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4G® GHIDINI Srl is specialized in producing stainless steel ball valves and fittings

Founded in 1978, with over 40 years of experience, 4G® GHIDINI has always set the product and service quality as its main objective. Product quality is ensured by using raw materials exclusively sourced in the European Union and by processing them entirely in the production site located in Lumezzane, Brescia. Service quality relies on prompt stock availability of all the proposed items, added value in terms of offer and timely deliveries.

All the products are designed, manufactured and 100% tested before being marketed, following a correct certified construction practice and with the aid of highly advanced machinery to guarantee end-users a highlevel product.

The company is UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 certified. Product traceability is guaranteed throughout the entire production process, from the entry of raw materials to subsequent processing, up to the finished product. 4G® GHIDINI product is 100% Made in Italy, no import particulars are used.

4G® GHIDINI products are used in the most varied industrial applications, including Pharmaceutical, Biotechnological and Cosmetic industry; Food and Beverage; Chemistry, Process, Water treatment and Energy production.

Pharmaceutical industry needs the best technologies to meet the needs of its productions in sterile and aseptic environments. 4G® GHIDINI valves with integral seals without dead points eliminate the deposits of fluid inside them; high performances and certifications make them

Via Ruca, 400 (Z.I) - 25065 Lumezzane (Brescia) Italy Tel. +39 030 892 59 53 info@4gghidini.it - www.4gghidini.it the ideal product for clean applications. The valves, easily removable, guarantee ease of cleaning and quick maintenance. Food industry requires components such as ball valves and fittings that together with performance and reliability guarantee suitability for contact with foods through certifications such as “MOCA” 1935/2004/CE and FDA

For this sector 4G® GHIDINI provides specific solutions, such as predispositions for washing with CIP system, for sterilization by steam and for PIG product recovery systems. All 4G® GHIDINI valve models are available also in the version with heating jacket, ideal for the use in chocolate production.

For the chemical industry, the valves and fittings made entirely in Aisi 316L from bar ensure maximum compatibility with the most aggressive fluids and the most critical conditions of use; the possibility to configure them ad hoc allows to obtain the maximum yield.

The valves can be installed in hazardous areas given the ATEX II 2 G-D T4 certification. Products comply also with the technical regulation EAC TR CU 010/2011 and EAC TR CU 032/2013.

The different types of connections allow 4G® GHIDINI to customize ball valves according to customer’s needs, making them suitable for installation on any system. Strengthened of the past and present challenges, 4G® GHIDINI is ready for the future ones.

Micro Ingredients

Complete system for weighing, dosing and storing ingredients for food production

Micro ingredient units are designed for storing and dosing (by weight) small and medium quantities of micro ingredients which are added to the main ingredients of the recipe. The micro-dosing station is ideal for biscuit, bread and pastry-making industries and food products in general, and it is designed to provide a fully reliable and safe food production process. Accurate weighing ensures recipe standardization, whereas plant automation reduces costs.

Advantages

• Perfect dosing and reduced waste

Very accurate dosing during recipe execution; raw material waste and production of non-compliant materials are minimized.

• Technological integration

It can be perfectly integrated into the main plant.

• Process automation = Fast and cheap

The high automation level guarantees fast dosing, lower management costs, accurate traceability, and fewer human errors.

• Customised discharge outlets and moving organs

The discharge outlet shape and components applied to the discharge technologies can be adapted to the features of the product to be handled – pitch of endless screws, agitator blades and screw feeders.

Easy inspection and cleaning

• The portholes can be easily removed to clean the tanks internally

• The screw feeder can be disassembled through quick fastening systems that make it possible to pull out the endless screw

• The moving organs like endless screws are machined from solid, ensuring low sliding tolerance and no sediments

FERMENTER

The ideal cradle for the production of natural liquid yeast

Industrial plants and standalone machines for the production of natural liquid yeast and poolish suitable for different types of flours and starters.

Advantages

• Consistent product quality

Replicable production process resulting in consistent finished product quality.

• Space maximisation

Reduction in occupied space and equipment such as proving baskets and retarder prover cabinets.

• Minimum operator involvement

The high automation level does not require skilled workers.

