Facts and data

The packaging and converting industry is in full bloom in Indonesia, contributing 5.95 billion USD to the country’s GDP.

FACTS AND FIGURES From 2005 to 2014, flexible packaging for converting had a 3.3% annual growth rate. This growth persisted during the economic crisis, with an average annual rate of +2.7% during the period 2011-2014.

Wood packaging is a fundamental tool in the handling of goods in various manufacturing sectors

Comieco’s 20th annual report presented in July: more than 3 million tons of paper and board collected and recycled in 2014.

Already today available in 15 languages, the Recycling Mark was created to communicate to consumers their active role in the infinite recycling of metal

Oltre 4.800 Comuni convenzionati, e quasi 400 piattaforme nel 2014.

Positive data on production, domestic market and exports performance at Federmacchine Assembly.

The decline of non-food sales slows down: GS1 Italy - Indicod-Ecr, 2014 report
The findings of the thirteenth Non-Food Survey by GS1 Italy | Indicod-Ecr were presented last June 29th at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro Grassi

Laminazione Sottile Group (NA) announces the agreement for the acquisition of Ariflex, company located in Spinetta Marengo (AL) and specialised in the production of flexible packaging.

“In the wake of the huge success enjoyed by the last edition of IPACK-IMA, that took place last May, and with the change of hands of the share package of the company Ipack-Ima SpA, ceded by Centrexpo SpA to Fiera Milano SpA, Guido Corbella’s mandate as CEO draws to a close…”.
Thus ran the communiqué that, July 16 2015, officialised what was already known by many. A few days before the event, we…

The layout “without borders” of the special 2015 edition enhanced the international packaging fair, along with new “vertical events” dedicated to fresh food and two complementary shows for converting and logistics. The final numbers: 2,000 exhibitors, 108 thousand visitors, one fourth of whom foreign, and the shared satisfaction of operators.

At the annual assembly of Cosmetica Italia, held last June 23rd, a new publication sponsored by the Association was presented.

In spite of a persisting turbulent international socio-political climate, the concerns comprising Etma (the European Tube Manufacturers Association) produced 10.5 billion tubes in 2014.

A four-month survey of the packaging industry. The situation as of late May 2015. By Plinio Iascone

Steel containers and closures, tins and crown caps, aerosol cans and industrial drums: steel packaging continues to prove a “friend of the environment” in 2014.

Doing the rounds, one hears a lot of fine talk, but the actual deeds done have been few. Not only in politics. It’s not always like that, obviously.
I am witness to the fact that, in the world of packaging, women and men still act who “do not follow or succumb to the wind, but they create it”, rather, to use the words of Pope Francesco, people who, in their job, do not renounce on wondering…

The BolognaFiere event dedicated to the pharmaceutical sector took place April 17 to 19 2015 in the Emilia-Romagna capital.

Signs of economic recovery from the third annual joint Hispack & BTA (Fira de Barcelona, 21 to 24 April 2015), which closed with a pre-final of 38,000 visitors, an increase of 8% compared to expectations.

The seventeenth edition of Plast (5-9 May 2015, Fiera Milano Rho) ended with a participation of 1,558 exhibitors (in 2012 they were 1,514) over an area of 54,595 square meters, slightly less than the 56,832 of the previous edition.

With 173 participants from 12 nations, the first Save Food Meeting 2015 (hosted by the Nestlé headquarters at Vevey in Switzerland 11 and 12 of May last, was a success according to all: representatives of politics and the scientific community, the numerous partners (to date 120) involved in the undertaking started up by Messe Düsseldorf, the 230 NGOs and the international organizations (including…