Industry and strategy

Wayne, Pa, July 2, 2019. Tekni-Plex has purchased Italian healthcare packaging company Lameplast SpA from Milan-based private equity firm Aksìa Group. Lameplast will become part of Tekni-Plex’s global Tekni-Films business.

An agreement for the transfer of the majority of shares of Tiposervice (Calenzano-FI) to the Bologna-based paper converting company Renografica, led by the Baccolini family and specialised in the production of paper packaging for pharmaceutical products, was signed on 10 June.

Food packaging. The agreement brings together the expertise of two market-leading companies, which present themselves as a genuine “one-stop-shop” and with a complete offer: from the prototyping of the packaging to the production of the plastic film in the perspective of a circular economy. Four logistics and production locations, for a total of 430 employees.

Is it possible to solve the huge problem of marine plastic pollution by using biodegradable and compostable alternatives to plastic?

PET Engineering celebrates its 20th Anniversary in the business of PET packaging.

If it is true that there is strength in numbers, what is often almost impossible for a single company may not be so if you are a “group” ... This is the meaning of the network contract, which opens the way “to a virtual company with variable geometry” able to better respond to the global market, sharing knowledge, technology and services. And the fact that it can work is demonstrated by the…

From 1 May 2019, the Robatech Group is presenting itself to the market with a new corporate identity: an image renewal that posits the values and the mission of the Swiss company in a clearer and more incisive manner, showing the strongly felt link between industrial gluing, respect for the environment and responsibility in the use of resources.

Following the acquisition of Telerobot SpA in 2016, IMA significantly strengthened its presence in the market of the automatic assembly platforms, and positioned itself as one of the most innovative world leaders in the Automation sector.

After the confirmation of the dates of the next editions of IPACK-IMA and MEAT-TECH, scheduled at Fiera Milano in 2021, the renewed Board of Directors of Ipack Ima Srl, which met last June 4, named Valerio Soli (Coesia Group) as President of the company, a joint venture between Ucima and Fiera Milano.

Ishida Europe (UK) has developed a White Paper to help dairy processors meet food quality and safety standards, safeguarding brand integrity.

The Italian branch of Plug and Play, the largest open innovation platform in the world, the first international startup accelerator, opened last April.

Last April 12, Durst opened the doors of its new, futuristic headquarters in Bressanone to Italian label converters, to illustrate the projects that will see it involved in the coming years and that refer to an important strategic evolution, as well as to the consolidation of technological partnerships. D.B.

The Liquid Primary Packing (LPP) Business Unit of Fameccanica can boast several years of experience: in fact it has been operating for some time in the design and manufacture of machinery for filling rigid plastic bottles with liquid products, both for Beauty Care and for Home Care... and this well before the BU itself was made official.

The integrated services of analyses, testing and field inspection provided by AC&E.

Fifty years: an important anniversary for Laminati Cavanna SpA, an industrial company specialized in the contract lamination of flexible films.
A long history that brought it to BRC certification and to giving itself new development programs for the future, so as to continue to be a reliable and trusted partner of many Italian converters, and not only.

San Marco Evangelista, 22 March 2019. The Laminazione Sottile Group and Contital Srl announced the start of production of the new company “Contital LM Turkey”, specialized in the production of aluminium trays and rolls for food use.

Official acquisition in March of the Factory Automation division of ZF Italia Srl (a subsidiary of the international ZF Friedrichshafen AG group) by Yaskawa Italia Srl.

With the inauguration in September 2018 of Giuliano Collodel in the role of CEO, Turck Banner Italia has embarked on a path of reflection on its market positions, management and short-medium term objectives. And today it is proposed in a renewed “2.0” version, intending to claim a decisive role as an all-round industrial automation partner.

Assago, March 14, 2019. The new Italian headquarters of Control Techniques (a Nidec Corporation company), a world-class specialist in the design and production of variable speed drives for the control of electric motors, was officially inaugurated.

From October, suggestions on how to expand the business beyond the banking system.