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EOS Investment Management, a UK-based private equity firm specialising in alternative investment funds, has acquired FM Plastic, a flexible packaging converter that uses flexographic technology, through its Piacenza, Italy-based subsidiary Poplast.

Lidl is preparing to make further investments in Italy. For 2019 the German group has launched a €350 million plan to open 40 new stores and hire 2,000 new employees following a similar investment in 2018.

Alp.I, the special purpose acquisition company promoted by Mediobanca and listed on the AIM stock market, has reached a merger agreement with Antares Vision (BS), a global player specialising in the design, production and installation of traceability solutions for the pharmaceutical sector.

Camozzi Automation, a Camozzi Group member company specialising in industrial automation solutions, components and systems for liquid/gaseous fluid control and applications for the transport industry, recently opened a new logistic centre at Palazzolo sull’Oglio (BS), a highly efficient and sustainable strategic hub that receives products from the two factories located in Lumezzane and Polpenazze…

The winners of the Conai 2018 Prevention Call (fifth edition) were announced on November 19, that made 400,000 euros available to packaging user and producer companies that have revised their packaging in terms of sustainability.

The Coesia Group is a globally active player consisting of 21 innovation-based industrial and packaging solution companies headquartered in Bologna. In September 2018, Coesia completed the acquisition of Atlantic Zeiser’s card personalization and packaging divisions as well as the majority stake of Tritron GmbH, manufacturer of innovative special inks for digital industrial printing, as announced…

Ferrero is in talks to acquire Arnott’s Biscuits, the oldest Australian biscuit brand owned by US multinational Campbell Soup.

Fileni, one of Italy’s leading poultry producers, has opened a new fully automated distribution hub built to 4.0 technology standards in Cingoli (MC).

Handl Tyrol Group, an Austrian company that has been producing speck, ham and other meat-based original Tyrolean specialities since 1902, has officially started up its new factory in Haiming (Tyrol).

Following the results posted in 2018 (estimated revenues of €10.95 billion, up 4.3% on 2017), the Selex group has approved a 2019 investment plan worth €320 million consisting of 54 new store openings and a total of 182 renovations throughout Italy.

Italian bottled water producer Acqua S. Bernardo recently opened a new logistics hub and finished product warehouse in Ormea in the province of Cuneo as part of a €1 million investment aimed at boosting the facility’s production growth.

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Keep the original organoleptic qualities unaltered, offer clear information on the product, appeal to the eye and enhance the brand: when it comes to fruit and vegetables, these are the many functions that packaging is called upon to fulfil.

Twenty years after its establishment, Corepla (National Italian Consortium for the collection, recycling and recovery of plastic packaging) presented in September the Green Economy Report, which analyses the European framework for the recovery/recycling of plastic packaging and its future challenges, in the light of new EU regulations, reporting on the consortium’s actions in recent years.

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The circular economy enters the world of vending machines thanks to RiVending, a pilot project conceived by Confida (Italian Vending Machine Association), Corepla (National Italian Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging) and Unionplast (The National Italian Union of Plastic Material Converters - Plastics Rubber Federation) and launched in the municipality of…

One year on from the opening of the new plant in Amaro (UD), AMB Spa confirms its steady growth trend and, in 2018, is preparing to exceed 110 million turnover, with over 61 thousand tons of products sold, and a more marked attention to Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, Spain and France.

More flexo, more gravure and an “alla” Kaizen organization support the activity of Inci-Flex (Fisciano, SA) and its ability to serve its customers.