Marketing and industry

In order to drive new innovation and consolidate their global flexible packaging market presence, Dow Chemical and Nordmeccanica Spa (manufacturer of machines for coating, lamination and metalization) have signed an agreement representing the evolution of work the two concerns have carried out together over the past two years.

The excellent performance abroad is matched by the sensation that the domestic market is recoverying

EFSA’s experts recommend refining the safety assessment of substances used in food contact materials, including the introduction of a more comprehensive approach to estimate consumer exposure, particularly for infants and toddlers.

February 25, the new Guidelines for the application of Legislative Decree 231/2001 in the field of waste management were presented. The document, drawn up by FISE Assoambiente, has been verified and approved by the Italian Ministry of Justice.

4 - 7 May 2016, Milan

More than 70,000 professionals from more than 130 countries took part in Fruit Logistica 2016 (Berlin, 3-5 February 2016), which has thus confirmed its standing as the largest global trade fair of the fruit and vegetable sector.

Bolstered by the excellent results achieved with the recent edition (Cologne, January 31-February 3), ISM (confectionery products and snacks) and ProSweets Cologne (subcontracting for the confectionery industry) reaffirm the valuable synergy for the future.

2-5 November 2016, Istanbul

Figures and sector strategies evermore oriented towards sustainable and functional packaging, popular with consumers. by Riccardo Ceredi

When the 400,000th truck made by Yale Europe Materials Handling came off the assembly line at its facility in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, the concern celebrated with an extraordinary charitable donation: on 19 January 2016, during an official ceremony, the Veracitor VX model was delivered to Oxfam, an international charity that has quickly responded to water crises around the world, supplying…

THE BOLOGNA-BASED FIRM NIMAX (which markets coding and marking, control & safety and labeling systems in Italy) has won “Sales Channel of the Year 2015”, which Loma System (global producer of quality control, checkweigher, x-ray detection and metal detector systems) awards each year to its most efficient distributor.

Tech:Art, or rather Technology and Art: these are the “tools” which the Piedmontese converter (based in Trovatello, TO) makes available to its customers.

9% turnover growth in 2015 for Marchesini Group, which looks to less mature markets outside Europe to consolidate its position and drafts a Code of Ethics.

Cartotecnica Goldprint has doubled its turnover and multiplied its machine pool, production technologies and offer in one fell swoop, and now it has set its sights on foreign markets. Folding and rigid boxes for luxury goods, personal care, food and pharmaceuticals, but now also displays and posters, all in a quality offer with careful attention to service.  Stefano Lavorini

On 11 and 12 May next, at the Spring Studios in Manhattan, Cosmopack will be organizing a B2B networking workshop featuring international companies and the excellence of beauty “made in Italy” in all its different forms, from packaging to make-up.

The column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad Born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on the development of the packaging in the short/medium term in selected countries.

This the judgement on Eurasia Packaging 2015, with an edition enriched by the show Printpack. “Powered” by REED Tüyap Fairs Inc. and ASD (the Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association), the exhibition has the support of various organizations active in the packaging industry, representing machinery and materials manufacturers.

Italy wagers on the green economy to fuel the recovery. This the message from Ecomondo (November 3 to 6, Rimini Fiera), where the proposals of 1,200 companies and the contents of the 200 seminars with over 1,000 speakers showed the mettle of an industrial and scientific system aligned to the highest standards, as well as offering a model for economies of other countries.

For the ITEM m6 brand of stockings and compression undergarments, by “medi” (German manufacturer of hygienic articles and orthopedic aides), rlc | packaging group and Sappi Europe have created a premium packaging solution that combines the silky consistency of Sappi’s Algro Design paperboard with a practical snap closure.

As deliberated November 25 2015  by the Conai Board of Directors, starting from January 2016 the Conai Environmental Contribution (CAC) for glass packaging will drop to 17,30 euros/t. This is a further reduction on the preceding communication of October 14 2015 (that set the CAC at 19,30 euros/t), made necessary by the strong swings over the last months of glass cullet  quotations, that has led…