centre

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is investing around €5 million in a new research and development (R&D) facility at Mondi Steinfeld, in Germany. This investment will support customers by helping them to develop solutions that achieve their sustainability goals. 

Construction of the facility has commenced, and when completed, will include pilot lines for both plastic- and paper-based solutions, from coating, film extrusion and printing to filling lines for multiple products. The centre will also have an analytical laboratory as well as a floor dedicated to a customer experience centre, which will provide an open environment to meet and collaborate with customers at an early stage in the development of new innovations. 

The R&D centre will bring together experts with extensive knowledge of different materials and packaging types. Extrusion coating, aqueous coating and siliconisation will be available, as well as various printing machines. Filling lines for different materials, including both horizontal and vertical filling, forming and sealing equipment will allow customers to conduct trials without interrupting their own running production. The facility also enables Mondi to work with its customers to develop pilot-scale solutions on site and to accelerate the process from idea to a scaled solution.

This R&D centre demonstrates our hands-on approach to developing sustainable packaging solutions at Mondi. We look forward to working with our customers, combining their knowledge with ours to meet their sustainable packaging goals. The investment helps to contribute to our own Mondi Action Plan 2030 sustainability goals, specifically our target to make 100% of our products reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

he research and development centre will open its doors at the end of 2023 and will complement Mondi’s other research and development centres such as the recycling and food safety laboratories in Frantschach, Austria.

Rejects accumulate in various forms and quantities during beverage filling. WEIMA will be presenting disposal solutions for all types of packaging at drinktec 2022. The three PUEHLER presses on display cover the entire spectrum for the economical draining and compressing of cans, PET bottles, TetraPaks, pouches and even labels. In Munich, the focus is on WEIMA’s new PUEHLER E.200 – the flexible entry-level machine for beverage producers.

There are many reasons for waste generation: Overfilling or underfilling when starting or stopping production. Damaged packaging or incorrect labeling. Rinse batches due to recipe change and returns. They all have one thing in common: They take up valuable storage space and must be disposed of – preferably quickly and cost-effectively.

WEIMA will be demonstrating how this works at drinktec 2022 in Hall C5. With the compact PUEHLER E.200 draining press, scrap can be easily pressed directly at the production line. Placement next to the conveyor belt reduces internal waste traffic and simplifies intralogistics. The workplace also remains clean – no more sticky floors due to leaking metal containers that have to be driven around far too often because they are overfilled. Pressing can reduce the waste material volume by up to 90 percent. The packaging and contents are cleanly separated from each other and can be optimally recycled or disposed of properly.

Alternatively, the PUEHLER E.200 can also be set up flexibly outside the production halls and thus becomes the central point of contact for disposal. An optionally available large feed hopper even makes machine loading by forklift possible. The machine compacts and drains around two cubic meters of waste material per hour.

For those who want to centrally process even larger volumes, the PUEHLER G.200 Recycling press is available in Munich. As with all PUEHLER machines, this model also uses a hydraulic cylinder for the compression and emptying of all kinds of packaging. In contrast to conventional screw compressors, it is practically wear-resistant, mechanically simple and robust and impresses with high material throughputs. The PUEHLER G.200 can compact around five to six cubic meters of waste. Even ten to twelve with the PUEHLER G.300.

Last but not least, WEIMA will also be presenting a solution for the treatment of label waste usually found during bottle cleaning. These include classic body labels, shoulder labels, metal or PVC sealing capsules, bar code labels, as well as paper, PE film or aluminum foil back labels. The PUEHLER A.300 turns them into handy discs with a diameter of 300 mm

All PUEHLER machines from the A, E and G series are made of stainless steel – including the exhibited PUEHLER A.300. The hydraulic label press impresses with its compact design and can be integrated ideally into an existing production line. Expressed lye can be safely transported away and recycled. The residual moisture of labels is only minimal due to the draining. This saves on expensive disposal costs.

WEIMA will be presenting its PUEHLER drainage presses, packaging presses and label presses at drinktec 2022 in Munich in Hall C5, Stand C5.324.

We are WEIMA:

More than 40,000 machines sold worldwide! WEIMA has been manufacturing robust shredders, briquetting and drainage presses for the disposal and processing of all types of waste for more than four decades. Our machines include single-shaft shredders, four-shaft shredders, cutting mills, briquette presses, packaging and drainage presses. The popular blood orange machines are used in the wood, plastics, paper, metal and waste-to-energy industries.

Made in Germany. Built for the world.

Shredders, briquette and drainage presses from WEIMA are exclusively made in Germany and come from production plants in Saxony-Anhalt and BadenWuerttemberg. Every year, more than 300 employees work on around 1,200 customer solutions from around the globe. We have long-standing sales and service locations in the USA, Poland, India and China. More than 80 representatives supplement this global presence.