Facts and data

Dimontonate Floccati is a leading producer of flocked materials for luxury packaging, for automotive and technical-industrial branch.

Use and market trends of corrugated cardboard packaging, boxes and paperboard, large format paper bags and other cellulosic packaging types (product types taken up from “Packaging in numbers 2017”).

China and Europe power the recovery. Clothing, accessories and beauty the most performant categories. The consumption of personal luxury products close to 259 billion euros. Source: Monitor Altagamma on World Markets, carried out by Bain & Company in cooperation with Altagamma. A summary.

The European policy on the subject of sustainable consumption and production is in rapid evolution and the paper industry is playing a leading role.

Historic grappa maker Mazzetti D’Altavilla presents its annual collection in Grappassion, a book that tells the story of Made in Italy grappa, as well as that of a family that since 1846 has been making grappa with a focus on land and innovation.

Over 3.2 million t of paper and board collected in Italy in 2016. The South is driving the recovery with +8.6%.

Italian firm AMB Spa (a trusted manufacturer of multilayer plastic films mainly for food packaging) announces its new development plan and invests 6.6 mln euro in a second site to serve alongside its historic headquarters in San Daniele del Friuli.

The contest organized by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, which culminates with the presentation of the Oscars for best packaging creations, receives a new and prestigious sponsor: Brera Design District (BDD).

Having considered the position of the Ricrea consortium, it was confirmed on 3 July that the CONAI board of directors has decided to decrease the environmental tax credit for steel packaging.

In this article, starting from basic chemistry, the subject of the interaction between aluminium and foodstuff is tackled, providing numerical data the result of experiments carried out with the greatest stringency. It is confirmed that Italian regulatory legislation on the subject, ratified by DM 76 dated 18/04/2007 safeguards consumers and provides clear indications to avoid improper use. We…

Increase in productivity, investments in technology and rendering the systems more efficient, shrewd management of resources and means, BRC certification: from the all positive indicators of the integrated paper&board converter Innova Group (owned and run by the Pedrotti family) to the market potentials for the year at hand. Luciana Guidotti

20-22 September 2017

Data and facts on production, consumption and use of packaging in a market divided between alcoholic and non-alcoholic products. Analysis of the situation in 2016 and some tentative forecasts for the Italian market.

A journey of the senses in discovery of unique products: Luxoro opens its own exhibition space at Paper&People, Europe’s largest graphic paper showroom.

Pixartprinting content creation continues, this time touching down in Berlin to invite communications and print specialists to discover the German capital’s underground spaces.

The close of 2016 saw a 3.2% rise in production of packaging (in t), building on the +2.3% logged the previous year. The trend is driven by the domestic market, exports having stalled

A four-month survey of the packaging industry as of May 2017. The information relating to the global economy is based on Confindustria and Prometeia data.

A detailed look at product characteristics, packaging types and considerations on the Italian market, with notes on recycling.

Lumson consolidates its  leadership in prestige makeup after signing the agreement for the gradual integration of Leoplast into the Lumson group.

On Wednesday, June 7, the assembly of the Italian national association of builders of machines and moulds for plastics and rubber manufacturing approved the change of name proposal put forward by President Alessandro Grassi, with an eye to renewal, without though omitting keywords such as “association, machines, plastic”.
Thus Assocomaplast becomes Amaplast, featuring an even more synthetic…