The development of modern industry increasingly relies on reliable joining and fastening technologies. They determine structural durability, product safety, and the efficiency of production processes in almost every sector of the economy.
Interpack 2026 promises to be a key meeting for the global processing and packaging sector. Exhibitors are focusing on smart manufacturing, new packaging materials and future skills in the context of regulation, automation and cost pressure.
Sidel aseptic solutions for the dairy market in India
ATS Life Sciences Systems and Kistler have developed an automated medical device assembly line based on the Symphoni platform, combining digitally synchronous motion with real-time force and displacement measurement.
Unitex has commissioned a new filament yarn production plant in Trang Bang with a capacity of 36,000 t/year, fully digitalized using Barmag's atmos.io platform.
Bulgarian company Ecoinvest processes around 40,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year, including heavily contaminated LDPE/LLDPE film waste, using an Intarema TVEplus recycling line to produce regranulates with stable properties.
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Colines has supplied Industrias Belen with a seven-layer ALLRollEX line for in-line production of coreless stretch film, equipped with an AI-based virtual production assistant.
Siemens Nanjing plant has been included in the World Economic Forum's Global Lighthouse Network as a benchmark factory in the productivity category, recognized for its use of digital twins and AI applications.
Kistler has introduced the maXYmos Analyzer software, which enables fast analysis of measurement curves from joining and assembly processes, supporting production optimization and scrap reduction.
Dhunseri Poly Films has ordered from Brückner Maschinenbau a BOPET film production line with a designed speed of 700 m/min for its plant in Panagarh, West Bengal, India.
The SKZ Plastics Institute in Würzburg is conducting a two-year research project to develop a simple method for assessing the quality of polypropylene recyclates using the strain hardening test (SHT).
