PALLETIZING AND LOAD SECURING IN THE SMALLEST OF SPACES
In May this year, Maschinenfabrik Mˆöllers took advantage of the ‘interpack’ exhibition in Du¨sseldorf to showcase one of its latest innovations. From its new machinery series 2 in 1, the machine building specialist from Beckum in Westphalia exhibited the PHS machine. This combines palletizing and load security in a compact machine and above all saves space which would otherwise be needed for conveying technology.
With the know-how and experience of both technologies Maschinenfabrik Mo¨llers has developed a machine with two components which fulfills the highest demands: the low-level module palletizer stacks packaged goods in a stable and secure manner for all desired pallet formats; and the integrated automatic transverse stretch hooder packs at the end of the palletizing process with the lowest film consumption and highest efficiency — for a secure load.
The combination of two core technologies in one machine without additional conveying technology is trendsetting. With palletizing and load securing at the same location, PHS also benefits companies whose production sites only leave minimal space for new machinery. Technologically state-of-the-art, PHS also stands for economic and ecological sustainability. Low energy requirement and low film consumption which stand at up to 30% below the material investment of other packaging processes, are significant features of the transverse stretch hood technology which apply to the PHS.
Using minimal space requirements, vital production steps are implemented quickly, reliably and both with high performance. The PHS operates with stretch hood film of all types and quality. In addition, each desired pallet format is adjustable for all clients’ needs. Hence Maschinenfabrik Mo¨llers guarantees greatest flexibility and the cross-sectoral applicability of the machine.
 
MÖLLERS PRESENTS R&D-CENTER VIA INTERNET VIDEO BROADCASTING
Investment in a new machine or an entire line is thought through carefully. With its R&D-Center, Maschinenfabrik Mo¨llers gives its customers the opportunity to test machinery prior to purchase — at the Beckum production site or via internet link.
With a unique concept Maschinenfabrik Möllers supports its customers when deciding on a new machine. The company’s R&D-Center in the immediate vicinity of the works in Beckum presents the core technologies of the production processes from bagging to load securing. The machines on display are fully useable and ready for a series of tests with clients’ products. Bagging of various types of product, palletizing onto a pallet or as a palletless load unit as well as transverse stretch hood process with films of all types and of any dimension. All data which is captured during a test is evaluated in detail and thus defines individual parameters for each application.
At the R&D-Center various machines stand at the ready: a form-fill-and-seal machine from Greif-Velox, peripheral conveying technology as well as a PLS palletizer from Maschinenfabrik Mo¨llers.
At interpack in Du¨sseldorf, Maschinenfabrik Mo¨llers presented yet another new development: via live video broadcasting visitors to the booth will gain an insight into the
R&D-Center in Beckum. Booth visitors experienced how machines interact with each other in the overall process — from bagging to load securing. As one feature of this, the cameras can be computer-controlled from the booth in order to bring all desired procedural steps or components into focus. The video broadcasting makes future machinery tests possible, not only on site at the R&D-Center, but via internet broadcasting worldwide to customers’ offices.
A shuttle-bus transfer offered interested fair visitors and press representatives the opportunity to be brought from Du¨sseldorf directly to the works in Beckum in order to view the machinery on site.
 
INTERPACK 2011
Interpack 2011 was deemed to be one of the most successful ever. According to the exhibitors, decision-makers accounted for roughly three quarters of the 166,000 trade visitors.
The exhibition was one of the most successful events in the 53-year history of the renowned trade fair for the packaging sector and related processing industries. This was the unanimous sentiment among the 2,700 exhibitors from 60 nations in all of the 19 fully booked halls of the Düsseldorf trade fair centre from 12 to 18 May 2011.
Exhibitors at interpack 2011 were in excellent spirits and reported having a host of excellent meetings with high-calibre visitors. Many had approached companies with specific orders, they said, and extremely lucrative post-fair business was expected. Among them were a particularly large number of decision-makers from top management. “At our stand, there was huge interest in our products. We generated 30% more contacts than in 2008, including members of top management, brand manufacturers and many potential new customers. The message from numerous other exhibitors has been much the same. interpack has confirmed the stability of the positive economic trends,” says Christian Traumann, president of interpack 2011 and managing director of exhibitor Multivac Sepp Haggenmu¨ller.
The results of the visitor survey confirm the impressions of exhibitors. Particularly striking is the further significant increase in the proportion of decision-makers over the previous fair.Almost three quarters of trade visitors come from management — an absolutely exceptional figure. An especially large proportion of trade visitors came from top management, who turned out at interpack in even greater force. interpack’s internationality again underlines its standing as the world’s most important trade fair in its sector. Over 100,000 of the total of 166,000 trade visitors travelled to the fair from abroad, which is a share of over 60%. The visitor verdict on the scope of the trade fair couldn’t have been better. Sustainability, safety and convenience were the overriding themes at the exhibition.
The premiere of the SAVE FOOD campaign, which aims to fight international food loss and was organized by Messe Du¨sseldorf in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, attracted over 300 congress participants from all over the world on 16 and 17 May. The representatives of the food value chain, ranging from producers and the packaging industry through to retailers and representatives of politics, society and non-government organizations, were very taken with this opportunity for critical dialogue.