Facts and data

  • IMA invests in food packaging

    IMA SpA strengthens its position on the global market of food packaging equipment with particular focus on the dairy industry with the acquisition of five companies  under the German group Oystar. And foresees a positive impact for the entire Emilia-Romagna supplier industry. 
  • More liquidity for Lombard concerns

    From January 29 Regione Lombardia will make available 500 million euros to give liquidity to all companies with registered operational headquarters in Lombardy that claim receivables from other Italian companies.
  • New image for COESIA Group

    2015 marks the inauguration of a new visual identity for COESIA. Developing out of the original trademark, the new logo embraces and represents the Group companies with a more dynamic and harmonious graphic.
  • Objective Africa

    Explore the emerging market of Sub-Saharan East Africa, discover opportunities and needs and place appropriate technological solutions on display: The first edition of East Afripack (September 9 to 12, Nairobi) met its objectives to the satisfaction of the 135 exhibitors from 13 countries, the organizers (Ipack-Ima SpA in joint ventures with PMMI, the association of North American manufacturers…
  • Safety update

    October 14, at Villa Marchetti, Ucima reviewed the situation on the technology for packaging machine safety.
  • Integrated solutions for the smart factory

    The next Affidabilità & Tecnologie, which will be held in at Turin’s Lingotto conference center on 22-23 April 2015, will showcase innovation as a cornerstone  of competitiveness.
  • MOCA compliance: data sheets on the way

    CAST 2 project: guidelines are ready to support documentation for declarations of compliance for food contact, with two new chapters on inks and glues. This was announced by the Italian National Institute for Health (ISS) in a recent conference organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.
  • Exports to France, going by way of Emballage

    Emballage and Manutention showcases 1,500 packaging, processing, printing and handling exhibitors and proposes itself as the gateway to one of the largest European markets. How great the organizers tell us with facts and figures on the French food, beverage, hygiene and beauty, luxury, health and multi-industrial sectors.
  • Three new Mater-Bi® for food features

    A plate that is compostable and heat resistant (up to 100 ° C) , food counter paper and a net for packaging of citrus fruit (and not only), all made of Mater-Bi®,  presented by Novamont at the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre in Turin.
  • Food in transparency

    The qualities of  glass, suitable for cooking and storing food, were  tested “live” at the “glassware party” organized by Assovetro.
  • Consumption and distribution: the Coop Report

    Only (health) food products and mobile phone technology have resisted the general decline in consumption. On the other hand, Italians have resumed saving, and e-commerce is growing by double digits each year. Even if 2015 will see the end of the recession, Italians will maintain their cautious mid-crisis lifestyles.
  • The experts like eco

    Super compact, super practical and above all highly eco-friendly: thanks to the characteristics of the bottle created for the “project ecogreen” product line, San Benedetto’s 1L “Easy” Mineral Water won the “Food Award- chosen by the experts” in the beverage category and an additional award for best eco-sustainable product.
  • Flexible packaging – Data 2013

    Featuring complex structures, flexible packaging enables the design of combinations of different materials (cellulose, plastic, aluminum foil or metallization) taking into account both the characteristics of the product to be contained, as well as the shelf life which must be guaranteed. This peculiarity is its main strength.
  • Ipack-Ima Observatory

    Exports doing well, employment stable and expectations positive. In 2014 the processing and packaging companies, that constitute the backbone of the international fair,  show good results and optimism for the future.
  • IMA: a window on innovation

    After the approval of the merger through acquisition of the controlled societies IMA Industries Srl and IMA Life Italia Srl into IMA SpA, the group will be preparing its stand at Emballage 2014 (Hall 5a, L061) featuring innovation, exploiting the Paris fair to present its latest proposals dedicated to the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food sectors as well as for tea and coffee.
  • Energy charges

    Assocarta demands a “European energy bill” to thwart the competitive paralysis of the Italian paper sector.
  • Beauty: signs of recovery

    The economic survey proposed by the Cosmetica Italia study centre (with a focus on performance in the first half of 2014 and forecasts for the latter half) reveals a timid awakening of some indicators in the beauty market in 2014.
  • Immagino: bridge between retailers and producers

    Some 20,000 products have already been digitized by Immagino, the digital brand content management web service that GS1 Italy - Indicod-ECR activated January 2014, and that enables the efficient production of high quality images for large volumes of references and the digitization of all the information on the label, enabling control, updating and data alignment between retailers and consumer…
  • Wood packaging – Data 2013

    In 2013 Italy witnessed the circulation of 2 million and 456 thousand tons of wood packaging used in the handling of goods in different manufacturing sectors.

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