Rewarding the best thesis Graduate (or dissertation) focused primarily on food safety and the study of the packaging, giving due recognition to the most innovative and worthwhile project. Here it is the goals, clear and precise, of the competition launched recently by EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority, entitled “Packaging and materials in contact with food: food security and environmental sustainability.”

To encourage and stimulate young people, students, experts and professionals to study, design and implement solutions for packaging, packaging products ever safer and reliable, able to provide the best protection to food contamination risks. Safe and quality, but not limited to, the packaging really perfect has to combine the functionality to a sustainable environment, both during production and in the disposal.

“Made in Italy” can offer many excellent examples of packaging, both among producers and among designers. Ronchi is an example of the quality of the Italian packaging industry, which is in continuous evolution.

Ronchi gives new look, new capabilities, new features to one of his flagship product, the filler Exacta, proposing a new “igienic” version. Presented at the recent Milan Show, Ipack-Ima, at the beginning of this month, this new variation of the filling machine Exacta provides maximum, both in terms of quality, performance, to two new sectors: pharmaceuticals and food.

Renovated engine, but, especially, renovated intent: the new version of Exacta is a single block, which includes a filler, a capper, and presents details and ultra hygienic solutions, ideal for pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics; the flow meter, who can claim the same high standards of efficiency and precision of other models Ronchi, are designed to meet the most stringent health standards.

Exacta R12/6S is the new ideal ally for food and pharmaceutical products. It ‘s the perfect solution for the packaging of drugs of different consistency and viscosity, such as syrups or mouthwashes, but also for the more dense and delicious food, sauces, like ketchup and mayonnaise.

The packaging has increasingly need a bit “extra” of innovation and technology, especially when the beneficiaries are not the ordinary consumers, but the astronauts. In both cases, whether you buy a product at the supermarket for a family dinner, or you are scientists in orbit, the packaging requirements, like continuous innovation, staring excellence, do not change.

Systems packaging, traceability and food storage to serve all users, who are on the “land” or in the “space”, have to ensure buying products packaged in the best, safe and high quality.

In particular, security and resistance are the most important canons for the “space” packaging. To recount the adventures of the packaging in orbit, it is Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut first to have conducted a long-duration mission in space (159 days aboard the International Space Station), host of the recent introductory lecture Ipack-Ima, the hall of packaging, material handling and package printing held in Fieramilano.

Nespoli has highlighted the importance of the packaging during space exploration missions. Each product and any material used must be able to withstand the stresses of the launch and preserved for months. The packaging, in order to become truly “space“, is composed of an outer packaging, consisting of two blocks of special foam material, shaped in the form of the object contained inside and outside the shape of the container where it will be housed.

The EXACTA series fillers win the top of the category, versatile, yet functional, efficient and reliable, they are also a guarantee of hygiene, safety and cleanliness.

Allied also ideal for the packaging of food products and pharmaceuticals, the filling of Ronchi Exacta, not fear “attacks” unscheduled or unforeseen contamination. Their implementation requires the elimination of health points of potential contamination. Any attack, whether tube or pipe, is completely sanitized.

If not enough, the management software of the machine includes a special section dedicated to the washing, which can be customized to suit individual needs. Completed washing, a further guarantee of hygiene and safety, the parts in contact with the product may be subject to strict sterilization process.

The packaging industry made in Italy won a good share of the international market, ensuring excellent standards of quality and efficiency, thanks also to a “square” increasingly attractive, Russia. In fact, the packaging market in Russia is growing steadily.

In particular, the demand of the food packaging industry in Russia increases and, in parallel, also the demand of quality. The answer is “strong and clear”: to meet the needs of customers and consumers, providing solutions that are always up to expectations, increased investment in the renewal of machinery and packaging, the focus is on research, innovation and on technology.

Growing demand expands the business opportunities for international suppliers to offer innovative technologies and complete packaging lines. The best international showcase, in this sense, seems to be UPAKOVA / UPAK ITALY: the first floor platform to establish and maintain business contacts with the Russian packaging market. This is the international trade fair for machinery, production and packaging materials, held in Moscow, 24 to 27 January 2012.