Marketing and industry

The Italian industrial processing and packaging industry is in good health, generating an annual turnover of over 44 billion euros, with future prospects that open up to interesting business opportunities, thanks also to the high propensity to export. Among the pitfalls perceived by companies, the competitive and macroeconomic scenario, commodity prices, labour costs and taxation. This is the…

An overview of the contents of the reports presented at the Economic Packaging Conference 2017, Venice, 7-8 June 2017

11-15 September 2017, Munich, Germany

Market trends and new means of distribution and packaging of various pharmaceutical products (considering only prescription and OTC drugs sold in pharmacies).  Plinio Iascone

“The present is the indivisible limit that separates the past from the future” (1). This seems to be a conviction of Lameplast Group’s Enrico Folchini, the new CEO of the Modena based leader in the preparation, filling and packaging of pharmaceuticals, medical and cosmetic devices, who is working on having his company make a qualitative leap. Stefano Lavorini
(1) Henri Bergson, philosopher

The Marchesini team (over 300 managers and technicians) and the many guests of the Bolognese company experienced the fair days under an imposing red structure: A sort of “technological” portal, visible from all corners of the hall, capable of accommodating people, ideas and many machines.

Davide Morten, head of Robatech Italia, illustrates the leitmotifs of Swiss multinational’s participation at interpack, which it considers the ideal venue for offering recent technologies and new ideas that make gluing a means for achieving safety, efficiency and productivity.

Integrated packaging solutions leader Pro Mach, Inc. announced today it has acquired global high-speed labeling solutions provider P.E. Labellers SpA. The addition of Italy-based P.E. Labellers expands Pro Mach’s capabilities to provide high-speed decorative labeling and integrated solutions worldwide. All global subsidiaries and management teams of P.E. Labellers join the Pro Mach team.

Editorial by Stefano Lavorini.  

Market and packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables: a growing and service-oriented sector.  Plinio Iascone

CosmoprofTrends is the new benchmark for the Beauty Community, launched during the 50th edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2017.
To discover prevailing products and trends, the trend agency Beautystreams has created a digital guide with the 50 most interesting products and 10 trends selected during the days of the event.  

Notes and considerations on Cosmopack, which on 16-19 March gathered in Bologna the entire cosmetics supply chain, from raw materials to formulation, from machinery to packaging, to the creativity of The Wall, the Perfume Factory and Industry 4.0. The event’s director Rossano Bozzi speaks.

The Fameccanica Group is diversifying its activities and focussing on the liquid filling industry, using a 4.0 approach to technological solutions and services. An example of what can be done by combining the knowhow and the organization of a large industrial concern with the determination and the skills of a small and close-knit group of specialists. Stefano Lavorini

Printing inks and the like.
Courage is all you need… Perhaps it wasn’t even true in the times of Gabriele D’Annunzio, but you certainly need a lot more than that in a globalised and competitive market like today’s that continues to be evermore demanding. As a precautionary measure, one had better add methods of control and improvement of the industrial processes as well as reduction of waste,…

The exhibition-conference in Paris, which brings together in a single solution aerosol and dispensing systems as well as cosmetic packaging design, this year too held faith to its concrete character appreciated by sector VIPs: a format lasting two days, packed with conferences devised in collaboration with companies, and an expo of small stands, fast and easy to visit. 

Organized by BolognaFiere in partnership with ADM, the thirteenth edition of the international private label products conference and exhibition was held in the city’s fair district on 18-19 January.

National leader in the soft drinks sector, San Benedetto is presenting some of its main new features dedicated to Ho.re.ca.

Ocme (Parma) has been reaching higher and higher safety standards, winning the Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award 2016 at the urging of Rockwell Automation.

Defining the parameters for self-adhesive label production: a combined international specification for end users and suppliers. Source. Finat

Editorial by Stefano Lavorini.  What on earth makes me do it? This is the question that many, if not all, set themselves in an attempt to attribute sense to their own life experience.