Facts and data

Sales suffered a double-digit decline in 2020, but the results for the first half of 2021 are already showing a strong recovery, with order intake climbing by 67.1% and revenue up 21.4%. The sector is expected to return to pre-Covid levels in 2023.

Turnover in the first half of 2021 fell by just 1.8% compared to the same period in the record year 2019. The growth with respect to the first half of 2020 was 21%. The sector held its ground in 2020 with turnover of almost 8 billion euros. The food and cosmetics segments performed well.

A survey of more than 7,000 European citizens from 11 countries commissioned from Perspectus Global by Pro Carton (the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers) reveals that a larger proportion of consumers in Italy and the UK (54% and 50% of respondents, respectively) have gained in environmental awareness during the pandemic compared to their Spanish, German and French…

The Austrian group Schur Flexibles, a specialist in packaging solutions for the food and pharmaceutical industries, is expanding into Italy with the formalisation of the acquisition of Termoplast (Gambassi Terme, Florence), a European pioneer in the production of sustainable and 100% recyclable MDO-PE films used in the food, industrial, media and pharmaceutical sectors.

This report provides a cross-section of the trends in the sectors of the manufacturing industry where packaging consumption is most intense - and their consequent evolution - divided into food and non-food macro-areas (situation updated at the beginning of June 2021). 

Marco Checchi is the new chairman of Anfima, the Confindustria-affiliated association which represents manufacturers of metal packaging and related products

Numbers are growing for the eighth edition of the CONAI call for proposals for eco-design, which registered 10% more entries. The analysis of the cases will last until the end of October, after which a jury of technicians will choose the winners.

The Associazione Amici del Museo del Patrimonio Industriale (Friends of the Industrial Heritage Museum), a non-profit organisation set up in 1997 to act as a meeting place between the worlds of culture and industry in Bologna, elected its new Board of Directors on 27 May.

With an initiative part of the international “L’Oréal For The Future” programme, L’Oréal Italia announced that it is set to eliminate plastic from the packaging of certain product categories shipped from its logistics centre in Villanterio (PV).

Nell’anno della pandemia il sistema circolare italiano del riciclo del legno ha dimostrato solidità e resilienza, garantendo costantemente sia la raccolta attraverso le 421 piattaforme sparse sul territorio nazionale, sia la capacità di assorbimento da parte delle industrie del riciclo consorziate.

Gualapack has acquired the Modena-based Easysnap Technology, a company known worldwide for its patented, innovative Easysnap® technology for easy opening of single-dose sachets suitable for liquid or semi-liquid products.

 

The results and new trends in the development of digital commerce in Italy were presented at the Netcomm Forum. The shopping basket strongly favours the products category (+45% on 2019)

Sturdy, unbreakable, air-tight: these are the characteristics of steel or aluminum packaging, hence perfect for preserving food products. Market numbers per type, expressed by the sector in 2020 in Italy.  

According to the Farmindustria-Prometeia 2020 report, in 2019 the value of production grew to 34 billion euros (32.2 billion in 2018), exclusively thanks to the growth of exports (+25.6% equal to 32.6 billion euros), which in the last three years accounted for 85% of the total. Milena Bernardi

 

The Oxy Capital private equity firm and illimity Bank will be the pivotal players in the debt restructuring agreement (pursuant to Article 182 bis of the Italian Bankruptcy Law) between the Gpack Group, a leading manufacturer of boxes and cases made of cardboard and similar materials for the luxury, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food & beverage markets, and its creditors.

Guala Closures Group ha pubblicato la relazione sulla sostenibilità per l’anno 2020 (decima edizione) segnalando come tutti gli obiettivi siano stati raggiunti o superati nonostante i disagi causati dalla pandemia: miglioramento nei livelli di carbon footprint, nuove linee guida per la progettazione ecocompatibile, maggiore utilizzo di materiali riciclati e l'introduzione di una Carta della…

The Italian pet food market continues to show a high level of dynamism and potential with a turnover of more than €2 billion in 2020 (+4.2% in value and +2% in volume with respect to 2019).

The annual survey of PVC consumption in Italy carried out by Plastic Consult on behalf of PVC Forum Italia revealed a total quantity of 590,000 tons of processed PVC in 2020, about 7% down on the previous year’s figure.

IMA ha perfezionato l'acquisizione di Thomas Engineering, tra i principali attori statunitensi nel settore degli impianti per il rivestimento di compresse con sede a Elgin, Illinois.

Among other things, 2020 will be remembered as the year of e-commerce and delivery. In fact, due to the multiple restrictions necessitated by the global pandemic, the use of online shopping has skyrocketed. And it was above all the purchase of consumer and instrumental goods that drove the growth of the sector since, due to the global health situation, purchases related to services, in particular…