Smart data management for vacuum technology Leybold VAControl – intelligent process control for better product quality and more efficiency

18 Apr 2023
Bhaskar Ch

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.

Marchesini Group at Interpack 2023: a journey into the extraordinary, guided by sustainability and digital innovation

18 Apr 2023
Bhaskar Ch

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.

PULP & BEYOND – THE REBIRTH OF A NORDIC ICON

18 Apr 2023
Bhaskar Ch

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.

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NEW: ServoForm Mini with mould lift for viscous or filled products

18 Apr 2023
Komal Sharma

The ServoForm™ Mini+ meets the increasing demand for high-viscosity recipes and centre-filled gummies, particularly liquid centre fills, by including a mould lift feature. It is an extension to the range of proven 50kg/hour ServoForm™ Mini depositors, of which more than 150 have been sold. View all of our Functional Medicated Gummy Machines.

The mould lift synchronises raising and lowering the moulds with the depositing cycle:

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Unilever adds accessible QR code to Persil packaging

18 Apr 2023
Grania Jain

The new QR codes, created by Zappar and working with the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), can be detected by the free Zapvision app, supporting the estimated two million blind and partially sighted people in the UK to access product information.

They will be launching first on Persil’s plastic-free capsules and Ultimate Liquids ranges in the UK.

The technology works by adding additional markings around existing QR codes, improving the detectability.

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SAVE FOOD @ interpack

17 Apr 2023
Grania Jain

SAVE FOOD members at Interpack:

A CLOSURE FIGHTING FOOD WASTE with London-based start-up Mimica.

Its founder, Solveiga Pakštaitė, primarily wanted to develop a bottle cap that would give people with impaired vision information about the shelf life of the product. As a rule, such info is only printed on the packaging and thus cannot be recognised by visually impaired people.

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