Facts and data

Aerobal,(International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers, reported a record result for 2013 with an output rising by some 2% to more than seven billion cans, despite economic turbulence worldwide and a slowdown in growth in several of the largest emerging markets in Asia and South America.

FACTS AND FIGURES Size of the Italian market, prospects, innovation and improvements in the performance of aluminum and steel packaging intended for food and non-food. Plinio Iascone

In Italy the economic benefits produced by the recycling of packaging stand at 10 billion euros a year, half of which attributable to the consortium.

The IMA group closed 2013 with excellent results in all the business areas, thanks to the positive run of sales of automatic machines towards the main sectors (pharma and food) and the contribution of the Ilapak Grup, consolidated since the month of August 2013.

The independent company Aventics has been created from the Pneumatics division of Bosch Rexroth: for the first time a big player in the sector has reinvented itself completely, fielding a new structure dedicated exclusively to the pneumatics business.

As part of the expansion of its business structure and with the aim of providing a more professional service to its customers, Fanuc has combined sales and technical support for all its products into a single structure.

Taghleef Industries (Ti), a leading Bi-oriented Polypropylene Film producer, announce a major investment at Ti Kft in Hungary to upgrade a 8.2 mt BoPP line to 5-layers that will increase Ti Europe current 5-layer film capacity to a total of 60,000 t/y, positioning itself n°1 in Europe.

Steel and aluminium packaging is ideal for food products, offering the longest shelf life, guaranteeing room temperature storage and protection against contaminants. And they can be recycled ad infinitum. Rio Mare is a case in point  (www.riomare.it, Bolton Alimentari).

Eataly was the first  high quality Italian agrifood  and restaurant & catering operator to opt for Mater-Bi® biodegradable and compostable carrier bags and disposable kitchenware (cups and cutlery) and today confirms its environmental record by also adopting bioplastic bags for its Milan fresh produce salespoint.

To hazard a comparison, I might incredibly liken the placid rustling of the leaves of a poplar in the morning breeze, to the deaf noise of the awakening city starting up its blind productive machine; and again, liken the whirling of pollen which falls like Spring snow to the choice of the men and women who elsewhere, unbeknownst to us, are designing the future of humanity.

Despite the political and financial uncertainties, Russia’s economy is growing and sustaining the demand for consumer goods.

The Australian Consul General, Mrs Simone Desmarchelier, paid an official visited last February to Nordmeccanica - the Piacenza based manufacturer of machines for the production of flexible packaging.

At the end of February the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio organized two study days on plastic and cellulose packaging.

... light can come in a spraycan? And what about the dispenser for explosives? And the compressed aerosol, the syphon for condiments, the dye applicator? The ADF Awards where technology, marketing and the imagination ran riot at the  latest  Oriex fair-conference.

Sacmi Group will transfer the entire Plastics Division to the Kingsbury Group, a large multinational based in Rochester, New York, USA: global players in the automotive, aerospace and electronic components industries, they have been doing business for over 120 years.

Italians are not foregoing on purchasing cosmetics, essential for daily hygiene and personal well-being, but are moving towards cheaper price ranges or towards better value for money: this is why the value of the cosmetics market has decreased slightly, but not the volume of products sold.

Leister Technologies enters onto the Italian market first hand by inaugurating its direct branch.

Krones, leader on the global market of filling and packaging beverages, has bought 100% of HST Maschinenbau GmbH that designs and produces homogenizers and piston pumps for food & beverage.

The SIT group continues to grow in the flexible packaging world. Figures to hand, it is surprising how the San Marino based concern has managed to maintain the balance, year after year, between results and investments, innovation and tradition. The secret?... Energy and intelligence and the capacity to dream with ones eyes open.

Mineral water bottlers and recyclers have created a voluntary consortium that will effect a closed supply chain in order to recover more PET and produce raw materials with food safe properties. Called Coripet, the new consortium brings to the table original ideas to involve supermarkets and award virtuous consumers.