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ACMA is a member of
Coesia Group, since 1986.
Coesia, a privately owned
Group, focuses on
creating long-term
sustainable economic,
social and environmental
value for its
stakeholders.
A Company whose value is Excellence
in Innovation & Development.
HIGHLIGHTS
Welcome to ACMA
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PACKING CUBE
INNOVATION
EXPERTIS
E
FLE
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ILIT
Y
The name ACMA is
synonymous with products
that have become part of
people’s everyday lives
and machines that have
revolutionized Italian and
worldwide packaging.
It represents over 90 years
of success for the Italian
industry.
Innovation has always been
at the core of ACMA’s
philosophy and the key
to setting the market
standard throughout its
long history.
Today, the market situation
demands that the company must
be even more competitive and,
to face such challenges, even
though technological innovation
made ACMA great, it cannot be
the sole answer.
Fortified by in-depth knowledge
of modern technology, ACMA
not only creates original
solutions, but also improves
the functionality of traditional
packaging whilst retaining its
appeal.
ACMA attaches great importance
in establishing long-term
partnerships with its customers
in order to add value to their
business and achieve mutual
success.
A STORY OF EXCELLENCE
The new organization of
ACMA, with the other
Companies in the group, is
ready to support marketing,
which is constantly evolving
in terms of product demand
and technology.
The Business Units that
have been set up represent
the new organization’s
layout for sales and
marketing activities and
make ACMA extremely
versatile for modern
packaging offers.
ORGANIZATION
ACMA-COESIA MISSION•To become the most successful
Group of automated machinery
companies in the world.
•Using superior business
procedures and methods.
•Providing value-creating solutions
and life-cycle after-sales services
to its customers.
•Guaranteeing high returns on net
assets.
•Generating satisfaction for our
customers, employees, suppliers
and shareholders.
OUR CORE COMPETENCIES
CB Confectionery& Bakery CW Chocolate
& Wafer
SP Soap& Powder
FF FoodFilling
CF ChemicalFilling
TB TeaBags
INNOVATION
The international packaging market is
incredibly dynamic.
Encompassing the different shapes,
materials and designs, packaging
expresses the personality of the
products it contains.
Creativity is the ability to come up
with exclusive solutions to any
problem.
This is what ACMA does every day
when it takes on various projects for
the widest array of products.
ACMA’s wealth of experience from
being in constant contact with the
main markets provides the company
with great experience and flexibility.
ACMA also exploits creativity to
develop new and innovative containers
for new product categories.
Innovative Packaging Solutions
®
IPS (Innovative Packaging
Solutions) recently developed
value-added innovative packaging
solutions designed to meet
and even exceed Customer
expectations.
ACMA’s ideas develop into reality
when it transforms a project into
an authentic product.
ACMA offers its technology to
customers in order that a strong
partnership can be established
with its customers according to
its corporate mission.
The company aims at guaranteeing
a comprehensive service.
ACMA provides you with the
opportunity to visualize your
brand new product concepts.
Each country, each company and
each product is unique.
This uniqueness should be
enhanced to support an
increasingly complex supply,
especially in the large-scale
retail industry.
ACMA’s success is closely linked
to its innovative skills.
ACMA has patented over 200
original solutions and strives to
offer this wealth of creativity to
its customers.
Working together with your
marketing department, ACMA IPS
represents a new starting point
for creative development.
Zip Top carton box
Design study & prototyping
FLEXIBILITY
From rigid to flexible packaging.
From individual packets to multi-packs.
For solids, liquids or creams.
ACMA works with you to find the best packaging
solutions, ensuring your product always has a new
look, but at the same time complies with the various
requirements of hygiene, economy and productivity.
ACMA. ANYTHING IS REALLY FEASIBLE.
CW
SP
TB
one brand any shape
one productendless applications
Acma makes progress with
the diversification needs
of your product, offering
you an endless range of
solutions and marketing
ideas.
Each one of your products is unique and exclusive.
bakery
chocolate
dete
rgent
soap
confe
cti
onery
food
dete
rgent
personal
care
confe
cti
onery
BRAND
1 brand 100 solutions
1 product 100 solutions
100 products 1package
100 products 1package
Example of a brand proposed in different packaging
Example of Product proposed in different packaging styles
Example of different products in FlowPack packaging style
Example of different products in DoyPack packaging style
ketchup
CB
FF
CF
FF
one brand any shape
one productendless applications
ACMA offers direct assistance to its
customers for the fastest possible
solutions to every kind of problem and
to forge a strong partnership with them.
ACMA TAKES CARE OF YOU.
