Facts and data

The online survey “Best Employer 2014”, conducted in Germany by Focus magazine, has elected Ensinger GmbH (a plastics converter) as the best employer among candidates in the category of machine and plant engineering/multi-technology industrial sector.

FOOD AND BEVERAGE Structure and trends of the market in Italy, with a distinction of the different types of packaging destined to the two sectors.

A committee of experts from major multinationals is helping identify the needs of the market and the issues to look at more closely; the offer on show covers the entire processing/packaging/logistics industry, divided according to a rational and straightforward layout with coherent areas and “showcases” dedicated to innovation...

The spring assembly of the Flexible Packaging Group (member of Assografici) meeting in Milan last April 16th elected a new Executive Committee that has chosen Dr. Michele Guala, CEO of Safta SpA as its President.

The consolidated alliance between the Gruppo BolognaFiere, Federfarma and Cosmetica Italia has resulted in more than 70 engagements, including workshops, conventions, CME courses and theme conferences that animated the three-days of Cosmofarma (9th-11th May), attracting over 27,500 Italian (+14%) as well as foreign (+22 %) visitors.

«Every journey begins with the exciting challenge of imagining what lies ahead».
How is the relationship between brand and consumer changing? What factors are influencing the evolution of the paradigm in this sense? And what actions need to be taken in order to face a future that is looking to be radically different in terms of the development, production, distribution and communication a…

SNAPSHOT OF A SECTOR A balance of activities and values of packaging destined for the various forms of pharmaceuticals in Italy.

Marchesini Group is now 40 years old and celebrates by opening the gates of its Pianoro works. A showroom, a museum that tells the history of the company, routes that show the new organization of production and many, many machines. Numerous the visitors, including the 150 sector operators that came by plane during Interpack, and great optimism in the words of President Maurizio Marchesini:…

New paradigms People who think of people, who design a product capable of entering the life of each and anyone of us, and aboveall, capable of remaining there. The new frontier of the cosmetics market is “sharing”: the sharing of a dream - that illuminates many personal “I-worlds” - but also, first and foremost, the sharing of competency and culture, in order to multiply the potentialities that…

PRODUCTION AND TRENDS Daily hygiene and personal wellness products are indispensable, even during a prolonged crisis. Indeed, the production output of the manufacturers belonging to Cosmetica Italia has grown by 2.6% during the last year, and although the trend shows a few contractions, high growth potential persists. Numbers, choices and trends in the use of packaging follows. Plinio Iascone

Five the winners of the competition promoted by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio. This year’s theme was Quality Design and, not by chance, organized in cooperation with the Scuola del Design of Politecnico di Milano. The awards ceremony during the Milan Design Week “Fuorisalone”.

A precious, elegant, exclusive limited edition. Thinking of the world of luxury, Arjowiggins Creative Papers has come up with A+S61, a “jewel” of creativity to support a high-end image.

Investments for 1.5 billion euros in the development of smart logistics solutions: a “revolution” in the world of shipment, that improves the life of the citizens.

In the month of February, based on interim figures, the Italian food sector registered a drop of -0.2% on the same month the year previous, and Italian industry as a whole showed, compared to February 2013, a +0.4%, both in interim figures as well as in the exact number of days reading.

Levissima (Sanpellegrino Group) is among the 137 virtuous companies awarded in the fifth edition of Regione Lombardia’s 2013 “Best Practices” Social Responsibility review.

Stora Enso announces the winner of the design competition Recreate Packaging 2014:  the beauty products “ Have a good trip” the work of German designer Arthur Schmidt, who won the first prize of 8,000 euros.

According to the French firm Vente-Privee Consulting (consulting service in digital strategy) the scenario of the “digital ecosystem” features the need to involve evermore aware users, favoring a satisfying shopping experience. This involves five phenomena that need to be studied, with considerations valid aboveall for the fashion field, but useful for all sectors.

TREND The European population is getting older and older, generating a growing demand for special products and services, and suitable packaging. The analyses made by Asia Pulp & Paper and a study carried out by the Italian Pharmaceutical Agency AIFA. By Tristan d’Avezac de Moran

Quarterly packaging industry observatory. Situation at the end March 2014.

In the second half of 2013 the economic crisis, which began in 2008, began to show signs of abating at the macroeconomic level, and the expectations for GDP growth in 2014 are optimistic.