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Technology and innovation which go together with a tradition lasting more than 50 years: interpack 2017 with Ronchi Mario SpA was about physical machinery and digital business.

We already announced it in the June issue and in our webmagazine: the packaging and wrapping machine sector continues to turn out record figures. We have had further confirmation during the press conference organized 26 June at Baggiovara (MO), alongside Ucima’s annual assembly, attended by a hundred or so heads and top managers from machine builder companies. Choice titbits of news offering…

The Italian industrial processing and packaging industry is in good health, generating an annual turnover of over 44 billion euros, with future prospects that open up to interesting business opportunities, thanks also to the high propensity to export. Among the pitfalls perceived by companies, the competitive and macroeconomic scenario, commodity prices, labour costs and taxation. This is the…

The fair interpack continues to mark an ineluctable time boundary for the packaging world, taking advantage of the opportunity to sum up years of work and development.

Sanction Decree no. 29 of February 2017 can be considered a turning point for an entire industrial sector (film manufacturers, converters and producers of food contact packaging). The perspective of a sector veteran (not without some bones to pick) opens an interesting discussion. Responses and further contributions welcome. Armando Vaccaro

Market trends and new means of distribution and packaging of various pharmaceutical products (considering only prescription and OTC drugs sold in pharmacies).  Plinio Iascone

Data and facts on the youngest packaging type currently on the market, which enjoys good health with the exception of some minor setbacks having mostly to do with less than stellar performance of certain target sectors.   Barbara Iascone

Sense, nature and values of an industrial reality that is “very” Italian. Velleda Virno tells of the investments made in the family company in the name of quality, efficiency and future projects. And for his love for his home territory. Stefano Lavorini

“The present is the indivisible limit that separates the past from the future” (1). This seems to be a conviction of Lameplast Group’s Enrico Folchini, the new CEO of the Modena based leader in the preparation, filling and packaging of pharmaceuticals, medical and cosmetic devices, who is working on having his company make a qualitative leap. Stefano Lavorini
(1) Henri Bergson, philosopher

The Marchesini team (over 300 managers and technicians) and the many guests of the Bolognese company experienced the fair days under an imposing red structure: A sort of “technological” portal, visible from all corners of the hall, capable of accommodating people, ideas and many machines.

Davide Morten, head of Robatech Italia, illustrates the leitmotifs of Swiss multinational’s participation at interpack, which it considers the ideal venue for offering recent technologies and new ideas that make gluing a means for achieving safety, efficiency and productivity.

Announced in May the acquisition of Eidos SpA by the German company Novexx Solutions (part of the Possehl Group), which will strengthen its position in the ID market.

CEFLEX is a new project organized by a consortium of European companies representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging.

Presented as a preview at interpack 2017, with the Pharma Trace Seal system Etipack has completed the company’s range of medium to high-end machines, all meeting the latest stringent pharmaceutical product labelling regulations.

First quarter 2017: the turnover generated by the Italian market grew by 6.5% (orders + 9.9%). Exports are also up (+ 13%). Good growth prospects.

Integrated packaging solutions leader Pro Mach, Inc. announced today it has acquired global high-speed labeling solutions provider P.E. Labellers SpA. The addition of Italy-based P.E. Labellers expands Pro Mach’s capabilities to provide high-speed decorative labeling and integrated solutions worldwide. All global subsidiaries and management teams of P.E. Labellers join the Pro Mach team.

Eleventh Edition of SAVE, conference and exhibition for vertical solutions and applications for automation, instrumentation and sensors (Organization secretariat EIOM, the Italian Trade Fair Organization Body).

Market and packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables: a growing and service-oriented sector.  Plinio Iascone

Knowhow acquired over the course of 70 years in paper converting, sagaciously matched with cutting-edge manufacturing technologies, has made Industrialbox one of Italy’s most internationally renowned luxury brands

Luxoro - the exclusive distributor and representative in Italy of Kurz Group decoration and surface treatment solutions - celebrates the value of gold in packaging with a multisensory exhibition at the first edition of Packaging Première (Milan, the Mall, 16-18 May).