Marketing and industry

Guaranteed and sustainable productivity, even in smartworking
Paola Centonze, Marketing & Communication Manager ITP - Industria Termoplastica Pavese (Bosnasco, PV), manufacturer of flexible packaging

Good prospects for closing the year
Volpak (Coesia company), headquartered in Barcelona (E) designs and markets automatic machines for packaging in flexible pouch bags.

You can also learn from an emergency
Mattia Dall' Armellina, Sales Department Laborplast (Busto Arsizio, VA), regeneration of rigid PVC, used in the production of compounds, by extrusion and injection molding, and of cores for coils.

Smart working and distance learning are doing well, hoping for a "V-shaped crisis"
Antonella Rioso, Marketing Communications Pilz Italia Srl (Lentate Sul Seveso, MB), global supplier of vertical automation solutions for security and control systems.

Team pride, guaranteed supplies
Neni Rossini, President of SIT Group SpA (Faetano, Republic of San Marino), flexible packaging solutions that are technologically advanced, safe and designed to limit environmental impact to the maximum.

Attention to workers, the market and the environment: having valorised a common skill base, we are moving towards stability.
Davide Morten, Sales and Marketing Director Robatech Italia (Cesena, FC), green technologies for bonding.

Lockdown and steel collection. Italy among the best in the EU with a recycling rate of 80%. RICREA data: in the first quarter of 2020 more than 40 thousand t of steel was collected (+ 16%). The strongest growth in Italy’s South (+ 35%).
 

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.

After focusing, on the April/May issue of ItaliaImballaggio, on the sustainability characteristics of the solutions and the packaging systems in the competition, in the June issue we give space to the Quality Design and Technological Innovation aspects of the other finalists.

The bioplastics market in recent years has shown a marked growth trend, and in various areas of application it still has ample room for development. To strengthen its potential, the contribution that this sector is able to offer to the transition towards a circular economy model.

An analysis of the development of the market, of the methods and of the physical goods purchased on the online platforms linked to forms of packaging.
 

The Best Packaging 2020 contest numbers 42 finalists. 42 products that have passed the first technical selection and that compete to win the packaging Oscar for innovation.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
Small cardboard box for bulk products (candies, chewing gum...), which facilitates the controlled dosage of the product.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
Designed for on-the-go consumption and street food, the Green Pick bags and serviettes are made with an anti-fat and compostable barrier paper, guaranteeing the advantage of being disposed of together with any leftover food.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
New “tethered” flip top closure for still water, soft drinks and juices : 2-pc closure, suitable to the next generation, lightweight 26/22mm neck finish. 

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
Original long pasta pack with double squared bottom.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
330 g glass jar for Pandistelle cream with deep metal capsule.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
Click n’ Go is a mascara container, where the classic screw closure has been replaced by a snap open/close mechanism.

BEST PACKAGING 2020 FINALIST
The Living Now digital controls case protects and binds the contents, avoiding breakage and abrasion; allows assembly and packaging with standard automated operations, offers adequate space for communication, reduces the volume of storage space.