Facts and data

At Vinitaly 2015, Luxoro (exclusive distributor of the Kurz group) has developed a new label with “its” color of the year: Tangeri Bronze (Luxor/Alufin 347 leaf) in fact clads Hugonis, a prized Nero d’Avola wine from Sicilian Rapitalà winery.

A new development model starts from coffee and the first compostable all-Italian capsule, the result of a project that has involved two Italian excellences, Lavazza and Novamont, in a research project lasting five years.

That is: sustainability goes trendy. Mktg Industry is the name of the new Italian start up that, only 8 months old, has won an Eco-Beauty Award as part of the competition “The Wall” in Cosmopack 2015.

Conceived by journalist and writer Antonio Galdo, the  “Non Sprecare 2015” Don’t Waste 2015 award and the site www.nonsprecare.it, promote projects and good socio-economic practices against the unnecessary consumption.

Pay homage to its roots and give customers a top product: with this dual purpose OCME has decided to affix the logo “Moving Italy” on their machines, a symbol of quality and dynamism.
«Design has always been a distinctive feature of Italianness- explains Laura Léglise, comunications and marketing manager of the Emilia-based company - and a matter of prestige, conquered creating products with a…

An Italian company, Rotoprint Sovrastampa of Lainate (MI), is among the winners of WorldStar Packaging Award 2015, held annually by the World Packaging Organisation to award world excellence in the field of packaging.

The sale of beauty products in Italian pharmacies is on the increase.

Numbers and figures of a sector that is unaffected by age: innovation and improvements in the performance of metal packaging. Plinio Iascone Plinio Iascone

The Assocomaplast economic survey and expectations regarding the upcoming Plast.

During 2014 the US dollar, the reference currency for international trade, gained more than 15% in value over the euro, causing the increase of almost all raw materials, while the fall in the cost of oil has only partially offset the currency change disadvantages.

According to studies made by the EAFA (European Aluminium Foil Association), the aluminum foil industry closed 2014 on a positive note.

We asked Giuseppe Lesce, president of Ucima, to discuss the state of the Italian automatic machinery market, providing a view from the sector association’s privileged position, in order to help us understand the reasons for success and challenges that a sector must face. Data, facts and perspectives. S.L.

Aventics, independent company founded by Rexroth Pneumatics and focused on the production of pneumatic components and systems, launches  its new portal aventics.com/it. The website has been made more “friendly” and renewed in content and structure, to better support the search for product information and product configuration.

This April 18, 2015 Martini Alfredo SpA celebrates the seventieth year of operation and the good results of the administration of Glauco Rota, who has headed the company, founded by Alfredo Martini in the immediate postwar period, since 2002.

The board of directors of the Holmen group, which owns Iggesund Paperboard, approved investments for 60 million euro, to support the competitiveness and sustainability of Iggesund in Sweden and in Workington, GB.

In 2014 the Interroll Group closed with a consolidated turnover up 6% and an increase in orders of 10% (at a conservative estimate: Of the 6 sorters sold to Brazilian Post only the one to be delivered in 2015 has been considered).

Last March, reported by Assobioplastiche*, the Competent Authority for Market Competition ordered 17 retail brands to remove the qualification of “biodegradable” from their carrier bags made from additivised plastic, and more generally to monitor the correctness of the claim placed on their shopping bags

Weighing and packaging equipment specialist Ishida Europe has attained preferred supplier status with the Danish Crown Group, one of the biggest international pork and beef producers, which includes the market-leading Tulip, Plumrose and Sokolow brands.

Oreal Americas and Avery Dennison have teamed up to assess and reduce the environmental impact of the labels affixed to the packaging of the beauty multinational, for this purpose reconsidering the entire lifecycle of the product.

Simei has been acclaimed a showcase event for the promotion of Made in Italy and will thus receive funding from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, as part of the strengthening of the Italian trade show sector: 48 million in 2015, more than ten times the average of the past five years.