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  • Coca Cola doubles capacity at Kostinbrod

    Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Bulgaria has invested more than €24 million in a new PET bottle production line which will double production capacity at the Kostinbrod plant in western Bulgaria.

  • Ferrero continues its growth through acquisitions

    Belgian holding company CTH Invest, a Ferrero affiliate, has spent $300 million to acquire Danish brand Kelsen, producer of the famous Kjeldsens and Royal Dansk butter cookies owned by Campbell Soup Company.

  • IMA, first half of 2019: Revenue and order book are growing

    Bologna, August 7. The Board of Directors of IMA S.p.A approved the Group results at 30 June 2019, which is expected to be a year of growth. The Group acquires 60% of Perfect Pack S.r.l. thus completing the range of machines  for single-dose packs in the pharmaceutical market. An extraordinary shareholders’ meetings on August 8 of IMA and GIMA TT approved the merger plan for the incorporation of…

  • New Environmental Contribution for paper, plastic and wood packaging

    30 July 2019. After assessing the requests of the Comieco, Corepla, and Rilegno Consortia for Packaging Materials, the CONAI Board of Directors approved the restructuring of the Environmental Contribution for paper, plastic, and wood packaging, which will come into force on 1 January 2020.

  • COMEP joins Sidel group

    Sidel, a manufacturer of machinery and equipment for blow moulding of plastic containers belonging to the Swiss group Tetra Laval, has announced the acquisition of Cognac Moules Emballages Plastiques (COMEP), a French company that produces moulds for PET.

  • 24th Comieco report: growth in waste paper collection in Italy (+4% in 2018)

    From the analyses contained in the 24th Comieco report, separate waste paper and cardboard collection in Italy grew by 4% in 2018 to over 3.4 million tons (127,000 tons more than in 2017). The per capita average stood at 56 kg/inhabitant (64.9 in Northern, 68.3 in Central and 38.1 in Southern Italy).

  • 2018: another record year for RadiciGroup

    RadiciGroup, a Bergamo, Italy-based company specialising in the chemicals, technopolymers and synthetic fibres business, posted a record €1.211 billion revenue in 2018 (+6%).

  • The Ferrero strategy of the 5Rs for virtuous packaging

    Plastics and the challenges of sustainable packaging in general were the subject of a roundtable discussion held in Milan on 24 June during the presentation of the Ferrero group’s 9th corporate social responsibility report.

  • Packaging Première: the luxury of creativity

    With an exclusive offer of solutions for the packaging of high-end consumer goods - mainly cosmetics and fragrances, fine food, wine and spirits - Packaging Première closes its third edition (28-30 May, Fieramilanocity) registering some 6700 visitors (+40% compared to 2018).

  • Labels: when attention to the environment is the lever of business

    Chronicle of the Gipea Spring Congress (24 and 25 May, Turin), from which interesting points emerge, oriented towards product and process innovation. With supply chain sustainability obviously taking pride of place.. Maria Costanza Candi Journalist, technical-scientific adviser

  • Packaging machinery - 2018: made in Italy is still growing

    According to data provided by Ucima on 1 July during the annual meeting, revenue generated by Italian packaging machinery manufacturers sees further 9.4% growth to 7.85 billion euros, confirming its position as one of the most dynamic Italian manufacturing sectors.

  • Cellulose packaging – Data 2018

    Paper packaging is characterized by wide use in virtually every manufacturing sector, both as primary and as secondary packaging. It is especially important as transport and accessory packaging (labeling, protective material). Data and facts on the sector in Italy.

  • Bosch to sell packaging machinery business to CVC Capital Partners

    After announcing its intention a year ago to shed its Packaging Technology unit, Bosch recently signed an agreement to sell its packaging machinery business based in Waiblingen to a newly incorporated entity managed by Luxembourg-based private equity fund CVC Capital Partners.

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