A new specialized division of Sacmi comes to life, integrating and putting all the expertise of the Group in one package. The appointment is at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne, where the absolute latest innovations from the CBF to the FFS of Benco Pack with the ISA patented system will be on display.
The objective is ambitious: enter into the dairy industry as a supplier providing integrated turn-key solutions that range from forming to filling to labelling. The new Sacmi Dairy Division will present some important innovations that make the difference for operators in the sector at The Anuga FoodTec trade show in Cologne, Germany, from March 27 to March 30.
This is another goal reached due to a specific choice made regarding industrial policy and brought forward in recent years by the Group. Sacmi Dairy combines the best of the three “Made in Sacmi” technologies for plastic processing: compression, injection and thermoforming. This joins together with the Group’s extensive experience accumulated over the years as a supplier of integrated solutions for the beverage sector.
The Sacmi Beverage division has raised the bar significantly in terms of objectives, aiming at synergies between new SBF blowing machines and solutions developed by Sacmi Verona for labelling, as well as solutions developed by Sacmi Filling regarding filling technologies. With this in mind, Sacmi Dairy comes to being as a vertical and horizontal integration inside the Group. The start up point is Benco Pack, a Sacmi Group company that has dominated the dairy sector for a long time with its FFS and sterile filling technologies. Sacmi Dairy is the result of the union between the state-of-the-art CBF (Compression Blow Forming) and Roll Fed Sleeve Technologies of Sacmi Verona (shrink-wrap label application directly from the film on the reel).
This approach to the market makes Sacmi a complete technological partner, a company that will bring never before seen innovations to the most important trade show of the sector. Sacmi’s CBF “bottling machine”, which includes a unique and advanced technology, will be presented at Anuga, demonstrating an application for producing containers and classic packaging for yogurt, desserts and similar products. These will be the main players in the packaging line, which visitors at Anuga will see in action at Sacmi’s stand. The renovated Benco Pack FFS packline with its patented application developed by Sacmi Verona will also be on show for labelling applications. The result is thermoformed containers of 250 to 500 grams that are sealed and labeled to perfection, directly from the film in the reel. This process is completely automated in a very compact space that can be managed by only one operator.
The most significant strong point of this truly unique solution in the world is its ISA – Integrated Sleeve Applicator. Modular, faster, due to its enhanced motor trolley, and easier to clean, through use of a cam for sleevers not inserted with the collection box, the applicator is extremely precise and provides high performance with production speeds that can reach 30,000 sleeves per hour. The innovative tab reading sensor and elements that minimize line downtime through the vapor system making restarts faster, completes the “pluses” that come with this solution. The suction and air blowing system also minimize defects, as they eliminate excessive vapor in the pre-fixing and shrink-wrapping zone.
The same CBF with which Sacmi has replaced traditional technologies was further improved in the last few months. What is waiting at the horizon, for an event like Anuga FoodTec, which represents only the first, although important, occasion for presenting a series of innovations specifically designed for the Dairy sector, is the expansion of the machine range with additional research, put in the hands of Sacmi’s R&S Center for managing other types of resins in the same technological platform. Its capability of developing not only containers, but also bottles, makes Sacmi the ideal partner in a sector where the ability to unite high performance and flexible technologies, together with the possibility of offering the customer state-of-the-art solutions from a design standpoint makes all the difference.
