Facts and data

From an exchange of glances to an intuition, from an idea to a shared partnership initiative. This is how ACIMGA built its next Content Transfer Event serving the Package Printing and Converting Business Community scheduled for October 28th in Milan.

In a plenum session held last July 9th, the European Parliament approved a the non-binding Sirpa Pietikäinen resolution, with 394 votes in favor, 197 against and 82 abstaining.

Last 26 June, the Regular Assembly of the Polo Tecnologico della Cosmesi (Cosmetics Technology Center) was held in Crema, with an opening address by Vice President Massimo Mariani (Chromavis), standing in for President Matteo Moretti (Lumson), who had to be in the USA for pressing business matters.

Milan, 23 July, Aspria Harbour Club. Polyedra and Arjowiggns Creative Papers highlight their strategic partnership in graphic arts, emphasizing the current state of the market, at an event dedicated to printers, creatives and marketing managers from various concerns, customers and prospects.

The packaging and converting industry is in full bloom in Indonesia, contributing 5.95 billion USD to the country’s GDP.

Speakers from industry and commerce, design and the university animated the recent meeting that Boxmarche dedicated to this packaging system. With the grande finale of CreativityBox.

In the packaging for a new line of mackerel filets, Mareblu plays on the meaning of colors and confirms its founding principle of respecting the environment and consumers.

2015 according to Cosmetica Italia: consumers and enterprises “factor in” the crisis, and Italian industry’s production is set to break the threshold of 9,600 million euro.

FACTS AND FIGURES From 2005 to 2014, flexible packaging for converting had a 3.3% annual growth rate. This growth persisted during the economic crisis, with an average annual rate of +2.7% during the period 2011-2014.

Wood packaging is a fundamental tool in the handling of goods in various manufacturing sectors

Comieco’s 20th annual report presented in July: more than 3 million tons of paper and board collected and recycled in 2014.

Already today available in 15 languages, the Recycling Mark was created to communicate to consumers their active role in the infinite recycling of metal

Oltre 4.800 Comuni convenzionati, e quasi 400 piattaforme nel 2014.

Positive data on production, domestic market and exports performance at Federmacchine Assembly.

The decline of non-food sales slows down: GS1 Italy - Indicod-Ecr, 2014 report
The findings of the thirteenth Non-Food Survey by GS1 Italy | Indicod-Ecr were presented last June 29th at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro Grassi

After having made several important acquisitions in two years, the rigid plastic container producer RPC reviews its objectives and modes of growth that are accelerating on all fronts. Following its own “Vision 2020”.

Laminazione Sottile Group (NA) announces the agreement for the acquisition of Ariflex, company located in Spinetta Marengo (AL) and specialised in the production of flexible packaging.

The Packaging Oscars 2015 recognize the innovative technological value of the products in competition. Under the aegis of Ipack-Ima, the initiative of Istituto Italiano Imballaggio has been conceptually revamped with participation in a project of wide scope: the Ethical Packaging Charter, a ten-point awareness-raising document that oriented the jury’s decisions.

The British packaging designer Burgopak and the US K1-Packaging Group announce a partnership to bring the former’s patented dual-sliding packaging system to the States.

July 31st, 2015 is the deadline for participating in the “Conai Prevention Contest - Making value of the environmental sustainability of packaging”.