Facts and data

Printing inks and the like.
Courage is all you need… Perhaps it wasn’t even true in the times of Gabriele D’Annunzio, but you certainly need a lot more than that in a globalised and competitive market like today’s that continues to be evermore demanding. As a precautionary measure, one had better add methods of control and improvement of the industrial processes as well as reduction of waste,…

The exhibition-conference in Paris, which brings together in a single solution aerosol and dispensing systems as well as cosmetic packaging design, this year too held faith to its concrete character appreciated by sector VIPs: a format lasting two days, packed with conferences devised in collaboration with companies, and an expo of small stands, fast and easy to visit. 

Organized by BolognaFiere in partnership with ADM, the thirteenth edition of the international private label products conference and exhibition was held in the city’s fair district on 18-19 January.

Unprecedented visual and tactile effects with special papers by Favini.

National leader in the soft drinks sector, San Benedetto is presenting some of its main new features dedicated to Ho.re.ca.

“Active! Long live fruit”: with this slogan Bestack launched, on February 9 at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, its new communication campaign to promote the innovative features of “Active”, a packaging that enables a significant reduction in food waste, developed and patented by the Italian fruit and vegetables  corrugated cardboard packaging producers’ consortium, in collaboration with the University…

Among the numerous solutions of the Leonhard Kurz catalogue  are proposed exclusively to the Italian market by Luxoro, the Deep Lens series of holographic foils for hot and cold stamping enables the creation of 3D optical effects of extraordinary depth and brilliance, thanks to the exclusive “LENS Technology”.

Ocme (Parma) has been reaching higher and higher safety standards, winning the Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award 2016 at the urging of Rockwell Automation.

Data and facts on a growing sector that reflects constantly evolving consumer habits.
Riccardo Ceredi

Defining the parameters for self-adhesive label production: a combined international specification for end users and suppliers. Source. Finat

Source: Italian Expanded Polystyrene Association (AIPE)
According to a recent report by Micro Market Monitor, in 2015 the EPS food packaging market reached a value of 291.8 million dollars. This figure is expected to surpass 347 million by 2021 (+2.8% between 2016 and 2021). In terms of volume, 81,220 t of EPS packaging was used in Europe in 2015, most of which (51,840 t) for seafood.

With more than a year to go, over 600 concerns have confirmed in the first round of registrations that they will be participating in Plast 2018, an international show for the plastic and rubber materials industry that will be held in Milan on 29 May - 1 June 2018, as part of the Innovation Alliance.

Capsulit Spa (Roncello, MB), a leading supplier of closure systems for the pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical sectors, participated in CPHI in Barcelona last October with much to show for it.

World’s most important trade fair for printing technologies will be held from 16 to 26 June 2020.

1,310.8 million euros in earnings, 185.1 million EBITDA before non-recurring expenses, 179.2 million EBITDA. Also: a consolidated order portfolio worth 766.2 million euros and net debt of 99.9 million euros.

The flagship product of a range of premium virgin fiber cartons marketed by Stora Enso, Ensocoat guarantees superior whiteness and gloss for excellent graphic yield, regardless of finishing technique.

The book’s aim is to identify and describe innovative solutions that are transferable to industry. Innovating with tangible benefits to the consumer and to business, and with appropriate focus on the system’s environmental sustainability is a mission for both the Polytechnic of Milan and Comieco, which with this book chronicle years of shared projects. Barbara Del Curto

We propose a summary of the subjects dealt with in the “COOP 2016 Report”, that analyses the run of the various consumer segments and the evolution of retail; in particular it concentrates on the trajectories of the recovery comparing Italy and Europe, regarding changes in the household and changes in spending patterns.

The agency Neom of Verona has restyled the brand and the packaging system of Mamomilk, flagship brand of Migliora Performing  Food (which manufactures and markets high quality food raw materials) covering a wide range of milk powder and derivatives.

According to preliminary analysis by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, the sector ended 2016 with approximately 2% growth compared to 2015, or 15,600 t/000 (value expressedin t/000).