Facts and data

Nordmeccanica (major manufacturer of coating, laminating and metallising systems) and the COIM Group (manufacturer of chemical specialties, including adhesives and coatings which with the Novacote brand, are used to make multilayer laminates in flexible packaging) have joined forces in a cooperation aimed at the development of an adhesive technology enabling  high production and quality.

An award to manufacturers and users who rethink packaging with a view to sustainability: since 2014 the Conai Prevention Call provides a prize pool to incentivate the research and development efforts of the consortium companies, which meet the challenges of the circular economy.

Respecting the expectations of the organizers of Comexposium, from 26 to 29 November 2018 All4Pack Paris brought together 79,000 operators, including 1,350 exhibitors.

Organized by the Graphic Committee of Como, the conference “Circular Economy, sustainability and future of packaging” was held on 13 November at the Unindustria headquarters.

The personal luxury goods market in 2018 grew by 6%, for a total turnover of 260 billion euro, compared to a turnover of the entire luxury sector equal to 1,200 billion (+5%).

Nastritex (Busto Arsizio, VA) is a leader in the production and marketing of innovative fabrics and materials in support all the production technologies of compact cosmetics.

The positive trend of the national packaging sector also confirmed for 2018, in line with a trend that persists since 2014. Average prices of raw materials and production.

In the food sector, the role of packaging - which was, until recently, limited to protecting the contents from external contaminations and to providing support to convey information to consumers - is now the subject of research in the field of materials and technologies.

Quarterly observatory of the packaging supply chain: situation in December 2018. Consolidated data and development assumptions in the two-year period 2019-20.

With a turnover of 2018 close to 7.7 billion euros, the industrial sector belonging to Ucima (Union of Italian Manufacturers of Automatic Packaging and Wrapping Machines) confirms its international leadership.

After +8.7% in 2017, the turnover of the sector under Acimga grows by 10% and, today, based on the preliminary results released by the Association, is worth 3 billion euros.

CAMA GROUP announces the birth of the new PHHC (Personal, Health & Home Care) Business Unit, focused on satisfying the requests coming from the main players in personal care, cosmetics, OTC and home care industries.

The French 2019 Finance Bill has introduced a 140% “super-depreciation” tax concession for SMEs (turnover below €50 million and fewer than 250 employees) intending to invest in robotics or systems for facilitating digital transformation.

Presentation of the four “itinerant” Forums that ANIE Automazione and Messe Frankfurt Italia will be organizing in 2019 to review software, machine vision, mechatronics and remote control. A well-attended round table acted as a prelude to the topics that will be discussed during the events in question.  By Maurizio Cacciamani

Imagine reaching 300 million in turnover; wanting to grow internally and externally; to (obviously) want to invest in manpower but also (obviously) in structures and technology to optimize production, organization and the supply chain. A complex and audacious design, which can only be achieved, as Simona Michelotti, founder of SIT Group, claims «thanks to the optimism that comes from drive and…

The winners of the Conai 2018 Prevention Call (fifth edition) were announced on November 19, that made 400,000 euros available to packaging user and producer companies that have revised their packaging in terms of sustainability.

The integrated systems for inspection, coding and marking for the biomedical devices market were the focus of a training seminar organized on October 12 by Nimax (leader in Italy in the field of coding and marking) and by the Brescia based Antares Vision (global supplier of  visual inspection, tracking and intelligent data management systems).

12-13 December 2018, Hotel Principe di Savoia, Milan

A European campaign promotes the sustainability of aluminium and steel packaging which, by virtue of its characteristics, fully meets the principles of the circular economy. With the involvement of CIAL and Ricrea, Anfima coordinates the initiative in Italy, which includes the diffusion of a registered trademark to be affixed to boxes, jars, cans, cans, drums, buckets... to guarantee the complete…

The range of Laminil sandwich panels proposed by Isonova is enriched by a novelty for high-end packaging: the luxury substrates Silver, Gold and Nero Lam are the basis for realizing luxury boxes in various models (according to FEFCO codes) and in different combinations (white/black inner foam combined with white/black paper surfaces, gold/silver metallic or, on request, with alternative finishes).