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TruFORM: Next generation forming set technology
PROCESSING & PACKAGING
IMA DAIRY & FOOD signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in INTECMA S.A.
IMA DAIRY & FOOD acquires majority stake in INTECMA S.A.
The German packaging machine group IMA DAIRY & FOOD has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in INTECMA S.A. based in Sant Just Desvern, near Barcelona. Well established in southern Europe and the Maghreb countries, INTECMA will keep the existing brand name as per the new deal signed in September 2020.
INTECMA was previously owned by the managing partner, Manuel Gonzalez, who founded the
A big step towards sustainable packaging solutions
company 30 years ago. "INTECMA is well positioned in areas that are part of the core business of our Erca and Hassia brands. We also want to use the company's ex- pertise with its unique ZERO Technology® to offer our FFS customers the opportunity to convert their existing machines to sustainable packaging materials- from com- posite to mono-materials that can easily be recycled. With the INTECMA punch easy breakable PET, PP and PLA cups can be produced. This enables us to offer our customers a one-stop solution for packaging their pro- ducts in sustainable packaging", says Thomas Becker, CEO and partner of the IMA DAIRY & FOOD Group.
"With the worldwide sales and service network of IMA DAIRY & FOOD we can build up and expand our presence in markets that we were previously unable to cover with our sales team," explains Manuel Gonzalez, Managing Director of INTECMA.
(Source: IMA Dairy & Food)
The new TruFORM forming set from BW Flexible System
Aglobal manufacturer of packaging systems that fill and bag thousands of food and non-food products, BW Fle- xible Systems have designed and re-engineered from the ground up TruFORM. Superior performance flexible packagers TruFORM is both lighter and more adept at handling various films, offering users a superior performance. The updated tech- nology improves film handling, allowing users to reduce wasted film, effort and time during packaging operations.
The forming set is an integral part of flexible packaging equipment. The machine wraps film around the set to form it into bags, while simultaneously delivering product through
Superior performance flexible packagers TruFORM is both lighter and more adept at handling various films, offering users a superior performance.
the set into the newly formed bags. With updates to packa- ging machinery and new film materials in the marketplace, the forming set was due for an upgrade. Also part of its revo- lutionary design, TruFORM is available now as an upgrade for existing Ultima vertical bagger installs and with new Ultima machines. In the future, it will be a standard forming set on new Hayssen flexible packaging equipment.
BW Flexible Systems creates flexible packaging solutions by bringing together some of the industry's most trusted and innovative brands, including Hayssen, Rose Forgrove, Sandiacre, Schib, Simionato, SYMACH and others. BW Flexi- ble Systems is one of several Barry-Wehmiller companies re- presented in BW Packaging Systems, which brings together the collective packaging capabilities of Accraply, BW Flexible Systems, BW Integrated Systems, Pneumatic Scale Angelus and Synerlink.
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(Source: BW Flexible Systems)