Marketing and industry

  • European tubes sector grows

    In spite of a persisting turbulent international socio-political climate, the concerns comprising Etma (the European Tube Manufacturers Association) produced 10.5 billion tubes in 2014.
  • Expo: supplies for 30 million

    For Expo 2015 Cefla has started up a series of largescale projects, that have involved the concern in its entirety, making it one of the most committed in the international food event
  • Plastics and bioplastics: a deal to improve collection

    Last June 11th, in the presence of Minister of Environment Gian Luca Galletti, a two-year agreement was signed implementing a program promoted by Corepla, Conai, Assobioplastiche and the Italian Composters Consortium (CIC), to foster and enhance environmental management of biodegradable and compostable plastic packaging by reducing the amount of non-compatible materials deposited in the “…
  • More steel recovered from packaging

    Steel containers and closures, tins and crown caps, aerosol cans and industrial drums: steel packaging continues to prove a “friend of the environment” in 2014.
  • Hispack & BTA: one starts up again

    Signs of economic recovery from the third annual joint Hispack & BTA (Fira de Barcelona, 21 to 24 April 2015), which closed with a pre-final of 38,000 visitors, an increase of 8% compared to expectations.
  • Plast: balance and new projects

    The seventeenth edition of Plast (5-9 May 2015, Fiera Milano Rho) ended with a participation of 1,558 exhibitors (in 2012 they were 1,514) over an area of 54,595 square meters, slightly less than the 56,832 of the previous edition.
  • Packaging: the trends of pharma

    Protection of sensitive ingredients, innovatory dosing systems, quality control of the contents and container, flexible machines and complete lines… What does the pharmaceutical industry demand from packaging producers*.                          
    * From a study made by Achema (Frankfurt, 15-19 June 2015)
  • Dow opens an innovation “hub”

    The first Dow Chemical Italian Pack Studio Innovation Center is now up and running at Mozzate (CO). It joins those already running in Switzerland, Brazil, China and the US with the objective of satisfying the specific needs of customers on the subject of packaging, fabric and hygiene and hence stimulating the development of innovative solutions.
  • Markets to explore: South Africa

    From the collaboration between ICE-Agency and Edizioni Dativo, the column dedicated to Italian companies operating in packaging and with an attentive eye to the possibility of growth abroad.
  • Cellulose packaging and the multichannel challenge

    The growth of e-commerce is changing the equilibriums of retail, also having important consequences on packaging, in particular that of paper and board. Studies, reflections and undertakings by Comieco that during Ipack-Ima will dedicate a seminar to the multichannel revolution.
  • The numbers of confidence

    The optimism among largescale retail industrial and distribution companies is growing, an overall improvement in the economy in general being expected, including an increase in investments and employment: the GS1 Italy/Indicod economic observatory.
  • Paper for corrugated cardboard packaging

    Virgin and recycled paper with superior performance, but also a complete service to help the user make the right choices, to the benefit of productivity. Good news from Stora Enso.
  • Upload & Print for printing online

    Pixartprinting  presented its own success story at the  Southern European Print Congress 2015 (Barcelona, 11 March) in a talk entitled “Upload & Print, the international market of a simple idea”.
  • Arcoplastica invests more than a million and a half euro

    The Andezeno based company, at the top of thermoformed and extruded plastic materials sector,  confirms its commitment to Italian market, and present an important plan of investments destined to innovate divisions, quality and build improvements to a production site.
  • Distribution: better logistics, less environmental impact

    Conad and CPR System promoted an innovative project, carried out by the University of Bologna, that quantified scientifically the advantages and potential of reusable pallets, adopted for the distribution network of fresh fruit and vegetables.
  • Laminazione Sottile: an award for knowledge and knowhow

    «For a management vision capable of developing internationally a well-established Campania region concern through a policy that has taken on innovative traits, both in terms of financial management and in the field of research».

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