Food: Packaging against waste
Along the entire value creation chain, globally more than 930 billion tons of food are thrown away every year. This figure comes from the last report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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KraussMaffei to launch adjustment and efficiency program to strengthen competitiveness
KraussMaffei responds to an increasingly challenging market environment with a worldwide adjustment and efficiency program, also including the reduction of several hundred positions in the non-production areas.
Arburg at Chinaplas 2023
Again Premieres and innovations in Shenzhen New: Milestone Allrounder 470 H Exclusive: Flexlift robotic system for Asia Leading: pioneer in digitalisation and sustainability
Tomra Recycling Sorting hosts event to celebrate the extension of its test facilities in Germany
Tomra Recycling Sorting opened a second test facility at its headquarters in Germany to meet growing demand for material trials. The company now operates one test center each for waste and metal sorting applications at the same location.
Multihead weigher handles millions of silicone parts daily
An Ishida multihead weigher has proved to be the ideal solution to enable Elmet, an Austrian silicone specialist, to efficiently fill around 100 million small parts into bags every single day.
Neste and Illig to showcase more sustainable solutions for thermoformed plastic packaging
Neste and Illig have entered into a strategic partnership to advance the use of more sustainable solutions in the production of thermoformed plastic packaging through demonstration cases.
Chinaplas 2023 - concurrent events preview (Part I)
Discover green plastics & rubber solutions in Chinaplas 2023
Plast 2023: five years since the last edition
New projects, new impetus, and new content at the technology showcase for the plastics and rubber industry.
Baumüller Dravinja expands its capacities
New hall provides space for expansion of electrical production – around five million euros invested
Skills, values, community: Sacmi inaugurates the Academy
Over 48,000 training hours completed in 2022 alone, involving some 3,000 people. President of SACMI, Paolo Mongardi: “The Academy is much more than one physical place. It’s a starting point for sharing a culture of 'know-how’ that draws on ‘can-do’ core values”.
JEC World 2023, the place to be for composites professionals
Well-known as the “Festival of composites” each year in Paris, JEC World is a unique event dedicated to composite materials, their manufacturing technologies and application markets.
Full exhibition halls and great enthusiasm for Fakuma 2023
At the end of January 2023, trade fair promoters P. E. Schall had already registered 1169 exhibitors from 38 countries. “Halls A1 to A7 and B1 to B5, as well as the east and west foyer areas, including the east concourse, are nearly full,”