Quality-related benefits of natural liquid yeast

• Reduction or elimination of brewer’s yeast and adjuvant additives

• Relaxing effect on the dough, making it more stretchy, greater softness and improved shelf-life

• More regular crumb structure and thinner crust

• Better resistance to moulds and stringy bacteria

• Improved characteristic flavours and fragrances

• Improved nutritional value of the finished product due to the prolonged action of bacteria and yeasts

• Reduction of the phytic acid present in wholemeal bread

• Reduction of brewer’s yeast intolerance effect

• Consistency of results (reliable production quality)

ALTECH is one of the major European producers of self-adhesive label applicators for product decoration, coding and identification.

Today, the company distributes its systems all over the Italian territory through a network of direct sales, while the commercial distribution for Europe and overseas takes place in more than 50 countries through a network of 80 qualified resellers and 3 subsidiary companies in the United Kingdom, the United States and South America. Its range encompasses the following products: ALstep – low-cost applicator featuring modular and flexible configuration.

ALritma - high-performance label applicator, which can be easily integrated in packaging lines. It is also available with thermal transfer printing group in the ALritmaT version, for print/apply applications.

ALcode – real-time print-apply systems which apply labels immediately after printing, in any position, on both stationary and moving products (even at high speeds).

A specific pallet labelling version, ALcode P, is able to print and apply A5 format labels on two consecutive sides of a pallet (normally front and side, per EAN 128, or even three sides on request).

ALbelt - simplified linear system which is open, compact, and particularly economical. It can be configured for wraparound, c-wrap, top, bottom, top and bottom, top and side labelling of various products, cylindrical or flat. It’s ideal for labelling cases, boxes, trays, jars and cans. Its simple and solid main structure houses a conveyor and one or more labelling heads (choice of ALstep, ALritma or ALcode model). ALline – complex linear system able to apply self-adhesive labels to a wide range of product shapes, constructed with the most reliable materials and components on the market to offer the highest levels of performance and production.

The modular design incorporates ALstep and/ or ALritma heads and can be configured on the basis of customer requirements, allowing application of labels of any shape and size for front/back or wrap-around labelling and seal application to food, cosmetics, chemical and pharmaceutical products.

For further information: info@altech.it - www.altech.it

Cama Group

Via Como, 9 - 23846 Garbagnate Monastero (Lecco) Italy

Tel. +39 031 87 98 11 - Fax +39 031 85 63 73 sales@camagroup.com - www.camagroup.com

Downtime and

material use slashed thank to advanced secondary packaging from Cama Group

According to Statista, the Eastern European confectionary market accounts for some US$49.99 bn in revenue and is expected to grow by 5.13 % CAGR between 2022 and 2027. Coupled to changes in demographics and an increasingly more affluent society, many of the leading confectionary companies as are looking to expand and introduce new products, brands and formats. With the introduction of new brands comes the additional challenges for production and packaging, as new machinery with automation – the only obvious candidate to address an expanding market – has to be deployed across the board to cater for additional capacity requirements. But for this automation investment to be truly effective, it must offer unparalleled total cost of ownership, giving the end user as much agility and flexibility as possible to cater for multiple formats. Gone are the days of one machine for one pack style or brand. These days, modern production and packaging machines have to be incredibly flexible to cater for all possibilities. And it was for this reason, among many others, that a leading global confectionary brand approached Cama Group for new packaging solutions to be installed at its expanding Eastern Europe facilities.

According to Alessio Borgo, key account manager at Cama Group: “The customer was looking to enlarge its local business, through the introduction of new tablets and bars, all of which had to be packaged by the same machine. In short, it needed a new all-in-one solution that offered maximum flexibility and high performance for a wide range of products and configurations”. Cama’s solution comprised a tailored version of its class leading IF296 Monobloc toploading case packer. Capable of receiving products from the preceding flow wrapper at a rate of 950 ppm, the machine takes flat case blanks from an ergonomically designed magazine and erects them before transferring them to the loading station. Here, multiple 2-axis robots – designed and perfected inhouse by Cama – pick the confectionary products from a grouping device and loads them into cartons. Once the cartons are filled, they are closed and sealed using another robot.

Part of Cama’s Breakthrough Generation (BTG), the IF Series has design and operational features that are setting the standard in secondary packaging. Their modular, scalable and hygienically designed frameworks house contemporary automation solutions – including advanced rotary and linear servo technology – which can be tightly coupled to in-house-developed robotics, to deliver the all-important flexibility and adaptability required by modern packaging operations. The machine range is also based on a digital platform that supports full Industry 4.0 capabilities, including AR, VR and virtual testing, training and operation.

