Facts and data

13-15 April, Bologna

2-5 November 2016, Istanbul

Figures and sector strategies evermore oriented towards sustainable and functional packaging, popular with consumers. by Riccardo Ceredi

The column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad Born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on the development of the packaging in the short/medium term in selected countries.

This the judgement on Eurasia Packaging 2015, with an edition enriched by the show Printpack. “Powered” by REED Tüyap Fairs Inc. and ASD (the Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association), the exhibition has the support of various organizations active in the packaging industry, representing machinery and materials manufacturers.

Italy wagers on the green economy to fuel the recovery. This the message from Ecomondo (November 3 to 6, Rimini Fiera), where the proposals of 1,200 companies and the contents of the 200 seminars with over 1,000 speakers showed the mettle of an industrial and scientific system aligned to the highest standards, as well as offering a model for economies of other countries.

New events and special initiatives for the coming edition of the triennial technological show, focussed on the pharmaceutical, parapharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industry.

Four-month report on the packaging industry as of late November 2015.

Overriding success at the 26th edition of SIMEI, the biennial winemaking and bottling machine show.

The quality of Lic Packaging’s products and services have been officially recognized with the concern’s nomination for the BestinFlexo Awards 2015 (an award for quality in flexographic printing promoted by Atif) in the category “Post-Print Corrugated Cardboard Wide Web”, for a packaging solution the Brescia-based concern developed for Karcher.

Alessandro Beltrami has been elected President of Taga Italy for the next two years, supported by the Vice-Presidents David Serenelli and Adalberto Monti.

Representation, training, knowhow and qualification in the flexo field: Sante Conselvan is tackling his second mandate as President of the Italian flexographic association with the objective of giving solidity and continuity to the initiatives started up over the previous three years.

Representatives of various food & beverage firms spoke at the ACIMGA conference, but also those in the packaging sector (producers of paper and board, flexible packaging and labels) and vending machine operators, who interpreted the changes reported by the experts and offered some innovative proposals. Their success is proof of the accuracy of their findings.

With Expo over, the voices remain of those who discussed food, distribution and consumption. These include those of the experts that ACIMGA brought together in a conference on the second to last day of Expo, in order to foster reflections on the phenomena that are changing the face of food products – and their packaging. E.P.

The column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad Born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on the development of the packaging in the short/medium term in selected countries.

... having something of the marvellous, the true, the plausible and the sublime. Never before have I taken part in a scientific congress so rich and varied in its contents, as well as in terms of focussed participants.
Stefano Lavorini

Cama Group is a leading producer of automatic cardboard packaging systems. Its owners, the brother and sister team of Daniele and Annalisa Bellante, launched its sports division in 2014.  The Cama Group Sports Amateur Association promotes team building for its employees outside the work environments.

Explore and document that state of the art of the possible metamorphosis of paper and board in various fields: from the most innovative forms of fashionable interactivity, from architecture to the possibility of storytelling applied to packaging.

Great satisfaction a the first Rimini edition of the historic fair dedicated to fresh fruit and vegetables, organized by Cesena Fiera and held last 23-25 September.

Is the international congress scheduled in Naples by Giflex (Italian national flexible packaging converter’s association) on ​​19 and 20 November 2015, in the picturesque setting of Castel dell’ Ovo, in collaboration with a number of prestigious Research institutes.