Facts and data

The Packaging Sector in the United Arab Emirates has prospered from the expansion, diversification and growth of the national economy, which is one of the largest emerging economies in the Middle East and Africa and ranks second to the economy of Saudi Arabia.

As announced with due emphasis during Ipack-Ima: the triennial show Pharmintech (Bologna, 17th-19th April 2013), focused on process technologies and packaging for the pharmaceutical industry, is approaching its fourth edition and changes pace.
 

According to preliminary results, 2011 ended with a limited increase
of around 0.3% in terms of figures expressed in tons.

Quarterly packaging industry observatory. Situation at the
end March 2012 By Roccandrea Iascone - Istituto Italiano Imballaggio
 
 

DATA & FACTS Figures and use trends for containers ever up-to-date despite their "age", and that have been able to reinvent themselves by exploiting their traditional strengths of being tamper-proof, sturdy, guaranteeing an absolute barrier to external agents and perfect product preservation as well as being recyclable.  Plinio Iascone

IN BRIEF How and why they are appreciated: packaging high in service content for delicatessen and fresh produce.  
Plinio Iascone

DATA in brief, the numbers and characteristics of the packaging of frozen foods, vegetable and ichthyic preserves. Plinio Iascone

Environmental protection via the sun’s energy. The topic was broached in a question and answer session involving ALTER ECO (a company that designs and manufactures photovoltaic turnkey systems) and Euroscatola (producer of carboard packagings, cases and displays) by word of its AD, Silvio Cappelletti, stalwart supporter of the company’s investment and their choice of supplier.

May Lavoisier forgive us for interpreting this aphorism in our own way in order to present the activity of Cama and its new “Non Food” division, called on to take advantage of the concern’s valuable experience in secondary packaging and robotics for the food industry.

FROM THE FEDERATION 2011’s fourth quarter slows down, and not much more is expected from the first quarter of 2012. The paper and printing industry Federation provides updates on the (diverse) dynamics of printing, paper production and converting machinery, paper and board production, printing and paper converting.
 

Six ways to ensure that your employees solve problems without you.
 

The story of Beta and a consultancy. What and how much to learn from an actual case.

Conti­Tech Elastomer Coatings and Hell Gravure Systems will work together to improve the materials and machinery used in the direct engraving of plates, making the process of flexo printing even more competitive.

Highcon Systems Ltd has signed a commercial and technological cooperation agreement with Esko to integrate Esko ArtiosCAD software (design, packaging product development and the creation of virtual prototypes) with Highcon Euclid, the first machine in the world for digital cutting and creasing.

Dec Impianti SpA (solvent recovery systems using activated carbon) proposes a process of recovery in three main phases: adsorption on beds of activated carbon; desorption through the use of inert gas; distillation of the solvent.

www.ice.gov.it The organisation ICE - Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies (under interim management) - has established a close collaboration with the magazine ItaliaImballaggio. ICE‘s network of overseas offices will provide a regular update on the development of packaging in the short/medium term in given countries.

INDIA Mac Due tells the story of a joint venture started on the Indian subcontinent in order to produce semi-automatic packaging machines with Western quality standards at Eastern costs, with the objective of winning over emerging markets and of being more competitive on the Western markets.

ENCOUNTERS Safety and flexibility for the machines of today and tomorrow. At the Consumer Packaged Goods symposium, organized by Rockwell Automation, manufacturers and users exchanged opinions on business and sustainability.
Stefano Lavorini

A “technological” packaging Oscar, that of 2012. Held under the auspices of Ipack-Ima, the Oscar dell’imballaggio organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio indeed aimed at awarding the solutions that - thanks to cutting-edge technical solutions - highlighted the primary qualities of packaging’s capacity to protect, its function of use, its sustainability.

ACADEMY AND INDUSTRY A platform for exchanges, capable of furthering the dialogue between representatives of science and industry. The objective of the Linking University project is clear: open a constant communication channel between working bodies so that innovation, which is nourished by different skills, becomes a real business driver for the automation industry. Ideas and opportunities to be…