CUSTOMER CARE
CustomerServiceCenter
®
A group of professionals specialized in national and
international financing are at your service to offer
a complete range of facilities covering all stages of
purchase, from business negotiations to stipulation
of the contract, as well as financing the order.
The company’s financing flexibility also means we can
offer advantageous payment schemes, customizing
the financial project to better meet the needs of our
customers.
The advantages and benefits gained from purchasing
all the machines making up a whole line from just
one consolidated supplier are obvious in terms of
financial responsibility and guaranteed performance.
ACMA has set up a worldwide sales network of
Area Managers, with sales as well as technical
services on all five continents.
We are on the marketplace in more than 100
countries, doing business daily with 70 of them.
We exploit a network of representatives on all
five continents, split-up into sales delegations,
distributors and agents. Our Area Managers
are packaging experts with extensive knowledge
of the characteristics and needs of the
different markets they manage.
There is also a network of official specialized
technical services, distributed strategically
across the globe in order to meet the
requirements of each market as quickly as
possible.
Installation is one of the most important and
critical aspects of every project and ACMA
guarantees its customers a huge amount of
experience in turnkey plants.
Since ACMA’s staff work as a team, coordinating
their different activities, the company confirms
its strong partnership with customers through its
modern philosophy of continuous improvement.
Customers will be assigned their own personal
technicians who will check every aspect of
the installation project and who will expertly
supervise the entire process.
ACMA tests its equipment meticulously prior to
shipment: the company aims at developing the best
solution so that the customer is able to reach the
target production output as quickly as possible.
INSTALLATION
EXPERTISE
CustomerServiceCenter
®
TRAININGACMA believes in tailor-made services, training new
teams, with new applications and improvements for
its own service technicians over five continents to
provide immediate cover.
Get the best results with customized, expert
training.
Do you have a high production staff turnover?
Have new employees just joined your production
staff?
Do any of your shifts fail to provide the expected
results?
ACMA’s Training Centre can help you to get the very
best results from your people, optimising the quality
and performance of your production facilities.
ACMA organizes several training courses, mainly
for its customers, to enhance the skills of service
technicians, machine operators and line foremen,
to optimize their daily tasks with the objective of
improving operational proficiency and enhancing
production efficiency.
Furthermore, ACMA can also organize training
courses for technicians who wish to become ACMA
Official Service Technicians, so that they can
service the company’s machines worldwide.
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further
details if you would like to organize a training
course for your staff members on any packaging
machine you have at your plant.
OriginalSpareParts
®
Only the longstanding experience of an
outstanding company can guarantee spare
parts, which are carefully designed and
manufactured to meet high quality, efficiency
and life service requirements.
ACMA factory-original spares ensure strict
quality standards for your machines.
ACMA can also provide for mechanical and
electronic up-dating for all of its machines:
to improve production and maintenance
performance.
ACMA packaging service offers customized
solutions, ranging from assortments of
spares and consumables, through maintenance
contracts, to analysis and optimisation of
existing systems.
ORIGINAL SPARES
AFTER SALES
ACMA and its main branch offices around the
world have specialized in machinery rebuilding
over the past years.
A complete rebuild is suggested for machines
which have been used for more than 25,000
hours or have exceeded 10 years of service.
Rebuilding entails the following:
•Completedisassemblyofthemachine
•Repaintingofcastingandmachineunitsand
replacement of worn parts
•Installationofnewunits
•Replacementofsizeparts
•Replacementofelectricandpneumaticcircuits
•Replacementofoldcontrolcabinetwithnew
PLC-cabinet
REBUILDING
A complete rebuild requires:
•Highlyskilledpersonnel
•Originalspareparts
Knowledge of how the machinery has developed is
crucial to be able to decide which new units need to be
installed, which installation tools are required and how
to reset the machine.
A complete upgrade guarantees:
•Improvedperformanceoftheoriginalmachine
•Productquality
•Possibilitytousethelatestpackagingmaterials
•Completeandupdateddocumentation
•Machinerycompliancewithhealth&safetyregulations
in force at the individual work place/country
•CEcertification
•Six-monthwarranty
ANALYSIS
MARKETING
ACMA never ceases to analyse the
different market requirements, to
achieve maximum synergy while seeking
packaging and production solutions.
The relationship between ACMA and
its customers is based on mutual
co-operation with the aim of getting
maximum results.
ACMAMarketingDepartment
®
24 Kennedy’s Confection April 2007
The international packaging market represents a lively,evolving reality. Through its different forms, materialsand designs, packaging expresses the personality
and unique characteristics of the product. Shelf-presence isimperative, both for stimulating customer product trials,repeat purchases and rangeextensions.
