Opinions

Important news in the European Parliament’s Environment Commission (ENVI), which has voted a series of amendments to the PPWR - Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation text.

“Hurry up slowly”, said Svetonio, and personally, I would add, without artifice or ornament: this seems to be the invitation that CONAI has made to Italian industry for the tenth edition of Ecopack, the Eco-friendly packaging competition aimed at awarding, with 600,000 euros, the most innovative and eco-sustainable packaging solutions issued on the market in the 2021-2022 two-year period.

Straightforward and effective: this was the distinctive characteristic of the open house organized by Sun Chemical together with Remac Converting at the end of September. The aim was, on the one hand, to present solvent ink, coating ad adhesive barrier solutions for developing mono-material laminates and, on the other hand, the new machine for the application of these products in the line.

Finding out about Jaka Robotics with country manager Giacomo Mariotti, who focuses on its arrival and expansion in Italy.

Of Sicilian origins, Giuseppe Portella was born on 11 December 1962 in Novate Milanese. Completely self-taught, his techniques have gradually acquired sophistication and flair, with creative and thoughtful versatility in continuous experimentation.

Ronchi Mario, leader in the sector of machines for packaging personal hygiene and liquid detergent products, presented at interpack a number of solutions intended to make, once more, a difference in the market.

Like it or not, packaging is the new universal language of the consumer society, thanks to its ability to speak to many, to everybody, albeit with always different accents.

Specialised in optimising the industrial application of hot glue with sustainable and innovative gluing systems, the Robatech group is a multinational organisation with head office in Switzerland in Muri

Max Marra was born in Paola, in Calabria. A multidisciplinary artist, he concentrates his research on the integration and linguistic contamination of drawing, painting and sculpture, bringing extensive and consolidated experimentation to his analysis.

I’m knocking at your door, dear readers. Can I come in? I have no preferences: a line operator, a businessman, a mechatronics designer or a marketing expert; it’s enough for me to be listened to by you without conceit and without distrust.

Born in Besana in Brianza (MI) in 1969, Isabella Rigamonti studied at the San Giuseppe Artistic High School in Monza and graduated in Architecture-Design at Milan Polytechnic.

We learn from experience; and, in the case of MG2 - Italian excellence in the field of capsule filling machines - we can truly say that this is not a cliché.

Flash from interpack. Over to Angelo Forni, Atlanta Stretch.

In these first days of summer, the heat is rising steadily, and it is feared that this year has in store phenomena that will force us to refresh the data of the European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus, according to which 2022 was the year with the hottest summer and, in general, the second hottest year on record.

Davide Maria Coltro, born in Verona in 1967, lives and works between Milan and Lake Maggiore. A pioneer of technological art, his projects modify criteria for the creation, dissemination and use of art.

I’ve been thinking back at the recent Giflex Congress and the challenge launched by its president Alberto Palaveri(1) and I’ve been reminded of the old French Film of 2001: Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, in which the protagonist, with great imagination and without forgoing true authentic emotions, dedicates her time to trying to correct the negative aspects of those around her; it’s only after innumerable adventures that she understands that the most important thing in life is, however, looking after also oneself.

Paola Lucarelli was born in 1965 in Milan, where she lives, studies and works.

«Ah, trade fairs… Those marvellous occasions for spending whole days in suffocating spaces, surrounded by foreigners desperately trying to sell something. What joy! ».

Let’s take stock of the situation. One thing is certain, or at least should be: today, as in the past, there is no unique packaging solution which is better than all the others.

Points of interest from the conference, which consolidates the Italian front of the industrial supply chains involved. Critical voices both on the merits of the regulation that impacts on enterprises, and on the European decision-making process, in which clear and transparent scientific evaluations are missing.