Facts and data

With the aim of offering the visitor a strong image of the Italian System, the Ucima Marketing & Promotion Area will be coordinating the presence of Italian companies in a single area at international trade fairs.

They are part of the area of packing accessories and are indispensable in the process of preservation and transportation of products that, thanks to them, remain intact and well preserved. We are speaking of closures, an area varied both in terms of types and in terms of materials: data on production and use.

Exhibition-conference dedicated to packaging and pharmaceutical distribution, Pharmapack Europe confirms its position among the major EMEA events dedicated to this sector.

A complete showcase of the Iberian market’s entire “packaging ecosystem” in one international event.
With this mission, Hispack 2018 – organized by Fira de Barcelona – will draw together players from the worlds of packaging, processing and logistics, offering innovative standard and personalized solutions for all industrial and consumer sectors.

In-depth analyses will feature high in Glass Pack 2018. Now in its second edition, the event, organized by A151 (leading Italian communication and training service company in the glass container and flat glass sector), will be held in cooperation and conjunction with Ipack-Ima, and will have a dedicated space in hall 14 Fiera Milano Rho featuring a rich program of conferences and workshops,…

International B2B show dedicated to food & beverage and organised by Fiera Milano from 6th to 9th may 2019. In just 6 editions, TUTTOFOOD has become the perfect showcase for presenting agrofood products to the national and international markets, but it’s also an all-round partner and for companies that want to undertake an internationalisation process and need a consultant for analysing and…

In the home and in the restaurant industry, can packaging be an ally in waste prevention? What do Italians think? The findings of the latest Waste Watcher* study on the relationship between waste and packaging were previewed at Green Week 2018.

The transport packaging par excellence, wood packaging is widely used throughout the manufacturing industries, whose performance influences the growth trends of this packaging type considerably. Consolidated 2016 data and projected end of year values for 2017.

With total production of 10.5 billion tubes in 2017, the member companies of etma - the European tube manufacturers association -  continued their path of growth and achieved a year-on-year increase in production of 2%.

Turnover for 2017 of over 24 billion euros (+1.6% on 2016); the domestic market has grown by 2.6% but... raw material costs have increased. The industry calls for stability  (source:www.federazionecartaegrafica.it)

Brexit, diversification and intelligent labeling: These the subjects under discussion at the fourth edition of the FINAT European Label Forum (ELF), scheduled Dublin 6 to 8 June.

The hard copy of the PackBook Yearbook 2017-2018, on page 139, contains a phone number of the company Lirmaprint that is no longer active. The correct phone numbers are: +39 3394184279 - 3484708444. Our apologies for the to those directly involved and to our readers.
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On 10 - 11 March 2018 the Umberto Veronesi Foundation will be in 100 piazzas throughout Italy for the first edition of “The Tomatoe. Good for you, good for the research”, a fundraiser for financing scientific research in the pediatric field in order to ensure the best possible care for children with cancer, increasing recovery expectations.

Anticipated by specialized events (ICS Forum on industrial cyber security) and round tables throughout Italy, that from January to April will examine the theme “Automation and digital along the supply chains and organized locally”, the 2018 Edition of SPS IPC Drives Italia (organized by Messe Frankfurt Italia) promises new, important points of interest.

The two events organized by Ipack-Ima Srl, a joint venture between UCIMA and Fiera Milano, show excellent success prospects.

Cosmetics is a standout sector of excellence in Italian industry. Made in Italy cosmetics grew by +4.4% in 2017, with turnover approaching 11 billion euro and a surprising trade balance (2,500 million euro). For 2018, the sector expects to grow by 5%.

The priority commitments taken on by Europe for the development of a green and circular economy were at the center of discussions during the four days of Ecomondo and Key Energy 2017 (7-10 November 2017, Rimini Fiera).

20 - 23 March 2018, Cologne (D)   This year’s edition will be one to “speak to the senses” and build an industry culture, given the extensive offering, focused on food production, which will be covered in all its phases. The entire affair will be duly oriented toward quality as that which determines the character of a food product.

In the first half of 2017, the total number of tubes delivered by all manufacturers which are members of the european tube manufacturers association (etma) amounted to nearly 5.4 billion. This mid-year figure is two percent higher than the corresponding figure in 2016.

Following the unveiling in Ireland in December 2017 of a new software research and development center, dedicated to computer vision and artificial intelligence, the Lombard company Antares Vision resumes investing in Italy with a new plant that will make automatic inspection and quality control machines for pharmaceutical products (vials, flacons, capsules, compresses) in the industrial district…