Food packaging is one area where plastic is used in abundance as it keeps food fresh for a longer period of time, is cost effective and flexible in nature. With the plastic menace looming over us, it’s time to switch to more eco-friendly materials which deliver more sustainable food packaging options but what does this mean for packaging machine manufacturers in the food sector? Read on to find out…

Wacker has plans to expand the production capacity of semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its Burghausen site in Germany. This move will help the firm to increase its existing cleaning capacity by well over 50 percent.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for automotive capacitor films, which are used in the production of electrified vehicles, Toray has decided to further expand the production of its Torayfan biaxially oriented polypropylene film at its Tsuchiura Plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Pfeiffer Vacuum has introduced new multi-stage roots pumps ACP 90 for oil- and particle free applications. The pumps prove beneficial for pumping large amounts of condensable gases like in drying applications, high humidity environments or large insulating volume pumping.

Natron Energy and Arxada have announced the world’s first large-scale production of battery grade prussian blue materials at Arxada’s plant in Visp, Switzerland. The plant will supply the materials to Natron Energy in order to develop a battery capacity of up to 600 MW every year.

Under a MOU signed between both the parties, Leonardo and Siemens Digital Industries will work together to provide advanced cybersecurity solutions for IT or OT technologies specifically for digital and integrated industrial infrastructures.

Topsoe has plans to build the world’s largest industrial scale electrolyzer production plant in Herning, Denmark. With an annual capacity of 500 MW along with a scalability up to 5 GW, the project is claimed to be one of the first of its kind.

The joint project ‘Hystoc EU’ is a byword for ‘Hydrogen Supply and Transportation using liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers’ (LOHC) and aims to establish and test an efficient hydrogen value chain utilizing Hydrogenious’ proprietary LOHC technology in Finland.

Nord Drivesystems presented a series of innovations at the recently held Interpack event in Dusseldorf, Germany. Right from decentralized frequency inverters to energy-efficient drives to high-performance surface treatments for wash-down or spray areas, the firm exhibited it all.

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