 beverage world hosted at sacmithe open house dedicated to the presentation of the innovative formsleeve machine acclaimed as huge successmore versatile design, more flexible material choice and management. and that is not all, its outstanding efficiency allows the costs of plastic material to be reduced by up to 20. this is the new modular formsleeve labelling machine, the latest &ldquocreation&rdquo by sacmi labelling proudly presented today at the open house held at sacmi imola before an audience of international operators arriving from 21 countries and 4 continents. a great opportunity to preview a live demonstration of the sacmi made technological jewel at work, thanks to a guided tour that allowed specially selected visitors to enter the group&rsquos r&d lab, where the latest prototypes are developed and tested.  this all took place naturally after a welcome presentation by vezio bernardi &ndash general manager of the beverage division &ndash who spoke about the sacmi group, company almost a century old with 4,000 employees in five continents and annual turnover of more than 1.2 billion euros. a growth it has boasted over the last three years &ndash as far as employees and turnover are concerned &ndash &ldquomostly thanks to the performance of the group&rsquos packaging division&rdquo, underlined bernardi that has contributed 320 million euros  to the overall turnover and almost 1,050 employees and includes metal and plastic closuremaking machines, containers and complete bottling lines. already world market leader in the ceramic machinery industry, sacmi has in fact  significantly contributed &ndash with deep product and process innovations &ndash to the development of avantgarde solutions for the beverage industry, establishing itself today &ndash explained bernardi &ndash as the only company in the world capable of offering not only competitive &ldquostand alone&rdquo solutions  but also and above all integrated lines, from raw materials to bottles, from filling to labelling up to quality control.the absolute star of today&rsquos open house &ndash which visitors were able to admire in action &ndash was without a doubt the formsleeve machine, a true revolution in the world of labelling  capable of guaranteeing a reduction in the costs of plastic material by up to 20, increasing productivity, reaching 20,000 labels per roll along with the labelling speed reaching up to 50,000 bph. the modular labelling machine allows sleeves to be produced and applied from mdo machine direction orientation rolls of film. during the process, the sleeve is sealed with a laser source controlled by a high speed scanner. a tunnel placed at the labelling machine outlet completes the heatshrink process.supreme quality combined with remarkable savings are guaranteed&ndash among other things &ndash by integration between label production and the labelling process while flexibility with regards to the various types of materials handled and production requirements is made possible by the roll fed technology, without &ndash thanks to the use of the laser &ndash producing any toxic gas during the process capable of contaminating the product or work environment. the best solution currently available on the market &ndash as john pasqua, labelling division sales director, explained &ndash developed after careful analysis by sacmi regarding the market, workplace safety and the clients&rsquo requirements concerning the type of product. a second demonstration of the formsleeve machine was held in the afternoon, which, in place of the laser, used a completely natural liquid substance that never comes into contact with the bottles. this innovative solution will be presented to international operators at the drinktec trade fair in munich this fall. not only labelling, however, for a day which focused on the advantages compression technology offers &ndash the basis of ccm machines &ndash with which sacmi has deeply innovated its closing sector. then the ips, the brand new injection system for producing pet preforms, available on the market  since last year and capable of winning the confidence of buyers thanks to its flexibility, quick changeover, excellent cycle times and outstanding energy savings. completing the picture, sacmi made filling systems &ndash focusing particularly on the new bigcombo solution that has already drawn the attention of the most important international market players &ndash and machines for the production of pet bottles, with the all new range of improved sbf blowers, which has allowed sacmi to become a leader in this sector as well. up to endofline solutions and bag in box filling and packaging units, the best solutions currently available on the market designed especially for oils, wines and other highquality food products requiring systems capable of protecting product integrity and organoleptic properties.all sacmi solutions are equipped with vision systems, incorporated in the line or  stand alone to assure accurate quality control of the finished product. the day ended with a visit to the sacmi facility, where visitors had a chance to see several machines actually running. an appetizing opportunity for the visitors &ndash in particular those from abroad &ndash to  &ldquoget a full dose&rdquo of sacmi made innovations, a company with roots spanning back to 1919 and yet still capable of projecting itself into the future with continuous product and process innovations in all industry sectors it operates in.
