The industry at the time of Ipack-Ima

Comforted by the figures that speak of performance going against the prevailing trend of the Italian industrial system, the Italian operators of the packaging and processing materials and machine segment are about to give rise to the 2012 edition of Ipack Ima (Fiera Milano, Rho, 28th February - 3rd March).

To those who have chosen to show technology and skills live for the occasion, we asked them for the reasons behind their choice. But we also asked them to more broadly reflect on the moment in time which we are experiencing, aiming at sharing an approach to entrepreneurship that, given the results of the most recent studies, still seems to be positive. Nine months on from the last survey launched by ItaliaImballaggio (where around 170 companies took part), we hence decided to repropose a “collective” reflection by way of a survey online focussed on “The industry at the time of Ipack-Ima”: on this occasion some 400 enquiries resulted in the returning of over 200 responses. We thank all those who took part in the undertaking, with which we wished to offer an updated scenario of the market and the general feelings as to the same. Once again we focused on the value of the tradition of Italian manufacturing, the good and concrete business administration, the contribution that research and technology offer for the success of a product, without obviously overlooking what it means to live and operate in a global market. By Luciana Guidotti

Food for thought, posed in the form of questions
With the aim of facilitating the reading of this article, we have summarized the trends expressed by the operators. As a complement, we propose a series of charts with aggregate data based on the answers and the technological information that were sent in to us to round off the survey “The Industry at the time of Ipack-Ima 2012 by ItaliaImballaggio”.

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