Many thanks to all delegates who met with us and visited our stand at INTERPACK in May.
IRIS was one of the 2,700 exhibitors at the recent international trade fair for packaging and processes, INTERPACK. Held in Dusseldorf, Germany, 12-18 May, the event saw over 166,000 delegates from 60 nations.
IRIS exhibited results from an ongoing project, WHEYLAYER. The project aims to develop a whey protein-coated plastic film, which will enable currently used synthetic oxygen-barrier layers to be replaced with whey protein thereby replacing expensive polymers and increasing recyclability, During the seven day event, the company also presented its ‘Maxi Use’ brand, an initiative to reduce waste by recycling and reusing by-products from various agro-food processing activities to produce green packaging. For further information about WHEYLAYER and Maxi Use, please contact Elodie Bugnicourt: ebugnicourt@iris.cat.
The commercial team at IRIS was also at the exhibition in order to tap into the opportunities of offering contract research services to the packaging value chain, especially in the context of novel treatments for sterilisation, and advanced quality control solutions. IRIS is currently pursuing numerous valuable leads both in Europe and Asia opened at INTERPACK. For more information about the R&D and advanced engineering services offered by IRIS, please contact Ismael Almazan: ialmazan@iris.cat
All in all, a successful exhibition!
IRIS kicks off a series of scientific talks with Plasma technology for materials and agro-food
Jana Kubincová from the Comenius University in Bratislava was at IRIS´offices on Thursday 2 June, to review some of the recent work performed by the Experimental Physics department using plasma on different applications such as the surface modification of various classes of materials, especially polymers, but also the sanitising effect on selected goods, such as seeds.
Plasma is the fourth state of the matter, it is made of ionized gas and can be obtained using various devices in different conditions of temperature and pressure. The active species formed can generate a wide range of effects. Thus plasma treatments have been used for years in a diversity of fields both at the academic and industrial level.
The talk was part of a new initiative, talks@iris, which aims to celebrate and highlight the knowledge base that the company is closely linked with. The talks will facilitate knowledge transfer between industry professionals. In the upcoming months, we will have guest speakers from wide ranging industries, such as food science, ecomaterials, optics, IT and the environment.
If you are interested in hearing about our next talk, please contact us on info@iris.cat.
