Facts and data

Held at l’Archivolto in Milan, the award ceremony for the 10 Best Packaging 2024 awards was enlivened by the presenter Natasha Stefanenko and numerous guests, who presented interesting projects with strong elements of innovation.

The answer lies in a study that CONAI commissioned to the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, with the aim of investigating how an idea of packaging innovation is conceived and developed. To this end, a number of winning companies of the Conai Competitions between 2019 and 2022 were selected, on the basis of the material treated, the market sector and the ecodesign levers activated.

The concept of Vitalism (living stronger and longer) is the main theme of the second edition of CosmoVision. The study offers a predictive insight into macro-social trends and their effects in the beauty sector until 2029, with the objective providing strategic insights into the sector.

After its membership of WPO (World Packaging Organisation) and EPIC (European Packaging Institutes Consortium), its membership of Europen represents a further strategic step towards internationalisation.

Pallets, industrial packages, boxes and corks: the wooden packaging family is composed of these different types. The final 2022 data of the segment and the first analyses of the year just ended are presented below

The result of ItaliaImballaggio’s recent survey: for 75% of interviewees, the PPWR will have negative effect on companies and the solutions proposed will be difficult to put into practice.

Important news for Brofind® which, since 1993, has been operating at a global level offering advanced solutions in the field of solvent recovery units with steam regeneration and direct, regenerative thermal, recuperative thermal and catalytic oxidizers.

Thanks to the partnership, Sidel is confident of being able to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in the goods and services purchased by around 30% by 2030 compared to 2019 values.

Spray Sereno is the name of the communication project developed by Ricrea in partnership with AIA Federchimica, Cial and Anfima, which has surpassed 42 million impressions on TikTok and Instagram. The disposal of the cans now has no more secrets, also for youngsters.

The 55th edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna closed with excellent results. The next appointment will be in 2025, from 20 to 23 March.

From the LIUC University and Banca Sella, a study on the creation of value in family businesses and on the contribution of the new generations.

The quarterly monitoring report on the packaging supply chain: the updated situation at December 2023. General economic scenario and analysis of the manufacturing sector and consequent evolution of the packaging sector.

The Davines Group, leader in the field of professional cosmetics, and its vision of “regenerative sustainability”, adopted with an integrated and collaborative approach that combines individual and collective well-being with environmental and solidarity issues.

Having completed the process that since the start of 2024 has involved the vote of the Trilogue, then the committee of representatives (COREPER) and, finally, on 19 March, approval by the ENVI Commission, the new version of the PPWR now continues its journey with plenary approval by the European Parliament and Council.

The eleventh edition of Ecopack, the project dedicated to enterprises that have revised their packaging from a green perspective, is underway. Applications are open until 30 April, with 600,000 euros of prizes.

…. Network and information systems and electronic communications networks and services play a vital role in society and have become the backbone of economic growth

The document drawn up by Consorzio Nazionale Imballaggi (National Packaging Consortium) confirms the essential importance of data management and reporting with relation to sustainability.

«…do well what had previously been done less well, and do for the first time what had previously been disregarded»*. This seems to be, in a nutshell, Nimax’s current underlying strategy. There’s much more to discover, however, in our interview with Nicola Montanari, in particular, regarding values and people.

The Community studying and working for the digital transition of the industrial sector has been expanded, thanks to the collaboration of a strategic department like that of automatic machine manufacturers.

The data analysed by the Italian Packaging Institute’s research centre, published in the Packaging in Figures 2023 study (2022 data), describe a stable sector from a production point of view, with a growing turnover and encouraging forecasts in the short-term