Marketing and industry

September 30th is the date of the conference Meat-Tech, Processing & Packaging for the Meat Industry (Milan, Palazzo Greppi, Sala Napoleonica ) that Ipack-Ima SpA, in collaboration with Assica-Assofoodtec, dedicates to the meat chain to promote debate on the technologies that matter in the future of the sector.

This year marks the 18th of the international fair dedicated to recovery of material and energy and sustainable development, as well as an occasion for updates on the state of recycling and re-use of packaging.

Three concrete actions to get a virtuous circle moving again: with the customer at the centre, will things look up for the company?

Lunch in the office can turn into an opportunity to eat healthy and tasty food.

According to figures released by Comieco, despite the effects of the economic crisis on consumption and overall production of waste, Italian collection of paper and cardboard stands at just under 3 million tonnes, with a per capita rate of 48.4 kg. Southern Italy (+4.8%) increased more than Central Italy (+4.6%), Northern Italy being affected by the decline in consumption (-1.7%). This has…

Quarterly update on the Italian packaging industry as of the end of June 2014.
by Plinio Iascone

After the contractions recorded in 2012 in production (-5.1%), domestic demand (-4.6%) and foreign trade (exports -5%, imports stable at low levels ) 2013 too shows a downtrend, even though featuring a progressive abatement of the rates of degrowth.

“Smart” and cutting-edge new mobile devices to scan GS1 barcodes. Using the Google Glass platform, they allow users to scan the code printed on the pack to receive various types of information on the product - from nutritional contents to recipes, going by way of special offers or consumers’ views, perhaps for instant sharing with a simple voice recording on social media.

This is a largescale experiment supported by the Regione Emilia Romagna and was presented by Cesena Fiera to the Italian Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry on 18th July last.

With an important ceremony, involving 600 guests including representatives of culture, society and economy, at the end of May Wittenstein opened its Innovation Factory in the manufacturing hub of Igersheim (D) .

During the course of 2013, the Italian and European economies continued to undergo a recession that has shown signs of improvement only in the last two months. On the basis of Istat data processed by Assografici’s research center, the graphics industry (to which cellulosic packaging belongs) saw negative growth compared to 2012: -11.7% production and -7% turnover. The sector in Italy. Plinio…

In the paper-graphics sector market study, during the first six months of 2014 the aspects of stability prevail over those of growth. And the Federation calls on Politics: no to new taxes on energy efficiency; yes to anti-cyclical maneuvers in favour of investment in advertising.

In June, Marco Pedroni (current President of Coop Italia) was elected to the presidency of GS1 Italy | Indicod-Ecr, the Italian association which groups 35 thousand companies active in the manufacturing and distribution of consumer goods and that deals with the spread of identification and communication standards adopted worldwide.

Despite the unhappy economic situation, Innova Group filed away a successful 2013 and begins 2014 showing further growth. Here is how.

The CPR System Cooperative (based in Gallo, FE) is an industry organization that produces, handles and recycles plastic packaging (collapsible green plastic crates widely used in retail) and europallets.

A study promoted by the Ministry of the Environment and conducted by Conai, together with Althesys, looks at the relationship between urban waste management policies and economic growth and employment in the European Union. And meanwhile, packaging recycling continues to grow in Italy.

The Senate committees on environment and industry approved on July 24th an amendment that immediately applies penalties for anyone marketing plastic bags that do not respect the EU regulation UNI EN 11432.

Over 100 the companies that have confirmed their presence as the first edition of East Afripack, the processing, packaging and converting technology fair targeting the huge East African market and scheduled at Nairobi (Kenya) from 9th to 12th September 2014.

Or rather how to revamp the production model listening to the demands of the market and dialoguing with the NGOs.

To be held the coming October 8th, at the Tecnopolo, Reggio Emilia, the first national conference dedicated to the industrial, realtime and open source communication standard that does not require dedicated hardware.