May 2017

Intelligent assistance systems are designed to help plant operators quickly resolve production interruptions due to unscheduled plant shutdowns. To see it work, visit the VDMA Technology Lounge in hall 5 / J38, where the VDMA presents ideas and solutions for tomorrow’s machines in cooperation with partners from industry, science and research.

Everyone is talking about Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and the Internet of Things (IoT), but when it comes to implementing it many still hesitate. However, already with today’s state of the art machinery and components it is possible to realize the vision of Industry 4.0 and the individualization of products up to lot size 1. This is exactly what VDMA as the client plus ITQ GmbH as the idea generating and project-oriented company have implemented with the smart4i demonstrator.

At the VDMA Technology Lounge you can see how this can work: By means of special exhibits the VDMA will present ideas and solutions for the tomorrow’s machines in cooperation with partners from industry, science and research.

Dusseldorf, May 4, 2017 - The German food processing and packaging machinery manufacturing companies look forward to the interpack trade fair full of confidence. “For years, our industry has shown a positive development and the German manufacturers can look back on a record year," said Richard Clemens, Managing Director of the VDMA Food Packaging and Packaging Machinery Association, at interpack 2017 in Düsseldorf.

More projects, more technical concepts – no doubt about it, continuous production of solid dosage form pharmaceuticals is gaining momentum. The interpack is the ideal platform to get a comprehensive overview of the possibilities and perspectives offered by continuous production processes.

The field of manufacturing and packaging machines for medicinal products is a small, highly specialized sub-sector of the German mechanical engineering industry. Within the international competition this sector holds its own very successfully. For this industry, interpack is the world's leading trade fair this year. Customers from all over the world are coming to Düsseldorf to find out about the latest developments in the production, filling and packaging technology for medicinal products. There are good reasons for this.

For manufacturers of machines and systems for the confectionery industry the interpack has always been the most important trade fair worldwide. Clustered in halls 1 to 4, the industry presents its innovations for energy efficient, hygienic and economical confectionery production.

Düsseldorf, May 04, 2014 - The past year has been a success for German packaging machinery manufacturers. The approximately 250 predominantly medium-sized companies produced machines and systems worth almost 6.4 billion euros, an increase of 3 percent compared to the previous year.

In 2016, the companies sold almost 20 percent of the production within the local market. Demand rose by 4 per cent compared with the previous year and reached a value of EUR 1.1 billion. Sales in the home market rose by 32 percent between 2010 and 2016.

Weighing and packing equipment specialist Ishida Europe has extended its range of solutions for poultry, meat and fish packaging with a unique system that improves yields and efficiencies in the packing of fresh protein.

The new RobotGrader combines weighing and pick and place technologies to grade protein products of varying weight and pack them to a fixed weight straight into the tray. The system reduces giveaway to less than 1% per pack and can correctly place and orientate the pieces, at speeds of up to 320 pieces per minute,

Ishida Europe’s recently-launched leak detector is helping food manufacturers to minimise spoilage in pre-packed retail packs, including bags, pouches and trays.

Designed for use with a wide variety of foods such as fresh, cooked and cured meat and poultry, seafood, ready meals and salads, the Ishida AirScan uses advanced laser technology to identify leaks of CO2 from holes as small as 0.25mm in sealed modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) packs at speeds of up to 180 packs per minute.