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Fabbri Group, a historic Modena-based company and market leader in the field of food packaging machinery and films, is expanding its range of action with the acquisition of Caveco, a company based in Palazzolo sull’Oglio, province of Brescia.

The 2019 of Italian packaging machines was positive, with over 8 billion euros in turnover (+ 1.8% on 2018). Together with the global results of the sector, the Ucima Studies Office provides growth forecasts for the cosmetic machinery market at the macro area level in the three-year period 2019-2021.

According to the preliminary figures published by the Ucima Research Department, the sector has continued to grow during 2019 (up 1.8% on 2018), reporting positive performances both in Italy and in foreign markets.

“Hive” is the name of Unilever’s new Foods Innovation Centre, an €85 million hub that will lead the Dutch giant’s global food innovation programmes for brands like Knorr, Hellmann’s, The Vegetarian Butcher and Calvé.
Areas of research will include plant-based ingredients and meat alternatives, efficient crops, sustainable food packaging and nutritious foods.

Ceflex (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging), a European consortium of companies representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging with more than 140 stakeholders including raw materials producers, converters, retailers and packaging users, has launched an open consultation for the wider flexible packaging industry to enhance and refine phase one of the Designing for a Circular…

Constantia Flexible, the world’s third largest producer of flexible packaging with headquarters in Vienna, Austria, recently opened a new factory in Gujarat, India.

Market data and development prospects for primary packaging glass. Strengths: transparency and naturalness.

Guala Closures East Africa (GCEA), a subsidiary of the Piedmont-based Guala Closures Group, has announced its expansion into the Kenyan market with the inauguration of its new East Africa site in Nairobi.

The Sanpellegrino group has signed an agreement to sell the Beltè brand to Refresco Italy (Spumador and Recoaro), a company owned by Dutch beverage multinational Refresco.

The 2018/2019 financial statement approved at the end of October for the Conserve Italia group reveals an essentially stable scenario for the Bologna-based cooperative consortium, owner of the brands Yoga, Valfrutta, Cirio, Derby Blue and Jolly Colombani.

US packaging producer Berlin Packaging has completed its fifth acquisition in 2019 (the thirteenth since 2010) with the takeover of Novio Packaging Group, a Netherlands-based company with 160 employees.

Great participation, last October 3rd, at the Omron Collaborative Day, an event organized by Omron Italia (branch of the Japanese giant specializing in the field of industrial automation) in collaboration with Schunk, among the groups with greatest experience in gripping systems and tightening technology.

In a club deal promoted by Orienta Partners, a group of Italian and international investors has acquired 100% of the shares of Virosac (Pederobba-Treviso), one of the largest Italian producers of biodegradable bags for food and waste.

New investments, further empowerment of digital technologies, innovation, but also with an eye to environmental sustainability and local social initiatives. A snapshot of Innova Group at the time of the presentation of the 2018 annual budget. G.C.

The new international legislation addressed in the training course organized by SBS - Scuola Beni Strumentali. On the table, in addition to the methods and the effectiveness of the instructions given, indications regarding cybersecurity and the responsibilities of the manufacturer.

Veripack, a subsidiary of the market-leading packaging technologies player Ilpra Group, has signed a thermoforming machine supply agreement with Bombay Sweets & Co. Ltd., the largest snack producer in Bangladesh.

The Italian company Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has acquired Serbian firm Stax Technologies, a packaging machinery supplier specialising in the tissue sector.

Cedral Tassoni, the historic Italian company based in Salò, has announced that it will invest more than €2 million to complete expansion and renovation work on the factory where it produces soft drinks (including the famous Cedrata), liqueurs and syrups.

Molson Coors Brewing Company, an American multinational and market leader in the production of numerous varieties of beer, has opened a new brewery and distribution centre in British Columbia, Canada following an investment of US $226.4 million.

The latest picture painted by the “Coop Report 2019 – Italian consumption and lifestyle trends” reveals a sharp increase in environmental awareness amongst Italian consumers in terms of their purchasing behaviour and lifestyles.