Facts and data

The sign-ups for Messe Frankfurt’s technology and innovation fair are still on the increase (+ 5% compared to 2014).

During the Fruit Logistica fair 2015 (February 4 to 6, Berlin), Mondi is organizing a workshop to present aqua protec, the new brand featuring sustainable packaging and quality solutions based on ProVantage Aqua paperboard.

Quarterly Italian packaging industry observatory. Situation at the end of November 2014.  By Plinio Iascone

During the 28th Technical Meeting held last November 28, Gipea presented the first study on trends in the labeling supply chain which collects and compares the performance of converters, brand owners, materials and capital goods suppliers.

Two users and three print machine builders as well as two converters “moderated” by an immoderate journalist gave rise to an unusual encounter. Acimga, along with the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio and the two “groups” of Assografici, Giflex and Gipea, in fact organized the first of a series of sector supply chain encounters, to help further augment the exchange of information and knowhow in the…

Multichannel, new forms of distribution and purchasing habits redraw the sector domestic market.

As of April 1 2015 the environmental contributions for steel and wood packaging are to be reduced.

With 1,000 exhibitors (against the 700 of 2011) and a good +15% of visitors (30thousand in all), Cibus Tec - Food Pack 2014 closes with a clearly positive balance and offers signs of hope: that of a reawakening of the Italian domestic market, prospected by the significant presence of Italian visitors, interested and with investment projects in their pockets.

2015 marks the inauguration of a new visual identity for COESIA. Developing out of the original trademark, the new logo embraces and represents the Group companies with a more dynamic and harmonious graphic.

Cosmeeting and Creative Beauty 2014, organized by Beyond Beauty Events in Paris last September 9-11, brought together 361 exhibitors and 18,248 visitors (with a high percentage of foreign people).

Explore the emerging market of Sub-Saharan East Africa, discover opportunities and needs and place appropriate technological solutions on display: The first edition of East Afripack (September 9 to 12, Nairobi) met its objectives to the satisfaction of the 135 exhibitors from 13 countries, the organizers (Ipack-Ima SpA in joint ventures with PMMI, the association of North American manufacturers…

October 14, at Villa Marchetti, Ucima reviewed the situation on the technology for packaging machine safety.

Two new show/conventions will join the now consolidated PCD (Packaging Perfumes, Cosmetics & Design) and ADF (Aerosol & Dispensing Forum), scheduled for this upcoming February 4 and 5 at Paris’s Espace Champerret.

More than 350 leading suppliers in pharma packaging and drug delivery technologies have already announced their participation at the 14th edition of Pharmapack Europe, taking place on the 11th & 12th February 2015 in Paris.

The next Affidabilità & Tecnologie, which will be held in at Turin’s Lingotto conference center on 22-23 April 2015, will showcase innovation as a cornerstone  of competitiveness.

CAST 2 project: guidelines are ready to support documentation for declarations of compliance for food contact, with two new chapters on inks and glues. This was announced by the Italian National Institute for Health (ISS) in a recent conference organized by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.

Featuring complex structures, flexible packaging enables the design of combinations of different materials (cellulose, plastic, aluminum foil or metallization) taking into account both the characteristics of the product to be contained, as well as the shelf life which must be guaranteed. This peculiarity is its main strength.

Exports doing well, employment stable and expectations positive. In 2014 the processing and packaging companies, that constitute the backbone of the international fair,  show good results and optimism for the future.

After the approval of the merger through acquisition of the controlled societies IMA Industries Srl and IMA Life Italia Srl into IMA SpA, the group will be preparing its stand at Emballage 2014 (Hall 5a, L061) featuring innovation, exploiting the Paris fair to present its latest proposals dedicated to the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food sectors as well as for tea and coffee.

It is called Keep Control Team and unites five companies in the Anie Safety-Security segment.