Facts and data

  • Ranpak acquires Recycold Cool Solutions

    Dec 13, 2021
    Ranpak Holdings Corp. (NYSE: PACK), a global leader of environmentally sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions, has acquired the Netherlands-based sustainable cool packs manufacturer Recycold Cool Solutions.
  • Packaging machinery: 2021 turnover above €8 billion (+8%)

    Dec 07, 2021
    According to the preliminary figures published by the MECS – Ucima Research Centre, the sector is returning to growth. Both the domestic market (+18%) and exports (+5%) are performing well. Approximately 7 months of production is guaranteed in 2022.
  • New non-food trends in Italy

    Dec 01, 2021
    The Covid-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in purchasing patterns for non-food products, from clothing and household appliances to video games, telephony, DIY and home furnishings. GS1 Italy has analysed the impact on sales and the retail sector.
  • Between emotions and strategies

    Nov 29, 2021
    Cama Group celebrates its 40th anniversary and confirms that "doing business" today means fielding speed of reaction in managing complexity and transforming what others consider impediments into opportunities.
  • Italian vending industry reports 31% losses in 2020

    Nov 29, 2021
    The 2020 results of the Italian vending industry (Ipsos study for CONFIDA) were presented during the industry’s 2021 General Assembly held on 10 November at the Confcommercio offices in Rome.
  • A major step into the future of sustainable packaging

    Nov 25, 2021
    Within the project called Horizon, Jindal Films Europe, an Indian manufacturer of specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP or OPP) and polyethylene (OPE or BOPE) films, has recently announced a further expansion in its Brindisi plant that will create minimum 20 highly qualified jobs and add a capacity of further 50.000 MT on top of the current production volume of the site.
  • Glass packaging

    Nov 23, 2021
    Types, quantities and uses of hollow glass and tube glass packaging. 2020 market data and facts.
  • Amazon invests in CMC Machinery

    Nov 18, 2021
    Amazon has acquired a minority stake in CMC Machinery, an Umbrian company specialising in 3D packaging automation with a history dating back more than 40 years.
  • Wooden packaging (2020)

    Nov 17, 2021
    The shadows of the pandemic on the sector: lackluster 2020 results, with very few exceptions.
  • Trevalli Cooperlat chooses Robopac Packers

    Nov 17, 2021
    Trevalli Cooperlat is an agri-food cooperative and one of Italy’s leading dairy groups. Its collaboration with Robopac dates back to 2002 when it installed the first wrap-around packer made entirely of stainless steel and designed for ease of washing.
  • Flexible packaging: a “healthy” sector

    Nov 17, 2021
    Facts and figures from the 2020 market: with a slight drop in turnover, the balance sheets of Italian flexible packaging manufacturers confirm the a-cyclical characteristics of the sector.
  • Creativity, innovation and sustainability: the spirit of Enoplastic

    Nov 16, 2021
    The development of creative, innovative and at the same time eco-sustainable closure solutions are the pillars on which the mission and the promise of Enoplastic, undisputed reference point in the production of capsules and closures for wines and spirits, are based.
  • Integrating skills to the advantage of competitiveness

    Nov 12, 2021
    Capsulit Giglioli is the new name assumed by the Modenese company Giglioli Fabrizio srl, taken over in 2019 by Capsulit SpA, among the leading manufacturers of closure systems for pharmaceutical packaging.
  • Call not to ban recyclable waste exports

    Nov 10, 2021
    European recyclers and waste management operators represented by the two organisations EuRIC and FEAD have written to the European Commission and the European Parliament to stress the need to maintain free, fair and sustainable trade in raw materials from recycling when revising the Waste Shipment Regulation.
  • Cutting-edge technologies for the supply chain of tea

    ACMA, a Coesia company, offers a complete range of green and cost-effective machines capable of covering, thanks to the integrated auxiliary groups, even the stages of the process downstream of tea bags packing.
  • The new "home of packaging"

    Nov 05, 2021
    With the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new headquarters in Albaredo d'Adige (VR), Berlin Packaging presented the new "Itinera" collection dedicated to the wine sector, with the aim of presiding over the strategic area of North East Italy.
  • Clear rPET and a plantable label for Aroma

    Aroma, the new 100% recycled and recyclable clear PET bottle made by Gentlebrand’s Packaging Tailors, is a unique concept that has a positive impact on the closed-loop bottle-to-bottle recycling process.

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