Marketing and industry

That is: sustainability goes trendy. Mktg Industry is the name of the new Italian start up that, only 8 months old, has won an Eco-Beauty Award as part of the competition “The Wall” in Cosmopack 2015.

The new features of the competition, its guiding principles, promotion, sponsors, and related events and of course ... the nominations. Hence spotlight on the protagonists of the contest - this year dedicated to technical innovation and technology - sponsored and organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio and its Service Company Packaging Meeting.

Held January 9 at Veronafiere the conference “From CAD to Fork: hygienic design and Food Safety», organized by Eurocarne in collaboration with EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) and the University of Padua.

11 and 12 February 2015 the international pharmaceutical packaging show organized by UBM was held in Paris.

Overall picture of the Italian beauty market: production, exports, materials and packaging use.

In the news titled “Automation for the food sector in Parma”, published in ItaliaImballaggio 1-2/2015, we erroneously defined B&R as a “German” group. B&R is in actual fact an international concern with an Austrian parent company. We excuse ourselves with the company and our readers.
 

Packaging Parfums, Cosmétiques & Design and Aerosol & Dispensing Forum ends its 2015 edition close to doubling exhibitors and visitors. A truly significant result for the former “small” Oriex show-conference, that now faces a new challenge.

In the offing the 26th edition of the International Award, an opportunity for the big brands of the perfume industry to meet and dialogue with their consumers. Packaging again in the limelight, along with all the aspects of the perfume product.

Account and contents of the “Food Contact Materials and Articles” seminar, organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio and the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS).

Product sustainability and efficiency in the management of resources will be the main themes of the international food and beverage show, organized by Koelnmesse GmbH in cooperation with Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft -DLG (German Agricultural Society).

The sign-ups for Messe Frankfurt’s technology and innovation fair are still on the increase (+ 5% compared to 2014).

During the Fruit Logistica fair 2015 (February 4 to 6, Berlin), Mondi is organizing a workshop to present aqua protec, the new brand featuring sustainable packaging and quality solutions based on ProVantage Aqua paperboard.

Idice enjoys success with Luxe Pack 2014, which garners praise from “audiences and critics”: more exhibitors (400), more visitors (+15% compared to 2013) and many new additions. In the forefront, as always, is the organizers’ attention to quality and packaging aesthetics, but also, in particular, technological advances and the evolution of the global luxury market.

The “numbers” of the Italian fresh produce market and focus on the relative type of packaging, from the field to the shelf.

Leading player in the Italian snack market, Amica Chips has again tasked RobilantAssociati (Brand Advisory and Strategic Design) with the evolution of its visual identity, to further foster the growth of the company and the quality of its proposals.

Multichannel, new forms of distribution and purchasing habits redraw the sector domestic market.

“Those” of plastic are not always “ugly, dirty and bad” (some may recall the 1976 film by Ettore Scola), as the most uninformed environmentalists would have it. This is all the more true in the case of Crocco Spa, a producer of flexible packaging that also boasts a long history of creating heatshrink films for bundles, stretch films for palletization and polyethylene cling films for use in the…

Capsulit SpA, that for 65 years has been producing safety closures in aluminum and plastic for the pharmaceutical industry, has recently been certified by Certiquality in accordance with ISO 14001 for the environment, thus completing the certification integrated with the quality and safety, respectively, according to ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001.

In 2015 Robatech celebrates the 40th anniversary of its foundation: years experienced featuring quality and the constant collaboration with the market.

With 1,000 exhibitors (against the 700 of 2011) and a good +15% of visitors (30thousand in all), Cibus Tec - Food Pack 2014 closes with a clearly positive balance and offers signs of hope: that of a reawakening of the Italian domestic market, prospected by the significant presence of Italian visitors, interested and with investment projects in their pockets.