Facts and data

Almost all of the scrap glass is used as a secondary raw material in an efficient "bottle to bottle" circuit. Italy fourth in Europe.

IMA closes 2012 with a preliminary strong growth, with consolidated revenues of 734.3 million euros (+9.7%), EBITDA of 101.4 million euros (+9%) and a backlog of orders worth 404.9 million euros (+7.1%)

FIGURES AND TRENDS According to analysis by Prometeia, in 2012 the pharmaceutical sector as a whole (OTC and non-prescription, including for hospitals and excluding veterinary) did not exceed modest growth (+0.5%). The present report examines only OTC and branded drugs sold at the pharmacy, of which it analyzes quantity and packaging configurations.

Gone is the carefree and natural approach of previous years, 2014 will be colorful and dazzling, but at the same time delicate and elegant.

The four-year ReBioFoam research project, an effort to develop a foam made from organic, biodegradable biopolymers, has come to a close. Used as a protective packaging solution alternative to synthetic expanded materials, it will reduce recourse to landfill disposal with a leap forward for recovery.

The business volume reached by the Italian recycling industry is equal to that of the cosmetics sector and greater than that of textiles. But, most importantly, it’s growing: Conai explains the how and the why.

Objective: innovation for competitivity The most important card to exit the crisis will be played in investment in R&D. We focus attention on structures within Italy, particularly in the area of Emilia, that offer companies suitable tools to effectively innovate and also to access funds. Focus on CRIT, IR4I, Aster. by Riccardo Ceredi

B&R are inaugurating the Italian Automation Academy, a structure entirely dedicated to training, and thus they are “writing” a telling story of commitment in favour of a serious approach to automation. The sense and the scope of this undertaking is rounded off by the network of relations and agreements with Academies, Research Centers and obviously, the market. L.G.

DATA AND FACTS Following a 2011 growth rate totaling 4.6%, in 2012 even the cosmetics/perfume sector had to “take account” of the worsening economic crisis in Italy and in Europe: the drop is in domestic demand, in particular, and the “historically” countercyclical nature of the sector has marked the time. On the other hand, subcontractors and exports are doing well. The numbers for packaging, by…

Joining up with the Swiss Group will help expand the range of products that IMA can offer in the field of food packaging.

Visionlab has empowered  the teleassistance and control of its products via the use of latest generation tablets and smartphones, based on Android as well as iOS (Apple) operating systems.

Edigit Ltd (BO, management software for Graphic Arts) presented last Viscom Italy a new integrated system dedicated to companies that print digital, which combines e-commerce+management +workflow in one solution.

Among the ten “printing Oscars” distributed to as many protagonists of the graphics, paper&cardboard production and converting industry during the closing ceremony of “la Vedovella” awards (Milan, November 9th), the one assigned to Lidia Cattaneo has a special, exclusive flavor.
Founder - and heart and soul - of Eurolabel, she was declared “Entrepreneur of the year”, which, for an industrial…

IN PARIS November 2012: Emballage finishes up its fortieth installment with a positive net balance. Info and products from the French packaging fair.

Exports can lift Italy out of the shoals of crisis. And, of all sectors, manufacturing has the best chance of success, as long as this country stops tolerating various kinds of parochialism and looks increasingly beyond its own borders. Some points for reflection from the Internationalization Forum Made in Italy organized by Messe Frankfurt.

Based on early estimates, 2012 marks a net worsening of the situation compared to 2011 (*): total packaging production fell by 3-4%, exports dropped 2.8-3%, imports increased slightly, and domestic demand fell 3-3.5%. The growth trends refer to values in weight.
The negative growth figure concerns all eight sectors of the packaging industry.

Quarterly packaging industry observatory. Situation as of late November 2012
By Plinio Iascone

When the reading of a biography (that of Steve Jobs) offers food for thought to also help lay down good practices.

A little over a month after the coming into force of the new environmental contribution (CAC), the Board of Directors of the Italian National Packaging Consortium has decided to further reduce the CAC for paper and board packaging by 4 euros a ton, that will hence - as of April 1st 2013 - go from 10 to 6 euros a ton.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What are the strategies for planning a successful (and plausible) future for the sector? What are the essential reasons for communicating the value of packaging? What new developments have there been in the concept of environmental sustainability and its intimate connection with respect for consumers and their safety? And what opportunities arise from the relationship…