Endemic development
Over the years, ACMA has patentedmore than 200 solutions, all of which areavailable to its customers. It works closely with marketingdepartments and has developed its Innovative PackagingTechnology (IPT) department, representing a new starting pointfor creative development. IPT is constantly conceivinginnovative packaging formats that serve to distinguishcustomers’ products from those available.
ACMA remains extremely creative and is constantlydeveloping packaging solutions to satisfy customers’ needs.The combination of highly-competent technical specialistsand the inherent specialisations of the customer servicedepartment operate as the creative basis.
The Zip Top and the Fin Seal
The Zip Top pocket carton is a revolutionary package, resultingfrom the creativity and research of the ACMA IPT Department.This package is ingenious, yet simple, and the unique Zip Topopening system provides safety, convenience and hygiene. Itdispenses product in an efficient manner and is ideal for
packaging such productsas hard candy andchewing gum, regardlessof product shape.
The most remarkableinnovation is that theentire box, including thesliding section, ismanufactured from just one piece of cardboard. The pack ismanufactured with the aperture on either the narrow or wideside, and the Zip Top carton may be manufactured in bothtamper-evident and child-proof versions. The Zip Top ismanufactured on the ACMA FT301 machine, which operates at300 packs per minute (PPM). The carton-filler is extremelyversatile and can handle five types of differently formedpackages. It can fill packages using either the counting unit orscale-feeding system.
The FT301 is often used in conjunction with an automaticoverwrapping machine. The C301 it is the first machine of itskind to also be suitable for realising Fin Seal-style packages.ACMA has developed its machines to optimise flexibility.
It has added Fin Seal technology units to hermetically weldthe package to ensure a longer product life. The
Fin Seal technology serves to realise aperfectly airtight package, initially
sealing the overwrappedlongitudinal part and bendingthe package body extremities.This effective overwrappingprocess optimises films usage,
enhancing the aesthetics of thepackage and protecting against the
rigours of transportation and storage.
Concluding remarks
ACMA operates an extremely high level of customer service.The IPT department was introduced to satisfy customerrequirements for innovation and operational efficiency. Whenplanning line configuration, special emphasis is placed on
production flow sizes to optimise efficiency.■
The Zip Top and FT301 – ACMA atthe forefront of carton evolution
Sergio Beneventi, ACMA,Bologna, Italy outlines an
exciting new consumer-friendly development for the
pocket carton market
ACMA Spa., Via C. Colombo, 1, 40131 Bologna, Italytel: +39 051 634 9111; www.acmagd.com
The revolutionary Zip-Pack pocket carton is available in tamper-proof and child-evident versions
The Zip Top ismanufactured on the ACMA FT301machine, whichoperates at 300PPM
The ACMA C301 incorporates Fin Seal technology for hermetically welding packages
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Great importance is given not
only to promotional activities,
but also to cultural events
and after-sales technical
documentation, both printed
and in multimedia format.
This means that customers
always receive updated
information about company
activities, new projects, new
products and how to use them
correctly.
EXHIBITIONS
COMMUNICATION
ADVERTISING
EDITORIAL
WEB
PACKAGING APPLICATIONS
To satisfy the growing demand for new products, new packaging and
new forms, it is important to study the market, showing great flexibility
in applying focused solutions.
The technical solutions offered by ACMA pursue the requirements of
the market of hard and soft candy, chocolate, chewing gum and all
types of sweets.
ACMA’s experience in the chocolate industry ranges from the moulding
process (even chocolate with solid and wafer inclusions etc.) through
to the final multi-style wrapping process.
CB Confectionery& Bakery CW Chocolate
& Wafer
FF FoodFilling TB Tea
Bags
ACMA’s technology ensures flexibility, being able to work with containers
made of various types of material (PET, glass, HDPE or tin) and with different
products on the same line, for example edible oils, sunflower seed, soya,
sauces (even with vegetable pieces), ketchup or other fluid products.
In the filling process of dairy products, the ability to guarantee a sterile
environment and total hygiene are essential for the sterilization of both
bottle and cap, as well as for the filling environment.
ACMA’s technology offers the best solutions for Fresh and ESL milk products
(yogurt, Kefir and other dairy products, Foamy products) with fruit pieces too.
FOOD
SP Soap& Powder
PACKAGING APPLICATIONS
Packaging machines for personal & home care products are ACMA’s core
business. ACMA offers a complete turnkey service for product packaging
lines and the best packaging solutions for solid soap & detergent powder,
introducing new useful packaging ideas.
