ItaliaImballaggio November-December 2022

Market facts and figures 2021: from the world to Italy, after a slight decline in 2020, the sector recovers.

At Futura Expo (Brescia, Oct. 2-4, 2022) Antares Vision Group made its debut in the Metaverse with the AVGroupVERSE project, a space dedicated to the ecosystem of technologies for quality control (inspection systems and machines) and traceability of products along the supply chain with integrated data management including through the application of artificial intelligence and the use of blockchain.

Pietro Di Girolamo was born in Palermo in 1977 and spent his adolescence in the center of Sicily, in the Madonie Park.

Entries open until December 15 for the Best Packaging 2023 contest. With focus on Quality Design, the event is open to start-ups and students.

World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2022 awarded design and sustainability.

An analysis of the sector is reported starting with the 2020 final figures prepared by the Italian Packaging Institute based on Unionfood data. Data for the year 2021 and assumptions for 2022, on the other hand, are processed based on ISTAT changes in both production and foreign trade.

By adopting R-Cycle, the open traceability standard for sustainable plastic packaging, Sidel is helping to support the circular economy.

Mandatory by law from January 1, 2023, information about the identification of the material of which a package is made and indications for separate collection. From the collaboration between CONAI and GS1 Italy comes IdentiPack, the first national Observatory on the environmental labeling of packaging. Objective: to create a common language to share information related to the sustainability of products and processes by companies along the entire supply chain.

Epochal changes and the impact on lifestyles. The 2022 edition of the Coop Report paints a complex picture where, despite everything, food spending holds up.

It is a title that lives up to the hot themes of the moment, the one chosen for the Giflex conference “Let’s Wrap the Future!” held in Bologna on October 19.

Volpak (a Coesia Group company) is accelerating in the North and South American markets with proposals such as the SI 280, a horizontal form fill seal machine dedicated to pouch packaging of consumer products.

B&R technology leverages the integration of different technologies into a single development environment and enables machines for time-to-market production.

A ductile technology enables ACMA’s WMM technology platform to handle liquid products with different viscosities and densities, as well as different types of bottle sizes and closure caps.

Marchesini Group announces the acquisition of 100% of SEA Vision Group, the company founded in Pavia which has become a leader in the construction of traceability, data collection and inspection systems in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics packaging sector.