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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

The Ecovà lightweight glass bottle a boost to Verallia’s exports. The company accelerates on technology and recycling, and proposes a “reform” in the collection of used containers.

Facts and figures of the latest edition of Simei-Enovitis, and an initial review of the products seen at the show.

The project for a totally Italian made coffee capsule chain.“Uno”, the first result of the alliance between Illy and Kimbo, is a new system with capsules available in different flavors, which will be produced by Mitaca and packaged by Qi ACMAVOLPAK. The project was presented at HOST 2013. 

Stäubli  has established itself as a benchmark in the food industry thanks to a specific range of articulated robots fully qualified to meet the stringent sector demands.

Keen interest of the visitors for Elba SpA product offer at the world plastics and rubber fair. Spotlight on a new vacuum packing machine along with the latest version of their heatshrink welder, also featuring a bolstered R&D staff, capable of making made-to-measure, custom-built machines.

Consumption of ready meals, packaged and refrigerated for retail, is on the rise. Increasingly popular even among Italians, these products find their packaging of reference in the Freshware line by Linpac Packaging*.

The perfumes of the Maison Martin Margiela’s Replica collection have been conceived to capture thoughts and emotions.

From EnoPE to LunaPlus, or that is the evolved alternative to cork in recent developments of synthetic wine “corks”, but also with guarantee of SQM certification, the new frontiers of sustainability and style, a special logistics service. Enoplastic makes a new leap forward and for next year promises new features at all degrees regarding its own technologies.

Figures in brief An overview on the situation of the sector in Italy: production, trade balance, consumer trends. Focus on the types of packaging used.

Focus on KHS for the direct UV printing of the container: speed 36,000 bph, maximum customisation, format change in just a few minutes.

Ocme offers beverage operators DryBlock®, a labeling, shrink wrapping, wrap-around, cartoning and palletizing monoblock, which can boast superior performance and efficiency. It offers the great advantage of eliminating internal transport, assembly, wiring and programming, as well as enabling cost saving (36% energy saving alone).

A new method of sterilisation based on electron-beam technology, that only treats the preform instead of the complete bottle, significantly reducing, , the costs of the operation and the size of the system while offering the same results.

The latest Irpalst new feature for labeling is called Micron19TM and it is a PP label of only 19 microns (against an average of 30-35), already adopted by different large bottling concerns.

The Sacmi Group has developed a compact labeling machine, able to perform the loading and unloading of the material completely automatically at the maximum operating speed (up to 60,000 b/h). Innovative too the management of the waste liner.

With the Xtreme brand machines, Sipa SpA presents a new technology for the production of preforms from granules.

For over 20 years Verimec (Abbiategrasso, MI) has been the exclusive distributor of Massilly products.

Characteristics and numbers The frozen foods market is one of the most dynamic in terms of consumption trends, product innovation and variety. And in spite of a few setbacks, frozen foods continue to enjoy consumers’ favor.

Designed by French designer Cédric Ragot, it got its world preview at the Milan Fashion Week last April and was launched as the first biodegradable packaging ever made for Champagne.