Facts and data

Characteristics, data and facts of the Italian steel and aluminium packaging market in 2017. Barbara Iascone

How to pick your way through the specific regulations and certifications required of those who export to the various countries (numerous in Italy, as we know). AC&E’s solutions, including technical and legal services to Italian machine builders, who export to Europe and around the world. Maurizio Cacciamani

How it grows and why: in short, the trends and scenarios from the second “Packaging & E-commerce Forum” that took place during Ipack-Ima 2018. Milena Bernardi

Active for over 20 years in end of line, at Ipack-Ima 2018 PRL Tecnosoft presented the most important innovations of its proposal as a system integrator, in a range of applications going  from collaborative robotics to artificial intelligence.

Communicative and sustainable packaging has a new ally: BioIsolamBox, the customizable thermal box, practical and biodegradable, proposed by Isonova for the controlled temperature transport of wines, pralines and ice cream, cosmetics and medical products.

With the 361,403 t sent for recycling in Italy last year, it would be possible to build 3,600 km of railway tracks, sufficient to connect Bari with Moscow.

One of the smallest thermoforming machines currently on the market (190x80x159 cm), Next 4.0 is able to meet all factory requirements in terms of dimensions.

A new exhibition area inside the Museum of Industrial Heritage, Bologna aims to involve teenagers and adults on the implications of Industry 4.0 by showing them the Factory of the Future.

Plastics and rubber: the new records of Italian machine builders.

PET Engineering “collection” packaging FonteVita has received the prestigious Golden A’ Design Award in the category “packaging design”, following a rigorous selection process that saw a large number of entries in the running.

Always in step with the explicit demands of the packaging sector, in its quest for  high-level products Leuze expands its range of solutions studied specifically for the bottling sector: after PRK 18B and GSU 14D, devised
for the recognition of bottles and transparent labels, it offers LS55 H2O, a new barrier photocell with stainless steel housing, which can even detect  transparent liquids in…

Made of white glass, the new bottle developed by Owens-Illinois for Santero (the winegrowing group of Santo Stefano Belbo, CN) stands out on the shelf, thanks to a decorative wave pattern across the entire container body.

The iconic men’s and women’s ready-to-wear clothing brand Frankie Morello has chosen Premi (a packaging company in the fragrance, skin care, make-up, and home fragrance sectors, with headquarter in Gessate, MI) for the development of its first line of fragrances and body care products.

First woman in over 60 years of history of the Institute to take on the office of president, she was elected by acclamation by the members, in their meeting at the Palazzo Parigi in Milan on May 11th for the annual assembly.

Telling a completely new and unique story: that of a traditional fruit on the outside but that hides a sensational red pulp with an exceptional flavor.

In order to guarantee hygienic protection of the packaging for the entire length of the supply chain, WaveGrip offers WaveSafe, a flexible multi-pack carrier for cans, integrated with an additional coating of recyclable and photodegradable PE applied to the top, protecting it from any contamination due to involuntary contact with dirty surfaces, dust and debris in the air.

The segregated collection of plastic packaging also increased in 2017 (+ 11.7% on 2016), with a national average per capita collection going from 15.8 to 17.7 kg per inhabitant per year. And if Lombardy also put in the best performance in 2017, Puglia, Basilicata and Valle d’Aosta have made a significant leap forward.

Even in 2018, L’Oreal is among the “World’s Most Ethical Companies”, selected according to the standards related to ethical business practices of the Ethisphere Institute. L’Oréal is one of only three companies in the Health & Beauty sector to have received the recognition for the ninth time “for its commitment to promoting integrity and placing ethical business practices among its priorities…

The Italian corrugated cardboard industry is growing: in 2017 over 6.7 billion square meters of packaging material (+ 2.82%) was produced.

Based on the classification used by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio in their Packaging in figures publication, this analysis focuses on rigid packaging (bottles, flacons...) but also on laminated flexible packaging (shoppers, films, protective bubble wrap, etc.), with the exclusion of flexible converter packaging. Barbara Iascone