Industry and strategy

Confirmations, new appointments, results achieved and future objectives by the assembly of members of the Italian Packaging Institute, which was held last September 29 in webinar mode.

Marchesini Group closed 2019 with consolidated sales of 441 million euros, a performance in line with the excellent result of 2018. I

«The stoppage during the quarantine did not hold up our development; on the contrary, we took the opportunity to rethink missions and strategies, so as to allow us an effective restart and even  better support our customers’ printing needs. The evolution within the Group now allows us to express a complete proposal, more market-oriented and in line with the new environmental requirements». 

Robopac Smart Factory is an ongoing project. From the revision of the production layout of the Robopac Machinery plant in San Marino to the integration of I4.0 technologies designed to improve process efficiency: a model to be replicated from a Group perspective.      

With a significant investment, made leveraging exclusively on its own financial lines, Nuova Erreplast - first company of the Raccioppoli Group, excellence of flexible packaging - has started a process of production diversification with the purchase of a meltblown extruder, or of non-woven fabric, a fundamental element for making Dpi devices.

Following consultations with member companies, the Designation Committee of Ucima (Italian Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Union) has opted for an arrangement in which two business leaders will take turns as Chairman during the four-year period 2020-2024. 

Part of the #StayConnect project by IMA Digital, with The Sensing Future Days IMA Group wanted to enhance its presence during the time of social distancing, bringing innovation and production processes to the stage in the name of digitalization and sustainability.

PET is much more than a material for simple bottles. That’s why Sidel has decided to contribute to the circular economy with an end-to-end approach, thanks to a 360° view on packaging and production machines.

The 53rd edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, the leading b2b event for the beauty industry, will be held from 18 to 22 March 2021. Every year, the show gathers under one roof over 3,000 companies and 265,000 operators from 150 countries.

In Italy, as well as all over the world, the escalation of Covid-19 has imposed a revolution in everyone’s lives, with limitations, sacrifices, and with a long period of health emergency that has also put a strain on the entire socio-economic system.

The Italian Packaging Institute is developing a new, important project, with the acquisition of the Ethical Packaging Charter, whose principles have become the pillars for the establishment of the Foundation, dedicated to the dissemination of scientific culture and the sustainability of packaging.

Follow the link reserved exclusively for readers of ItaliaImballaggio and you can access the online event in "fast-registration", directly through the match-making software.

A detailed report of the issues addressed and debated during the 21st Italian FCM Food Contact Material Seminar, organized by the Italian Packaging Institute in collaboration with the country’s National Institute for Health (ISS).

Flexibility and customization have always been the strongpoints of PRL Tecnosoft’s service and design approach.

Today, the presentation of a new product developed in the NastriTexLab offers Federico Mocchetti, the company’s key executive, the starting point for broader considerations.

 

Until recently (perhaps March) there were many who thought that the “after” would be like the way things were "before": once the “storm” had passed, we would have slowly resumed the previous social and economic behavior and models. And therefore also the managerial behaviors and qualities consistent with that environment. The opinion by Marco Gradenigo.

Since March, Alain Zijlstra has taken the lead role in Volpak, after being named as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer.

Mark Brooker, Director of Cama UK Ltd., looks into sustainability in the packaging industry and explains that it’s not just about the machines, it’s about the entire ethos of a company and what it can deliver to its customers.

Specialized in the lamination of solvent, solventless and water-based flexible packaging, Laminati Cavanna is equipped with seven lamination lines; it also offers further services on demand, such as rubber cylinder grinding and reel cutting.

Labeling machines and labeling systems. Etipack has recently joined the Possehl group. A group with a history of 170 years and which, for over a century, comes under a  foundation whose statute plans to allocate part of the profits generated in charitable works in the Lübeck area - with a focus on the environment, education and training - but also to reinvest part of the profits in the…