Annual Meeting NVC Innovation project Accelerate (Live Hybrid)

Accelerate is the NVC innovation project for accelerating and improving packaging through intelligent automation.

The annual meeting of the NVC international working group is live hybrid and will take place on Thursday 30 January 2025  in the Brainport Industries Campus (BIC), The Netherlands. Prior to the meeting, a tour has been organized for physical participants showcasing interesting projects in the BIC, including Operator Support, Bin Picking, and Vision Support. The meeting is free of charge for NVC members or by invitation.
 

Programme 6^th annual meeting:

10.30-11 AM CET Welcome and introduction
by Corné Huijben – NVC Packaging Centre

11-12 AM CET The factory of the future: guided tour Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) (Physical participation only)

12PM – 1PM CET Lunch at BIC

1-4PM CET  Plenary meeting (Live Hybrid)

• Accelerating Time-to-Market with 3D Printing
  • Alexander Bours - Additive Centre
  • Harald van der Heijden - Rovema
• Challenges of implementing counter based maintenance at Heineken
  • Bryan Vlaming - Heineken
• Artificial intelligence (AI) was used to optimize the control of a Sollas packaging machine
  • Dirk Verbeek - Sollas
• Expanding the potential of ultrasonic sealing: new research challenges
  • University of Twente
• Panel debate and concluding remarks with action points for the next meeting
  • Corné Huijben – NVC Packaging Centre

For more information, please contact Corné Huijben, manager NVC Knowledge Development and Projects via c.huijben@nvc.nl or contact the NVC association office (telephone +31-182-512411 or e-mail info@nvc.nl).