/ins    Let the new Alfa Laval ThinkTop® IO-Link enhance communication between your hygienic valves and Industry 4.0 automation systems. The point-to-point IO-Link communication protocol connects sensors and actuators—regardless of fieldbus—to your automation systems. This enables real-time data exchange, improving diagnostics and simplifying configurability and control. ThinkTop IO-Link is perfect for use in the dairy, food, beverage, pharmaceutical and home-personal care industries.

/ins Time and energy savings in fluting with Mirka’s new Cafro HP Hybrid Bond product  

/ins When the British Academy of Film and Television Arts was planning the 73 rd Awards organisers were keen to take a step towards greater sustainability. One of the big changes for 2020 saw the traditional prestigious gift bags given to the nominees and presenters replaced with a sustainable gifting wallet, filled with a selection of plastic-free experience and gift cards made of paperboard.

/ins   For 20 years, family company AA Diesel Truck Bodies has supplied custom-made truck bodies to the demanding Australian transport industry. Hardox® steel in the body units helps the end user to reduce weight by 10 to 20 percent and increase the payload.

/ins Using Hardox® wear plate and Strenx® performance steel from SSAB, Australian Taurus Mining Solutions has managed to lower the weight of its mining buckets, increasing the capacity of the buckets by up to 10 percent while still keeping their durability. This translates into cost savings for customers. Taurus’s production also benefits.

/ins Sulapac, a pioneer in development and manufacturing of sustainable microplastic-free materials, and Quadpack, an international provider of packaging solutions to the beauty industry, have entered into a preferred partnership agreement to provide microplastic-free packaging for cosmetic customers worldwide.

/ins Finnish startup Sulapac raised an exceptional €15 million to engine its scale-up and internationalization. The funding enables further development and broadening of its recipe portfolio. The investors include the world’s leading luxury house Chanel and international media houses, all with valuable expertise to accelerate Sulapac’s expansion.

/ins   Sulapac and Stora Enso launch a renewable and microplastic-free straw to combat the global problem of plastic waste. The straw has strong usability and works just like a traditional straw. The new straws are available to brands and consumers looking for more eco-friendly solutions.

/ins   This year’s season’s greetings card from Iggesund Paperboard, is a mystical forest in the form of a pop-up shadow box with fine laser cut details and shimmering silver ink. Using the recipient's mobile phone, it comes alive through a clever lightshow which mimics the magical illumination of the aurora borealis.

/ins   Alfa Laval tank covers are high-quality openings that provide easy and convenient visual inspection or entry to tank interiors, which meet virtually every requirement in the dairy, food, beverage, pharma and home-personal industries.  For your hygienic process, Alfa Laval offer a complete range of 3A approved inspection and personnel entry ports available with a variety of surface finishes and seal materials. Find the hygienic tank cover you need.