Marketing and industry

Cosmeeting and Creative Beauty 2014, organized by Beyond Beauty Events in Paris last September 9-11, brought together 361 exhibitors and 18,248 visitors (with a high percentage of foreign people).

More than 350 leading suppliers in pharma packaging and drug delivery technologies have already announced their participation at the 14th edition of Pharmapack Europe, taking place on the 11th & 12th February 2015 in Paris.

CAST 2 project: guidelines are ready to support documentation for declarations of compliance for food contact, with two new chapters on inks and glues. This was announced by the Italian National Institute for Health (ISS) in a recent conference organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.

Super compact, super practical and above all highly eco-friendly: thanks to the characteristics of the bottle created for the “project ecogreen” product line, San Benedetto’s 1L “Easy” Mineral Water won the “Food Award- chosen by the experts” in the beverage category and an additional award for best eco-sustainable product.

Super Film continues to grow as a leading producer of flexible packaging, label and technical films, offering one of the widest product ranges in the field. The last development on the Supcoat film range.

… the courage to react. Pilot Italia continues to invest in technology and human resources, reinforcing its position on the selfadhesive market: two new offsets, operating at Cornate (MB), extend their production capacity.

Guala Closures Group has opened its first wine closure production facility in the United States in Fairfield, in the heart of the Californian wine country.

6-9th May, at the Milan-Rho exhibition centre, marked the holding of the first Italian edition of MDA: The B2B biennial organized by Deutsche Messe Hannover Fairs and dedicated to drive and oil hydraulic power transmission-, pneumatic-, mechanical and electrical systems and solutions. 160 exhibitors representing over 200 companies from 17 countries presented their solutions to more than 7,500…

Held July 13th to 15th with results certainly rewarding for both the organizers (North American Beauty Events LLC, a joint venture between Bologna Fiere and PBA) and for the 946 exhibitors (+ 4%), 37% of which international. We are talking about CPNA, Cosmoprof North America Las Vegas, which this year occupied 20,178 sqms and attracted 27 thousand visitors from 120 different countries.

Cosmeeting and Creative Beauty now in their 12th year and reaping the benefits.

The European association of tube manufacturers presents the winners of the 2014 contest. Four the categories, relating to products made of aluminum, plastic, laminate and prototypes, and a clear trend towards small sizes. Here are the winners.

Presentation in grand style of the upcoming activities of the Granarolo Group. Having won the tender organized by the Italian Pavilion, the Group will in fact be a protagonist at EXPO 2015 with a space inspired by milk as a staple food and dedicated to an entire sector and chain of excellence.  Voices from the conference on September 19th, held at the Museum of Science and Technology, Milan*.

AEROBAL presents the winners of the World Aluminium Aerosol Can Award 2014: innovative ideas for print and design and the environment to the forefront.

Specialist wild mushroom and forest fruit in syrup processor Borde (Saugues, Haute Loire, France) is updating its range of eight varieties of red fruits with new multilayer packaging from RPC Containers Corby.

Nice, fun, appealing and what is more, alongside the classic 0.75 for the dinner table, the exclusive 0.40 format for “on the go” consumption.

During the coming months, Labelpack will relocate its administrative, commercial and production headquarters to the municipality of Brugherio, outside Monza.

At the forefront of the coming Luxepack the official color of the year and the latest successful Luxoro projects. Tangeri Bronze, the label 5Pointz and Mario Benvenuto’s artwork at the stand of Kurz’s Italian distributor.

The strength and the value of a brand (Pedon) fully interpreted by a cardboard pack, masterfully made by Lucaprint.

At the wonderful Mastroberardino wineries at Avellino, July 21st, Arjowiggins Creative Papers organized an event dedicated to creative papers designed for the world of labels, which open new prospects to the market for wines, champagne, spirits and delicatessen specialties.

Positive reactions to the RPC (Retail Ready Packaging) Wood Like crate, proposed by Polymer Logistics for salespoints that wish to give their fresh produce section a traditional market image. From the studies carried out with consumers a full 86% are seen to prefer Wood Like RPC to the usual industrial type solution.