Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland has deployed a semi-automated Mecalux Pallet Shuttle warehouse in Lisburn, providing high-density storage for 9,000 pallets and stricter inventory control to support distribution across the island of Ireland.
Interview with Thomas Franken, Director of K Show.
Coveris received the Green Packaging Star Award 2025 in the Environmentally Friendly Production Process category for its SleeveFlexR Stretch solution, presented at the Fachpack trade fair in Nuremberg. The PE-based sleeves are recyclable through existing collection streams.
Colines has produced fully recyclable stand-up pouches combining a 70 micron PE-barrier film from a nine-layer Polyblown blown line with a 25 micron cast MDO-PE print web stretched 4.8:1. The pouches, printed and converted by Sumer Plastik using ExxonMobil resins, will be presented at K 2025.
Stadler has completed and commissioned a highly automated lightweight packaging sorting plant for PreZero in Sollenau, Austria, designed for 104,500 t/y across two modules. The facility integrates AI-based safety, 35 NIR sorters from Steinert and extensive redundancy to support continuous, high-accuracy operation.
Campetella Robotic Center will present modular automation, a new medical unit, an AI-enabled HMI platform and automatic winders at K 2025, alongside applications for food packaging, nicotine pouch containers and post‑molding decoration.
KHS has upgraded its rolling maintenance concept for beverage fillers, enabling faster changeovers, flexible testing and lower startup error rates. The approach cuts typical downtime from about two weeks to roughly 10 hours.
Krones acquired 60% of GHS Separationstechnik and fully took over the Netherlands-based Can Systems Worldwide, adding decanter centrifuges and can-end handling equipment to its offering.
The US FDA has issued a No Objection Letter for Starlinger’s polypropylene cap-to-cap recycling process on the recoSTAR dynamic system, allowing beverage caps made from 100% post-consumer PP to be used under Conditions of Use C to H, including hot fill.
KHS has launched its browser-based Virtual Training Center as part of KHS Campus, adding interactive modules for cans, glass and PET. The program supports self-paced learning on digital twins and is now commercially available with more content and languages planned.
Hubergroup Print Solutions will present its water-based Hydro-i ink portfolio for corrugated packaging at IndiaCorr Expo 2025. The series, introduced in 2022, combines high print performance with low VOC content and local manufacturing in Silvassa.
Henkel Adhesive Technologies and Ravenwood Packaging have formed a strategic cooperation focused on hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesives for linerless labelling. The alliance will be highlighted at Label Expo 2025 on stands 4C56 and 5A52.