Packaging in Paris

1 November 2012



Emballage, France’s international packaging expo, runs from 19-22 November at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre


The organiser of the Emballage 2012 show expects to be hosting 89,000 visitors and 1,300 exhibitors – almost 50% of the latter travelling from outside France. Over the four days of the Paris show, the industry’s suppliers will display a range of innovative solutions encompassing raw materials, finished products, packaging machines and services.

The Pack Innovation section of the show will stage the latest exhibitor innovations, chosen by a pre-selection committee and presented to the world’s press. The Pack Experts Committee will determine the winners of its Pack Experts’ Innovation Awards. Emballage TV, a live TV studio, will put the spotlight on the latest news in packaging from 10:00 to 18:00, throughout the show. The Pack Vision event will, once again, devote its conference cycle to the future of packaging. There will also be a conference programme focusing on the technical aspects of packaging, such as automation, eco-design and robotics, organised by the SYMOP Forum, in tandem with the Syndicat des Entreprises de Technologie de Production, the French association for manufacturing technologies.

In Hall 6, ‘I Love Pack’, organised by the Institut Français, will display “iconic packaging that has had a profound effect on consumption and user values since 1947”. The Remarkable Packaging & Alternative Solutions section of Emballage 2012 will provide visitors with a ‘world tour’ of outstanding packaging, as viewed by six design schools informed by different cultural backgrounds.

Exhibition director Véronique Sestrières considers: “Emballage 2012 will enhance all types of intelligence prevalent in the industry. More than ever before, packaging innovation has become a strategic issue, governing economic progress for all the user industries. This 40th exhibition will therefore be an exceptional commercial, sourcing and inspirational platform for each user sector.”

What’s on show

Visitors to the Optima stand (5aG047) will see the “extremely compact and flexible” Inova SV122 modular automatic filling and closing machine for vials, syringes, pumps, and peristaltic pumps. Suitable for very high sterility requirements, it has a format range of up to 50ml, and outputs up to 4,800 syringes/hour with the 2-lane model. The Kugler Flexocap assembly and closing machine achieves outputs of up to 70 pieces/min. It is designed for container diameters of up to 100mm, handling all common closures, and can also process aluminium and plastics foils with temperature or induction sealing.

Protective Packaging (stand 6P090), UK manufacturer of sachets, pouches, bags and in-liners made from aluminium barrier foil materials, will be showing its ability to provide total climatic protection for any product which may deteriorate due to moisture, oxygen and other gas ingress, odour transfer, UV light and temperature extremes. Exhibits will range from export packing solutions to prevent corrosion of metallic goods, populated or non-populated with electronics, and a wide range of liners for the protection of powders, flakes and granules, as well as 25kg sacks with a de-gassing feature, and re-closable pouches, through to ISO Container liners with bulkhead, filling and discharge design options.

All bags and liners are tailor-made to suit the dimensions and style of the outer packaging, with no minimum order quantities. The company’s latest product is the ProDriPole, developed specifically to protect goods and their packaging, shipped in 20ft and 40ft ISO containers, from the detrimental effects of moisture.

Integrated packaging solutions for the beverage industry will play a starring role in Sacmi’s (stand 4c001) display. Systems for injection moulding of PET preforms will be particularly evident with the introduction of the IPS system, offering flexibility and rapidity of size changeover, ergonomic solutions, energy savings, and compactness. Sacmi has also combined its know-how in continuous compression technology for closures with innovations in stretch-blowing to produce the CBF (compression blow forming) range of forming units that can pass directly from resin to bottle, from raw material to container. The CCM (continuous compression moulding) closure production machines have been improved and can now provide output rates of 1,600 caps/min with just 48 cavities. The MOD modular system is a response to labelling needs requiring more than one technology. Each module consists of a labelling station fitted on a mobile shuttle that can be easily disconnected from the machine and replaced with another of different technology (self-adhesive, cold glue, hotmelt, roll-fed) and performance. This requires far less factory space and makes it easier to insert the machine on new and/or existing lines.

Focusing on sustainability, the Taghleef Group (stand 6D001) is pursuing two lines of development: Nativia film, derived entirely from renewable sources and biodegradable according to EN 13432; and Extendo, a new range of high barrier films impermeable to oxygen, flavours and water vapour. These films are chlorine-free and claimed to offer “a host of benefits”.

