Facts and data

Ecodesign is once again the theme of the ninth edition of the CONAI Call for Entries, which saw a further increase in enrollment: opened on Feb. 1, 2022, the call to action ended on April 29, with 373 entries submitted by 175 companies (a 14% increase in cases compared to the 2021 edition).

Well done and fully successful the two days full of appointments and events organized in Venice, May 26 and 27, 2022, by the Packaging Ethics Charter Foundation in collaboration with the Italian Packaging Institute.

Integrating sustainability into every aspect of business is the focus of the investments of Coca-Cola HBC Italia, the main bottler of The Coca-Cola Company brand products in Italy.

Present within District 4.0 - the Advanced Automation themed area of SPS Italia as well as inside Hall 3 - wenglor sensoric italiana brought to the fair many new product innovations, formalizing the recent acquisition of TPL Vision and announcing short-term projects aimed at company growth and development. We talked about it with general manager Elio Bolsi.

Technical flexibility, an approach to the market that expresses concreteness and foresight for Volpak, part of Coesia Group: with an established presence in the food and non-food sectors, it is thinking about repositioning the Enflex brand in the pharma & healthcare sphere.

Outstanding results for Ricrea. In fact, in 2021, per capita collection grows to 4.4 kg of steel packaging/year. The figure confirms how super-proven the collection and recycling system is, but also the effectiveness of the communication actions put in place by the Consortium towards citizens.

The industry’s revenues grew by 5.5% compared to 2020, breaking the previous record set in 2019. Ucima’s newly appointed chairman Riccardo Cavanna commented: “This was an extraordinary result, but the shortages are making themselves felt in 2022”.

Awaiting the final data soon to be published in Imballaggio in Cifre, the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio provides first synthetic hypotheses on the 2021 trend of the Italian packaging sector, in relation to turnover, production, exports, imports and apparent use.

From turboemulsifiers to complete plants for both small productions and big cosmetic and pharmaceutical lines.

Always ready for innovation, ahead of the times. Trends and markets: how the way of doing business is changing.

Italian design and quality with a privileged look at the world of research.

Innovation and technology between robotics and automation for pharmaceuticals.

Technological (and sustainable) innovations for the pharmaceutical market.

The recent report “Pharmintech Monitor 2022” produced by the MECS Study Centre on behalf of Ipack-Ima, describes the 2021/2025 trend of the global healthcare market, reserving ample space for the pharmaceutical sector and related packaging technologies.

Ethical and OTC drugs sold in pharmacies: packaging numbers and packaging mix by material and product type. Analysis of the pharmaceutical sector in 2021.

Goglio and IMA announce a global business alliance for coffee powder and coffee bean packaging: we talked about it with Luciano Sottile (Goglio) and Nicola Panzani (IMA Coffee).

Volpak, a company specialising in horizontal form-fill-seal solutions for the pouch-type packaging industry, is continuing to expand its flexible packaging portfolio with the signing of two strategic partnerships.

On 14 June 2022, the first Coesia digital event will go live: a streaming platform for exploring the latest innovations and most advanced technologies of the Group specialized in industrial and packaging solutions

The German food processing and packaging machinery industry recorded 7% growth in 2021 driven by strong domestic demand. Despite concerns about rising prices and shortages of raw materials, the industry maintains a high level of confidence and optimism.

The benchmark for the world of packaging, Archita Engineering supports companies in a path of growth, which passes through energy efficiency, safety at work, digitalization and business legality.