Facts and data

Ocme (Parma) has been reaching higher and higher safety standards, winning the Manufacturing Safety Excellence Award 2016 at the urging of Rockwell Automation.

Data and facts on a growing sector that reflects constantly evolving consumer habits.
Riccardo Ceredi

Defining the parameters for self-adhesive label production: a combined international specification for end users and suppliers. Source. Finat

Source: Italian Expanded Polystyrene Association (AIPE)
According to a recent report by Micro Market Monitor, in 2015 the EPS food packaging market reached a value of 291.8 million dollars. This figure is expected to surpass 347 million by 2021 (+2.8% between 2016 and 2021). In terms of volume, 81,220 t of EPS packaging was used in Europe in 2015, most of which (51,840 t) for seafood.

With more than a year to go, over 600 concerns have confirmed in the first round of registrations that they will be participating in Plast 2018, an international show for the plastic and rubber materials industry that will be held in Milan on 29 May - 1 June 2018, as part of the Innovation Alliance.

Capsulit Spa (Roncello, MB), a leading supplier of closure systems for the pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical sectors, participated in CPHI in Barcelona last October with much to show for it.

World’s most important trade fair for printing technologies will be held from 16 to 26 June 2020.

1,310.8 million euros in earnings, 185.1 million EBITDA before non-recurring expenses, 179.2 million EBITDA. Also: a consolidated order portfolio worth 766.2 million euros and net debt of 99.9 million euros.

The flagship product of a range of premium virgin fiber cartons marketed by Stora Enso, Ensocoat guarantees superior whiteness and gloss for excellent graphic yield, regardless of finishing technique.

The book’s aim is to identify and describe innovative solutions that are transferable to industry. Innovating with tangible benefits to the consumer and to business, and with appropriate focus on the system’s environmental sustainability is a mission for both the Polytechnic of Milan and Comieco, which with this book chronicle years of shared projects. Barbara Del Curto

We propose a summary of the subjects dealt with in the “COOP 2016 Report”, that analyses the run of the various consumer segments and the evolution of retail; in particular it concentrates on the trajectories of the recovery comparing Italy and Europe, regarding changes in the household and changes in spending patterns.

The agency Neom of Verona has restyled the brand and the packaging system of Mamomilk, flagship brand of Migliora Performing  Food (which manufactures and markets high quality food raw materials) covering a wide range of milk powder and derivatives.

According to preliminary analysis by Istituto Italiano Imballaggio, the sector ended 2016 with approximately 2% growth compared to 2015, or 15,600 t/000 (value expressedin t/000).

Four-month survey of the packaging industry. Situation as of early December 2016. Plinio Iascone

According to the interim balance made by the Ucima Study Center, in 2016 the turnover of the automatic machines segment is expected to exceed 6.3 billion euros.

As of 10 January 2017, Contract Italia Srl is part of the Automation Address company of Monza (MI).

The “Non Intentionally Added Substances” were the subject of the key international event entitled “1st European Food Contact NIAS Infoday - A complete overview on NIAS”. Stefano Lavorini

SHARING KNOWLEDGE & KNOWHOW Analysis of both sides of an aluminium rolled foil, of which the morphological and chemical characteristics have been evaluated. Resorting to innovative analytical techniques for nanometric and stratigraphic scans of the chemical composition allows us to understand the phenomena that affect the polymeric coating adhesion and any corrosion phenomena. Thus the way…

Leonhard Kurz, a company of international standing in the production of materials for the decoration of surfaces and represented exclusively in Italy by Luxoro, this year presented a unique and mind-blowing novelty effect: Spatial FX. A holographic foil, from single-image design, which ensures an incredible three-dimensional optical result.

In 2015 Italian confectionery industry exports totalled a turnover of 3,555.7 million euros, accounting for 12% of entire Italian food sector exports.