Marketing and industry

Italian firm AMB Spa (a trusted manufacturer of multilayer plastic films mainly for food packaging) announces its new development plan and invests 6.6 mln euro in a second site to serve alongside its historic headquarters in San Daniele del Friuli.

The contest organized by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, which culminates with the presentation of the Oscars for best packaging creations, receives a new and prestigious sponsor: Brera Design District (BDD).

Having considered the position of the Ricrea consortium, it was confirmed on 3 July that the CONAI board of directors has decided to decrease the environmental tax credit for steel packaging.

Increase in productivity, investments in technology and rendering the systems more efficient, shrewd management of resources and means, BRC certification: from the all positive indicators of the integrated paper&board converter Innova Group (owned and run by the Pedrotti family) to the market potentials for the year at hand. Luciana Guidotti

20-22 September 2017

A journey of the senses in discovery of unique products: Luxoro opens its own exhibition space at Paper&People, Europe’s largest graphic paper showroom.

Pixartprinting content creation continues, this time touching down in Berlin to invite communications and print specialists to discover the German capital’s underground spaces.

The close of 2016 saw a 3.2% rise in production of packaging (in t), building on the +2.3% logged the previous year. The trend is driven by the domestic market, exports having stalled

A four-month survey of the packaging industry as of May 2017. The information relating to the global economy is based on Confindustria and Prometeia data.

Lumson consolidates its  leadership in prestige makeup after signing the agreement for the gradual integration of Leoplast into the Lumson group.

On Wednesday, June 7, the assembly of the Italian national association of builders of machines and moulds for plastics and rubber manufacturing approved the change of name proposal put forward by President Alessandro Grassi, with an eye to renewal, without though omitting keywords such as “association, machines, plastic”.
Thus Assocomaplast becomes Amaplast, featuring an even more synthetic…

Technology and innovation which go together with a tradition lasting more than 50 years: interpack 2017 with Ronchi Mario SpA was about physical machinery and digital business.

The fair interpack continues to mark an ineluctable time boundary for the packaging world, taking advantage of the opportunity to sum up years of work and development.

Sanction Decree no. 29 of February 2017 can be considered a turning point for an entire industrial sector (film manufacturers, converters and producers of food contact packaging). The perspective of a sector veteran (not without some bones to pick) opens an interesting discussion. Responses and further contributions welcome. Armando Vaccaro

Data and facts on the youngest packaging type currently on the market, which enjoys good health with the exception of some minor setbacks having mostly to do with less than stellar performance of certain target sectors.   Barbara Iascone

Sense, nature and values of an industrial reality that is “very” Italian. Velleda Virno tells of the investments made in the family company in the name of quality, efficiency and future projects. And for his love for his home territory. Stefano Lavorini

Announced in May the acquisition of Eidos SpA by the German company Novexx Solutions (part of the Possehl Group), which will strengthen its position in the ID market.

CEFLEX is a new project organized by a consortium of European companies representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging.

First quarter 2017: the turnover generated by the Italian market grew by 6.5% (orders + 9.9%). Exports are also up (+ 13%). Good growth prospects.

Eleventh Edition of SAVE, conference and exhibition for vertical solutions and applications for automation, instrumentation and sensors (Organization secretariat EIOM, the Italian Trade Fair Organization Body).