packaging technology

From transport to information carrier: intelligent packaging in retail logistics

“The biggest challenge in packaging is its integration into the supply chain”

Conventional packaging meets many demands – intelligent packaging can do even more. It is proactive and provides information about the condition, time and location of the transported goods. This is made possible by sensors applied on or inside ...

No more needless packaging waste in food retailing

Of washable bags, natural branding and boxes made out of grass

As the first supermarket of its kind, Rewe abolished plastic bags. Numerous other supermarkets followed suit. Now the supermarket chains offer bags made out of paper and cotton as well as reusable shopping bags. The Federal Minister for the ...

At first sight: Bizerba SliceCheck for visual inspections of sliced products

100 percent inspection before packaging

Bizerba‘s visual inspection system SliceCheck enables visual 100-percent inspections of sliced products before packaging. The real-time check detects mechanical damages and visual flaws including torn edges, holes or false orientation and ...

Ocado evaluated robotic picking and packing of shopping orders

World’s largest online-only grocery retailer working with prestigious universities in Europe to develop innovative robotic solutions

Ocado Technology announced a major development in the pursuit of creating robotic grocery picking solutions for Ocado's highly-automated warehouses. The Ocado Technology robotics team has created a robotic arm capable of safely grasping a wide ...

Ingenious design, Green packaging

Smart package design at FachPack 2015

Organized by bayern design, the Forum for Design Knowledge and a speech series at the PackBox will complement the FachPack 2015 trade fair taking place from September 29 to October 1 on the Nuremberg fairgrounds. Nuremberg, Germany. At bayern ...

“It’s wrong to turn stores into scrap dealers“

Interview with Kai Falk, Managing Director at German Retail Federation (Handelsverband Deutschland, abbr. HDE)

Retail does a lot to avoid waste, believes Kai Falk from the German Retail Federation HDE. He fights against further political obstacles and embraces the upcoming German Life-Cycle Resource Management Act as a step in the right direction. However, ...

The new PP trays for delicatessen and ½ GN trays

The existing range of ALX menue trays becomes more attractive and more elective. From now on small portion trays, which can be closed with the proven ALX sealing system, are also available. There are the sealable PP delicatessen rectangle cups in ...