Facts and data

The European tube industry was extremely robust in 2020 despite all the difficulties and impairments on the global markets during the corona pandemic.

According to a survey conducted by AstraRicerche for Comieco (National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Cellulose-based Packaging), 68.2% of those interviewed have increased their frequency of online purchases in the last year.

In strong expansion thanks to incentives, A.M. has come under the lens of SPS Italia, which has published the Observatory Additive Manufacturing - Knowledge, use and developments of additive technologies” in collaboration with the Milan Polytechnic/MADE, the Turin Polytechnic/+CIM 4.0, University of Pavia, Porsche Consulting. .  Maurizio Cacciamani

Lumson has chosen to head down the road of sustainability. The company increasingly invests in processes that optimize resources to achieve the most ethically and economically sustainable solutions.

The Tetra Pak Index 2020 (13th edition) investigates the relationship between food safety, environment and global pandemic.

With a calendar full of physical and digital initiatives, Accademia del Profumo continues to promote the culture of fragrance, building synergies between the enthusiasts and the actors of the supply chain: from industry to brands, from media to retail. Among the most eagerly awaited events, the historic Award, which in 2021 proposes interesting new features: the “Ambient Fragrance” category and…

The Italian cosmetics industry is reacting with determination to the crisis situation imposed by the global pandemic. In spite of the undeniable drop in turnover, the sector remains in fact a flagship of the national industrial system. This is testified by the preliminary 2020 results obtained from the economic survey of Cosmetica Italia.

Schur Flexibles Group is expanding its network in the Italian market by adding a strong centre of excellence for customised and high-quality packaging solutions.

Aprirsi alle frontiere digitali proponendo soluzioni competitive: è la nuova sfida di IDM Automation, azienda leader nella progettazione e nella realizzazione di macchine e impianti per il settore cosmetico.

The Marchesini Group officially opened its Beauty Division on 1st January. The 5,000 square metres of new facilities developed at the Pianoro headquarters will be home to offices and the production department for all of the Group’s cosmetic operations, which grows with the acquisition of Cosmatic, a Lombard company specialized in the production of lipsticks.

It took Anna Paola... that Anna Paola Cavanna who, after having renewed and revitalised the Italian Packaging Institute, in her second term as President wanted to make the Ethical Packaging Charter Foundation project a reality, with enthusiasm and courage. Here is what has happened, what is about to happen and, rest assured, will happen.

Exports at +4% drive turnover into positive territory for the packaging machinery manufacturers sector. Prospects of stability for 2021, but the increase in the costs of raw materials, components, and sea freight rates is worrying.

Aliplast, a Hera Group company specialising in the production of plastic materials, and Panariagroup, a leading ceramic tile producer, have launched a virtuous and highly successful partnership.

Opened in Milan in December 2020, MADE is the Competence Center dedicated to digital factory technologies, born from the joint work of 48 partners - 43 private companies, 4 universities, 1 public body - with the support of the Ministry for Economic Development.

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) today announced its participation in the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)’s Innovation Accelerator, an initiative that convenes the brightest minds in science and technology to develop and scale high-potential solutions for ending hunger worldwide. 

With the aim of evolving towards an even greater management of its resources, without betraying its imprint as a family company, from 1 January 2021 Cavanna Group has formalized an important change at the top.         

Netcomm and TuttoFood Live Forum. The acceleration of eCommerce induced by the pandemic is continuing even after the lockdown, consolidating the new buying habits. Food is among the leading segments with 36% of eShoppers that continue to privilege the digital channels of the large-scale retail trade (+96.4% in packaged consumer goods). 
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According to interim balances issued by Ucima’s MECS-Centro Studi, and as widely expected, in 2020 the surge of the Italian automatic machine manufacturers’ sector slowed (-5% overall turnover), but entrepreneurs look to the future with confidence. Matteo Gentili, President of Ucima: «We have a consolidated order portfolio and excellent 4.0 technologies, which will allow us to stay the…

As part of the Brand Revolution Lab* initiative, the packaging for the Acetomodena White Condiments line was born from the collaboration between the Lateral Creative Hub agency and O-I Glass (world leader in the production of glass packaging). 

In the Anagni plant in Lazio, Alpla Group  has invested over five million euros in an extrusion plant for recycled PET suitable for foodstuffs, obtained from post-consumer PET bottles.