SACMI IMOLA S.C., a leading Italian technology supplier to the ceramic, plastic and packaging industries, will soon be presenting a new Formsleeve+ labeling machine at open house hosted at its offices in Italy on March 13th 2013. Putting to work laser or solvent technology, this breakthrough machines utilizes roll-fed film, making sleeves that have a heat-shrink percentage that is equal to…

It might not be the first place you think of when it comes to high-tech machine tools, but Italy has a long history of producing equipment that helps manufacturing plants operate efficiently. For instance, The Sacmi Group has been doing it since 1919. The US$1.7 billion company provides machinery for the packaging, beverage, ceramics, food processing and plastics industries. The company has come…