Facts and data

Fiere di Parma has a record year and looks to internationalization with the Koelnmesse Italia agreement. This year at Cibus Tec will be the debut of European Pavilions, which will bring the best European food processing & packaging technologies to the fair. Coming soon, an Italian delegation will appear at the first edition of ProFood Tech 2017.

On 11 and 12 May next, at the Spring Studios in Manhattan, Cosmopack will be organizing a B2B networking workshop featuring international companies and the excellence of beauty “made in Italy” in all its different forms, from packaging to make-up.

The column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad Born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on the development of the packaging in the short/medium term in selected countries.

The competition came into being with the intent of showcasing the innovation and the creative proposals of the new fragrances launched on the Italian market, to promote perfume and favour the growth of the Italian firms that operate in the sector.

Accademia del Profumo gathers the fruits of tradition and the challenges of the future. Thus Straordinario Sentire, the narrative promotional space dedicated to the perfume culture, comes into being. Announcement of the imminent opening of an itinerant olfactory path in the oldest botanical gardens in Italy and, dulcis in fundo, the nominations of the Accademia del Profumo Award 2016, which will…

Favini proves its vocation for creativity and its competencies by presenting at Luxe Pack two models of sustainable reuse of raw materials: in the luxury spot light are Remake, a premium paper obtained from the waste products of processing leather, and Naturally Clicquot 3 paperboard, made from grape byproducts of Veuve Clicquot wine, awarded by Formes de Luxe.

For Enoplastic, sustainable development is not just an ethical and social matter, but a matter of identity and strategy. At the last Simei, the concern amazed visitors with two decisively green proposals: the capsule solutions Derma and Greenleaf.

Bestack (Italian national consortium of corrugated cardboard manufacturers for fresh fruit and vegetables) has published the results of a German study conducted on a sample of consumers through eye tracking (a system that tracks movement of the pupils and enables identifying what a person is looking at and how carefully).

For the ITEM m6 brand of stockings and compression undergarments, by “medi” (German manufacturer of hygienic articles and orthopedic aides), rlc | packaging group and Sappi Europe have created a premium packaging solution that combines the silky consistency of Sappi’s Algro Design paperboard with a practical snap closure.

As deliberated November 25 2015  by the Conai Board of Directors, starting from January 2016 the Conai Environmental Contribution (CAC) for glass packaging will drop to 17,30 euros/t. This is a further reduction on the preceding communication of October 14 2015 (that set the CAC at 19,30 euros/t), made necessary by the strong swings over the last months of glass cullet  quotations, that has led…

Each year, the Anuga Awards recognize the excellence of packaging for marketing and communication. This year, in the category “preserves”, the award went to “Rizzoline” by Rizzoli Emanuelli of Parma, which since 1906 has marketed quality fish products.

With farsightedness and an openness to new markets, the Arborea milk cooperative won over international buyers, trade professionals and horeca operators in the food & beverage sector at Anuga (Cologne, 10-14 October, 2015).

Published by Beverfood in partnership with Mineracqua, the 2015/16 edition of Bevitalia, the yearbook that offers an overview of the Italian packaged water, flat and carbonated soft drinks and fruit beverage market.

Four-month report on the packaging industry as of late November 2015.

Overriding success at the 26th edition of SIMEI, the biennial winemaking and bottling machine show.

On 29 October, Saint-Gobain announced that it has clinched the sale of Verallia to Apollo Global Management LLC and Bpifrance, who now  respectively hold 90% and 10% of its capital.

The Massilly Group has announced its acquisition of two companies active in the production of General Line cans: Stebler Blech AG (Nunningen, CH) and the Italian firm Eurograf Srl (Saccolongo, PD).

«After the buy-ups in Spain and Brazil - CEOs of the Aetna Group Enrico and Valentina Aureli comment - we are consolidating in strategic areas like the US, integrating experience, technological skills and the strong presence of TopTier (Portland, Oregon) that now joins the US branch of the Aetna group based in Atlanta, Georgia».

H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) has devised a complete range of universally compatible adhesive solutions, targeted specifically to improve the effectiveness of e-commerce packaging.

In the wake of reflections instigated at Expo on food waste, a joint project is being launched in the Veneto region by the Ministry of the Environment, Unioncamere Veneto and CONAI (National Packaging Consortium).