Facts and data

  • Focus on nutraceutical products

    Jun 13, 2023
    Products defined as nutraceutical products are today growing fast also in Italy. This category includes supplements, ferments, vitamins and other items that contain concentrated nutrients which are essential for our wellbeing.
  • The packaging sector in 2022

    Jun 09, 2023
    Overview of turnover, production and trade balance: in general terms, the assumed pre-final figures provide a snapshot of a resilient and growing sector.
  • Digital transformation: essential for the pharma industry

    Jun 08, 2023
    The benefits and problems linked to Industry 5.0 and cybersecurity in the pharmaceutical industry. The ideas drawn from a meeting organised by Messe Frankfurt and ANIE Automation, with the participation of ISPE and numerous automation suppliers, make it possible to obtain a realistic picture of the situation in Italy and in the world.
  • Automation suppliers: who does what for the pharma industry

    Jun 07, 2023
    Flexibility, research and efficiency, IT/OT convergence, dialogue between communication interfaces such as OPC UA, integration with additional devices, Edge computing in which to install the necessary apps (also with AI) for the management of reports and for predictive maintenance, as well as secure connections on a number of levels, use of digital twins, cybersecurity: these were the themes covered by companies which, in various ways, offer automation solutions to the pharma industry.
  • The future of cosmetics is inclusive

    Jun 07, 2023
    The new beauty trends for the near future were revealed at Cosmoprof Worldwide, the world’s beauty epicentre, through CosmoVision 2023-2028 and CosmoTrends Report, two pieces of research carried out in partnership with Beautystreams. Products without gender, age or ethnic barriers are among the new trends that will shape the market.
  • Pharma and Life Science: news from Italy and the world

    Jun 06, 2023
    The Nomisma Observatory, dedicated to the top 13 Italian-owned pharmaceutical companies, confirms the great potential of the sector, which in the last few years has managed to stand out at global level thanks to its strong vocation for internationalization, innovation and investments.
  • RFID market trends in the following five years

    May 31, 2023
    The RFID sector is constantly growing, also in 2023, the year in which the analysis and research company, IDTechEx, forecasts a market value of 14 billion dollars, easily exceeding the 12.8 billion for 2022.
  • 109 million EPAL euro pallets produced in 2022

    May 30, 2023
    According to the estimates of the European Pallet Association e.V (EPAL), after the 100 million achieved in 2021, the production of pallets has continued at a brisk pace, reaching a new record incorporating production and repair.
  • Packmedia meets CAMA GROUP at interpack

    May 22, 2023
    Specialist in secondary packaging, with automated and high-tech packaging systems for the food and non-food sectors: Cama Group is rewriting and renewing the tradition of its origins in the paper converting sector, adopting the criteria of a dynamic company open to the world, with the core in engineering and manufacturing. Present and future of society in the words of Daniele and Annalisa Bellante.
  • Wood packaging (2022)

    May 22, 2023
    History tells us that it was the Phoenicians who made the first wooden packaging for transporting particularly precious goods. Below we provide information on the different types in use today, and on the 2022 market trend and its sectors of use.
  • Automatic machines: first quarter 2023

    May 22, 2023
    With the launch at interpack of the “WMP - We Make Packaging” brand, conceived by Ucima to promote the Italian packaging machine manufacturing sector at global level, the Italian Employers Association continues to disclose the market trends revealed by the Mecs Study Centre, a summary of which is given here.
  • The BEST PACKAGING 2023 winners

    May 16, 2023
    The 9 winners of the 2023 edition of the Best Packaging competition, dedicated to the theme of Quality Design, received their awards on 21 April during the Milan Design Week.
  • Il Cubo - World: Packaging Machines

    Apr 18, 2023
    The 2023 edition of the “Il Cubo” report drawn up by the Ucima-MECS Study Centre has been published: automatic machines record +3.8%, while the forecasts for 2026 are driven by the Asian demand and food.

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