Weekly Roundup: Nestlé enhances palletizing with Sidel solution, Mondi: “Paper where possible, plastic when useful”

30 Aug 2019 --- In packaging news this week, Nestlé installed two units of CoboAccess_Pal, an industrial, safe and easy-to-use cobotic palletizing solution from Sidel, at their Orbe, Switzerland site. Mondi will be showcasing its collaborative approach with customers that creates tailor-made packaging solutions that are sustainable by design at Germany’s FachPack 2019 trade show in Nuremberg. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper will be presenting a wide-range of coated specialty papers for the label and packaging market at Labelexpo Europe 2019 in Brussels and at Fachpack 2019. In collaboration with Ardagh, the new Glenfiddich bottle has been designed to emphasize the brand’s special provenance and unique heritage, taking cues from its origins in the Valley of the Deer.

In brief: Automation and technology
Nestlé recently installed two units of CoboAccess_Pal, an industrial, safe and easy-to-use cobotic palletizing solution from Sidel, at their site in Orbe (Switzerland). By automating the palletizing of their Special.T capsules, Nestlé Suisse SA Orbe gained higher pallet quality while offering increased ease-of-operation for their workers. The latter benefit was ensured by the solution’s automation platform. Based on the combination of PC and programmable logic controller (PLC), it allows better-controlled trajectories for improved cobot picking and placing. Due to the continued success and growing demand for collaborative solutions, Sidel recently extended and completed its cobotic palletizing range with a medium version that offers a higher payload, launched in May 2019.

Ishida CCW-RVE 10-head multihead weigher, devised by Ishida’s Swiss agent, Itech AG in Rotkreuz. A Swiss manufacturer of all-natural pasta has found an automated packing solution featuring an Ishida CCW-RVE 10-head multihead weigher, devised by Ishida’s Swiss agent, Itech AG in Rotkreuz. Freiämter Spätzli GmbH is weighing its fresh “Spätzle” type noodles at up to 40 bags per minute, doubling the speed compared with the previous manual handling. The high output can be achieved reliably and consistently, while also delivering greater accuracy - packaging with a fill weight of 2,500 grams, for example, is overfilled by only three grams on average.

In brief: Trade show exhibitors and launches
Mondi will be showcasing its collaborative approach with customers that creates tailor-made packaging solutions that are sustainable by design at FachPack 2019. Optimizing the material used for packaging is part of Mondi’s framework - paper where possible, plastic when useful. Mondi’s approach revolves around three actions: replace, reduce and recycle. First, replace less-sustainable products and materials with solutions that help customers fulfill their commitments, as with PerFORMing, a new tray made of Mondi’s Advantage Formable brown paper with a respective barrier that replaces plastic, now in the market with leading European retailer REWE. Secondly, reduce the volume of raw materials used, and reduce the overall environmental footprint through operational efficiency and raw material choices, including recycled plastic and fibers. Lightweighting can reduce transport costs and related CO₂ emissions. Thirdly, recycle by developing hybrid paper and mono-material plastic solutions that are specifically designed for recycling. StripPouch is a fully recyclable, mono-material, stand-up pouch that espouses the Cradle-to-Cradle guidelines, developed with leading German FMCG company Werner & Mertz.PerFORMing, a tray made of Mondi’s Advantage Formable brown paper with a respective barrier that replaces plastic.

With two innovations in store, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper will be presenting a wide range of coated specialty papers for the label and packaging market at Labelexpo Europe 2019 in Brussels (Hall 6, Stand 6A09), but also at the Fachpack 2019 in Nuremberg (Hall 7A, Stand 7A641). The new products are jetscript METAL VPG 1018, a metallic-silver gloss inkjet paper for the water-based inkjet printing of self-adhesive labels, as well as barricote BAG WGOM, a fully recyclable flexible food packaging with a multi-barrier against water vapor, grease and oil, oxygen and aroma as well as mineral oil migration.

AVT, part of Danaher’s Product Identification group (PID), will present integrated solutions for enhanced productivity and efficiency at Labelexpo Europe, Sept 24-27 in Brussels, Belgium. It will showcase its newest, most advanced automated inspection solutions for label and packaging applications supported by next-generation workflow automation solutions per Industry 4.0 smart factory production. For example, for those customers seeking 100 percent inspection at full press and rewinder speeds without sacrificing quality, AVT’s Helios Turbo HD+ is touted as offering the most advanced inspection system in the marketplace today. The solution aims to afford high-resolution automatic inspection designed for exacting quality assurance of fine details, barcodes and variable data, for customers operating wider-web platforms (445-670mm).

In brief: Design and branding
The new Glenfiddich bottle has been designed to emphasize the brand’s special provenance and unique heritage, taking cues from its origins in the Valley of the Deer. The triangular bottle design includes a dramatic ‘V’ shape cut into the glass, framing the brand’s stag logo, plus shoulder embossing and new red tab neck labeling. Ardagh Group’s Design Team worked closely with Production, using their creativity to adapt the triangular bottle, designed by Here Design, to work on production and filling lines, while delivering William Grant & Sons’ vision for the distinctive new bottle. The redesign seeks to provide a fresh and distinctive new look that stands out and appeals to existing Glenfiddich drinkers, while also attracting those around the world who are new to the brand and category.

Edited by Laxmi Haigh