Facts and data

The numbers on a sector that produces a wide variety of containers indispensable to moving goods in diverse manufacturing sectors: industrial packaging, pallets, crates, casks, boxes and corks.

An evening of “creativity on Board”, organized by Stora Enso to find out what a tree “can do” and celebrate the 20th anniversary of CKB card. Not without surprises. Stefano Lavorini

16-18 May, The Mall, Milan

Under the auspices of the Innovation Alliance, Ipack-Ima and Plast (Fiera Milano, 29 May -1 June 2018) offer new visions on smart packaging and materials, in partnership with Material ConneXion Italia.

Data and facts on a growing sector that reflects constantly evolving consumer habits.
Riccardo Ceredi

Defining the parameters for self-adhesive label production: a combined international specification for end users and suppliers. Source. Finat

Source: Italian Expanded Polystyrene Association (AIPE)
According to a recent report by Micro Market Monitor, in 2015 the EPS food packaging market reached a value of 291.8 million dollars. This figure is expected to surpass 347 million by 2021 (+2.8% between 2016 and 2021). In terms of volume, 81,220 t of EPS packaging was used in Europe in 2015, most of which (51,840 t) for seafood.

Nidec Completes Acquisition of Emerson Electric Co.’s Motors, Drives and Electric Power Generation Businesses

The 51st edition of Cibus Tec (the food processing and packaging show) ended on Friday, 28 October, registering record numbers and in particular, announcing the success of the formula fielded by “Koeln Parma Exhibitions” (KPE), a company owned 50% by Fiere di Parma and 50% by Koelnmesse: the first step of the project which, thanks to the synergy between events the calibre of Cibus and Anuga Anuga…

Paris “global marketplace for Packaging, Processing, Printing & Handling” closed its gates on 15 November 2016, confirming its leading role thanks to the presence of 87,815 packaging and intralogistics professionals from 100 countries, mainly from the EMEA area, and the 1,500 exhibitors and companies represented.

According to preliminary analysis by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, the sector ended 2016 with approximately 2% growth compared to 2015, or 15,600 t/000 (value expressedin t/000).

Four-month survey of the packaging industry. Situation as of early December 2016. Plinio Iascone

According to the interim balance made by the Ucima Study Center, in 2016 the turnover of the automatic machines segment is expected to exceed 6.3 billion euros.

SHARING KNOWLEDGE & KNOWHOW Analysis of both sides of an aluminium rolled foil, of which the morphological and chemical characteristics have been evaluated. Resorting to innovative analytical techniques for nanometric and stratigraphic scans of the chemical composition allows us to understand the phenomena that affect the polymeric coating adhesion and any corrosion phenomena. Thus the way…

Data and facts of a sector that has been able to renew itself over the years, focusing on innovation and personalization.

Equita announces the first investment of its closed-end, Equita Private Debt Fund. The fund has signed the first tranche of a bond issue of up to a total of 5 million euros, issued by the company Schema L Srl,  that controls the Lameplast Group*, part of the 100% purchase of the Group’s capital by the private equity fund Aksìa.

In the first seven months of 2016 sales of private label products have increased by 1.8% in value and 0.9% in volume, coming to represent 18.6% of packaged FMCGs.

Thanks to the action of the Union of Italian Automatic Packaging and Wrapping   Machine Manufacturers the Chinese proposal to establish a new international standardization committee on the pharmaceutical machines has been rejecteed: in fact it has prevented the establishment of a further standardization within ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for “Pharmaceutical preparation…

According to the AWA Global Wine Label AWAreness™ Report 2016 (that describes the trends in volume growth and materials technology by region and identifies the main drivers for these trends)  the market for wine labels across all formats is forecast to grow by 2% between 2016 and 2018, reflecting increasing levels of wine production around the globe.

Gerald Schubert hands over responsibility to Marcel Kiessling.