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ACE do Brasil, based in Sao Paulo, supports Italian OEMs in achieving compliance for machines destined for the Brazilian market. The South American branch of AC&E, which employs locally accredited engineers, offers an A to Z consulting service to comply with the “NR” that regulate imports into the country..

Turnover in the first half of 2021 fell by just 1.8% compared to the same period in the record year 2019. The growth with respect to the first half of 2020 was 21%. The sector held its ground in 2020 with turnover of almost 8 billion euros. The food and cosmetics segments performed well.

A survey of more than 7,000 European citizens from 11 countries commissioned from Perspectus Global by Pro Carton (the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers) reveals that a larger proportion of consumers in Italy and the UK (54% and 50% of respondents, respectively) have gained in environmental awareness during the pandemic compared to their Spanish, German and French…

The Austrian group Schur Flexibles, a specialist in packaging solutions for the food and pharmaceutical industries, is expanding into Italy with the formalisation of the acquisition of Termoplast (Gambassi Terme, Florence), a European pioneer in the production of sustainable and 100% recyclable MDO-PE films used in the food, industrial, media and pharmaceutical sectors.

This report provides a cross-section of the trends in the sectors of the manufacturing industry where packaging consumption is most intense - and their consequent evolution - divided into food and non-food macro-areas (situation updated at the beginning of June 2021). 

Facts, figures and dynamics of the sector in 2020 in Italy with the consumption trend of packaging; first, cautious anticipations on the evolution of the market in 2021 and a focus on soft drinks.  In this completely anomalous year, the analysis of the beverage sector shows very different trends.

The "Coppa del Nonno"  ice cream iconic brown cup is being transformed to reflect the brand’s environmental commitment. 

For the World Environment Day celebrated on 5 June, the multinational supermarket chain took stock of the results of the campaign “Missione Im-Ballo! Ridurre. Riutilizzare. Riciclare.” (“Mission Packaging, Reduce. Reuse. Recycle”).

In compliance with the European Directive EU2019/904 (SUP) which, from July 3, 2021, sanctions the ban on the placing on the market of various disposable items,  CDS has developed an effective alternative solution: it has in fact designed and manufactured reusable cutlery that can be washed in the industrial washing machine up to 125 times. 

Fedrigoni SpA, global group leader in the production of high value-added special papers for packaging, publishing and graphics, as well as premium labels and self-adhesive materials, has completed the acquisition of Acucote Inc., a company headquartered in Graham, North Carolina, which develops, manufactures and distributes self-adhesive materials, with a leading position in the US market, a…

Marco Checchi is the new chairman of Anfima, the Confindustria-affiliated association which represents manufacturers of metal packaging and related products

Numbers are growing for the eighth edition of the CONAI call for proposals for eco-design, which registered 10% more entries. The analysis of the cases will last until the end of October, after which a jury of technicians will choose the winners.

Con un giro d’affari di oltre 2 miliardi di euro nel 2020 (+4,2% in valore e +2% in volume sul 2019), il mercato italiano del pet food dimostra ancora una volta dinamismo e grandi potenzialità (Fonte: XIV edizione Rapporto Assalco - Zoomark).

With an initiative part of the international “L’Oréal For The Future” programme, L’Oréal Italia announced that it is set to eliminate plastic from the packaging of certain product categories shipped from its logistics centre in Villanterio (PV).

For almost 50 years, DCM Srl has been a benchmark for companies in the packaging sector looking for automation solutions with high technological content. Competent technical support, from design to post-sales, completes the offer.

The 2020 data of the Ricrea Consortium show that Italians are becoming increasingly virtuous in terms of separate waste collection: 370,963 tons of steel packaging sent for recycling with over 4 kg collected per capita (+6%). And the credit goes to the education and training activities carried out by the consortium even in the midst of the pandemic. Statements by the president, Domenico Rinaldini.

ALDI’s “Missione Im-Ballo! Ridurre. Riutilizzare. Riciclare.” (“Mission Packaging, Reduce. Reuse. Recycle”) campaign launched in 2018 with the aim of optimising the use of packaging materials and promoting virtuous packaging waste management is progressing well.

“Congratulations, a job truly well done”: this was the comment I made to myself after attending the Robatech virtual event, which had as its theme “the new dimension of gluing”. 

Sustainability of packaging is becoming more and more topical, between emission reductions and the recycling chain. The insights proposed by a multidisciplinary parterre of experts, convened by the UCIMA Research and Innovation Commission.  Maria Costanza Candi

AC&E supports companies in complying with the complex and constantly evolving regulations for exporting industrial machinery and electrical equipment to Russia and the Eurasian Customs Union, a growing market that offers excellent opportunities. The latest news on EAC certification.