ItaliaImballaggio January-February 2023

The Carlsburg Group’s new ESG strategy, which aims at net zero CO2 emissions by 2040 and involves the entire value chain, from the cultivation of raw materials to the recyclability of the packaging, is called “Together Towards ZERO and Beyond”.

At the “Fare sistema nella difesa cyber” (Working together on cyber defence) conference, organised by SACMI and Yoroi, cyber-security, inside companies as well as in relations with business partners, customers and also citizens, was discussed.

Paola Olivieri, Fameccanica’s Head of Business Development describes to us the lines of development of the Greenpackt project, the integrated solution for the production of fully recyclable disposable packets of detergents. L.G.

The publishing house Kairos Media Group was founded in January 2023, combining the publishing operations of Pack-Media (Ucima) and Tile Edizioni (Acimac). Editorial by Stefano Lavorini.

Challenges, opportunities and economic and financial analyses regarding the sector are set out in the latest GIFASP Monitoring Centre report and were discussed during the Autumn Meeting in Bologna.

The quarterly observatory of the packaging sector: updated situation at December 2022. General economic situation; general analysis of manufacturing activity in 2022; final data on the packaging industry 2021.

At K 2022 a multitude of concrete solutions, machines and products for the transformation towards a circular economy.

Conveyor Map is the new technology developed by the Vicenza-based company BMB for its vacuum or modified atmosphere packaging systems, now able to operate automatically, tripling average productivity and reducing production times (from a minute to around 20 seconds) guaranteeing, at the same time, absolute processing quality and safety.

«Do not let the day end without having grown a little…». These words of the poet Walt Whitman not only seem able to give meaning to the future, but could be used as the manifesto of the approach of Berlin Packaging Emea, in the person of its CEO, Paolo Recrosio.

Cobot and communication networks of the main protagonists of the new exhibition area dedicated to “the art of smart robotics”. Successful integration with BIMU contents and proposals.

Born in Catanzaro in 1981, Massimo Sirelli is an Italian artist of national and international fame. His first steps in the visual arts as a teenager were influenced by the world of graffiti. His creative approach leads him to mix tools and supports: tools become supports and supports become tools.

ALL4PACK Emballage Paris, the international trade fair dedicated to solutions for sustainable packaging and for intralogistics ended on 24 November.

Imballaggi P.K. offers a line of label gumming machines for a vast range of application in the label sector (for small runs).

Cama, Baumer, Zacmi, Clevertech, Tosa, Opem - companies that have created the Smart Packaging Hub platform - met live at the Cibus Tec Forum, helping to animate the debate on emerging trends in packaging, distribution and the environment.

With MR increasingly sensitive to the demand for sustainability from both consumers and the legislator, new ways of using paper have created room for growth.

The numbers for the 2022 edition: 480 exhibitor companies and over 30 thousand visitors, a third of which were foreigners, confirming the international level of the event. The theme of sustainability permeated the entire event, addressed from various angles, including the legislative aspect.

All the nutritional information of a product and indications for recycling the packaging accessible from a single QR Code: the partnership between U-Label and Giunko has given rise to the first integrated digital label for bottles of wines and spirits.

Mondi extends its range of medium, high and very high barrier paper-based packaging, ensuring excellent product protection and, at the same time, supporting users in their efforts towards more sustainable packaging solutions.

85 million bottles produced by the Italian dairy giant will “travel” with a cap anchored to the container.

EU exports of waste to non-EU countries reached 32.7 million tonnes in 2020. The European Parliament wants to ban the export of plastic waste to non-OECD countries.