PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2017

42 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 04/17 www.petpla.net TRADE SHOW preview Pick and place box packer And&Or’s EPAbox packer will be displayed at interpack. It is able to pack in boxes either empty or filled bottles. It counts with an arranging table to prepare the bottle layer pre- vious bottle insertion into box. The picking head is designed according to bottle formats, being able to pack bottles with no neck ring, heavy bottles and empty light ones. Benefits of EPA box packer are:  The machine can pack several levels of bottles in the same box.  Machine is flexible to work also with cardboard trays in case of need.  Easy change over to adapt to several formats and different layer`s configuration.  Servo-motorised movements.  Layer indexation for round formats. And&Or also offers a wide range of palletisers to fully auto- mate the end of the line process. www.andyor.com And&Or Hall 13 - Booth E46 “Smart machine” Gebo Cermex, part of the Sidel Group, is introducing its latest advanced performance systems and packaging line solutions at interpack. the company is demonstrating its portfolio for the beverage and food, home and personal care (FHPC) custom- ers based on its Agility 4.0 program. ‘Smart’ equipment is the focus at this year’s exhibition, with a comprehensive packing solution at the company’s booth. Marc Aury, President & Managing Director of Gebo Cermex, explains: “As a key player in the ‘Factory of the Future’ movement with our Agility 4.0 program, at interpack this year we are excited to give visitors a preview of our vision of the ‘Smart machine’, with a comprehensive robotic/cobotic case packing solution embed- ding advanced and connected systems.” A ‘Smart machine’ is so much more than a piece of machinery. Featuring the latest motion technology, robotics and cobotics, auto adjustment and auto feeding, as well as being a connected machine, it estab- lishes itself as a forward looking comprehensive solution. Aury continues: “It is no longer a case packer simply putting products in a case. It’s a 360° integrated approach using the latest tech- nologies to deliver all functionalities.” www.gebocermex.com Interpack 2017 is recording the highest demand among exhibitors in its history of over 55 years. By the official closing date of this international event for the packaging industry and related processing industries, exhibitors had booked about 20% more space than was available at the exhibition centre with its 262,400m 2 in 19 halls. Around 2,700 exhibitors can therefore be expected again from May 4-10, 2017, coming from about 60 different countries. Save Food will play a role at interpack 2017. A special show called innovationparc will be held, with packaging ideas and solutions designed to reduce food losses and waste. interpack is a unique platform for businesses offering products and solutions in packaging technology and related processes as well as packaging media and materials for the various segments of this industry: food, beverages, confectionery and baked goods, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, non-food consumer goods and industrial goods. The products and services presented here will be supplemented by several specialist areas. Working together wi th the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), interpack 2017 will put the focus on Industry 4.0, in particular. The special show will take the form of a technology lounge at the VDMA stand, featuring examples of solutions in packaging machinery and process engineering and opening up new opportunities for applications in security, traceability, copying and counterfeit protection as well as in customised packaging. We from PETplanet Insider have piched on the PET relevant themes and companies in our preview! Gebo Cermex Hall 13 - Booth C47