Will exhibit its innovations at the Coesia booth S-2501
Volpak, a Coesia company, will take part in the 2022 Pack-Expo trade fair in Chicago and showcase the new SI 280, a horizontal form fill seal machine for the flexible packaging of consumer goods.
As a leader in the designing and manufacturing of flexible packaging machines for over 40 years, Volpak aims to strengthen its commitment to the North and South American markets. Volpak is part of Coesia, a group of innovation-based industrial and packaging solutions companies operating globally and will exhibit its innovations at the Coesia booth S-2501.
Coesia will present machines and products designed to increase the reliability and efficiency of production processes in food & beverage and pharma & personal care, as well as showcasing cross industry automation solutions. Volpak machines lead the industry in terms of performance and flexibility, catering the diverse needs of both bigger and smaller brands in the consumer goods market.
With the creation of the PouchLab in 2018 the Spanish company has sent a tangible signal by creating a place that allows for the testing of the strength and durability of new sustainable packaging materials, such as mono-material ones, as well as their machinability and market application.
Volpak will exhibits the SI 280 machine, capable of handling 100% recyclable materials – both packaging material and the hinge of zip pouches. The SI 280 features the assisted automated format change — a feature now available for the entire SI series via HMI. Format change is an important phase of production, which is why Volpak has automated some steps, especially in the envelope forming area, to optimize and speed up operations, allowing even technicians without specific training to be able to work on the machines.
The automation and digitalization of the entire SI series allow Volpak machines to be increasingly interconnected with production processes.
Another key feature of the SI 280 is the presence of OptiMate, the new Coesia smart HMI embedded on a Coesia panel. OptiMate makes it easier to change the format and maintain the machine, thanks to the intuitive interface and guided procedures.
The version on show in Chicago will be set up in a premium mode and will feature advanced characteristics compared to the standard version, including the ability to perform a production analysis through detailed reporting and advanced diagnostics for predictive maintenance.
In practice, OptiMate is a fundamental asset not only for controlling the machine in a simple and intuitive way, keeping under control every aspect during operation, but also for optimizing production and, consequently, the consumption of material and energy.
On top of OptiMate, the SI 280 features PerforMate, Coesia’s IIoT platform for real-time machine monitoring, which allows one to improve the control, collaboration, and performance of the entire machine pool, also working as a single portal for many innovative services.
The trade fair will take place from October 12 to 26, 2022.
The Covid-19 pandemic led to the country-wide lockdown on 25 March 2020. It will be two years tomorrow as I write this. What have we learned in this time? Maybe the meaning of resilience since small companies like us have had to rely on our resources and the forbearance of our employees as we have struggled to produce our trade platforms.
The print and packaging industries have been fortunate, although the commercial printing industry is still to recover. We have learned more about the digital transformation that affects commercial printing and packaging. Ultimately digital will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future.
Web analytics show that we now have readership in North America and Europe amongst the 90 countries where our five platforms reach. Our traffic which more than doubled in 2020, has at times gone up by another 50% in 2021. And advertising which had fallen to pieces in 2020 and 2021, has started its return since January 2022.
As the economy approaches real growth with unevenness and shortages a given, we are looking forward to the PrintPack India exhibition in Greater Noida. We are again appointed to produce the Show Daily on all five days of the show from 26 to 30 May 2022.
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