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The virtual PETnology conference Pack Passion Week 2021 INTERACT INNOVATIV INSPIRE
Pack Passion Week 2021
Thermoforming ILLIG Technology Center ITC is a creative hub for circular thinking packaging solutions
Session Programme:
ILLIG Maschinenbau | Heilbronn | Germany
14:00 - 18:00 CET ASIA: +6-8h AMERICAS: -6-8h
ILLIG Maschinenbau is a leading global supplier of thermoforming, packaging and tooling systems for plastics and cardboard. With “Circular Thinking” as its guiding principle, the company develops sustainable solutions for packaging manufacturers. The ILLIG Technology Center (ITC) team works with customers to develop, test and evaluate products to market launch and through to production on ILLIG systems. The ITC packaging laboratory is the link between application, tool and machine development. ILLIG bundles Pactivity® around packaging development in the ITC at the company headquarters in Heilbronn where product development partners work closely with ILLIG engineers and designers. Product ideas quickly take shape with 3D printing. In the laboratory, material properties of cardboard, paper and plastic are analyzed using optical scanners, microscopes, polariscopes, microtomes and tensile testing machines. Additional equipment includes a heat cabinet for determining shrinkage, and devices for checking the adhesive properties of material
combinations, tightness and topload of the molded parts. Circular economy solutions for all Optimized packaging can reduce the use of non-renewable raw materials and make recycling possible in the first place. Thermoformed packaging is thin-walled, resource-saving, and can be produced economically and is very well suited to the circular economy. In addition to recyclable material, the use of alternative and new materials in thermoforming is easily accomplished. Current ILLIG systems process bio-based and biodegradable plastics as well as new material combinations into high- quality formed parts. “Thanks to the decoration technology in thermoforming IML-T®, numerous new packaging variants can be seen in the food packaging arena. This also includes the solid carton blisters produced on ILLIG packaging systems,” explains Sven Engelmann, Head of ITC and Packaging Development.
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