Italy’s Cama Group sets its sights on interpack 2026
Cama Group's HQ in Northern Italy, near Milan. Pic: Neill Barston
For this year’s interpack event, the Cama Group has confirmed it is set to showcase core technology solutions and multi-industry expertise including advanced lines developed for confectionery and snacks markets, writes Neill Barston.
The company, which has made major investment into the development of a new headquarters site in Northern Italy in recent years, will be exhibiting in Hall 13, Stand A33, with its machinery that has a strong emphasis on automation and robotics-enhanced features.
As the company noted, it has been particularly focused on flexibility, repeatability and OEE when Cama Group takes on even the most demanding packaging applications. What is more, they are all built to Cama’s demanding breakthrough generation (BTG) principles, which guarantee optimised flexibility, accessibility and hygiene.
In one corner of stand A33, visitors will see a brand-new model of Cama’s popular CL169 continuous motion sideload cartoner. This latest machine evolution – developed to address market challenges – employs a new approach to cartoning that delivers enhanced repeatability and simpler operation.
Ergonomics is also improved, resulting in easier loading, while more intuitive toolless changeovers support maximised uptime.
The machines at the show use control solutions from Rockwell Automation, with the CL169 showcasing Cama’s deployment of the new FactoryTalk Optix HMI solution. Cama’s machines can also use servo-driven conveyor solutions, which use independently driven product-conveying platforms, for ever greater flexibility and agility.
In the next corner visitors will find the MTL (monobloc top loader). Highlighting Cama’s capabilities in non-food applications, the monobloc machine demonstrates carton erection, product grouping, carton filling, and carton closing, all within a single machine envelope. Improved ergonomics for operation, changeover and maintenance are visible here, too, with easier machine access, greater visibility and lowered carton magazines for easier loading.
As the company explained, the final machine is the company’s FW748 wraparound case packer, one of Cama’s most popular machines with multiple orders per year. The FW748 also demonstrates core elements of Cama Group’s cobot-based MEP – Machine-Enhancement Programme. The automated carton loader (ACL) and automated case palletiser (ACP) on show are designed to remove human limitations and fatigue-induced slowdowns from pre- and post-packaging operations. The ACL and ACP systems integrate seamlessly with CAMA’s machine portfolio.
Finally, visitors will see how efficient mechanical design, contemporary automation solutions, maximised uptime, optimised throughput, advanced packaging design and minimised waste all contribute to more sustainable packaging solutions.
