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Fakuma

How air-guiding pre-stretching stamps increase part quality during thermoforming.

Die and stamp geometry used (left) and support air concept (right).

16:9

Warmformen / Thermoformen

Stop Chill Marks

Food packaging with good properties: Coextrusion of multilayer, nanostructured films for food packaging

View into the IPC technical center: Production of the MultiNanolayer film is running on the pilot line. 

Verpackungsanlagen

Verpackungstechnik

Kunststoff-Verpackungsmaschine

Verpackungsmaschinen

Recyclable Food Packaging

Masterpress has developed polyolefin shrink sleeves for polypropylene dairy cups. Both materials can be recycled together.

Masterpress’ hybrid flexo presses where sustainable shrink sleeve label solutions are produced. 

Verpackungsmaterial

Recycling

Folien

Kunststoff-Recycling

Two Materials, One Recycling Stream

Reifenhäuser: Who made sandwiches for the employees? And where do you want to go full throttle in the future?

Editor-in-chief Susanne Schröder visited Jan Karnath (left) and Bernd Reifenhäuser at the company’s headquarters in Troisdorf, Germany. 

Karnath: “It Is Crucial to Learn from Other Industries in Order to Set New Impulses”

Strategie und Organisation

Schröder, Susanne

Blasfolienextrusion

“It Is Crucial to Learn from Other Industries in Order to Set New Impulses”

The new microLight system from ASS Maschinenbau GmbH in Overath, Germany, is a consistent further development in the ASS robot hand kit portfolio.

ASS Maschinenbau: Ultralight modular gripper solution microLight

Automatisierungskomponenten

Handhabungs- und Montagetechnik

Greifer für die Kunststofftechnik

New Lightweight Gripper System

Illig is presenting sustainable packaging solutions made of dry natural fibers (dry fiber) for the first time . The nonwoven material can be produced and processed with significantly lower energy and without the use of water.

Fiber-based packaging with a high drawing ratio – such as round cups and trays – can be produced economically and sustainably using Illig‘s patent-pending process.

Fasern

Illig Presents Dry Fiber Technology

With focus on efficient and sustainable specialty film stretching lines, Brückner shows its latest developments for a wide variety of technical and packaging film applications at NPE 2024.

Brückner shows a wide range of film stretching lines in Orlando.

Flachfolienanlagen

Länderspecial USA

Folienreckanlagen

Messe NPE

For the Manufacturing of Technical Films

Kiefel presents its steel rule cutting machine KMD 90.1 Premium and its latest tilting machine, the Speedformer KTR 6.2.

During NPE, the KMD 90.1 Premium will produce recycled PET lids as part of the live demonstrations .

Thermoformanlagen

Thermoforming for the Packaging Industrie

Compared to thermoformed products, the quasi-standard, the ICM process can significantly reduce the carbon footprint in the production of yoghurt cups.

The thin-wall packaging is completely recyclable, since the sealing film, decorative label and cup are all made of PP and can be separated from one another in the recycling process.

Spritzgießen

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Länderspecial Schweiz

Folientechnik (IMD, IML, FIM, u.a.)

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Spritzprägen

Energieeffizienz

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Who Will Be First?

TS molding technology enables the fully automated production of high volume, fiber-reinforced thermoplastic sandwich structures.

Sandwich structures are used for wind turbine rotor blades and other applications.

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Leichtbau

Developed for Series Production

 Cabopol unveils PHA solutions, propelling sustainability in the packaging industry.

Biomind PHA: Biodegradable and compostable coffee capsule solutions for soil and water.

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Sustainable Capsules

2700 key players and newcomers will be exhibiting in Düsseldorf, Germany. What challenges the industry has to face despite increasing demand.

Messe Interpack

Leading Packaging Industry  Get-Together

Conductive plastics protect electronic parts against electrostatic discharge (ESD). What should be observed during their manufacturing and processing?

An ESD plastic tray individually designed for the product: The positioned orientation supports the automated processing of the parts.

ESD Trays and Packaging for Electronic Components

Tiefziehwerkzeuge

Tiefziehen

Flash Protection for Electronics

Brückner Maschinenbau has developed mono-material packaging solutions to close the life cycle of plastic packaging as requested by brand owners and legislations.

Examples of monomaterial plastic packaging based on biaxially stretched films of PP, PET or, more recently, PE.

Flachfolien- und Plattenextrusion

Extrusionsanlagen

How Recycling Goals Can Be Achieved

At Interpack 2023, Innovia Films will present, among other products, a low-density, floatable polyolefin shrink film.

Recycling-Friendly Shrink Sleeve Material RayoFloat

Plastic packaging has a very bad reputation. Despite this, they are almost without alternative in food production

Crisp and clear: QR code applied by laser to a compostable film.

Verpackungsmittel aus Kunststoffen

Packaging against Waste

Picture gallery, main themes, and industry statistics: What will be important for the industry.

The long wait is over: After six years, Interpack is once again taking place in person.

Looking forward to Interpack 2023

Südpack sees it as its responsibility to contribute towards the circular economy and aims to develop into a zero-waste company.

Sustainability can have many faces: mechanical and chemical recycling, design for recycling, reduction of the CO2 footprint, etc.

Recyclable Materials Management Is the Way to the Goal

Zero Waste – Utopia or Reality?

PET not only protects and packages beverages, it is also an unwavering companion during their transport.

Packaging for beverages is growing more sustainable.

Allrounder for the Beverage Industry

World premieres, technological advancements and joint projects: there was plenty of evidence at K of the impressive progress made in sustainable solutions in extrusion in many different directions over the past number of years.

During the daily machine show, Windmöller & Hölscher demonstrated a fast product changeover per autopilot. When K finished, the line was delivered to IsoFlex Packaging, in Nashville, TN/USA.

In the field of film extrusion and processing the number one topic at this year's K was the circular economy and sustainability.

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

Extrusionswerkzeuge

A Common Goal: The Circular Economy

To improve recycling, multi-material packaging is to be replaced by mono-material variants. Coating facilitates production of stand-up pouches made with BOPE.

Coating facilitates high-speed industrial production of stand-up pouches made with BOPE biaxially oriented polyethylene.

Polyethylen

Beschichtungen

Heat-Resistant Coating for Mono-Material Stand-up Pouches

Consumption and manufacturing capacities are growing most in North America and China. In Europe, companies are working on specific paths.

PE films with monoaxial and biaxial orientation help to replace multi-material compounds for packaging.

Polyethylene (PE): Shaping New Trends in Power Generation and Packaging

Rohre, Profile

Kunststoff-Rohre

Rohre, allgemein

Resilient through Changing Markets

Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) uses Ruby Gain to monitor process limits. The system is based on three elements.

Varex II blown film extrusion line with MDO.

Windmöller & Hölscher setzt für die Überwachung von Prozessgrenzen Ruby Gain ein. Das System basiert auf drei Elementen.