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14 STiR coffee and tea / Issue 4, 2018 (August / September) Equipment NEWS ENCOTECC Inc. USA +1 239 443 5074 Canada +1 514 800 2473 Europe +49 211 7311 5151 info@encotecc.com IMA North America Factory Tour IMA North America opened the doors at its Leominster, Mass. offices for three days in May, showcasing a full line of single-serve capsule fill and seal, weighing, labeling, and packag- ing machines. The factory tour by Stewart Havey, president IMA North America, gave visitors a close look at the Practica, Precisa, Flexa cartoner, and Perfima equipment on display in the 40,000 sq. ft. facility. Presentations by experts in tea and coffee included sessions on tomorrow's opportunities in tea bag packaging solutions, single-serve coffee packaging trends, processing and grinding solutions and an orientation on continuous manufac- turing. IMA North America was founded in 2001. Learn more: imausa.net Aripack Teams with NEO Packaging supplier Aripack an- nounced a partnership with NEO Plastics a firm that has developed packaging materials designed to convert waste to useful biogas. NEO's creative solution allows ordinary plastics to provide value Bravilor Bonamat Turbo Line Netherlands-based Bravilor Bonamat recently introduced the Rivero Turbo and Bolero Turbo fully-automatic coffee machines. In self-service environments where you want to avoid queueing at peak times "you can't miss the front of the machine illuminated with LED lights, so customers will find their way straight to the coffee corner," according to the company. "Clear, large, illuminated buttons guarantee that every customer can choose their coffee quickly and easily. Smart sensors and targeted lighting ensure customers always position their cup correctly. And, as the name Turbo suggests, the drinks are prepared very quickly. The machines dispense non- refrigerated bag-in-box coffee and/or instant ingredients such as topping and cocoa. Depending on the model coffee can be dispensed as blends, black, crema, cappuccino, hot chocolate, latte, and of course hot water for tea from a separate outlet. Learn more: www. bravilor.com Bravilor Turbo IMA's FTB584-C capsule cartoner after discard by accelerating the natural process in anaerobic landfills, according to Aripack. NEO organic additives unlock the energy in plastics, furthering landfill gas to energy efforts, including the Environmental Protection Agency's landfill methane outreach program. Aripack founder Isak Bengiyat, said "Consumers are becoming more aware of the impact packaging has on our environment and demand a response. Innovation is who we are at Aripack and we believe in providing our customers with options, especially when it comes to the environment. The key is creating practical solutions that add value without disruption, and we believe NEO is that solution." Learn more: www.NEOplastics.com Loring's Shared Profile Software Loring Smart Roast has introduced a Windows-based software application that allows roasters to design and edit roast profiles on their computer. Display of post-roast data is presented as a graph along with detailed diagnostic information. Roast Architect is "state-of-the-art" software says Henry Perez, director of engineering., "It will help simplify the creation, management, and distribution of roast profiles while protecting the customers' investment by providing a seamless upgrade path for control system files. Many roastmasters will surely enjoy the ability to easily share profiles between roasters on the same network," he said. The software provides precise control over profiles, through a combi- nation of enterable attributes and a point-and-click curve editor. Profiles can be uploaded directly to the roaster, or may be shared with other roasting professionals. Roast data files can easily be converted between different versions and formats. Learn more: www.loring.com/ software/roast-architect