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01/2016 UPDATE NEWS OF BETTER PACKAGING FOCUS Butchered inline, packed with complete process reliability and marked for full traceability INNOVATIONS & PRODUCTS Packaging solution for sliced products FURTHER TOPICS Interview with Hans-Joachim Boekstegers about the requirements of meat-processing companies BEYOND PACKAGING Interview with Dominik Rotter about MULTIVAC’s new Corporate Website Windows Phone NOW AVAILABLE AS AN APP AND IN THE WEB http://update.multivac.com EDITORIAL Dear Reader, For us 2016 is a year that stands under the star sign As regards the future direction of the MULTIVAC of IFFA. We have continually expanded our equipment Group, we will continue to further decentralize the man- portfolio, and today we are in a position to offer tailored ufacturing of our packaging solutions. Closer proximity and complete solutions to meat processing companies to customers, shorter delivery times, greater access to of all sizes – from the infeed of products right through to qualified staff and prevention of import restrictions are all packaging, quality control, labelling and even end-of line good reasons for us to operate other factories in different solutions such as secondary packaging. regions of the world alongside the main production site in We are looking forward to be able to present a wide Wolfertschwenden. Our production facility in Barcelona, range of new products to you at IFFA: these include the which has been part of the Group for five years, is an R 235 thermoforming packaging machine, a new and eco- example of this. nomical model for packing sliced products. As regards Do you know about our new website yet? Since the the traysealer sector, we will be presenting a new die beginning of the year, we have been presenting ourselves concept for producing MultiFresh™ skin packs with high worldwide with a new uniform online presence in more product protrusion. We have also expanded our portfolio than 30 languages. The most important innovation: by of chamber machines with several new models, among using a sector filter, you can now select in a targeted way them the B 325 chamber belt machine, an economical the particular content that is relevant to your sector. The entry-level model with a high cycle output. website also contains even more examples of applica- Designed specially for the requirements of industri- tions and pack samples. al-scale meat processing companies, we have developed These and other topics are presented to you in our a groundbreaking concept for the automated packing of current edition of UPDATE. I wish you a lot of enjoyment fresh meat. Among its features are the use of an efficient in reading it. thermoforming packaging process and a track-and-trace solution for traceability at the individual pack level. MultiFresh™ vacuum skin packs provide an attractive presentation of meat products at the point of sale. In this area as well, we have continued to expand our machine range, so that today the spectrum extends from an eco- nomical entry-level model up to a high-output machine for products with high protrusion. Yours sincerely, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers FOCUS MULTIFRESH™ Perfect vacuum skin packs .............................................. ............................................................................. page 18 PACKAGING OF FRESH MEAT Butchered inline, packed with complete process reliability and marked for full traceability ............. page 30 FURTHER TOPICS IFFA 2016 INDUSTRY 4.0 Interview with Hans-Joachim Boekstegers, Interview with Guido Spix, Director and CTO Director and CEO of MULTIVAC, about the of MULTIVAC, about Industry 4.0 solutions requirements of meat-processing companies .... page 46 for the meat-processing industry ........................ page 60 PROCESS RELIABILITY HANDLING MODULES FROM MULTIVAC MULTIVAC Easy Connect ................................... page 50 Solutions for the handling of products and for Precise labelling and marking of products .......... page 54 loading into primary and secondary packaging ... page 62 CONVENIENCE PRODUCTS Fast food, attractively packed ............................. page 74 BEYOND PACKAGING “THE NEW WEBSITE SETS THE BENCHMARK IN OUR SECTOR.” EDITORIAL ...........................................................page 3 Interview with Dominik Rotter, Manager for SNAPSHOT ..........................................................page 6 Online Marketing and E-Commerce, about INSIDE MULTIVAC ...............................................page 8 MULTIVAC’s new Corporate Website .............. page 124 INNOVATIONS & PRODUCTS TRAYSEALERS MultiFresh™ skin packaging solutions ................ page 36 THERMOFORMING PACKAGING MACHINES Packaging solution for sliced products ................ page 38 VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINES BASELINE P 650 double chamber machine ....... page 40 B 325 chamber belt machine .............................. page 42 MARKING AND LABELLING SYSTEMS SpeedUp module for TTO printers ...................... page 44 PACKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CANADA DENMARK TWI Foods invests in thermoforming Saigon Market packs its tofu products on packaging technology from MULTIVAC .............. page 78 a R 145 thermoforming packaging machine ..... page 102 SCOTLAND GERMANY Lions Speciality Foods invests in a T 300 Radeberger Fleisch- und Wurstwaren traysealer for packing its salmon products ......... page 86 Korch GmbH invests in an automated ENGLAND packaging line for sausage products ................. page 108 Vacuum skin packs are produced at Dovecote AUSTRIA Park with MULTIVAC technology ........................ page 90 The restaurant company Figlmüller puts its SWITZERLAND trust in chamber machines from MULTIVAC .....page 114 Ceposa AG uses a T 600 traysealer for FINLAND packing fresh antipasti ......................................... page 96 The innovative sliced products pack from Atria is produced on a packaging solution from MULTIVAC ................................................ page 120 CONTENT DID YOU KNOW? DECENTRALISED PRODUCTION MULTIVAC manufactures machines and TRADE FAIR CALENDAR .................................page 134 components in Spain ......................................... page 132 PUBLISHING INFORMATION ...........................page 135 SNAPSHOT At IFFA 2016 MULTIVAC will be presenting the compact R 085 e-concept thermoform- ing packaging machine, which does not require connections to water and compressed air, and which therefore uses significantly fewer resources than comparable models. The machine, which is particularly suited to small and medium-sized food companies, requires only a power supply and can therefore be set up very flexibly. UPDATE 1 ´16 7 MULTIVAC INSIDE MULTIVAC RECEIVES AN AWARD FOR INVEST- MENT IN BULGARIA TTIP ROADSHOW ward presentation: In February MULTIVAC received an award from AS GUEST IN A the InvestBulgaria Agency, part of the Bulgarian Economics Min- WOLFERTSCHWENDEN istry, for establishing a production factory and Shared Service Center in Sofi a. The award was presented during an offi cial ceremony in Sofi a ree Trade Agreement: Under the with around 250 representatives from politics and business. Ivo Dim- heading “What does TTIP do for itrov, Managing Director of MULTIVAC Bulgaria, received the second F us?”, experts from business, politics and prize in the category of ‘Investment in New Industrial Facilities’. government debated the planned Free MULTIVAC is planning the construction by 2018 of a new produc- Trade Agreement between the EU and tion site and Shared Service Center in Sofi a with an investment of the USA in Wolfertschwenden at the 18.8 million euros. Components and modules will be produced and end of November 2015. The event was assembled at the new production site, which will have a surface area part of the TTIP Roadshow across Bavar- of around 20,000 square metres. The factory will be equipped with ia by the Bavarian Economics Ministry, state-of-the-art turning and milling centers, as well as machines for the Swabian Chamber of Commerce sheet metal working. In addition to this, the site will also offer shared and the Swabian Trade Association. Mi- services in the areas of IT and purchasing for the entire MULTIVAC chael Gotschlich from the Bavarian Eco- Group. MULTIVAC is currently represented in Bulgaria by a sales and nomics Ministry, Markus Ferber MEP, service subsidiary. Hans-Peter Rauch, President of the Swabian Trade Association, and Chris- tian Traumann, a Director and CFO of MULTIVAC, discussed the pros and cons of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the USA in front of the pub- lic. Despite vigorous discussion, the conclusion was clear: Yes to helping to shape it, no to renouncing it. “If there is no TTIP, then other regions of the world will secure access to the USA, and in the medium-term, Europe will lose its largest export market,” declared Chris- tian Traumann. 8 UPDATE 1 ´16 MULTIVAC MARKING & INSPECTION TAKES PART IN ‘BROADBAND DAY’ nfrastructure: How important the Federal Broadband Office, as well MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection is is good broadband connection as other participants. The event took in fact connected via a fibre optic line for MULTIVAC at the Enger place at the end of October 2015 as to the Internet and therefore also to site? What does the current IT part of ‘Broadband Day in the District the network of the MULTIVAC Group, Iinfrastructure look like? And how of Herford’. Declared objective of the but a high-performance backup line is are future requirements assessed? Day of Action: Greater broadband becoming ever