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Conti­Tech Elastomer Coatings and Hell Gravure Systems will work together to improve the materials and machinery used in the direct engraving of plates, making the process of flexo printing even more competitive.

Highcon Systems Ltd has signed a commercial and technological cooperation agreement with Esko to integrate Esko ArtiosCAD software (design, packaging product development and the creation of virtual prototypes) with Highcon Euclid, the first machine in the world for digital cutting and creasing.

Dec Impianti SpA (solvent recovery systems using activated carbon) proposes a process of recovery in three main phases: adsorption on beds of activated carbon; desorption through the use of inert gas; distillation of the solvent.

www.ice.gov.it The organisation ICE - Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies (under interim management) - has established a close collaboration with the magazine ItaliaImballaggio. ICE‘s network of overseas offices will provide a regular update on the development of packaging in the short/medium term in given countries.

INDIA Mac Due tells the story of a joint venture started on the Indian subcontinent in order to produce semi-automatic packaging machines with Western quality standards at Eastern costs, with the objective of winning over emerging markets and of being more competitive on the Western markets.

ENCOUNTERS Safety and flexibility for the machines of today and tomorrow. At the Consumer Packaged Goods symposium, organized by Rockwell Automation, manufacturers and users exchanged opinions on business and sustainability.
Stefano Lavorini

A “technological” packaging Oscar, that of 2012. Held under the auspices of Ipack-Ima, the Oscar dell’imballaggio organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio indeed aimed at awarding the solutions that - thanks to cutting-edge technical solutions - highlighted the primary qualities of packaging’s capacity to protect, its function of use, its sustainability.

ACADEMY AND INDUSTRY A platform for exchanges, capable of furthering the dialogue between representatives of science and industry. The objective of the Linking University project is clear: open a constant communication channel between working bodies so that innovation, which is nourished by different skills, becomes a real business driver for the automation industry. Ideas and opportunities to be…

After the resignation for reasons of age of Helge Hansen, Christoph Müller has been appointed the new president of Koenig & Bauer AG.

In Milan, a new road sign system identifying what has been called Area C, with traffic restrictions, communicating the restrictions on the circulation of private vehicles, aims to improve relations between the city authorities and the public.

The 2012 “Oscar dell’imballaggio” this year focuses on technological innovation of packaging systems and products. However, concepts of environmental sustainability are as ever a major feature.
The competition is held under the auspices of Ipack-Ima 2012: the awards ceremony for the solutions entered will be held February 29th 2012 at 4 pm, in the Progettare il Futuro Hall.

DS Smith Plc has recently announced the proposed purchase of the packaging division of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA Packaging), with the exception of the kraftliner activities, for a net amount of approximately 1.6 billion euro.

Ferrarini & Benelli received SAP Quality Award Silver Winner 2011 Italy.
The award recognizes excellence in SAP software implementations and celebrates customers who use SAP’s quality principles to effectively manage software implementations that meet the organization’s business process requirements and deliver significant business value.

This is what the experts of Taga Italia, WGM and other reputable concerns from the printing world were wondering while gathered together September last in the World Graphic Machine showroom.

As a result of the successes of CERTIprint, Studio Xilox has designed field CERTIpack, a new technical certification process recognized by TÜV Austria and specifically for paper converting companies.

The reversal of the trend from a plus sign to a negative which affected the global and Italian economies during the second semester of 2011, with negative repercussions on manufacturing, could not avoid influencing the packaging sector.

Comforted by the figures that speak of performance going against the prevailing trend of the Italian industrial system, the Italian operators of the packaging and processing materials and machine segment are about to give rise to the 2012 edition of Ipack Ima (Fiera Milano, Rho, 28th February - 3rd March).

Four-month monitoring of the packaging industry. Situation as of late November 2011 and early forecasts for 2012. By Roccandrea Iascone

The excellent organization of a beehive as a metaphor of a successful company: this is the theme around which SIT has created “its” calendar for 2012, a cult object that has seen the new year in for close on two decades now.

Factual proof The market, the entrepreneurs, the general public needs certainties. Let’s hence take a look at the little big world of packaging that, astride February and March, will meet up at Ipack Ima, this also to find reasons for optimism. The conditions are there. Luciana Guidotti