The trade fair for Gerhard Schubert GmbH was organised under the heading "Sustainable Growth". At the centre was the TLM Comfort Feeder, a new, efficient, and resource-saving solution for feeding cardboard blanks directly from the pallet. The background to the development of the TLM Comfort Feeder was the observation that there can be delays in the process if the blank magazine on the packaging system runs empty, as machine operators then have to react quickly to avoid unnecessary stops. With this solution, this is now a thing of the past: It is sufficient to simply place the entire pallet with the blanks that are still in the cutting sheet into the machine. An F4 robot then pulls the blanks directly out of the sheet one by one and feeds them into the erecting process in the A6 erector at a speed of 60 cycles per minute. This procedure provides a further advantage: The cut sheet can be optimised even better for the greatest possible utilisation of the packaging material. This saves material and therefore has a positive effect on the ecological footprint. The combination of innovative sheet feeding, high erecting performance and loading and sealing offers a particularly advantageous machine concept: the bar packer belongs to Schubert's TLM Power Compact machine category, which describes TLM machines with a high power density in a small space.

In terms of sustainability, Schubert also offered two highlights: Dotlock, a technology that makes cardboard packaging completely glue-free, and a cardboard-monofilm hybrid solution without glue that significantly minimises the use of plastic. Dotlock is based on clinching technology for joining metals. The cardboard layers are pierced from one side with a needle, creating a collar on the other side. This is then pressed onto the cardboard and creates a stable force and form fit. As a 100% glue-free packaging solution, Dotlock is fully recyclable via the paper cycle.