Marketing and industry

On the occasion of the opening of MECSPE, Senaf (organizer of the show focused on manufacturing 4.0 at Fiere di Parma, 22-24 March 2018) announced that it has given the Department of Design of the Milan Polytechnic an assignment.

Veolia, international company that operates in waste management, has recently launched a program for the collection and recycling of used coffee cups, in collaboration with some of the major chains of coffee shops in the United Kingdom, where every day 7 million coffees are consumed in disposable cups.

Born out of the partnership between Solvay Specialty Polymers and Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. (global supplier of injection moulding machines and services for the plastics industry), the new high barrier Verian™ PET (HBP) is an innovative line of recyclable polymers, enabling the creation of a new generation of sustainable solutions for bottles and films, while ensuring maximum…

The hard copy of the PackBook Yearbook 2017-2018, on page 139, contains a phone number of the company Lirmaprint that is no longer active. The correct phone numbers are: +39 3394184279 - 3484708444. Our apologies for the to those directly involved and to our readers.
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On 10 - 11 March 2018 the Umberto Veronesi Foundation will be in 100 piazzas throughout Italy for the first edition of “The Tomatoe. Good for you, good for the research”, a fundraiser for financing scientific research in the pediatric field in order to ensure the best possible care for children with cancer, increasing recovery expectations.

Anticipated by specialized events (ICS Forum on industrial cyber security) and round tables throughout Italy, that from January to April will examine the theme “Automation and digital along the supply chains and organized locally”, the 2018 Edition of SPS IPC Drives Italia (organized by Messe Frankfurt Italia) promises new, important points of interest.

The two events organized by Ipack-Ima Srl, a joint venture between UCIMA and Fiera Milano, show excellent success prospects.

Meeting on 19 February under the Presidency of Alberto Vacchi, the Board of Directors of IMA S.p.A., world leader in the production of automatic machines, viewed the preliminary estimates of the main management data for the year 2017, which indicate a year showing further growth over the previous one, thanks to the successful sales performance of automatic machines and complete lines in the…

The ineluctable rise of the Internet of Things and industry 4.0, with the resulting networking of a large number of systems and objects, has shed light on the indispensability of securing facilities and data against hackers. ICS Forum tips for starting off on the right foot. Maurizio Cacciamani

Valorizing the environmental sustainability of packaging. This is the ultimate meaning of the Conai Prevention Call*, aimed exclusively at Conai members - be they producers or users - that plan to innovate a packaging solution or its life cycle by altering its environmental impact, saving energy, facilitating recycling, optimizing production and logistics, reducing waste and so on.  L.G.

The priority commitments taken on by Europe for the development of a green and circular economy were at the center of discussions during the four days of Ecomondo and Key Energy 2017 (7-10 November 2017, Rimini Fiera).

20 - 23 March 2018, Cologne (D)   This year’s edition will be one to “speak to the senses” and build an industry culture, given the extensive offering, focused on food production, which will be covered in all its phases. The entire affair will be duly oriented toward quality as that which determines the character of a food product.

10 April 2018 will be the next edition of SAVE, a vertical event for solutions and applications in automation, instrumentation and sensors organized by Eiom: a Spring showcase for concerns and qualified operators to meet, get updates, find inspiration and do business together.

Ipack-Ima, Meat-Tech, Plast, Print4all, Intralogistica Italia 29 May - 1 June 2018, Fiera Milano, Milan (I)

In the first half of 2017, the total number of tubes delivered by all manufacturers which are members of the european tube manufacturers association (etma) amounted to nearly 5.4 billion. This mid-year figure is two percent higher than the corresponding figure in 2016.

Following the unveiling in Ireland in December 2017 of a new software research and development center, dedicated to computer vision and artificial intelligence, the Lombard company Antares Vision resumes investing in Italy with a new plant that will make automatic inspection and quality control machines for pharmaceutical products (vials, flacons, capsules, compresses) in the industrial district…

+109%: This the increase in Italian exports of machinery, equipment and moulds for plastics and rubber to Russia in the first nine months of 2017, as compared to the same period in 2016, according to the calculations of the Centro Studi di Amaplast (Confindustria member sector association that groups together more than 170 manufacturers) on foreign trade data published by ISTAT.

In December, the eighth edition of a report on waste recycling in Italy was presented, authored by the Sustainable Development Foundation and FISE UNIRE, with support of the Ministry for the Environment and ISPRA. Below is a summary of the main findings on packaging collection and recycling.

Having completed its acquisition of 100% of Mater-Biopolymer from the Mossi & Ghisolfi Group 2016, Novamont has activated the second phase in a project to convert the Mater-Biopolymer plant in Patrica (FR) in order to double its output of ORIGO-BI® biopolyesters, which are used to enhance the technical, economic and environmental performance of MATER-Bi® biodegradable and compostable…

Secondo l’analisi del Centro Studi di Confindustria, la ripresa dell’Italia si rafforza, tanto da rivedere al rialzo la crescita del PIL per il 2018, portandolo a un +1,5% (a settembre la previsione era di +1,3%).