W&H to focus on Packaging 4.0 at K 2016

Hall 17 Stand A57

October 5, 2016

W&H will focus on the concept of Packaging 4.0 at K 2016 to be held from 19 to 26 October in Düsseldorf, Germany

Windmöller & Hölscher Group (W&H) will introduce several new innovations and present its comprehensive product portfolio for the production of flexible packaging from 19 to 26 October at K 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Details about the new technologies will be announced at the beginning of the show.

“It has become tradition for W&H to celebrate the premieres of machinery and technologies for extrusion and converting at K 2016,” says Jürgen Vutz, CEO of W&H. The company will continue to focus on the concept of Packaging 4.0. “We will show how intelligent machines, integrated processes and intuitive handling are already increasing efficiency and flexibility of the production,” explains Peter Steinbeck, managing director, W&H.

Coinciding with K 2016 , the family-owned company will open the doors to the 3,000 square metre technology centre at its headquarters in Lengerich for a four-day in-house expo. Visitors will get to see several new innovations, among them the newest generation cast film line from W&H. In addition machine demonstrations for printing, converting and blown film as well as a plant tour will complete the programme. Subsidiary BSW Machinery, specializing in machinery for the production of woven PP sacks, will introduce its new flagship converting machine at K 2016 and present its full product portfolio at its own expo in the Czech Republic, also during K 2016.

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