INDUSTRY NEWS Eliminating errors
AutoCoding Systems, specialists in the automation of packaging line devices, has worked in conjunction with a major retailer to implement guidelines to ensure all products supplied to them always have the right packaging, label and date code. Suppliers should subject each finished product pack to an on-line automatic system to verify the use of the correct product packaging and coding. Each packaging line is controlled by a line terminal which communicates with a central database holding key product information and relevant coding profiles,
including date rules, promotions and concessions relating to individual SKUs. Data is pushed to the relevant line devices thus eliminating the need for manual set- up with the associated risk of error. Packaging is verified by scanning of a 2D code, or other mark, to ensure the correct packaging components are continuously used during a production run. AutoCoding Systems works with all the major coding, labelling and packaging equipment companies and can integrate to a wide range of packaging line equipment, irrespective of manufacturer. For more information call 01928 790444 or email
janetharrison@autocodingsystems.com.
Rebuild in M-real Kemi mill completed
M-real has successfully completed a rebuild at its M-real Kemi linerboard mill in Finland on schedule. The rebuild will enable further development of coated kraftliners with what the company claims, superior printability. “Attractive packaging provides significant competitive advantage in retail business. As a result, brand owners as well as printers and converters are carefully examining the linerboard they use for corrugated packaging. Quality of print results combined with sustainability are the major drivers on their route to success,” says Mika Joukio, Senior Vice President and Head of M-real Consumer Packaging. To support its customers’ businesses, M-real has invested €16 million in upgrading the coating section at the mill. The M-real kraftliner range includes products suitable for flexo, offset, inkjet and screen printing. For more information call 00 358 1046 11, email corporate.
communications@m-real.com or visit
www.m-real.com.
PromotingAD Clarifoil®
, a producer of innovative cellulose
acetate films for labels, carton windows and print lamination is well known for its eco credentials. Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is becoming more relevant as a waste disposal route for food and packaging. AD is a similar technique to composting but the methane gas produced is recovered and used to provide energy. Clarifoil®
clear films are
accredited to EN 13432 and have been found to be suitable for AD. Anaerobic digestion is an attractive waste disposal route, because it allows for the collection of food material as well as packaging, which can either be used as a source of energy or converted into fertiliser. AD has become an important
Riggs at Foodex
Riggs Autopack will be exhibiting a selection of theirModel 1000 depositors, filling machines, transfer pumps and conveyor filling lines at the Foodex Show at Birmingham NEC on the 25th to the 27thMarch. Visitors to the company’s stand will have the opportunity of viewing a high level multi-head automatic depositor with scroll feed slat
conveyor for filling jars and bottles, a low level semi-automatic bag filling machine with a five litre fill capacity, and an Option 1 semi-automatic filling machine with food grade transfer pump designed. Riggs’Model 1000 range is suitable for small to large batch runs, making them versatile for the entire industry.. For more information call 01202 440040, email
info@autopack.co.uk or visit
www.autopack.com.
element of the UK’s renewable energy portfolio. InMay, the coalition announced plans to “promote a huge increase in energy from waste through anaerobic digestion”. For more information call 01332 681 835, email
info@clarifoil.com or visit
www.clarifoil.com.
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