Handling

The new generation PR robot palletiser is the first machine to come from the Cermex/Newtec (stand 5aB088) pooling of expertise. The new unit’s innovations include risk-free machine operation that is “100% collaborative between the operator and the robot”, without stopping the flow. It also integrates PalDesigner, a simulation and configuration tool for palletising solutions, as well as a gripping head and safety mechanism fitted with the latest technology to protect product integrity. The PR is a 2-station robot palletising unit that offers 100% interactive machine operation. The position of the operator in relation to the robot triggers the machine to slow down, then stop. Laser scanners continually analyse the position of the operator in the enclosure in order to adjust the robot speed automatically. This system is auto-activated as soon as the operator enters the enclosure. The door slides alternately so as to block only the station where loading is being carried out, leaving clear and direct access to the second station for interventions such as pallet infeed or removal.

ConTeyor Packaging Solutions (stand 6M139) offers green, cost-efficient, “highly protective” returnable packaging. The company develops systems for handling scratch-sensitive components that need to be protected and safely transported for assembly. Re-usable packaging is often the best choice. ConTeyor’s Hocus in Box unit fits a standard box without fixture, and consists of a soft interior which is a set of textile pockets. This technical textile ‘dunnage’is mounted in a strong exterior handling unit. This is a modular rack or container in metal, plastics or wood. It will fit into trucks without wasting space, and can be folded away to save on return transport, or used inside the customer’s factory to support in-plant logistics.

Stäubli Robotics (stand 5aC150) is introducing the TP80 Fast Picker, a series of high speed pickers said to deliver up to 200 picks/min, and more flexibility at a lower cost. This new robot is more agile and lightweight, while delivering extremely fast cycle times and maintaining high precision with homogeneous repeatability “throughout the entire work envelope, unlike rival delta robots”. A simple base or wall mounting eliminates the need for a large, costly gantry, further enhancing the robot’s cost-effectiveness and ease of integration. The TP80 robot is available in a 4-axis version, offering great flexibility, depending on the user’s needs. Standard features include a maximum payload of 1kg, 800mm reach, and a Z-axis stroke of 100mm.

Inspection

The Niverplast (stand 5aF051) fully automatic camera line checks bakery products for metal contaminants and defects in length, width, height, shape or colour. The rejection unit ejects a single visual rejected product (per piece). Conformable products are separated into batches and packed into a bag in box by a CombiPlast machine. All this is achieved with minimal falling height to protect the product. The automatic camera line can handle a wide variety of product sizes and shapes, and operates at up to 60,000 pieces/hour. It consists of two separate modules: metal detection + rejection unit, and visual quality inspection + rejection unit. All components are easy to access and clean or maintain, and use FDA approved materials.

Danish specialist in packaging testing technology PBI-Dansensor (stand 5aA130) has been acquired by the US-based Mocon Group and will exhibit together with its new partner Lippke, also part of the Mocon group. PBI-Dansensor will operate as an individual business unit and promises to offer new interesting products and services in close co-operation with Mocon.

Labelling

PE Labellers (stand 4D023) and Omme France will present a modular labeller that allows users to decide which labelling station to install, when to install it and whether to install labelling units as fixed or modular fittings. Carts and fixed stations are available for any kind of technology: cold glue, hotmelt, self-adhesive (also non-stop) and roll-fed equipment. Two versions of the machine are offered: one for high production speeds, the other for low speed operations. Also new is the Packlab linear self-adhesive labeller, designed for low production speeds, applying two labels (front and back) on rectangular, elliptical and pyramid-shaped containers.

Primera Technology Europe (stand 4DE106) is presenting its new CX1000e colour label printer and the FX1000e matrix removal system. Designed for in-house production of professional-quality product labels, the CX1000e is said to be ideal for producing short to medium runs of pre-diecut label material in various sizes. With 2,400dpi print resolution and print speed of 5m/min, it prints onto many different laser-qualified label materials, including pressure-sensitive plain papers, and white and clear polyesters. A wide range of approved matte, semi-gloss, high gloss and speciality food and beverage label materials are available. In a single automated process, the new FX1000e matrix removal system – “the perfect accessory to the CX1000e label printer” – removes the waste label matrix while slitting and rewinding the printed labels to finished rolls. The FX1000e is available either with a single or double rewinder mandrel.

A new labelling system from Zetes (stand 4E106) for companies looking to improve their environmental footprint, the MD3000e uses no compressed air and is fully recyclable. Tests are said to have shown the system uses 68% less energy and improves labelling uptime by 28%. It also supports the use of fully recyclable labels based on PET instead of the standard glassine, which is non-biodegradable and goes into landfill sites.


Emballage 2012 Protective Packaging provides full climatic protection Protective Packaging Double-mandrel FX1000e matrix removal system from Primera Primera Confectionery in Taghleef’s Nativia film Taghleef

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