Digital in processing & packaging

IPACK-IMA, international fair specialized in processing and packaging, from the 3^rd to the 6^th of May, is introducing the 25^th edition of the renewed exposition with an important news. Thanks to the cooperation of MindSphere World – association that, since 2018, promotes technologies and services for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)- the IPACK-IMA Digital hub is born. From the 4^th to the 6^th of May, at Fiera Milano Rho, is possible to attend workshops and round tables on technologies and systems that optimize the informatic processes that characterize the industry 4.0

Digital transition is what today defines industry, globally. This phenomenon, that is pulling the sector towards technological innovation and new market forms, is the frame within which the industries of IPACK-IMA, involved with the production chain – from process to packing, from design to innovative material, from labelling to end-of-line, until automation – must necessarily refer to, in order to make their company competitive. That’s why IPACK-IMA chose to cooperate with MindSphere World: to give a voice to an important change, and to make available to professionals and visitors the vision of IPACK-IMA in the field of digital transformation; to raise awareness about applicative cases that gained important successes thanks to the strategic potential of data.

 Mindsphere World offers the possibility to access a true ecosystem of profitable partnerships between its associates, allowing startups and SMEs to present themselves on the market at the same level as the international big players. Innovation, security and cooperation are, aording to MindSphere World the keywords that define the revitalization of the Italian industry. As a demonstration, the Association, together with IPACK-IMA, organized the Digital program of this edition, gathering the interest and the active participation of 12 OEM exhibitors, leaders in the field of digital innovation: Cavanna, Concetti, GEA, Goglio, Ilpra, IMS Technologies, Nadella, OCME, Partena, Robopac, Selematic, Stilmas.

 Enterprises with a business focus in digitalization of productive processes bring to IPACK-IMA their experience in IIoT technologies, through the innovative solutions and the success stories of Engeneering, Miraitek, Orchestra, RAM Elettronica, Siemens e 40Factory.

The moment of deepening in the program is constituted by three round tables, hosted in the events area of pavilion 5 – with a debate on the issues of digital innovation for different business communities. Three moments, with focuses respectively on Pharma & Chemicals – Pasta, Bakery & Milling – and Liquid food and beverages, with important guests and industry representatives such as Baxter, De Cecco and Coca-Cola.  Every Round table, introduced by Maria Grazia Persico – Communication Officer of MindSphere World Italia – is preceded by a market overview, commissioned to the innovative startup NSA, that provides a complete insight of the context that will be debated during the round table.

The round tables calendar is structured as follows:

• Pharma & Chemicals – Wednesday 4^th may, 3:00pm with: Baxter, Cavanna, Engineering, Miraitek, Stilmas
• Pasta, Bakery & Milling – Thursday 5^th may, 10:00am with: De Cecco, Gea, IMS Technologies, Orchestra, RAM Elettronica
• Liquid Food & Beverage – Friday 6^th may, 2:15pm with: Coca-Cola, Goglio, Ocme, Siemens, 40Factory

“Having access to enabling information at any given moment and from any place, connectivity, transparence and data sharing: digitalization is a powerful enabler of innovation in the field of processing & packaging. Several applications are offered by the business in our sector that are capable of optimizing the machinery performances, boost productivity, avoid unexpected downtimes and offer services of predictive maintenance” – says Rossano Bozzi, CEO of IPACK-IMA. “This project in cooperation with MindSphere World constitutes and important innovation for IPACK-IMA and for all the visitors of the exhibition, that will be able to appreciate the success stories shown by the selected exhibitors, in their stands and during the workshops that we have organized for this first edition of IPAC-IMA Digital”.     

Appointment at IPACK-IMA from 3^rd to 6^th of May, 2022, with a return in presence to the pavilions of Fiera Milano, for an event of great impact, organized together with three instrumental mechanics fairs, in the context of the project “The Innovation Alliance”: Intralogistica Italia, focused on goods handling, Print4all, focused on the industrial printing technologies, converting and labelling, and the first edition of Greenplast, that focuses on the supply chain of plastic materials and rubber with a focus on environmental sustainability , energy efficiency and circular economy.