Food and beverage

The historic wine cellar Schenk Italia, among the major national wineries, has developed a line of high-end Veronese wines and has chosen an elegant and exclusive packaging made by OI (Owens-Illinois), considering it the most suitable to convey the value of the products, the cellar and the territory.

The Granarolo Group (the largest agro-industrial operator in the country supported by Italian capital) has announced the results of the first survey regarding information needs of Italian consumers, by the Permanent Observatory on the Italian milk supply chain “Healthy Eating, Italian Supply Chain”*.

If at drinktec 2009 Krones surprised the beverage industry with ErgoBloc L, the block blow-labeller-filler, now the German manufacturer can rightfully speak of technological success and of the market: last May, in fact, the South Korean company FINE Bio ordered the hundredth example of the system.

Sacmi offers a new integrated solution for the automated control of self-standing pouches for wine and water.

P.E.T. Engineering (global leader in the design and industrialization of PET containers) presented at Brau Beviale 2015 a series of new consulting services for materials and processes, so proving itself to be a single point of reference for the creation, engineering and industrialization of PET packaging.

In relation to global beverage production (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), Italy ranks fifth among western countries, with a 14% share, behind Germany (22%), the UK (20%), France (17%) and Spain (16%). Numbers on packaging.

As predicted by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman (“Liquid Life”, 2008), people today are increasingly convinced that complete self-realization requires doing away with rules and restrictions.

Focus on Italian food consumption that shows a slight recovery in quantitative terms set against a significant qualitative change, with the onus being placed on health and well-being. Data and trends taken from the full annual report drawn up by the Coop, which offer excerpts of great interest for operators in the food & packaging industry.

The heightened sensitivity and reflections in recent years on the environment have led packaging concerns - and notably the paper industry - to review their processes in a sustainable way, especially as regards the use (and saving) of raw materials.
In this perspective an innovative sector project has been implemented by Lucaprint, which premiered on September 18 at Expo, which saw the…

A leader in European production and distribution of aluminium containers for food packaging, Contital Srl (Laminazione Sottile Group) presents its new Semi Smoothwall line of round aluminium containers, developed by the group’s R&D team.

Coop (retail leader in Italy) has selected Sealed Air as its packaging partner in order to demonstrate fresh protein packaging trends in the “Supermarket of the future” at Expo.
The exhibition area focused on two time arcs: “Horizon 2020” focuses on food safety, preservation longevity and brand building, while “Horizon 2050 offers information on future methods for guaranteeing the freshness of…

Sustainability and sensory analysis will be the two main themes of talks at Simei. The fair will be held at Fiera Milano’s complex in Rho (MI) and has been organized by the Italian Wines Union since its first edition in 1963, conceived as a unique and very high quality training and professional development event.

Already open the subscriptions for the next Cibus Tec, show that comes under the international platform devised by the Fiere di Parma and Koelnmesse, and that involves the entire food and beverage industry technology chain.

Speakers from industry and commerce, design and the university animated the recent meeting that Boxmarche dedicated to this packaging system. With the grande finale of CreativityBox.

In the packaging for a new line of mackerel filets, Mareblu plays on the meaning of colors and confirms its founding principle of respecting the environment and consumers.

A new leak detector for fresh foods will be one of the highlights of the Ishida Europe stand at Scanpack (Göteborg, October 20th-23th 2015), where the company will underline its capabilities in all areas of the packing line including weighing, bagmaking, tray sealing and quality control.

Mondi Coatings presents its alufree BarrierFilm: an eco-friendly solution that can reduce the carbon footprint by as much as 25%, offers an excellent protection and a long shelf life for food products.

With 9.6 billion individuals on the Earth by 2050 and fish consumption increasing rapidly (to date, 17 kg per capita), fishing will not be able to satisfy the demand for seafood (90% of reserves are already exhausted) and fish farming will experience exponential growth.

Neronobile: 18 years of history and experience as contractor in the coffee capsule packaging sector. The tale and objectives of a company that is today growing at the rate of 40% a year and that operates across the globe, bolstered by a complete offer and an all-round service, that accompanies the customer in all production phases.  By Riccardo Ceredi

Dinamic Service designs, creates and fills on contract primary and secondary packaging for the food, non food and promo sectors, while offering all complementary logistics and storage services.