Following several acquisitions and steep organic growth in recent years, Kiefel GmbH, the Germany-based specialist for plastic film material processing machines, is announcing organizational changes in its packaging activities.
With a ground-breaking ceremony on 25 July 2018, Maier Packaging GmbH laid the cornerstone for future success in the Optima Packaging Group. With the 3,000 sqm new construction, the company creates more space for further development and a modern work environment for the employees in the Bergen Community.
Kroenert, a leader in the manufacture of customized coating and laminating systems, delivered a multifunctional coating system for research- and test purposes to the Michelman Innovation Centre for Coatings (MICC) in Mumbai, India - a dedicated space for rapid prototyping of new innovative packaging structures.
Germany-based Windmöller & Hölscher, a family-owned supplier of machinery for film extrusion, printing and converting plastics, founded its own daughter company in Poland in June 2018.
At the Fakuma trade fair Engel will demonstrate a further reduction in cycle times for the production of caps. An all-electric Engel e-cap 2440/380 will be used to produce 26 mm caps, including tamper-proof bands made of HDPE, at a cycle time of under 2 seconds under realistic manufacturing conditions.
It gives operators the technological innovations of the big machines and is convincing with its compact design and quick installation: with the Innofill Can C can filler KHS GmbH satisfies the demand of smaller breweries on the international market.
The filling and closing machine AFG 5000 from Bosch Packaging Technology recently received the internationally renowned "Red Dot Award" from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen in the category product design.
The KHS GmbH Supervisory Board has appointed Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Kai Acker as the new Executive Management Board Chairman, effective October 15, 2018. He will be responsible for the technology, development/production, and human resources areas.
The honeycomb structure is recognized as optimal in terms of material utilization for performance. A comparison of the different core structures used today in packaging confirms this view.
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Management of secondary packaging fleet carries a number of problematic issues related to financing, service and economics, in particular.
Mould & Matic Solutions GmbH, a specialist in tool and plant engineering for the packaging industry, is keeping abreast with the global success of the Kiefel Group and on May 2, 2018, launched the expansion of the site in Micheldorf. Completion is scheduled for May 2019.
