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Jesus Crespo has joined Nordson Corporation as vice president leading the Polymer Processing Systems (PPS) division.

The acquisition will allow the Group Datalogic to strengthen its Italian and global presence in the industrial automation market through the addition of inductive and ultrasonic sensors to its portfolio of products, with applications in a variety of industrial sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, logistics and automotive.

Reno De Medici, primario produttore di cartoncino riciclato da imballaggio, ha firmato un contratto di opzione di vendita con Bonaparte Holding SAS che ha formulato un’offerta per l’acquisto del 100% di RDM La Rochette, controllata francese operante nel business del cartoncino prodotto da fibra vergine (FBB – Folding Box Board).

The group has now signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of a newco called Cornelli Brand Packaging Experience to which the Cremona-based company Cornelli will transfer its operating division devoted to the production of corrugated cardboard boxes, as well as the design and implementation of new branding techniques applied to packaging.

Barilla has finalised the acquisition of the Canadian Catelli Dry Pasta business from Spanish giant Ebro Foods. The C$165 million (€107 million) deal includes the Catelli, Lancia and Splendor brands and the pasta plant in Montreal, Québec.

Ammagamma, a data science company based in Modena, Italy, has opened its first foreign branch in the city of Haifa, Israel, an industrial centre of excellence.

Sappi Europe is set to introduce new barrier coating technology for functional paper packaging at its speciality mill in Alfeld, Germany, increasing its production capacity for sustainable paper packaging solutions.

PepsiCo steps up efforts to build a more resilient and sustainable food system and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 40% across the entire value chain by 2030.

Netcomm and TuttoFood Live Forum. The acceleration of eCommerce induced by the pandemic is continuing even after the lockdown, consolidating the new buying habits. Food is among the leading segments with 36% of eShoppers that continue to privilege the digital channels of the large-scale retail trade (+96.4% in packaged consumer goods). 
Milena Bernardi

According to interim balances issued by Ucima’s MECS-Centro Studi, and as widely expected, in 2020 the surge of the Italian automatic machine manufacturers’ sector slowed (-5% overall turnover), but entrepreneurs look to the future with confidence. Matteo Gentili, President of Ucima: «We have a consolidated order portfolio and excellent 4.0 technologies, which will allow us to stay the…

This report provides a cross-section of the trends in the sectors of the manufacturing industry where the consumption of packaging is most intense - and their consequent evolution - divided into food and non-food macro-areas. 

After closing a year 2020 that is really to forget due to double-digit decreases for all main economic indicators, the Italian capital goods manufacturing industry is ready for recovery, which is expected already from 2021.

Ball Corporation plans to commence construction of a large new €170 million aluminium can production facility in the Czech Republic in the spring of 2021.

Valeo Foods Group, owner of the brands Kettle, Rowse and Jacob’s, has reached an agreement with private equity firm Novum Capital to acquire German confectionery producer Schluckwerder Holding.

Südpack (Germany) has completed another step in its long-term growth plan with the acquisition of LPF Flexible Packaging from the Clondalkin Group, in turn owned by private equity investor Egeria.

According to the Green Economy Report published by CONAI, recycling led to a reduction of more than 4.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in Italy in 2019, the equivalent of 10,000 return flights between Rome and New York. The primary energy saved is capable of meeting the annual electricity requirements of 6 million Italian households. The focus is now on packaging eco-design and incentives for…

Grifal Group, a Bergamo, Italy-based SME listed on the Aim Italia market that designs and produces innovative eco-sustainable packaging, has further strengthened its position by signing a binding agreement for the purchase of 100% of a newco to which Zanica (Bergamo) based company Tieng, already a Grifal supplier, will transfer its resin bonding and packaging automation business.

The Genoa-based company has taken control of SIPA Management, a manufacturer of biopolymer and polyethylene flexible packaging and technical films based in the Milan area.

Acqua Sant’Anna is set to invest €10 million to boost the efficiency and automation of its plant in Vinadio (CN), Italy.

Arcoplastica - a leading reality in the field of thermoformed and extruded plastic materials - inaugurated in mid 2020 a grinding department, which allows it to recover almost all the residues of its production cycle, retrieving up to 4,000 kg of plastic material per day (and consequently reducing the purchase and consumption of virgin material).