Facts and data

Production in the packaging industry in 2015 (final data) is seen to have risen by 2.3% compared to 2014. Foreign trade is also seen to be expanding, exports showing an increase of 2.9%, the increase in imports standing at 9.5%. Turnover is seen to have grown by 3.4%.

Quarterly packaging chain observatory. Situation at the end of August 2016.

Among European producer countries, Italy has a prime position, standing in second place in the corrugated board and printed packaging segments. The final report for 2015 gives a balance of the different segments

In 2016 Ensinger achieved two important goals: if in June the Group celebrated half a century of activity, together with staff from all branches, long-time part-ners and guests of honour from the world of German politics and economics, the following month, together with its employees, Ensinger Italia celebrated 25 years of the life of the branch.

Solid, reliable and competent: Altech celebrates its quarter of a century of activity and looks to the global market with the peace of mind of a company that knows it has always done its utmost.

Supporting European manufacturers of flexible packaging in their adhesive challenges, sharing experiences, inspiring ideas to accelerate innovation and transfer technologies from one market to another.

This column, dedicated to Italian companies operating in packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad, is born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on packaging developments in the short/medium term in given countries.

With a total turnover of 10.5 billion euro, perfumes and professional hairstyling resume growth. Good signs also from contract manufacturing. Numbers and trends from the economic survey of Cosmetica Italia’s research center.

For everyone who has mountains to climb: Levissima#la 75 is the “mobile bottle” by PET Engineering.

MAV offers a polypropylene jar with soft and seductive contours, thick walls and an elegant design for medium to high end products for operators in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and herbal sectors that in addition to functionality require packaging solutions capable of highlighting the quality of a product and the uniqueness of a brand.

Production growth trend and market positioning.
A cura di Plinio Iascone

Pride and excitement at Lameplast Group’s 40th anniversary party: in May, customers, officials and employees gathered to celebrate together with the management a major milestone on a road paved with commitment, pragmatism and dreams.

With the usual pragmatism that characterizes the events of “Packaging Education” of the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, a workshop scheduled from 13.45 pm on 4 October (via Cosimo del Fante, Milano)  aims to provide the answers and a series of practical/operative tools to solve the problems underlying FSVP (Final Rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and…

With memory and topicality, well-deserved attention for young people and preventive measures for the future of enterprise: the goals and challenges of a “small and beautiful” world are made clear.
Stefano Lavorini

CPR System had a 2015 marked by a trail of successes, logging increased turnover and revenue and a promising reorganization of the company that has brought the double advantage of consolidating its core business and opening it up to new markets. R.C.

Schur Flexibles Group, with its headquarters in Baden/Austria, has announced the sale of the majority its shares to the private equity fund Lindsay Goldberg, represented in Europe by Lindsay Goldberg, Vogel GmbH, Düsseldorf.

Lightweight Containers is opening a new production plant in Grossbreitenbach, Germany. The fully automated production line has a capacity of 400 KeyKeg® Slimlines per hour and will be operational in the third quarter of this year. The line can produce all the members of the KeyKeg® Slimline family of kegs. PET-Verpackungen Deutschland is the production partner and will manage the day-to-day…

The Gerhard Schubert GmbH is considered a true pioneer in packaging machine engineering in Germany. Established in 1966, the company quickly grew into an acknowledged leader in digital packaging machines.

With Azalea (in production), Begonia (frustrum base) and Calla (square bottom), three lines of jars are already offered by MAV Srl - a company based at Zola Predosa - to meet the customization needs of the cosmetic world.

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