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Market data, facts and types of packaging for household cleaning products. Analysis 2020 and first forecasts 2021.

Neos, a young Fiorano, Modena-based company set up with the aim of designing and developing innovative digital printing technologies, has expanded its range of services to a number of sectors in addition to ceramics.

Called upon to join the jury that will have to analyze the 319 products entered in the 2021 edition of the CONAI Call for Proposals and declare the winners, Barbara del Curto* talks about the new awareness of the industry in designing sustainable packaging. In addition to establishing the rules of less environmental impact, among their priorities are the analysis of the end of life of a packaging…

In planning its development strategies, IMA takes into account the economic, social and environmental implications of its operations, with the aim of ensuring a balance between competitiveness, environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.  

In a move that brings together paper expertise with know-how in the flexible packaging market, the Koehler Group company Koehler Paper has announced that it will be collaborating with Clarus Films in the field of functionally coated, unprinted barrier paper.

Following the merger with French group Sparflex, Enoflex (Varese, Italy), a world leader in the production of closure solutions for wines and spirits, is expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of the entire share capital of Pe.Di.

While mergers and acquisitions can have the reputation of asset stripping for short-term gain for a small number of shareholders, Plastec and RETAL have realised that the most beneficial way for generating profit is to maintain the same business model while acquiring expertise and valuing people as well as property and products.

Living in the present, aware of the past and (always) imagining a new future... This is the rule of life that guides the path of the SIT Group, which for half a century has been involved in the printing and transformation of flexible packaging for food and non-food products.

Among likes and followers, the Ricrea initiative, which sees steel packaging at the center of a project that combines practicality, attention to the environment and haute cuisine, is a hit on social media.

Huhtamaki, a leading Finnish packaging manufacturer, is strengthening its position in emerging markets with the acquisition of Turkish company Elif, a leading supplier of sustainable flexible packaging solutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. When the €412 million deal is finalised, Elif will become part of Huhtamaki’s Flexible Packaging business segment.

Fedrigoni has acquired a 70% stake in Tecnoform, a newco based in Colorno (Parma) that will produce biodegradable and environmentally friendly thermoformed cellulose solutions for luxury packaging (cartons and inner trays for boxes), initially aimed at the high-end cosmetics and perfumes sector.

Il video promozionale, presentato durante l'ultima Assemblea Generale UCIMA, racconta, attraverso le immagini, tutta la tecnologia dietro al prodotto finito, tecnologia frutto di continua Ricerca e Innovazione, caratteristica costante del settore del packaging.

Eviosys is the name of the new smart and sustainable packaging brand created by KPS Capital Partners. The incorporation of the new brand follows the private equity fund’s acquisition of Crown Holdings’ EMEA food and consumer packaging business, capitalising on its 200 years of experience in metal packaging.

Un premio in crescita e aperto da quest’anno a tutti gli operatori della filiera del pack con in più un mix di partner autorevoli: questo è il Bando CONAI 2021.

From Europe to Italy, the market trend of a type of packaging widely used in all sectors

Berlin Packaging, the world’s largest hybrid packaging supplier, announced the acquisition of the Juvasa Group, a group of companies focused on the supply of glass, plastic, and metal packaging for the food and beverage industry.

From GIPEA Congress, June 2021.
Among the supply chain projects fielded by the Italian Paper and Graphics Federation, a concrete support to companies in the name of circular economy, to identify an organizational methodology and shared approach to sustainability issues. 

Artistic perfumery marks the path of innovation, and its packaging becomes the interpreter of a precise balance between aesthetic vocation and precious materials, in a play of references that strikes the heart and the mind.

What is the life cycle of a cosmetic? Is it possible to recover the materials that compose it? These are extremely topical questions, to which Sana, Cosmofarma and Cosmoprof, together with the Italian cosmetics industry, provide a concrete answer with The Neverending Palette.

IMA Automation, the IMA Group division that designs and manufactures plants and complete lines for micro- and macro-assembly, has launched a new hub that will bring together all the group’s companies operating in the field of industrial automation with a view to expanding its range of technological offerings.