Industry and strategy

3 October 2015 witnessed the holding of the 16th National Meeting of GIFCO (Italian Group of Corrugated Cardboard Manufacturers) converter associates at the NH Hotel Fiera Rho (MI).

The Germany Pavilion at EXPO and in the presence of Peter Winter (deputy and chairman of the Budget Committee of the Bavarian Parliament) witnessed the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Unione Italiana Vini (in the person of the Director General Francesco Pavanello) and Messe München GmbH (MMG ), represented by Reinhard Pfeiffer, Managing Director of MMG and responsible for…

Nicola Semeraro, head of Matera Imballaggi since 1990, is the new President of the Consortium Rilegno.

A “different” encounter that organized by Gifasp October 5, 2015, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio and Comieco at Expogate, Piazza Castello, Milan, part of the Expoincittà and Children Share Network program.

At the last Labelexpo Europe FINAT (self-adhesive labeling industry association) and TLMI (North American Association label and packaging printers) presented the first results of the joint project of Life Cycle Assessment for self-adhesive labeling.

From 1 January 2016 the Conai Environmental Contribution for glass will decrease from the present 20.80 EUR/t to EUR 19.30/t.

Enrolment for the first level Parma University Master in Packaging, 2016 edition, will close on December 18.

At Macfrut the international group UNITEC, focused on innovation in the fruit and vegetable sector, with technologies dedicated to more than 35 types of fruit and vegetables, presented its new Packaging Division, Unitec Intelligent Packaging.

Celebrating eighty years with the people who matter most: employees and partners. A good day for the whole family: memories, certainty, passion and commitment.

The packaging and converting industry is in full bloom in Indonesia, contributing 5.95 billion USD to the country’s GDP.

After having made several important acquisitions in two years, the rigid plastic container producer RPC reviews its objectives and modes of growth that are accelerating on all fronts. Following its own “Vision 2020”.

2015 has been a year “of substance” for Robatech, which has chosen Converflex to share with the world its big news: the start of a partnership with Leary, the concern’s constant attention to ethical and environmental issues and 40 years of history to celebrate. Davide Morten, manager of the Swiss group’s Italian subsidiary, shares his thoughts.

Example of tenacity and industrial passion, Innova Group discloses the figures for bumper year 2014 and shows the new stages of growth. Focus on quality and lean production.

For Expo 2015 Cefla has started up a series of largescale projects, that have involved the concern in its entirety, making it one of the most committed in the international food event

Lameplast Group hosts an event in the spirit of sharing, in order to celebrate and re-launch the team play that carried it onto the international scene.

The Group run by the Aureli family gains control of Syntech Technology and sets up the branch that will dominate the market on the Iberian peninsula.

Strengthening its production capacity in the food & beverage area, while at the same time consolidating its leadership in the cosmetics, dietary supplement and pharmaceutical sectors.

Automatic assembly machines: Tecmes’ high speed mechanical engineering targets the world packaging and beauty markets.

The first Dow Chemical Italian Pack Studio Innovation Center is now up and running at Mozzate (CO). It joins those already running in Switzerland, Brazil, China and the US with the objective of satisfying the specific needs of customers on the subject of packaging, fabric and hygiene and hence stimulating the development of innovative solutions.

From the collaboration between ICE-Agency and Edizioni Dativo, the column dedicated to Italian companies operating in packaging and with an attentive eye to the possibility of growth abroad.