Marketing and industry

They are part of the area of packing accessories and are indispensable in the process of preservation and transportation of products that, thanks to them, remain intact and well preserved. We are speaking of closures, an area varied both in terms of types and in terms of materials: data on production and use.

Exhibition-conference dedicated to packaging and pharmaceutical distribution, Pharmapack Europe confirms its position among the major EMEA events dedicated to this sector.

A complete showcase of the Iberian market’s entire “packaging ecosystem” in one international event.
With this mission, Hispack 2018 – organized by Fira de Barcelona – will draw together players from the worlds of packaging, processing and logistics, offering innovative standard and personalized solutions for all industrial and consumer sectors.

In-depth analyses will feature high in Glass Pack 2018. Now in its second edition, the event, organized by A151 (leading Italian communication and training service company in the glass container and flat glass sector), will be held in cooperation and conjunction with Ipack-Ima, and will have a dedicated space in hall 14 Fiera Milano Rho featuring a rich program of conferences and workshops,…

International B2B show dedicated to food & beverage and organised by Fiera Milano from 6th to 9th may 2019. In just 6 editions, TUTTOFOOD has become the perfect showcase for presenting agrofood products to the national and international markets, but it’s also an all-round partner and for companies that want to undertake an internationalisation process and need a consultant for analysing and…

Authentic, natural foods that become key ingredients in personal care products as well: beauty & food is the latest trend in Italian consumer goods. The stars of this show are unquestionably almonds and oats, as revealed by the Osservatorio Immagino survey of 11,500 products conducted by Nielsen/GS1 Italy.

Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards, is launching a new eco-barrier paperboard, developed especially for food service use with a bio-based and biodegradable special barrier treatment that is fluorochemicals-free, which represents an alternative to fossil-based barriers.

The first 100% certified Italian cola now also has its glass cladding: thanks to Verallia whose task, in the Molecola project, went beyond the provision of the glass version of the bottle for the Ho.Re.Ca channel, adapting their production processes to a creative idea developed for another material (PET).

From a study made  by Facile.it the drive to spend ever less emerges.
(Source European Food Agency- www.efanews.eu)

Produced with 100% Italian milk, the product is already available both at the refrigerated counter and on the long-life UHT shelf: Granarolo G+ is the first and only “milk drink” in Italy with 30% less sugar than milk.

The SAXOPRINT® web printer has perfected its “easy box” with new functionalities, which enables the creation and printing of  folding cases, boxes and cartons for shipping even more effectively: customers can in fact examine the customized packaging, displaying it in 3D. Soon it will also be possible to view the dimensions directly on the product.

The transport packaging par excellence, wood packaging is widely used throughout the manufacturing industries, whose performance influences the growth trends of this packaging type considerably. Consolidated 2016 data and projected end of year values for 2017.

With total production of 10.5 billion tubes in 2017, the member companies of etma - the European tube manufacturers association -  continued their path of growth and achieved a year-on-year increase in production of 2%.

Turnover for 2017 of over 24 billion euros (+1.6% on 2016); the domestic market has grown by 2.6% but... raw material costs have increased. The industry calls for stability  (source:www.federazionecartaegrafica.it)

Brexit, diversification and intelligent labeling: These the subjects under discussion at the fourth edition of the FINAT European Label Forum (ELF), scheduled Dublin 6 to 8 June.

For some years now CMI Industries has been going through a phase of growth and renewal, both in the technological field - thanks to the constant innovative research that is part of the firm’s DNA - as well as in its quality as a Group, in constant expansion in terms of product sectors and markets. Focus on the Beauty Tech Division and on the new brands.

February 9 2018 SATO Holdings Corporation - of which ALTECH srl is an Italian Premier Business Partner - announced changes to its corporate leadership.

Leader in the field of automatic packaging machines for tobacco products, GIMA TT closed 2017 with 151.8 million euro in earnings (+51.2% compared to the 100.4 million reported by the company on 31 December 2016), with an export share exceeding 72%, with excellent results in Europe and Asia. The company also fared very well on the domestic market, with 13% growth.

Exceeded mid-March 2018, there are only a few months left until the expiry of the transition period towards the new UNI EN ISO 9001: 2015 standards for the quality management system and UNI EN ISO 14001: 2015 for the environmental management system (the deadline to complete the certification passage to the new standard is September 15, 2018).

The “A Circular Future with Plastics” convention will be held on 24th and 25th May 2018, in Milan, where the Unionplast Rubber Plastics Federation (Italian association of plastic converters) and EuPC - European Plastics Converters (the association of European companies) will bring over 250 plastics converters from all over Europe.