Facts and data

The board of directors of the Holmen group, which owns Iggesund Paperboard, approved investments for 60 million euro, to support the competitiveness and sustainability of Iggesund in Sweden and in Workington, GB.

In 2014 the Interroll Group closed with a consolidated turnover up 6% and an increase in orders of 10% (at a conservative estimate: Of the 6 sorters sold to Brazilian Post only the one to be delivered in 2015 has been considered).

Oreal Americas and Avery Dennison have teamed up to assess and reduce the environmental impact of the labels affixed to the packaging of the beauty multinational, for this purpose reconsidering the entire lifecycle of the product.

Simei has been acclaimed a showcase event for the promotion of Made in Italy and will thus receive funding from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, as part of the strengthening of the Italian trade show sector: 48 million in 2015, more than ten times the average of the past five years.

Common principles for a conscientious design, production and use of packaging.
The project of the ETHICAL PACKAGING CHARTER, very briefly, has the objective of promoting a correct “packaging culture”, but also bearing witness to the attention of the world of packaging towards the needs and demands of consumers (conscientious citizens, made ever more aware by the values expressed by the goods…

Despite the delicate political and economic situation, 27 to 30 January last, at the SAO Expocenter in Moscow, the shows Upakovka/Upak Italia (processing and packaging) and interplastica (rubber-plastic) saw a lively participation of operators from all over the area of the CIS and neighboring countries.

The own branding fair Marca was held on 14 and 15 January 2015, registering growth in figures compared to the previous edition: 6,886 professional visitors (+4.3%) and 481 exhibitors (+6%).

Held January 9 at Veronafiere the conference “From CAD to Fork: hygienic design and Food Safety», organized by Eurocarne in collaboration with EHEDG (European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) and the University of Padua.

11 and 12 February 2015 the international pharmaceutical packaging show organized by UBM was held in Paris.

Expo2015 has given its patronage to the international Food Contact Compliance conference, promoted by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio. The second edition of the international meeting dedicated to training and updates on food contact materials will be held from 23- 25 September next, at Baveno (VB).

The intense international promotion fielded by the organizers of Ipack-Ima 2015 is offset by the stages of technological insight, that are featuring in the months leading up to the big engagement scheduled 19 to 23 May in FieraMilano. Focus on the processing of cheese and dairy products and on systems for preparing, filling and distributing food liquids and other liquid forms.

The positive economic situation that characterizes the plastics industry (see box) is confirmed by the forecast growth in attendance at PLAST 2015 (the International Plastics and Rubber Industries Fair organized by Promaplast Srl.) and its “satellite shows” Rubber and 3D Plast, scheduled in Milan in conjunction with the opening week of EXPO, May 5 to 9 next.

From the collaboration between ICE-Agency and Edizioni Dativo, the column dedicated to Italian companies operating in packaging who are looking carefully at the possibility of growth abroad.

The market data update, presented at the 9th European Bioplastics Conference in Brussels, confirm the positive growth trend of the global bioplastics production capacities, set to increase from around 1.6 million tonnes in 2013 to approximately 6.7 million tonnes by 2018.

In the last five years the Italian green economy has grown at double-digit rates.

Among the initiatives undertaken by Federalimentare to “fill” Expo 2015 with ideas and content, many converge - directly or indirectly - on packaging, fundamental in the fight against food waste and useful tool to combat the phenomenon of counterfeiting and the “Italian sounding”.

In the news titled “Automation for the food sector in Parma”, published in ItaliaImballaggio 1-2/2015, we erroneously defined B&R as a “German” group. B&R is in actual fact an international concern with an Austrian parent company. We excuse ourselves with the company and our readers.
 

From the cooperation between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo, the column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging sector keen on considering their potential for growth abroad.

Account and contents of the “Food Contact Materials and Articles” seminar, organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio and the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS).

Product sustainability and efficiency in the management of resources will be the main themes of the international food and beverage show, organized by Koelnmesse GmbH in cooperation with Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft -DLG (German Agricultural Society).