12 / Material characterisation dept. EVERY PRODUCT HAS A STORY TO TELL INNOVATION & INTEGRATION

We are people who see quality, innovation and sustainability as fundamental values of their business, inspiration to their behaviour and true substance of any modern vision. These are the values we base our daily work on, confident that they will not let us come unprepared to a future that is already here, with its demands for interaction, speed and mutual satisfaction between customer and supplier, partners today in the challenge of competition as never before. These are the values of our present and our past, enrooted in a business story started in 1929 by Mario Milani and carried on by Gianni...

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Innovation & Integration OUR WORK IS MADE OF TWO CORE IDEAS INNOVATION & INTEGRATION I N N O VAT I O N EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT INNOVATION. WE LIKE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. We strongly believe in this word, we put it into effect and place it at the heart of every design, every product and every process we create. Innovation requires research, dedication, skills and investments. These are the factors behind the constant growth of our presence in both national and international markets. We started in the 70s and we still have a strong desire and potential for further growth.

Innovation & Integration EVERYTHING IS PART OF A SYSTEM. DESIGNED TO WORK IN HARMONY. Integration is a key concept in our business: every product must be integrated in all its parts using the most sophisticated automated systems available. We are currently researching how to improve the performance of our integrators, designing products that can adapt to new picking systems, tracking systems and anthropomorphic robot interaction systems. All this is part of the logic of Industry 4.0. and beyond. INNOVATION & INTEGRATION

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Innovation & Integration MATERIAL: POLYPROPYLENE AT ITS BEST Top quality polypropylene is a non-toxic, odourless plastic resistant to solvents and acids. It can be washed and sterilised and is water-resistant and non-hygroscopic. Its chemical and mechanical properties make it perfect for the manufacture of boxes and containers, which are ideal for handling in automatic warehouses. Food safety In the food sector, we have gained certification for food products with regard to the master that can be submitted to a metal detector. This ensures the ability to identify a plastic chip inside a packed...

/ iMilani & environment INNOVATION & INTEGRATION BECAUSE THE EARTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTAINER ALESSIA ZECCHINI APNEA WORLD CHAMPION WORLD RECORD HOLDER Our planet is our biggest house. The very house where one day someone else will live, without even having planned it. It is a home to everybody, just perfect. This is how it is now, and this is how we must leave it when we go. Or maybe even better. We want to make the same commitment when our plastic product will also come to the end of its life, and this might mean after 450 years. The environmental protection is a priority, not an option....

/ iMilani & environment INNOVATION & INTEGRATION iMilani are committed to the recycling of postconsumer plastic with more than 1200 tonnes a year: a small contribution to “Plastic Free Sea”. However, plastic must not be seen as a monster, but as the clay of ancient peoples, ready to fulfil mankind’s creative imagination, to take on shapes and purposes useful to our everyday life, setting our creativity potential free, “See Free Plas

Analysis laboratory INNOVATION & INTEGRATION Impact test with pendulum. MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION DEPARTMENT. RAW MATERIALS AT THE CENTRE OF OUR ATTENTION When materials arrive at our company, the first thing they encounter are our laboratories. Each new arrival is carefully checked and certified according to our strict quality standards, with composition tests and mechanical, thermal and functional tests. Only materials that pass these tests are placed in our silos. When the products have been moulded and the plastic has stabilised, this is the time for further tests: bottom bending and box...

Analysis laboratory MELT FLOW TESTER INNOVATION & INTEGRATION This is a testing machine that determines the Melt Flow Rate of plastic, in other words the fluidity properties of the raw material in accordance with ASTM and ISO international standards. This value is extremely important during the raw material transformation phase, because thermoplastic materials are processed under pressure and at a certain temperature. The ability of these melted materials to flow under pressure at a certain temperature is essential to the science and technology behind polymers. Melt Flow Tester. Traction test....

Analysis laboratory MOULD DEPARTMENT. INNOVATION & INTEGRATION THE MOST INNOVATIVE INJECTION MOULDING IS MADE IN iMiLOG 18 injection moulds operating on 3 shifts. From moulding small parts to boxes sized 800 x 600 mm. The moulds are designed for the application of labels with an IML In-Mould Labelling system. This is used both for customisation and the application of barcodes, on-machine weighing and tolerance testing.

Analysis Laboratory INNOVATION & INTEGRATION THE PROCESS The mixture of various “grains” and colours is heated until a homogeneous and mouldable paste is achieved. This is then inserted into the mould to create a product in the desired shape: a box, a finishing element or a mechanical part. The presses and moulds are connected via silos, rollers, testing positions, technical and commercial information systems making up the company's control and value chain. At the end of the process each product is tested and checked to ensure that there are no imperfections. The product is delivered to the customer...

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These are iMiLOG’s products for automatic warehouses. In the following pages you will discover some of the most innovative features of our products. They all have one thing in common: the ability to transform a simple plastic box into a reliable container for your products within the context of a logistical process that is now integrated both inside and outside the plant. Innovation and integration. This is iMiLOG. INNOVATION & INTEGRATION Tested like Nesty. Innovative like Space. Specific like Odette