Facts and data

The Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) plans to use up to 7.3 million litres of alcohol in the stores of their members to produce affordable sanitisers in efforts to fight the spread of coronavirus.

Special papers for packaging, barrier paper for better food protection, new functional paper packaging with excellent gravure printing results: all Sappi's future-oriented solutions will be presented (and not by chance) at a "virtual fair" from 6 to 31  May on the website www.sappi‑interpack.com.

Members of EUROPEN and FEFCO have called on the European Commission to guarantee the free movement of packaged products throughout the EU by means of green lane border crossings.

Assologistica has responded to the appeal from Ebilog and Freight Leaders Council to set up a Logistics Think Tank (TTL), a team of experts and entrepreneurs tasked with constructively addressing the challenges of logistics in the post-coronavirus period.

As one the sectors defined as “essential” by the government in the Prime Ministerial Decree of 22 March, the Italian packaging machinery industry is continuing its normal operations.

The coronavirus emergency is leading to double-digit growth in sales in supermarkets, grocery stores and household goods stores.

Leading group in Europe in the production of special papers, products with high added value for packaging and graphics and self-adhesive labels, Fedrigoni SpA has completed the acquisition of the Ritrama group, an Italian multinational company of self-adhesive products with factories in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Chile and China (the preliminary sale was signed in October 2019). 

Specialized in the lamination of solvent, solventless and water-based flexible packaging, Laminati Cavanna is equipped with seven lamination lines; it also offers further services on demand, such as rubber cylinder grinding and reel cutting.

Opened in November 2019, “Hive” is the € 85 million hub that will lead the Dutch Unilever’s global food innovation programmes for brands like Knorr, Hellmann’s, The Vegetarian Butcher and Calvé.

Declaration of the Italian glass industry in the light of transparency and sustainability. Between 2016 and 2018, production increased by 8.2%, investments in technologies and innovation marked a +44.2%, the use of renewable energies reached 26.2%. A summary.

In 2019, turnover slightly down: a drop in exports is offset by the stability of the internal market.

We here list the market values as well as the product and packaging characteristics registered between 2018 and 2019 for the two types of  coffee and tea based beverages.

Despite a worldwide scenario marked by uncertainties and instabilities, the cosmetics sector is holding its prime position. This is highlighted by the economic surveys carried out by the Cosmetica Italia Study Center, which show the 2019 preliminary results and the forecasts for the first half of 2020.

Italian agri-food exports have reached an all-time high. According to an analysis by the Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti based on definitive ISTAT data, the country generated foreign sales of €44.6 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 7%.

The Chairman of the Italian Automatic Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Association has sent a letter to all Italian and international customers.

The data from the NOMISMA survey on trends in purchasing and sustainable consumption, was previewed in Milan in preparation for "Packaging Speaks Green" the international forum on sustainability of industrial manufacturing due to be held in Bologna on 20 and 21 February at the Eataly World venue. 

The sixth edition of the Osservatorio Immagino Nielsen GS1 Italy, based on data for the year ended June 2019, confirmed some of the nutritional trends already reported the previous year but also revealed a number of new developments.

Gruppo Fabbri, a historic Modena-based company and market leader in the field of food packaging machinery and films, is expanding its range of action with the acquisition of CA.VE.CO., a company based in Palazzolo sull’Oglio (BS).

The Swiss giant Nestlé will invest up to 2 billion Swiss francs to implement the transition from virgin to recycled plastic for food use, in accordance with the objective set to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025 and reduce by one third, the use of virgin plastic.

Based on the first available evaluations, the packaging sector (closely linked to the trend of manufacturing activity) should register a turnover for 2019 of +1%, reaching over € 33.5 billion.
Foreign trade is still on the up: although down compared to 2018, the value of exports is expected to grow by approximately 2.3%. Still in terms of  value, imports are up by around 5%. Despite the drop…