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The 25th edition of Simei (international fair for wine and bottling machinery November 12th-16th, 2013, Fiera Milano, Rho)
will be characterized by the introduction of an innovative visitor-exhibitor relations tool: contact information will be exchanged in a simple and intuitive way, facilitated by the use of NFC technology.

NUMBERS AND TRENDS Glass packaging has managed to reinvent itself in recent years thanks to a decisive orientation toward product customization and significant reductions to average weight per application.

Doing business in the Middle Kingdom: effectively managing relations between representatives, customers, suppliers and employees.
Starting with this issue, ItaliaImballaggio will offer a series of reports and analyses by Alessandro Zaccarini - an Italian expert in China-Italy business relations - examining the main negotiation tactics and typical relations models among “local” managers and…

Three days dedicated to subcontractors of the packaging industry, who will present their products at the beginning of Interpack 2014.

STEEL AND ALUMINIUM With 925,000 t of packaging produced, Italy is among the top packaging producers in the European ranking. Size of the market, user sectors and format characteristics.

Four-month survey of the packaging industry. Situation as of late April 2013.
By Plinio Iascone - Istituto Italiano Imballaggio

BeeGraphic has become the exclusive dealer and distributor for Italy in 15 European countries for Phoenix, the well-known advanced software for converting and label concerns by Tilia Labs.

The two entities, one a Drupa organizer and the other a representative of the Chinese print systems industry and sponsor of the Print+Print China fairs, are launching a new joint event for the occasion of the upcoming China Print 2013 (Peking, May 14th-18th).

With a further increase in attendance (+16%), the eighth edition of ICE Europe turned out to be the largest thus far in the German converting and flexible materials event’s history. The organizers (Mack Brooks Exhibitions) recorded the arrival of 6,600 machines, products and systems to Munich between the 19th and 21st of last March, originating from 64 countries.

Madina Printing Publishing MPPC has chosen GWS Printing Systems to transfer a heatset print unit from Oslo (Norway) to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Now in its twelfth edition, the international trade fair for printing technologies  and the paper industry takes place at the exhibition center Tuyap in Istanbul (Turkey) May 17th to 22nd.

Almost all of the scrap glass is used as a secondary raw material in an efficient "bottle to bottle" circuit. Italy fourth in Europe.

IMA closes 2012 with a preliminary strong growth, with consolidated revenues of 734.3 million euros (+9.7%), EBITDA of 101.4 million euros (+9%) and a backlog of orders worth 404.9 million euros (+7.1%)

Visionlab has empowered  the teleassistance and control of its products via the use of latest generation tablets and smartphones, based on Android as well as iOS (Apple) operating systems.

Edigit Ltd (BO, management software for Graphic Arts) presented last Viscom Italy a new integrated system dedicated to companies that print digital, which combines e-commerce+management +workflow in one solution.

Based on early estimates, 2012 marks a net worsening of the situation compared to 2011 (*): total packaging production fell by 3-4%, exports dropped 2.8-3%, imports increased slightly, and domestic demand fell 3-3.5%. The growth trends refer to values in weight.
The negative growth figure concerns all eight sectors of the packaging industry.

Quarterly packaging industry observatory. Situation as of late November 2012
By Plinio Iascone

A little over a month after the coming into force of the new environmental contribution (CAC), the Board of Directors of the Italian National Packaging Consortium has decided to further reduce the CAC for paper and board packaging by 4 euros a ton, that will hence - as of April 1st 2013 - go from 10 to 6 euros a ton.

… but will last 11 days instead of the 14 that up to now placed it among the “longest” shows in the world. The principle print world fair, organized by Messe Duesseldorf GmbH, thus officially communicates the dates of the coming edition in 2016, that will be held from May 31st to June 10th.

Chicago (USA), December 2012 - At the end of November 2012, WPO (World Packaging Organization) signed a cooperation agreement with Ipack-Ima Spa to support and promote the exhibitions East Afripack (9-12 September 2014 - Kenya) and Ipack-Ima (19-23 May 2015 - Italy).