Over the past century, Hellema has evolved from a small traditional Dutch bakery into an international manufacturer of biscuits and bars. The company produces its biscuits with a variety of fruit and chocolate fillings - not only for itself, but also for other brands. Hellema needed a packaging machine that could quickly change formats and materials to meet the needs of different customers - all...
The manufacturing of dairy products places the highest demands on the quality and safety of equipment and processes. Especially with a large number of suppliers, regular inspections are the be-all and end-all of a safe production process. Milchwerke Schwaben also works according to this principle and uses metal detectors from Sesotec for the quality control of its dairy products. Metal detection...
Mondi has worked with Silbo to convert its pallet wrapping from plastic stretch film to Mondi's Advantage Stretch Wrap kraft paper. The Polish manufacturer of ecological flexible packaging has installed EW Technology's first paper wrap machine at its plant in Żory, Poland, and now offers more sustainable and flexible packaging to its customers, such as fruit and vegetable suppliers.
Orlen Południe, a leading player in biofuels in Poland, has recently concluded the first year of operation of its Bio PG plant, converting glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production, into renewable propylene glycol (Bio PG). Bio PG obtained from glycerin is bio-based and a highly demanded product used to produce polyester resins, polyurethanes, paints and de-icing solutions, solvents for the...
Sabic has joined forces with Estiko Packaging Solutions and Coldwater Prawns of Norway to develop and implement a highly sustainable new packaging pouch for frozen prawns. The pouch is made from a multi-layer film produced by Estiko Packaging Solutions using a circular certified random polymer grade of Sabic PP Qrystal with an ocean bound plastic (for short OBP) content of around 60 percent...
Maintaining high sample throughput while adhering to industry standards is increasingly important in food and beverage production. Automated systems can accurately characterize wine color for quality control while ensuring proper documentation and traceability of the results. Wine is subjected to a range of analyses during production and prior to sale, typically to meet the standards imposed by...
NSK’s assistance proved vital to a company experiencing repeat failures of bearings fitted to the roller assemblies of its steel wire drawing machinery. Thanks to the intervention of NSK, which identified the problem and recommended the optimal solution, the customer is witnessing costs savings in excess of €1.2 million a year. The bearing failures were leading to excessive downtime of around 75...
Plazar Manutention, specialist in industrial lifting and partner of Verlinde manufacturer of lifting equipment in the Centre region, has designed and commissioned nine overhead travelling cranes from its long-standing customer. The installer is also in charge of maintenance of the fleet of lifting equipment, which includes a total of 30 cranes, as well as their preventive maintenance.
Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer Engel has set a new record with two injection moulding machines delivered to the USA. With a clamping force of 8,000 tons each, they are the largest machines ever built at the St. Valentin plant in Austria. The two Engel "Duo 130000/130000H/8200 combi US" machines were placed at Infiltrator Water Technologies (IWT) in Winchester, Kentucky. The...
Bilfinger has successfully completed another hydrogen project for the process industry to boost alternative energy sources in the course of the energy transition. For the major Czech chemicals manufacturer Spolchemie Bilfinger has assessed production and transportation options for its by-product hydrogen. In a feasibility study, Bilfinger Tebodin Czech Republic additionally evaluated the technical...
