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Sacmi: Your green-labelling partner Less glue and a reduction in raw material waste coupled with thinner, better-performing labels from recycled resin will have a positive impact on packaging for the food and beverage industry. Sacmi’s new range of labellers is designed to take the industry into the age of the circular economy.
M
odern labels are a key tool
Key advantages for the customer
for brand owners to get their
include the widely
messages across to markets
acknowledged reliability
and consumers. The modern label takes
of solutions. It is critical
its cue from heightened public awareness
to remember that
and stricter standards governing the
thousands of
industry and forms part of the global drive
machines and
towards greener packaging options. Sacmi’s
systems have
comprehensive range of labelling machines
been installed
combine unique productivity, ergonomics
globally by
and modularity by involving every aspect of
some of the
the beverage production line.
industry’s major players. Thanks
“…labelling machines combine unique productivity, ergonomics and modularity by involving every aspect of the beverage production line”
to an extensive understanding
range offers numerous other opportunities. This is in part due to the development
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of solutions upstream and downstream from
Sacmi is an international group and a prominent supplier of complete plants and machinery for the plastics, food and beverage, metals, packaging and advanced materials sectors. The company is committed to and focused on the application of innovative technologies, its strong positioning on the world market and continuously maintaining its high standard of quality and customer service
of plastic materials and processes, Sacmi has drawn on years of research to identify
the labelling line. These include the newly launched D-Match digital module. This segment allows personalised single-pass label decoration. This
solution is of huge interest to large hotel chains and the catering/hospitality
new bio-compatible materials and so
sector as it allows for eye-catching brand
ensure, across the standard machine range,
personalisation and enhancement.
that users can process re-use resins. The range benefits from the group’s
The packaging machine supplier has risen
In addition to green labelling, the labeller
Close support from the customer service division comes as standard across the
unique ability to work alongside customers
entire range. In synergy with the Sacmi
to the challenge of the circular economy
via its global network at every stage of the
global network, this division provides
by implementing innovation across its
order, from initial design to after-sales
advanced training and technical assistance
entire labeller range. Starting with reduced
assistance. Close support from the Sacmi
packages and services (which can also
glue usage, these innovations allow for
research and development facility lets
be accessed remotely via cutting-edge IT
the use of ever-thinner labels (without
customers test all solutions prior to full
solutions such as augmented reality).
compromising performance), thus saving on
industrialisation (the facility has been
raw materials and reducing waste.
quality certified by the industry’s major
be used in concert with labelling vision
international players).
systems units, ensuring total quality
More specifically, these labellers are designed to allow application of labels
Sacmi labelling machines can also
control at every stage of the process. •
made from post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials. Sacmi seized opportunities that stem from the processing of food-grade recycled resins by implementing it on every solution in the portfolio, from closures to preforms and labels. Labellers are designed to allow application of labels made from post-consumer recycled materials.
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Food Review | April 2020
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