Facts and data

On 15 October last, SBS - UCIMA’s School for the Training of Instrumental Goods - organised a training course to analyse in detail the new international standard UNI EN ISO 3691-4:2020 and to study in depth the fundamental aspects of its application in the design and use phases of automatically guided trucks. To illustrate the details to the over 50 participants, two top experts in the field,…

Arcoplastica - a leading reality in the field of thermoformed and extruded plastic materials - inaugurated in mid 2020 a grinding department, which allows it to recover almost all the residues of its production cycle, retrieving up to 4,000 kg of plastic material per day (and consequently reducing the purchase and consumption of virgin material).

Constantly evolving, modern, usable in many types of packaging thanks to its inherent versatility, flexible converter packaging shows itself capable of adapting to the ever-changing needs of a society where change travels fast. Adaptability therefore becomes fundamental to remain competitive.

Analysis of development trends on the global market as of 2022/2024: from key countries to competitive scenarios, products and materials according to Mecs - Centro Studi Ucima (data updated to October 2020).

La multinazionale svizzera Robatech, specializzata in soluzioni per l’applicazione di adesivi, rinuncia a esporre sia a interpack (fiera internazionale del packaging) sia a drupa (fiera internazionaledell’industria grafica), programmate rispettivamente a febbraio e aprile 2021.

To guarantee the recycling and remanufacturing process of post-consumer plastic materials, Aliplast (company part of Herambiente group, leader in the collection, recycling and regeneration of plastic) has obtained Eucertplast certification, in addition to ISO certifications on food safety and environmental impact assessments throughout the life cycle of a product.

PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, are the colors of the year 2021 according to the Pantone Color Institute.

The preliminary figures from the MECS-Ucima Research Department reveal a slowdown for the sector. Small falls in both domestic sales (-6.8%) and exports (-4.5%).

In line with the Green Gluing philosophy, the new AMS adhesive monitoring system - developed by Robatech and launched at the end of 2019 - not only ensures cost transparency and reduced glue consumption, but also reliably signals errors in the application process.

Idice postpones the show focused in luxury packaging in September 2021.

Egde Computing is one of the main topics of industrial automation, as a component of IoT infrastructures that is becoming increasingly important, especially in cases where a timely and autonomous response of the devices is required, based on the inputs received.

Industrial packaging, boxes, pallets and corks: market trend in Italy and industrial outlets of the various types.

Trinseo, a global manufacturer of polymers, additives, latex binders and synthetic rubber, has announced the development of an innovative material together with German packaging manufacturer Fernholz.

Lurisia, a historic Piedmont-based brand of mineral water and premium drinks that was acquired by Coca-Cola HBC Italia in 2019, has announced a €10 million two-year investment plan to revamp its Roccaforte Mondovì site.

More than 3.5 million tons of post-consumer paper and cardboard packaging are translated into precious second raw material that feeds an increasingly virtuous and circular supply chain.

Production trend and market positioning of rigid packaging, non laminated flexibles and accessories. Balance sheet data 2019

The final data for 2019 show us a sector still in good health: turnover up 2%, production expressed in tons less brilliant but still positive (16,800 t/000, +1.1% compared to 2018), turnover over 33.8 billion euros.

Four-monthly Observatory of the packaging supply chain: situation updated to August 2020. The analysis obviously takes into account the consequences of the world pandemic, which has blocked activities and heavily influenced everyone’s habits, from many points of view. The recovery is expected to be slow in all sectors.

Founded in 2001 with the aim of assembling and offering cutting-edge commercial solutions, Punto Pack today offers itself as a all-round partner for packaging, guaranteeing a complete service and ensuring the supply of large and small batches

Glass contains not only the precious formulas of Organic Way’s “agricosmetics”, but represents the synthesis of the founding values of the company, founded in 1948 in Bologna and present today in over 70 countries.