Facts and data

  • Wood packaging (2022)

    May 22, 2023
    History tells us that it was the Phoenicians who made the first wooden packaging for transporting particularly precious goods. Below we provide information on the different types in use today, and on the 2022 market trend and its sectors of use.
  • Automatic machines: first quarter 2023

    May 22, 2023
    With the launch at interpack of the “WMP - We Make Packaging” brand, conceived by Ucima to promote the Italian packaging machine manufacturing sector at global level, the Italian Employers Association continues to disclose the market trends revealed by the Mecs Study Centre, a summary of which is given here.
  • The BEST PACKAGING 2023 winners

    May 16, 2023
    The 9 winners of the 2023 edition of the Best Packaging competition, dedicated to the theme of Quality Design, received their awards on 21 April during the Milan Design Week.
  • Il Cubo - World: Packaging Machines

    Apr 18, 2023
    The 2023 edition of the “Il Cubo” report drawn up by the Ucima-MECS Study Centre has been published: automatic machines record +3.8%, while the forecasts for 2026 are driven by the Asian demand and food.
  • Italians in Zen mode (also regarding food)

    Apr 17, 2023
    Italians have welcomed 2023 with an unexpected interior serenity, looking to the future with confidence, despite fears and concerns. They are acting with particular rationality, putting individual well-being first, starting from the food they eat. This is the photograph taken by the two surveys of the Coop Research Centre conducted in December 2022: “The year to come” in collaboration with Nomisma and “Planning 2023 and Beyond”.
  • It’s all a matter of people

    Apr 10, 2023
    We have already spoken in detail of SIT Group, but we are continuously discovering new things that require us to update the agenda. Let’s therefore take stock of this organisation which is one of the most dynamic in the world of flexible packaging in Italy.
  • From graphic codes to design for all

    Apr 05, 2023
    The finalists in the Best Packaging 2023 Contest, promoted by the Italian Packaging Institute and sponsored by the Fondazione Carta Etica del Packaging (Packaging Ethics Charter Foundation), will be on show during Milan Design Week. The Award ceremony is on 21 April.
  • European fruit and vegetables trends

    Mar 24, 2023
    The European Statistics Handbook 2023 and Trend Report 2023 publications by FRUITLOGISTICA offer qualitative data, analyses and an outlook of trends in the fruit and vegetables sector.
  • Trade and retail: what will happen in 2023?

    Mar 23, 2023
    According to the Manhattan Associates consultancy firm, 2022 was the year of a return to customary habits, even though the pandemic imposed a number of important changes in lifestyle and consumer habits, first and foremost in the widespread use of e-commerce which today flanks the physical store, forcing the retail industry to find multi-channel solutions.
  • Encoding beauty: the view of ... Induplast

    Mar 03, 2023
    Created out of the synergy of Induplast, Verve, Vexel and Petroplast, Induplast Packaging Group offers the cosmetics industry a wide range of standard and full custom packaging.

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