The cosmetic and toiletries industry constantly seeks innovative packaging
solutions. Wrapping a bar of soap is a challenge that ACMA is able to win
successfully by combining its experience with cutting-edge technologies.
ACMA’s extensive range of products supports customer’s production
requirements through reliable machines with fast size change-over.
Machines are user-friendly and complete with cutting-edge production
diagnostic systems. ACMA’s machines are moreover extremely
versatile and able to exploit the different wrapping materials available.
CF ChemicalFilling
ACMA stands for beauty packaging and the best solutions for liquid soap,
shampoo and every personal care product.
There are no boundaries to the demands of industrialisation for processing
containers of any shape and with a wide array of dispensing systems.
ACMA technology is ready to satisfy any requirement in terms of the home
care and the chemical market.
ACMA has presented new solutions for products such as Lube Oil,
corrosive and explosive products and discovered new ergonomic and useful
packaging ideas.
For dense, foamy or acid products, the net weight technology always
guarantees correct batching and total safety.
NON FOOD
MACHINERY KNOWLEDGE
A top quality product is the result of a top
quality process, with the commitment of everyone
involved from the initial idea, design, manufacture
and assembly, through to the finish and even the
service.
The quality of ACMA products is the result of
what customers need. The company constantly
endeavours to ensure that design, product
manufacture for sales and service satisfy these
needs. At Volpak, staff implement a stringent
control procedure of all of the manufacturing
processes, to guarantee such quality.
Once assembly is complete, all machines
are configured for the specifications of the
customer’s original product and are only
delivered once they have convincingly passed the
real production test to which they are subjected.
For ACMA, a proficient technical service starts
with attentive prevention.
•Automaticcontinuous-motion
toilet soap wrapping machine
for rectangular, round and
oval shaped bars with single or
double wrapping material.
•Automaticcontinuous-motion
high speed infeed & packaging
system for solid soap: soap
pick-up and transfer to the
automatic wrapping or cartoning
machines.
•Automaticvolumetric
continuous-motion carton filler
for free-flowing or granulated
powders into pre-glued cartons
fed from a magazine.
•Automaticwrappingmachine
for hard and soft candies,
jellies wrapped in double-end
twist style with inner and outer
wrapping material.
•Patentedintegratedwrapping
and packeting machine for
sweets, hard and soft candies,
in different shapes and
arrangements.
•Automaticwrappingmachine
for square and spheroidal
chocolate products in
double-end twist or flow-pack
packaging style.
•Automatichighspeedforming,
filling and overwrapping
machines for carton, metal or
plastic boxes.
DRY SECTOR
WET SECTOR
Soap wrapper
Liquid filler Rotative capper
Detergent powder wrapper
CONFECTIONERY &CHOCOLATE WRAPPERS
SOAP WRAPPERS
TEA BAG WRAPPERS
DRY PRIMARY PACKAGING
In the confectionery sector,
the company is a leader in the
construction of high speed
lines both for individual
wrapping styles (single
wrapper, double-end twist,
bunch, etc.) and the forming
and filling of containers with
different shapes and materials
(sticks, cardboard, metal,
plastic cartons, etc.).
Packaging machines for personal
and home care products are
ACMA’s core business.
ACMA offers a complete service
for “turnkey” product packaging
lines and the best packaging
solutions for solid soap and
detergent powder, introducing
new useful packaging ideas.
Continuous-motion tea bag
and cartoning machines with
high speed production,
Hi-tech electronic
components and minimal
number of parts, reducing
maintenance and consumption
of spare parts.
TB TeaBagsCB Confectionery
& Bakery CW Chocolate& Wafer SP Soap
& Powder
MONOBLOCKS
WET PRIMARY PACKAGING
CAPPERS
FILLERS
The new series of WB
cappers develops and
completes the best
technology available
on the market,
providing appropriate
solutions for any kind
of applications (caps,
undercaps, spray pumps,
dispenser and trigger).
The new series is a true
technological innovation in
gravity filling systems with
net weight technology.
Precise, simple, reliable
and flexible, for maximum
productivity.
All cappers in the WM
series are available in the
monoblock version, combined
with one or more capping
sections. Effective and
reliable, these systems are
designed to ensure rapid size
part changes and correct
application on the different
production ranges.
FF FoodFilling CF Chemical
Filling
PROCESSING & DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
DISTRIBUTION
ACMA supplies the
industry with single
source “turnkey”
solutions:
•Chocolatemoulding
• Feeding&buffering
•Primarypackaging
•Secondarypackaging
Flexible intermittent,
based on loose-mould
principle with innovative
chainless mould motion
and true modular
design, and continous
motion chocolate
moulding lines.
