Facts and data

The packaging sector, closely linked to the performance of manufacturing, is positively affected by the phenomena that have characterized the industrial area, bringing turnover in 2017 to exceed €32.5 billion, registering a growth of +2.5%.

Quarterly observatory of the packaging supply chain: situation in May 2018. The information on the economic situation is taken from the data drawn up by Confindustria, Prometeia and the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio. Barbara Iascone

Characteristics, data and facts of the Italian steel and aluminium packaging market in 2017. Barbara Iascone

How to pick your way through the specific regulations and certifications required of those who export to the various countries (numerous in Italy, as we know). AC&E’s solutions, including technical and legal services to Italian machine builders, who export to Europe and around the world. Maurizio Cacciamani

German engineering group Robert Bosch GmbH plans to sell its packaging technology division that generated 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in sales last year to focus on its core business.

Packaging, economy and society: the conference organized on May 3 by Confapi Industria Piacenza (sponsored by Confapi Nazionale, Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, UnionAlimentari, Regione Emilia-Romagna, the Municipality and Province of Piacenza and with the collaboration of Randstad) wished to analyse trends and challenges to create new packaging or re-use existing ones.

A new exhibition area inside the Museum of Industrial Heritage, Bologna aims to involve teenagers and adults on the implications of Industry 4.0 by showing them the Factory of the Future.

Plastics and rubber: the new records of Italian machine builders.

Packaging + Processing + Printing + Logistics: All4Pack Paris offers a complete offer, in line with a market integration strategy that enhances the synergistic interactions of the packaging ecosystem.

Announced the next edition of the event organized by Bologna Fiere that, in addition to offering advances on “life science 4.0”, will give visibility to a sector of excellence in terms of process technologies, wrapping, laboratory instrumentation, packaging, components, IoT dedicated solutions.

First woman in over 60 years of history of the Institute to take on the office of president, she was elected by acclamation by the members, in their meeting at the Palazzo Parigi in Milan on May 11th for the annual assembly.

The segregated collection of plastic packaging also increased in 2017 (+ 11.7% on 2016), with a national average per capita collection going from 15.8 to 17.7 kg per inhabitant per year. And if Lombardy also put in the best performance in 2017, Puglia, Basilicata and Valle d’Aosta have made a significant leap forward.

Even in 2018, L’Oreal is among the “World’s Most Ethical Companies”, selected according to the standards related to ethical business practices of the Ethisphere Institute. L’Oréal is one of only three companies in the Health & Beauty sector to have received the recognition for the ninth time “for its commitment to promoting integrity and placing ethical business practices among its priorities…

Organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, after the period in Venice the “Economic Packaging Conference” returns to Milan. Forecasts for 2018-2019 “.

The Italian corrugated cardboard industry is growing: in 2017 over 6.7 billion square meters of packaging material (+ 2.82%) was produced.

Based on the classification used by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio in their Packaging in figures publication, this analysis focuses on rigid packaging (bottles, flacons...) but also on laminated flexible packaging (shoppers, films, protective bubble wrap, etc.), with the exclusion of flexible converter packaging. Barbara Iascone

A new name which signs a new development phase within Coeclerici Group, with a focus on technology

A recent analysis shows that about one pack out of two in Europe is represented by flexible packaging. Data and facts of a mature but very vital sector.  Barbara Iascone

On 17 April Corepla opened the Milan Design Week dedicated to the “Sense of Design” with a workshop entitled “Industry, aesthetics, design, environmental challenge: the social value of plastics”.

The initiative promoted by FAO and Messe Düsseldorf is continuing successfully to raise awareness on the issues related to the improvement of crops and their transformation, packaging and delivery, with the aim of increasing the shelf life of products, reducing food waste and, consequently, improving  the culture associated with the correct consumption of food.