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about sustainable packaging solutions Efficient and sustainable packaging of coffee ROVEMA offers comprehensive solutions for multi-variant premium product Sustainable ideas can currently be found in most industries. It is the consumer who demands modern, recyclable solutions. The coffee industry is no exception. Few would like to do without coffee itself, but many would like to do without unnecessary packaging – be it the disposable take-away cup or the aluminum outer packaging of the coffee beans from the supermarket. Sustainable alternatives for the coffee industry – POS strength of bags remains a differentiating feature We have investigated a variety of alternative packaging materials for coffee and other fatty products. There are now some promising alternatives. Not all of them offer flexibility in bag design that has been possible so far, but the issue of product protection seems to be solved even with the sustainable variants! PP PP PE BIO- PE Coffee beans in polypropylene (PP) with EVOH oxygen barrier Ground coffee safely packed with particularly thin PP packaging material Coffee powder in PE Mono material Coffee powder packed in polyolefin composite with sealing medium made of 85% renewable raw materials More about Coffee Packaging ROVEMA North America Inc. Norcross, GA 30093 T +1 404 640 5310 info@rovema-na.com www.rovema-na.com ROVEMA Packaging Machines Ltd Aylesbury, HP198DP T +44 1296 31 04 90 sales@rovema.co.uk www.rovema.com
News www.machineryupdate.co.uk MARCH/APRIL 2021 MACHINERY UPDATE 7 Service provision is recognised by an end user customer Ulma Packaging UK’s ability to adapt its service offering to meet 2020s pandemic-influenced working conditions has seen it honoured by a biscuit brand. Chosen from 22 companies, Ulma was named ‘Engineering Service Provider 2020’ by the engineering department at Border Biscuits. This annual award is given for excellent and consistent service levels and Ulma’s remote support, along with its existing offering, saw it recognised. “During a time when it would have been understandable to cut back on support, Ulma did the opposite and made a huge commitment to service provision,” says Craig Penman, who is the engineering manager at Border Biscuits. Support adapted for C-19 protocols The audit process confirmed that the group meets all performance criteria UK has named its first certified robot integrator RMGroup has become the first integrator in the UK to be accredited under the RIA/BARA Robot Integrators’ Certification Scheme. The company was awarded its certified status in January following a successful audit at its headquarters in Newtown, Wales, to meet a rigorous set of national and international standards to ensure business compliance and capability. The certification scheme is the benchmark to assess robot integrators’ technical knowledge and safety practices, and this UK scheme was born out of the need to standardise integrator quality and workmanship, plus recognise effective safety controls to help give companies a competitive edge. “We are delighted to be the first integrator to achieve certification in the UK,” says Rosie Davies, director of RMGroup UK. “It demonstrates RMGroup’s ability to deliver systems as per the required technical expectations and also assures end users that our expert programming team has the skillset to undertake a variety of integration projects.” W www.bara.org.uk UKIVA’s machine vision event is now taking place in July The 2021 UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will take place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes on Thursday 15 July this year. The event will feature keynote speakers and a technical seminar programme covering eight different themes, supported by an exhibition of the latest vision technology; all in an environment that safely encourages networking with some of the world’s leading machine vision experts. “As part of the UK Government’s roadmap out of lockdown, they will be running pilot events (such as conferences) from April,” says new UKIVA chairman Neil Sandhu. “There are also plans for an enhanced virtual event should the need arise.” W www.machinevision conference.co.uk PPMA members have won an engineering award for ventilator DELIVERING THE VACCINE IN BATTLE AGAINST C-19 Bowl feeders meet demand RNA Automation is supplying vibratory bowl feeders that handle syringes, plungers and glass vials used for C-19 vaccinations, to help meet the increased demand for these products. The company is also supplying feeding systems to handle plastic vials, swabs and test tubes that are used for C-19 test kits as well as antibody test kits. PPMA members Jenton International, B&R Industrial Automation and Festo, along with Dero Fabrication and Shearmans have been recognised in the COVID-19 response category of The Engineer’s 2020 awards for the work they completed on an emergency ventilator. Despite having no previous medical expertise, Jenton felt compelled to answer the government’s call to action for help, relying on the company’s knowledge to underpin the creation of an emergency ventilation device. Partners produced a working prototype in just three weeks. Sandhu takes on the UKIVA role UKIVA has named its latest chairman Neil Sandhu (product manager for imaging, measurement, ranging & systems at Sick (UK)) was appointed chairman of UKIVA during the vision association’s on-line AGM in January. He takes over from Allan Anderson (the md of ClearView Imaging) who had completed his two-year stint.
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