Facts and data

Leading player in the Italian snack market, Amica Chips has again tasked RobilantAssociati (Brand Advisory and Strategic Design) with the evolution of its visual identity, to further foster the growth of the company and the quality of its proposals.

IMA: agreement signed for the acquisition of a stake in Teknoweb Converting. Thiis investment will foster production and marketing synergies with the ILAPAK Group.

Quarterly Italian packaging industry observatory. Situation at the end of November 2014.  By Plinio Iascone

Two users and three print machine builders as well as two converters “moderated” by an immoderate journalist gave rise to an unusual encounter. Acimga, along with the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio and the two “groups” of Assografici, Giflex and Gipea, in fact organized the first of a series of sector supply chain encounters, to help further augment the exchange of information and knowhow in the…

Multichannel, new forms of distribution and purchasing habits redraw the sector domestic market.

As of April 1 2015 the environmental contributions for steel and wood packaging are to be reduced.

“Those” of plastic are not always “ugly, dirty and bad” (some may recall the 1976 film by Ettore Scola), as the most uninformed environmentalists would have it. This is all the more true in the case of Crocco Spa, a producer of flexible packaging that also boasts a long history of creating heatshrink films for bundles, stretch films for palletization and polyethylene cling films for use in the…

Capsulit SpA, that for 65 years has been producing safety closures in aluminum and plastic for the pharmaceutical industry, has recently been certified by Certiquality in accordance with ISO 14001 for the environment, thus completing the certification integrated with the quality and safety, respectively, according to ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001.

Over 1.5 million Euros at the end of 2014 invested in technology and innovation from Gerosa Group, which plans further appropriations in the first half of 2015.

The Bavarian city’s expo centre, where in 2015 the next FackPack will be held (29 September 1 October), communicates figures on the rise and celebrates the first five years of its Italian subsidiary.

In 2015 Robatech celebrates the 40th anniversary of its foundation: years experienced featuring quality and the constant collaboration with the market.

The growth of companies of the green economy: the main way out of the Italian crisis. This was the leitmotif around which experts, politicians and industrialists reasoned at the event hosted by Ecomondo Rimini last November.

According to the preliminary results published by the Ucima Statistics Department, the sector is set to report a new record turnover of more than 6,200 million euros.

IMA SpA strengthens its position on the global market of food packaging equipment with particular focus on the dairy industry with the acquisition of five companies  under the German group Oystar. And foresees a positive impact for the entire Emilia-Romagna supplier industry. 

From January 29 Regione Lombardia will make available 500 million euros to give liquidity to all companies with registered operational headquarters in Lombardy that claim receivables from other Italian companies.

2015 marks the inauguration of a new visual identity for COESIA. Developing out of the original trademark, the new logo embraces and represents the Group companies with a more dynamic and harmonious graphic.

Explore the emerging market of Sub-Saharan East Africa, discover opportunities and needs and place appropriate technological solutions on display: The first edition of East Afripack (September 9 to 12, Nairobi) met its objectives to the satisfaction of the 135 exhibitors from 13 countries, the organizers (Ipack-Ima SpA in joint ventures with PMMI, the association of North American manufacturers…

October 14, at Villa Marchetti, Ucima reviewed the situation on the technology for packaging machine safety.

The next Affidabilità & Tecnologie, which will be held in at Turin’s Lingotto conference center on 22-23 April 2015, will showcase innovation as a cornerstone  of competitiveness.

CAST 2 project: guidelines are ready to support documentation for declarations of compliance for food contact, with two new chapters on inks and glues. This was announced by the Italian National Institute for Health (ISS) in a recent conference organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.