Marketing and industry

Four-month report on the packaging industry as of late November 2015.

The quality of Lic Packaging’s products and services have been officially recognized with the concern’s nomination for the BestinFlexo Awards 2015 (an award for quality in flexographic printing promoted by Atif) in the category “Post-Print Corrugated Cardboard Wide Web”, for a packaging solution the Brescia-based concern developed for Karcher.

On 29 October, Saint-Gobain announced that it has clinched the sale of Verallia to Apollo Global Management LLC and Bpifrance, who now  respectively hold 90% and 10% of its capital.

The Massilly Group has announced its acquisition of two companies active in the production of General Line cans: Stebler Blech AG (Nunningen, CH) and the Italian firm Eurograf Srl (Saccolongo, PD).

«After the buy-ups in Spain and Brazil - CEOs of the Aetna Group Enrico and Valentina Aureli comment - we are consolidating in strategic areas like the US, integrating experience, technological skills and the strong presence of TopTier (Portland, Oregon) that now joins the US branch of the Aetna group based in Atlanta, Georgia».

H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) has devised a complete range of universally compatible adhesive solutions, targeted specifically to improve the effectiveness of e-commerce packaging.

In the wake of reflections instigated at Expo on food waste, a joint project is being launched in the Veneto region by the Ministry of the Environment, Unioncamere Veneto and CONAI (National Packaging Consortium).

Exponential growth over the last decade, increasing popularity among consumers thanks to its recognized qualities, especially protection and recyclability. These were the findings of a workshop organized by EAFA (the European Aluminium Foil Association) during SIMEI on the benefits of aluminium closures for wine.

100% Italian, it embodies the values of circular economy and bioeconomics.

Social responsibility and respect for the environment for Tetra Pak constitute the foundations of a longterm strategy that cannot be tackled with sporadic initiatives. In particular, the Sustainability Report presented in early November by Tetra Pak Italia (Rubiera, RE) at the Ecomondo fair, Rimini, figures to hand, shows the manufacturer’s constancy and commitment in reducing the environmental…

The two main pulp recovery and recycling associations, Unionmaceri and Federmacero, have decided to merge to create a new association called Unirima - the National Union of Pulp Recovery and Recycling Enterprises. Giuliano Tarallo will serve as president of the new association, which belongs to Fise Unire (Confindustria’s National Union of Recovery Enterprises) and has the objective of more…

The column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad Born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on the development of the packaging in the short/medium term in selected countries.

What follows is a brief summary of a day dedicated to changes to legislation governing materials and objects in contact with food products. Current and forthcoming guidelines; a brief overview of recycling plastics and active and intelligent packaging; future sanctions.
By Daniela Aldrigo

Explore and document that state of the art of the possible metamorphosis of paper and board in various fields: from the most innovative forms of fashionable interactivity, from architecture to the possibility of storytelling applied to packaging.

Is the international congress scheduled in Naples by Giflex (Italian national flexible packaging converter’s association) on ​​19 and 20 November 2015, in the picturesque setting of Castel dell’ Ovo, in collaboration with a number of prestigious Research institutes.

Organizzati dall’Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, due appuntamenti di rilievo per l’aggiornamento in campo legislativo.

Forum , the forum devoted to technologies, machinery and equipment for the fruit and vegetable industry, will once again be hosted by the international fresh produce fair from 3 to 5 February 2016, after the success of the premiere in the previous edition.

The world food and beverage, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, consumer non-food, industrial goods and related services packaging and processing fair, scheduled at Dusseldorf from 4 to May 10, 2017.

According to the international producers of aluminum aerosol containers Aerobal, in the first half of 2015, after years of record growth, the sector industry sector stopped short to catch its breath closing the half with a -1%.

After years of a heavy minus sign, in the first 7 months of this year sales of LCC (packaged FMCG goods) grew by 2%, in a retail distribution network of more than 68 thousand stores ranging from hypermarkets to traditional stores.