Marketing and industry

The Plastice project: how to implement the technology transfer in the field of bioplastics. The Aster contribution.

drinktec 2013, the Munich show for the liquid beverage industry, has gone beyond all expectations: the presence of over 66,000 visitors form 182 Countries (on the increase the flows from Russia, Asia and America), the quality of the technology and the innovation proposed by 1445 exhibitors from all around the world have reconfirmed the value of the key engagement.

BEVERAGE MARKETING Market ideas and products to be translated into reality Tips and ideas for innovative marketing and new business concepts: that´s what visitors to the Innovation Flow Lounge (IFL) at Drinktec 2013 can look forward to.

FIGURES AND TRENDS Focus on production, market trends and types of packaging for alcoholic beverages and soft drinks: analysis of 2012 and forecasts for 2013.

SEESAWING TRENDS Simei anticipates the findings of a recent survey
of the Italian market of soft drinks (including water), fruit-based juices and beers.

What do inks and the kitchen/cooking have in common ? The “K” of InKitchen, where Sun Chemical has organized “Cooking with you”, a “smart” event to present four lines of hi-tech, food contact barrier-varnishes. That enable the “lightening” of multilayer laminates, all to the advantage of the user, the consumer and the environment.

NUMBERS AND TRENDS Glass packaging has managed to reinvent itself in recent years thanks to a decisive orientation toward product customization and significant reductions to average weight per application.

Structure and dynamics of the market, with a focus on the mode of packaging of food products, beverages excluded, on the basis of the analysis of twenty-two areas monitored by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.  Plinio Iascone

DESIGN Each product (and each and every company) is one of a kind, a uniqueness aboveall expressed in the pack. The contribution of AcmaVolpack that, as well as supplying the machines and complete packaging systems, has designed new packaging of original shape and function as well as the relative technology.

STEEL AND ALUMINIUM With 925,000 t of packaging produced, Italy is among the top packaging producers in the European ranking. Size of the market, user sectors and format characteristics.

Seen at Cosmopack: Valmatic’s excellent proposals

Commentary on the fair/convention for cosmetics packaging. Along with ADF (which shows aerosols for all sectors of use), the event once again confirms that it’s not to be missed by operators in the French market.

The number of visitors at the international beauty fair grows by double digits. The event was held in Bologna last March 8th to the 11th, and the share of internationalization grows as well, rewarding the show’s clear re-focusing on B2B restoration of Cosmopack.

FIGURES AND TRENDS According to analysis by Prometeia, in 2012 the pharmaceutical sector as a whole (OTC and non-prescription, including for hospitals and excluding veterinary) did not exceed modest growth (+0.5%). The present report examines only OTC and branded drugs sold at the pharmacy, of which it analyzes quantity and packaging configurations.

B&R are inaugurating the Italian Automation Academy, a structure entirely dedicated to training, and thus they are “writing” a telling story of commitment in favour of a serious approach to automation. The sense and the scope of this undertaking is rounded off by the network of relations and agreements with Academies, Research Centers and obviously, the market. L.G.

DATA AND FACTS Following a 2011 growth rate totaling 4.6%, in 2012 even the cosmetics/perfume sector had to “take account” of the worsening economic crisis in Italy and in Europe: the drop is in domestic demand, in particular, and the “historically” countercyclical nature of the sector has marked the time. On the other hand, subcontractors and exports are doing well. The numbers for packaging, by…

The Accademia del Profumo 2013 (Unipro Servizi Srl) awards ceremony is to be held Friday, March 8th (World Women’s day), in the Manzoni auditorium just a few steps away from Piazza Maggiore, Bologna.

The research presented by Macfrut - Cesena Fiera compares consumption of fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables between May of 2011 and the same month of 2012. Calculations by Fruitimprese pertaining to foreign trade in certain product type areas show a positive balance of trade. 

Very fashionable until the early '90s, the question of corporate strategy have fallen into disuse. At the beginning of 2000 imaginative and bold strategic theories glittering with joy and optimism flourished.

UPDATES The progress of the channels during the first half of 2012 and projections for the second half, based on economic analysis by the Unipro research center.