The Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini of Rome promoted the Open Innovation in Agrifood Programme ( http://www.socialroots.eu), aimed at fostering technological innovation in the agri-food sector. The Program consists of an International Call for Solutions and a Global Innovation Camp, which will take place in the Apulia Region April 15th to 19th 2018 and which will host the best proposals ( http://www.socialroots.eu/call-for-solutions-2017). This platform targets entrepreneurs, NGOs, cooperatives and start-ups, to gather innovative solutions and ideas in the agri-food sector (new products, services

The xylexpo .com website includes a new section dedicated to technological innovations presented by exhibitors at the upcoming edition. Here e xhibitors can upload a product description with a picture. This is a very useful tool for visitors who can acquire information in advance and organize an optimized time schedule for their visit in Milan. Click here to visit the section of technology news

The international press conference discussed the new corporate structure, the layout based on target markets, the international promotion activities and The Innovation Alliance. The first international presentation of IPACK-IMA 2018, the leading exhibition of food and non-food processing and packaging technologies scheduled for Fiera Milano from 29 May to 1 June 2018, was held on Saturday 6th May during Interpack. In the presence of journalists and representatives of business associations and companies from Austria, Brazil, China, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Singapore, Sweden

Bardiani Valvole is an established Italian manufacturer of hygienic valves for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. It exports its products to over 70 countries and the brand is synonymous with Italian technological innovation worldwide. Bardiani will be exhibiting at the Profood Tech 2017 trade show in Chicago where it will present its newest line of PMO valves. To learn more about Bardiani and its range of valves, please visit www.bardiani-valves.ca

No limit to imagination. A slogan that, in Sacmi’s case, translates into new technology for decorating caps, designed to complement plant and machinery used all over the world for manufacturing plastic caps – a field in which Sacmi is the world leader – with a solution capable of highlighting essential aspects for developing the brand and showcasing the product. It is the new COLORA CAP, the machine for digital decoration of plastic caps that will be presented at the Plastic Caps & Closure Conference in Chicago, the sector’s most important symposium in North America and a key occasion

Machines Italia teamed up with Daily Planet, the flagship science magazine produced and distributed by Discovery Channel Canada, to film a series of segments on exciting scientific and technological innovations by Italian companies. The Daily Planet crew was in central Italy at the beginning of May 2016 and stopped in Livorno, Carrara, Bologna and Modena, where they shot stories on compelling technologies such as stone and marble extraction and processing, soft robotics, sports motorcycles and exotic sports cars. The first four segments aired between the end of May and December, 2016, within

The great event scheduled two years from now at Fiera Milano will feature the debut of Print4All, the latest addition to the exhibitions catering to the printing world held from May 29 to June 1 2018 together with Ipack Ima, Plast, Meat Tech and Intralogistica Italia. Print4All is the result of the collaboration between associations ACIMGA (Italian Manufacturers’ Association of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting and Paper Industry) and ARGI (the Graphic Industry Suppliers Association), and combines three long-standing brands showcasing specific industrial production chains with strong

Machines Italia teamed up with Daily Planet, the flagship science magazine produced and distributed by Discovery Channel Canada, to film a series of segments on exciting scientific and technological innovations by Italian companies. The Daily Planet crew was in central Italy at the beginning of May 2016 and stopped in Livorno, Carrara, Bologna and Modena, where they shot stories on compelling technologies such as stone and marble extraction and processing, soft robotics, sports motorcycles and exotic sports cars. The first two segments aired on May 17 and May 19, 2016, within episodes (S3)

Famar is a historic brand that has been operating, for more than 45 years, on the global market designing and building automatic machinery for pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging. In 2015, Famar joined forces with Curti Costruzioni Meccaniche, a leader in the field of automation and mechanical processes, with experience in end of the line packaging machinery for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The merger created the Famar Tec group. Famar Tec group product range now include: Blister machines. Thermoformers for trays. Continuous or alternate cartoners. Side load case packers

After supplying its material for the seats of eight of the major Brazilian stadiums that hosted the 2014 Fifa World Cup, this year RadiciGroup is back in Brazil with its Radiflam S flame retardant PA 6 engineering plastics. Five of the venues of the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (August 5-21) - Centro Olimpico de Tiro Esportivo, Arena da Juventude, Centro Olimpico de Hóquei, Arena do Futuro, and Centro Aquático Maria Lenk - are, once again, going to bear the RadiciGroup brand name. The Brazilian market - where RadiciGroup has been present since 1997 with its Radici Plastics Ltda