Delicate and smooth
product handling
throughout the whole
feeding and distribution
process is guaranteed
by ACMA’s customized
solutions.
•Completecantilevered
construction with
polished and rounded
surfaces.
• fast“Tool-less”belt
changing.
•Continuousand
constant feeding
to the downstream
machinery.
PROCESSING
BUFFERING &SECONDARY PACKAGING
ACMA buffering systems
ensure the best possible
efficiency of any
production line.
•Designandconstruction
according to the latest
guidelines in terms of
Hygiene, easy cleaning,
low maintenance and
reduced consumptions.
• Framemadeentirely
of stainless steel or
painted.
•Customizedgondolas
to meet product
handling needs.
ACMA secondary
packaging systems offer
a packaging solution for
every need.
• Flexiblerobotictop-
loading packaging
systems.
•Modularconstruction
with top part housing
electrical cabinets.
• “tool-less”changeover.
•Electricaland
electronic structure
according to “drive-on-
board” concept.
BUFFERING
SECONDARY PACKAGING
SYSTEM ENGINEERING
ACMA Engineering has
helped its customers
become leaders in terms
of efficiency and flexibility,
managing complex installation
projects in a wide range of
industries including food,
cosmetics and also the chemical
sector.
ACMA provides turnkey solutions,
taking care of everything, from
specifying and integrating
replacement equipment into
an existing packaging line, to
designing and installing complete,
new production lines.
The ACMA Engineering team has
years of experience in the packaging
industry.
The team’s members apply their
knowledge and experience to
design and develop cost-effective
packaging solutions that increase
customer productivity and
efficiency.
With ACMA Engineering you know
who is responsible for design,
engineering, controls, assembly,
testing, shipping and installation
of all solutions.
ACMA Engineering services include:
•ConceptualDesign
•Equipmentspecification
•FinalEngineeringDesign
•InstallationandIntegration
•ProductionLineStart-up
•EmployeeTraining
When ACMA plans the lines,
special emphasis is placed on
production flows, in order
to guarantee the required
efficiency targets.
Managing financial needs
is also included among our
services.
Expert project managers
supervise and manage
technicians and multifunctional
teams and ensure correct
development of each project
implementation stage.
TURNKEY SOLUTIONS
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Operating in a sustainable way means meeting
current requirements without passing on the cost
to future generations.
ACMA has systematically consolidated its strategy
for sustainability in the Company with a number of
policies applied to the whole group and with clear
organization and precise responsibilities.
•ACMA’s activity is sustainable and socially
responsible.
•ACMA ensures excellent quality and
technological leadership on the market.
•ACMA operates with success, thanks to its
proficient personnel, in full compliance
with standards for health and safety at the
workplace.
•ACMA employs its resources with care, aiming to
achieve the maximum possible quality.
•ACMA produces in a way that is sustainable for
the environment.
SUSTAINABILITY
Green Machine
Automation and advanced control functions offer
numerous ways of optimizing energy efficiency and
of reducing waste.
Energy saving is a key factor in the choice of
a machine and offers new opportunities to
guarantee considerable savings in consumptions
for each product, as well as improved quality and
performance.
ACMA focuses strongly on achieving sustainability
objectives, offering its customers improved
performance and maximum energy efficiency for
their machines, enabling energy savings of up to
30% compared to traditional machines.
In “GREEN-MODE”, the automatic
machines provide dynamic
adaptation to the different
functional steps of the
manufacturing line:
• Top-gradeemploymentof
energy throughout the whole
production cycle
• Informationonenergy
consumption is provided
in real time by a dedicated
interface on the HMI panel
•Easyandeffectivecontrolof
machine efficiency by operator
•Optimizationofpower
consumptions, reductions in
energy costs, maximization of
production line performance
and improvement of automation
systems
COESIA Packing Cube
PACKING CUBE
INNOVATION
EXPERTIS
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FLE
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ILIT
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The Packing Cube represents the potentials that Coesia
group is able to offer to the consumer goods industry.
It’s quite simple to explain the fields of application
of the product range that Coesia group offers its
customers through its member industrial companies:
•Theconcept:
- All products can be packaged rigidly or flexibly
- All products packaged consist of solid or liquid
matter
Here’s how the Cube appears in 3D.
•Theresults:
The Packing Cube concept is applicable to any product
brand. Given a brand, Coesia group is able to suggest