Industry and strategy

The motion control giant Moog Inc. and the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) have signed an agreement for the creation of a joint laboratory, called Moog@IIT, in order to develop a new generation of technologies for the movement and control of autonomous robots.

In mid-January 2016 Cosmografica Albertini SpA formalized the purchase of Industrie Grafiche Servi (Busto Arsizio, VA).

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…

A lively 2016 indeed for Live-Tech Srl, that is busy preparing the launch of an innovative range of products that will shortly be presented to the international community.

Industrial systems for hot and cold gluing: efficient products and strategies that are “environmentally and user friendly” by one of the sector’s leaders. With 40 years under its belt, Robatech confirms its intention to leverage the gains it has made to grow further.

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

Fiere di Parma has a record year and looks to internationalization with the Koelnmesse Italia agreement. This year at Cibus Tec will be the debut of European Pavilions, which will bring the best European food processing & packaging technologies to the fair. Coming soon, an Italian delegation will appear at the first edition of ProFood Tech 2017.

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.

Outside soldiers, heavily armed police, bodyguards, Carabinieri trucks and armour-plated cars; inside, representatives of the national and regional government, pharmaceutical industry managers, press, guests of honour from the institutions and the world of manufacture, some famous names standing by, women and men of the organization busying themselves, everyone decked out elegantly and composed.…

On 29 October, Saint-Gobain announced that it has clinched the sale of Verallia to Apollo Global Management LLC and Bpifrance, who now  respectively hold 90% and 10% of its capital.

The Massilly Group has announced its acquisition of two companies active in the production of General Line cans: Stebler Blech AG (Nunningen, CH) and the Italian firm Eurograf Srl (Saccolongo, PD).

«After the buy-ups in Spain and Brazil - CEOs of the Aetna Group Enrico and Valentina Aureli comment - we are consolidating in strategic areas like the US, integrating experience, technological skills and the strong presence of TopTier (Portland, Oregon) that now joins the US branch of the Aetna group based in Atlanta, Georgia».

H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL) has devised a complete range of universally compatible adhesive solutions, targeted specifically to improve the effectiveness of e-commerce packaging.

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.

Many successes and clear goals for the near future of industrial automation.

... having something of the marvellous, the true, the plausible and the sublime. Never before have I taken part in a scientific congress so rich and varied in its contents, as well as in terms of focussed participants.
Stefano Lavorini

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