Facts and data

The consumers’ jury of the Accademia del Profumo awards, in a record edition that drew over 67 thousand votes, elected Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet and Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum “perfume of the year”, while the technical jury voted Panthère Cartier and Valentino Uomo as the best womens’ and mens’ perfumes.

For the user public the pharmacy is no longer just a dispensary of medicines but also a trusted salespoint for products and health and beauty treatments considered now by most people as an integral part of their lifestyle.

Growth trend of production and market position. Plinio Iascone

Lameplast Group hosts an event in the spirit of sharing, in order to celebrate and re-launch the team play that carried it onto the international scene.

The Group run by the Aureli family gains control of Syntech Technology and sets up the branch that will dominate the market on the Iberian peninsula.

Strengthening its production capacity in the food & beverage area, while at the same time consolidating its leadership in the cosmetics, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical sectors.

Automatic assembly machines: Tecmes’ high speed mechanical engineering targets the world packaging and beauty markets.

The first Dow Chemical Italian Pack Studio Innovation Center is now up and running at Mozzate (CO). It joins those already running in Switzerland, Brazil, China and the US with the objective of satisfying the specific needs of customers on the subject of packaging, fabric and hygiene and hence stimulating the development of innovative solutions.

Packaging is an ever increasingly complex and fascinating topic. Forget about the past and try to imagine a holistic approach to a “medium” that has the objective of instigating an emotional interaction with consumers, integrating extra functionalities, new elements of communication/interactivity and benefits other than the primary ones. All of course without neglecting to produce and print the…

From the collaboration between ICE-Agency and Edizioni Dativo, the column dedicated to Italian companies operating in packaging and with an attentive eye to the possibility of growth abroad.

Market and packaging

The new flacon of Francesca Dell’Oro Parfum features a small deconstructed architecture, inspired by the dynamic and refined art of Tamara de Lempicka. The bottle has two-sided, faceted and elegant, tailored around the versatile and joyous personality of this talented rising star in the crafting of essences.

An Italian company, Rotoprint Sovrastampa of Lainate (MI), is among the winners of WorldStar Packaging Award 2015, held annually by the World Packaging Organisation to award world excellence in the field of packaging.

The growth of e-commerce is changing the equilibriums of retail, also having important consequences on packaging, in particular that of paper and board. Studies, reflections and undertakings by Comieco that during Ipack-Ima will dedicate a seminar to the multichannel revolution.

The optimism among largescale retail industrial and distribution companies is growing, an overall improvement in the economy in general being expected, including an increase in investments and employment: the GS1 Italy/Indicod economic observatory.

Japanese packaging is never downbeat. it is always aesthetically perfect, conceptually innovative, technically correct, graphically elegant. As if to say packaging with a soul. The much acclaimed designer Nendo has come up with some very interesting solutions.

Virgin and recycled paper with superior performance, but also a complete service to help the user make the right choices, to the benefit of productivity. Good news from Stora Enso.

In 2014 Stevanato Group (glass pharmaceutical packaging and machinery for processing and controlling glass tubes) has reported revenues of 285 million euros, up 18.7% on the previous year.

Octagona (Carpi, MO) is a consulting firm that supports companies in their international development.

Pixartprinting  presented its own success story at the  Southern European Print Congress 2015 (Barcelona, 11 March) in a talk entitled “Upload & Print, the international market of a simple idea”.