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  • The right contact

    Doing business in the Middle Kingdom: effectively managing relations between agents, customers, suppliers and employees. ItaliaImballaggio will offer a series of reports and analyses by Alessandro Zaccarini (an Italian expert in China-Italy business relations) examining the main negotiation tactics and typical relations models among “local” managers and entrepreneurs. And advice on how to better…

  • Packaging machine sales: 5.5 billion euros

    Presented on 27th June by Ucima the national survey on the packaging machine builders sector. In the light of the review of the main sector indicators, some exclusive and unexpected data emerge: total turnover 5.5 billion euros, exports 4.6 billion euros, export quota 83%, sales to Italy 941mila euros.

  • Considerations on glass packaging – Data 2012

    NUMBERS AND TRENDS Glass packaging has managed to reinvent itself in recent years thanks to a decisive orientation toward product customization and significant reductions to average weight per application.

  • Paperboard: lighter weight, higher quality

    Reduced weight, same thickness and an ever whiter coat: Metsä Board invests in technology and challenges the market with paperboards that are more and more competitive in terms of results and sustainability.

  • The food industry in Italy – Data 2012

    Structure and dynamics of the market, with a focus on the mode of packaging of food products, beverages excluded, on the basis of the analysis of twenty-two areas monitored by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.  Plinio Iascone

  • Planet China

    Doing business in the Middle Kingdom: effectively managing relations between representatives, customers, suppliers and employees.
    Starting with this issue, ItaliaImballaggio will offer a series of reports and analyses by Alessandro Zaccarini - an Italian expert in China-Italy business relations - examining the main negotiation tactics and typical relations models among “local” managers and…

  • Stand-alone gluing system

    Robatech Italia (Cesena, FC) presents Cartoglue-LP to the operators of the paper converting industry: a self-adhesive glue system, extremely flexible, which combines “Swiss” precision with real economic competitiveness.

  • When public administration supports innovation

    ASTER is the consortium for innovation set up by Regione Emilia Romagna, by 6 Italian regional universities, by the CNR and ENEA and by the sector associations. It stands as a landmark for favouring company access to innovation, mainly via the coordination of the Hitech Network, a network of public and private research laboratories serving the entrepreneurial fabric. To better clarify purposes…

  • Growth figures

    The Marchesini Group continues to grow and invest, and also confirms good forecasts for 2013.

  • Metal packaging – Data 2012

    STEEL AND ALUMINIUM With 925,000 t of packaging produced, Italy is among the top packaging producers in the European ranking. Size of the market, user sectors and format characteristics.

  • Removals: a masterpiece of logistics

    Madina Printing Publishing MPPC has chosen GWS Printing Systems to transfer a heatset print unit from Oslo (Norway) to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

  • IMA grows and relaunches right across the board

    IMA closes 2012 with a preliminary strong growth, with consolidated revenues of 734.3 million euros (+9.7%), EBITDA of 101.4 million euros (+9%) and a backlog of orders worth 404.9 million euros (+7.1%)

  • Packaging pharmaceutical products

    FIGURES AND TRENDS According to analysis by Prometeia, in 2012 the pharmaceutical sector as a whole (OTC and non-prescription, including for hospitals and excluding veterinary) did not exceed modest growth (+0.5%). The present report examines only OTC and branded drugs sold at the pharmacy, of which it analyzes quantity and packaging configurations.

  • A biopolymer foam

    The four-year ReBioFoam research project, an effort to develop a foam made from organic, biodegradable biopolymers, has come to a close. Used as a protective packaging solution alternative to synthetic expanded materials, it will reduce recourse to landfill disposal with a leap forward for recovery.

  • Recycling? It’s a bargain!

    The business volume reached by the Italian recycling industry is equal to that of the cosmetics sector and greater than that of textiles. But, most importantly, it’s growing: Conai explains the how and the why.

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