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From the synergy between PET Engineering and COMEP comes COMPETEK-Sustainable Packaging Solutions, a new international player in the supply of complete services to food, beverage and homecare producers.

Turkish packaging specialist PrintPark has chosen the unique characteristics of Atelier, Sappi’s newly developed folding boxboard 1, to communicate the brand values of premium products from Istanbul-based cosmetics company Flormar.

IFCO has gained Cradle to Cradle Certified® (Version 3.1) Silver level certification in Europe for its RPC Lift Lock line of RPC containers, the first and only fresh-food RPCs to meet this ambitious sustainability standard.

S.Bernardo is preparing for the May launch of a new 100% recycled and sustainable mineral water bottle with a helical shape and decorative droplets arranged in a Fibonacci sequence. The new bottle is produced at the company’s Garessio plant which is powered by clean and natural wind energy.

PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, are the colors of the year 2021 according to the Pantone Color Institute.

Beverage cans create new consumption occasions for the famous Italian spring water brand.

BC Boncar (Busto Arsizio) has converted some production lines to create masks.

To address the growing metallic trend in the premium packaging segment, Pantone recently introduced a series of new metallic colours for high-end packaging and graphic design.

Milan, 13 May 2019. The winners of the Best Packaging 2019 contest were announced during the event entitled “Packaging of the future and environmental sustainability - Best Packaging 2019” organised by H-FARM and La Repubblica in collaboration with Conai and the Italian Institute of Packaging.

The 100% recyclable Nutella jar designed by MrSmith Studio (Milan) has won two prestigious international awards: the German Design Award 2019 and the WorldStar Packaging Award 2019 (UK).

As part of an industry-wide shift towards sustainable and recyclable packaging, a number of leading cosmetics companies are already using green packaging to fight plastic pollution.

Chilean designer Margarita Talep has developed the prototype of a sustainable biodegradable alternative to single-use plastic based on agar, a substance extracted from Japanese algae.

Helsinki-based award-winning start-up Sulapac has developed a series of containers and packaging for luxury cosmetics made of a new material produced from wood waste and natural additives.

A water with superior flavour, winner of a Taste Award, deserves to become well-known far beyond the borders of its country of origin. That’s why Eurowaterland decided to send its brand Epirus Kostilatas Springs on a long journey, taking it from the green Athamanian Mountains to the hot terrains of Saudi Arabia.

GPack has signed an agreement with Oaktree Capital Management LP to acquire Alliora Coffrets, based in Fougères, France. The acquisition is part of GPack Group’s ongoing development strategy centered on expanding throughout Europe.

We have been writing about packaging for more than 20 years. Yet we have never ceased to imagine a better packaging. For everyone.
Which is why we invite you to our stand at interpack (North Entrance - B08) on May 9, from 4 pm onwards, where you can receive a free copy of the book ”Naturally technological packaging”.

Once upon a time there was a city, with its streets, shops and talents... But attentive readers will notice that Milan still exists, and still has much to offer (maybe even more), if only they let themselves wonder at the stories of Pixartprinting, in a journey of historic signage and contemporary representation, a harmony of somber nostalgia and elegant practical sense.

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…

A packaging must always come to terms with the product it contains, especially in the field of cosmetics. But what is hidden behind a simple “blink of an eye”? Answers from Renato Ancorotti, president of Ancorotti Group, an R&D leader that creates makeup and skincare products for the most important international brands.

We have to stop pitying ourselves, moaning the whole time, underrating Italy’s wonders.
We are a strange people, combining genius with rulelessness, artfulness and skill, and amidst all the beauty that surrounds us. We are Italians, we are made that way.
Editorial by Sonia Pedrazzini