Materials and machinery

The organizers (Platform International Exhibitions Inc., ITE Group) emphasize, first of all, the event’s location: Beauty Eurasia is the first exhibition of the beauty industry to be held in the Eurasian region, with 550 exhibitors and 25 thousand visitors expected from over 100 countries.

Following the recent acquisition of the China Beauty Expo Shanghai, the Itec France-Informa group (formerly organizer of Beyond Beauty Paris) will launch Beyond Beauty Asean.

The international fruit and vegetable industry event organized annually by Cesena Fiera SpA prepares for the 2014 edition, bolstered by the strong growth that it registered last year: 24,800 certified visitors, an increase of 15%, and 820 exhibitors from 35 countries, up 2%.

Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd presents the third edition of this international beauty fair, the only one of the Japanese industry and gateway to the world’s second largest market for cosmetic products.

«Every journey begins with the exciting challenge of imagining what lies ahead».
How is the relationship between brand and consumer changing? What factors are influencing the evolution of the paradigm in this sense? And what actions need to be taken in order to face a future that is looking to be radically different in terms of the development, production, distribution and communication a…

SNAPSHOT OF A SECTOR A balance of activities and values of packaging destined for the various forms of pharmaceuticals in Italy.

Marchesini Group is now 40 years old and celebrates by opening the gates of its Pianoro works. A showroom, a museum that tells the history of the company, routes that show the new organization of production and many, many machines. Numerous the visitors, including the 150 sector operators that came by plane during Interpack, and great optimism in the words of President Maurizio Marchesini:…

At Interpack, MG2 presented a series of new machines for the pharmaceutical sector that set new precision and quality standards in the production of oral solids and in packaging.

New paradigms People who think of people, who design a product capable of entering the life of each and anyone of us, and aboveall, capable of remaining there. The new frontier of the cosmetics market is “sharing”: the sharing of a dream - that illuminates many personal “I-worlds” - but also, first and foremost, the sharing of competency and culture, in order to multiply the potentialities that…

At this year’s Interpack, the RPC Group underlined its capabilities and expertise across a wide range of end markets, and its ability to deliver added value through innovative packaging solutions.

PRODUCTION AND TRENDS Daily hygiene and personal wellness products are indispensable, even during a prolonged crisis. Indeed, the production output of the manufacturers belonging to Cosmetica Italia has grown by 2.6% during the last year, and although the trend shows a few contractions, high growth potential persists. Numbers, choices and trends in the use of packaging follows. Plinio Iascone

In the cosmetics field too investments need to be made in the continuity of consumer relations in order to guarantee product success and distribution channels (source Accademia 33, May 2014).

The next Emballage (Paris, 17-20th November 2014) will feature the first French edition of  “The Dieline Summit - The Peak of Package Design”.

A project for production continuity and technological advancement, demonstrating the knowhow of Famar Packaging.

The WITTENSTEIN cyber® dynamic line three-phase sinusoidal excitation mini brushless servo motors are now also available in a Hygienic Design version.

The many man-machine safety solutions presented at SPS/IPC/Drives Italia by Masautomazione also featured the control sensor for double metal laminate sheet foil (stainless steel, copper, ferrous and non ferrous metals etc.) with gauges of 0.025 mm up to approx. 1 cm, produced by the US company Prime Controls Inc.

The case of Art Cosmetics, the Bergamo-based make-up creator that is growing at a rate of 30% each year: thanks to Overlog and Tecnest’s integrated software each and every workphase is now computerised, guaranteeing more control, safety and quality.

Cooperation and innovation go hand-in-hand in bringing good results. Ronchi & Bosch Rexroth have pooled their core knowhow, the first as a filling and capping machine builder, the latter as a supplier of automation systems. This has allowed them to grow, leading to the joint creation of an innovatory electronic cam capping machine, previewed at this year’s interpack.

A demonstration model that incorporates the best of the factory automation offer, showing several interdependent moving and handling elements: on show at Parma the Sew Eurodrive M2014.

At SPS the PNI (Profibus Network Italy) consortium presented its technical and scientific training and education activities and latest updates on member company products.