In addition to supplying the secondary packaging technology, Cama’s packaging design team was able to vastly improve the existing carton design. “The original carton was of a two-piece design with an inner tray,” explains Alessio. We were able to redesign this, replacing it with a single flat-blank based carton, which saves an incredible 15-20 % in packaging materials. With sustainability being a crucial metric, especially for a customer with such a large global footprint, this saving equates to a huge reduction in material use”.

Another major saving was achieved in the changeover routines. “We have worked very hard to develop streamlined changeovers,” Alessio elaborates. “Using guided systems and RFID identification, our solution offers changeover times as short as just 10 minutes, which is class leading in any industry!” www.camagroup.com

This is another stunning example of Cama’s ability to offer the ‘whole package’ – from packaging design up to a fully featured and future proof secondary packaging solution.

Via

Quintino Sella, 21/A - 43126 Parma, Italy Tel. +39 0521 98 23 81 Fax +39 0521 99 48 66

Caseartecnica Bartoli: alongside the dairy company with automatic or semi-automatic solutions

A wide range of machines designed for the entire milk supply chain. From the professional packaging industry to the needs of small producers and traders.

Caseartecnica Bartoli offers cutting and packaging solutions for the dairy sector designed to work in line or stand alone, thus responding to the demand for effective, automatic or semi-automatic tools.

Caseartecnica Bartoli is preparing for the next edition of CibusTec next October, consolidating what was already presented in the last edition (in the pre-covid era) with the exhibition and presentation of a new milk processing agitator for the production in particular of Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano. Completely oriented towards compliance with the hygiene and non-contamination requirements of the product that the market requires: it is an absolute novelty. The EVO Stirrer is equipped with a brushless motor with permanent magnets without a reduction gear and without oil inside. The current situation of the market and the sector requires products that have the primary objective of energy saving and environmental sustainability. This is undoubtedly a turning point in the sector where Bartoli has been present for over 60 years with machinery that responds in real time to the needs of the sector. Caseartecnica Bartoli develops and assembles new machinery along this path, putting innovation and respect for the product first.

The offer of Caseartecnica is completed with cutting machines: the use of automatic and semi-automatic machines for cutting hard and semi-hard cheese and other products other than dairy products (ham slices, pumpkins, frozen products, etc.). The cutting machines - portioners and panel saws - have a vocation towards ever greater automation of the production cycle with ever greater performance speeds.

In the field of hard and semi-hard cheese cutting, the ROCK20 PLUS, the latest generation automatic machine, allows you to choose to portion both fixed and variable weights. Versatility and flexibility characterize this machine suitable for working alone or in line with other Bartoli cutting machines allowing an entire portioning and packaging line.

The market trend and international customers allow Caseartecnica Bartoli to export 15% of its annual production abroad, mainly for Northern and Eastern Europe, in countries such as Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Serbia, but reaches also nonEuropean markets such as Canada, the U.S.A. and Brazil and Albania and Russia.

Automatic Dosing System: Accurate, reliable and eco-friendly Color Service is an Italian excellence and since 1987 has positioned itself as a leading supplier of automatic dosing systems for any kind of powder and liquid product. With a start in the textile field and thanks to years of experience and know-how, Color Service introduced its unique technology into many markets segments (rubber, tire, cosmetics, plastics) before orienting his innovation into the food industry, where the dosing of powders and liquids requires considerable precision, speed and traceability. Weighing is a key element of the food production process for quality compliance: dosing the proper amount of ingredients is extremely important to fulfill recipe specifications and constant quality requirements.

In most cases, the food industry’s weighing department employs operators who manually dose raw ingredients, resulting in difficult and complicated management in terms of weighing accuracy.

To support this necessity, our technology is designed to solve problems associated with the manual weighing of any kind of powders and liquids applied in the food industry and it is developed with the goal of achieving a safe, fast and precise dosing. The aim is therefore the development of high-efficiency systems that allow to minimize the production costs and boost productivity while also improving final product quality, essential for the competition of all companies.

According to customer’s requirements, Color Sevice offers to the market two solutions of