Materials

In 2023 Bacardi will be launching its new 100% biodegradable bottles to replace the 80 million plastic bottles produced each year for its product portfolio, equivalent to 3,000 tonnes of plastic.

The innovative highly breathable solution is already undergoing testing and will be launched onto the market by the end of the year.

Monthly showcase of packaging solutions to communicate, protect and distribute commonly used products
RI-MOVE, tecnologia amica dell’ambiente - Arconvert e Ritrama
Un make-up tutto nuovo in vetro - Lumson
Un “Sacco Green” - Novamont, Ticinoplast e Carton Pack per La Linea Verde

Trinseo, a global manufacturer of polymers, additives, latex binders and synthetic rubber, has announced the development of an innovative material together with German packaging manufacturer Fernholz.

Monthly showcase of packaging solutions to communicate, protect and distribute commonly used products.
R-PET at 50% for 1.5 l Ferrarelle
Coffee Kosè by Kimbo changes its cladding
Glitter paint, for a “WOW” effect - InDeco

Monthly showcase of packaging solutions to communicate, protect and distribute commonly used products.
Recycled plastic for packaging "bio" sausages - Südpack
Refill of detergents: new life to empty bottles  - Splosh
Food ice: a zero impact line - Ice Cube

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

Scientists from the Siberian Section of the Academy of Sciences have developed self-cleaning anti-microbial fabrics using a special TiO2 nanocrystal and nanoparticle coating.

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

Monthly showcase of packaging solutions to communicate, protect and distribute commonly used products.
Frozen in Ecobag - Frosta
Ultra-light and recyclable for fruit and vegetables -Sorma
Cardboard laminated to new barriers - Stora Enso

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.

Poste Italiane too bears witness to the fact that the container is evermore important, having recently brought out a 100,000 piece, limited edition, highly special “collectors” pack. An Artist’s Pack, that recounts, in the style of Giuseppe Stampone, a trip across Italy by way of the most significant monuments, personalities, myths and symbols of the “Bel Paese”.

What do Chanel No. 5 and the history of art have in common? Can a bottle of perfume be considered a sculpture? Is the most expensive Eau de Voilette in the world a play on words? A bizarre journey through the paradoxes of the art of perfume and perfumes of art. Marco Senaldi

Founded in 1729, Ruinart is the oldest champagne producer in the world.
The first to use ancient caves carved out of the stone beneath the city of Reims in order to age its wines. The first to store its bottles, starting in the 18th century, in wooden crates and the first to reinstate the traditional champagne bottle.

Olive oil, tarallucci and stamps are the ingredients of a 100% Made in Italy project. Born out of a passion for design, typography and good food, Typuglia is a young brand proposing artistically “dressed” Apulian gastronomic delights.

With registration officially opened in October, the 2014 Packaging Oscar, edition no. 57, in cooperation with the Design School of the Milan Polytechnic, will centre on the theme of Quality Design.