Facts and data

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
“Pouch with simplified closure” designed for all applications that require robust and reliable open/close packaging, ideal for packaging food products quickly and practically directly in the store (for example in largescale retail distribution sections).

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
Cosmetic container for skincare products (ECO PIPING BAGS)

As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads, French spirits producers are converting production to deal with hydroalcoholic gel supply problems.

Kurz and Luxoro: together for the environment. The initiatives of the two partners who, albeit with due differences, demonstrate an uncommon community of intent and having long implemented a forward-looking strategy.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
Ice Black is the bottle designed for the 958 Santero sparkling wine.

According to a study published by market research firm Nielsen, Hungarian consumers made purchases worth a total of HUF 57 billion (about EUR 170 million) from supermarkets, hypermarkets and grocery stores between 9 and 14 March.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
lable box for home automation touchscreen tablet Code 01422.

The Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) plans to use up to 7.3 million litres of alcohol in the stores of their members to produce affordable sanitisers in efforts to fight the spread of coronavirus.

Special papers for packaging, barrier paper for better food protection, new functional paper packaging with excellent gravure printing results: all Sappi's future-oriented solutions will be presented (and not by chance) at a "virtual fair" from 6 to 31  May on the website www.sappi‑interpack.com.

Members of EUROPEN and FEFCO have called on the European Commission to guarantee the free movement of packaged products throughout the EU by means of green lane border crossings.

Assologistica has responded to the appeal from Ebilog and Freight Leaders Council to set up a Logistics Think Tank (TTL), a team of experts and entrepreneurs tasked with constructively addressing the challenges of logistics in the post-coronavirus period.

As one the sectors defined as “essential” by the government in the Prime Ministerial Decree of 22 March, the Italian packaging machinery industry is continuing its normal operations.

The coronavirus emergency is leading to double-digit growth in sales in supermarkets, grocery stores and household goods stores.

Leading group in Europe in the production of special papers, products with high added value for packaging and graphics and self-adhesive labels, Fedrigoni SpA has completed the acquisition of the Ritrama group, an Italian multinational company of self-adhesive products with factories in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile and China (the preliminary sale was signed in October 2019). 

Specialized in the lamination of solvent, solventless and water-based flexible packaging, Laminati Cavanna is equipped with seven lamination lines; it also offers further services on demand, such as rubber cylinder grinding and reel cutting.

Opened in November 2019, “Hive” is the € 85 million hub that will lead the Dutch Unilever’s global food innovation programmes for brands like Knorr, Hellmann’s, The Vegetarian Butcher and Calvé.

Declaration of the Italian glass industry in the light of transparency and sustainability. Between 2016 and 2018, production increased by 8.2%, investments in technologies and innovation marked a +44.2%, the use of renewable energies reached 26.2%. A summary.

In 2019, turnover slightly down: a drop in exports is offset by the stability of the internal market.

We here list the market values as well as the product and packaging characteristics registered between 2018 and 2019 for the two types of  coffee and tea based beverages.

Despite a worldwide scenario marked by uncertainties and instabilities, the cosmetics sector is holding its prime position. This is highlighted by the economic surveys carried out by the Cosmetica Italia Study Center, which show the 2019 preliminary results and the forecasts for the first half of 2020.