Industry and strategy

The great supply chain project is back at the Milan Fair from May 4 to May 2021, confirming the simultaneous holding of Plast, Ipack-Ima, Meat-Tech, Print4All and Intralogistica Italia.

From Cosmografica Albertini to Albertini Packaging Group: following the leitmotif of a solid entrepreneurial story, Michal Sobieski, son of Emilio Albertini and now head of the family business, explains how to grow in the global market and tells of his business idea: dynamic, wide-ranging and with a human face.

More than a year after entering the ownership of the Triton fund, Bormioli Pharma is carrying out a thorough review of its corporate policies, redefining brand identity and objectives, while underling its loyalty to the core business of a specialized supplier of the pharmaceutical market, with integrated containers of hollow and plastic glass, tamper evident closures and accessories.

Nordmeccanica (major manufacturer of coating, laminating and metallising systems) and the COIM Group (manufacturer of chemical specialties, including adhesives and coatings which with the Novacote brand, are used to make multilayer laminates in flexible packaging) have joined forces in a cooperation aimed at the development of an adhesive technology enabling  high production and quality.

CAMA GROUP announces the birth of the new PHHC (Personal, Health & Home Care) Business Unit, focused on satisfying the requests coming from the main players in personal care, cosmetics, OTC and home care industries.

What does the pharmaceutical industry want from packaging and packaging machine suppliers? A lot, according to Enrico Gasperotti, Head of Manufacturing of IBSA Institut Biochimique, but nothing impossible from a technical and technological point of view, also from an Industry 4.0 perspective. What counts rather is the flexibility of the supplier and their readiness to find the best solutions...…

The French group opens a new center in Casalecchio di Reno (BO), which at the same time functions as a base for commercial activities and as an expertise center serving the manufacturing industry, with particular reference to the packaging sector. The venue also hosts a showroom, offering a first hand experience of Schneider’s offer in terms of digital innovation in industry and energy. Riccardo…

Overcoming the sectorial conflicts between European and American standards or those of other countries regarding the standardization of packaging machines and systems: this the task entrusted to the international working group under Italian presidency, tasked with developing unique rules on the subject, that are valid worldwide.

After 18 years of service, Alessandro Frigerio, long-time general manager of Leuze electronic Srl, hands over to Antonio Belletti.

Double acquisition for Dierre SpA of Spezzano (Modena), specialist in the design and production of aluminium structural profiles, protections for automatic machines, transport systems and linear modules.

Ucima and the global packaging machinery industry are at the centre of a major new development in the field of international technical standards. The new international technical committee ISO/TC 313 Packaging Machinery has been set up under Italian chairmanship.

The integrated group that produces corrugated and stretched cardboard packaging continues its run, with a growth in 2017 of 7.7%, at the start of the year at + 14% and an acceleration of investments in Industry 4.0. And the Corriere puts it in the ranking of the 500 Italian companies that are budget Champions. Elena Piccinelli (courtesy of the magazine Converting, 4/18

Packaging-, bundling and bagging machines... Automated systems and lines for packaging, distributing and handling food and non-food products. This is Sitma today: a capital of skills to be preserved, but company always on the lookout for new suggestions. Target: grow, diversify. L.G.

Now fully operational the agreement that has the ATAG and the Geartec Group collaborate actively, under the banner of an exchange of skills, which will lead to the expansion of the respective product ranges and to exploiting economies of scale both in terms of costs and commercial and industrial synergies in the world of elastomers and technopolymers.

Campania-based Nuova Erreplast brought to Ipack-Ima, in addition to its 30 years’ experience in flexible packaging, its 2018, which brings many novelties: a new facility unveiled in Marcianise, reorganized production, an expanded machine pool with important strategic acquisitions and... the value of the human factor. 

How it grows and why: in short, the trends and scenarios from the second “Packaging & E-commerce Forum” that took place during Ipack-Ima 2018. Milena Bernardi

Active for over 20 years in end of line, at Ipack-Ima 2018 PRL Tecnosoft presented the most important innovations of its proposal as a system integrator, in a range of applications going  from collaborative robotics to artificial intelligence.

They invest in the green economy, they are attentive to the issues of recovery and recycling, and at the same time they fight pollution and climate change, because their virtuous practices contribute to saving energy and avoiding CO2 emissions.

Still haven’t complied with the requirements of Decree 231/2001?
That’s no good.
Still haven’t set up preventive measures and a control body?
That’s too bad! It would have been in your interest.
All the same there is a solution to everything. Late-comers would do well to move on this, because, although 231 compliance is not a legal obligation, it would be a missed opportunity not to.
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According to data from the eCommerce B2C Netcomm-School of Management Polimi, the e-commerce market shows figures in strong growth: the value of online purchases in 2017 was € 23.6 billion, + 17% compared to the previous year.