Facts and data

With Expo over, the voices remain of those who discussed food, distribution and consumption. These include those of the experts that ACIMGA brought together in a conference on the second to last day of Expo, in order to foster reflections on the phenomena that are changing the face of food products – and their packaging. E.P.

The column dedicated to Italian companies operating in the packaging with a keen eye to the possibilities of growth and development abroad Born out of the collaboration between ICE-Agenzia and Edizioni Dativo. The network of ICE offices abroad will provide a regular update on the development of the packaging in the short/medium term in selected countries.

Many successes and clear goals for the near future of industrial automation.

What follows is a brief summary of a day dedicated to changes to legislation governing materials and objects in contact with food products. Current and forthcoming guidelines; a brief overview of recycling plastics and active and intelligent packaging; future sanctions.
By Daniela Aldrigo

Mondi is one of the world’s leading packaging and paper companies, employing around 25,000 people across more than 30 countries. It ranks among the top international suppliers of virgin and recycled containerboard and brings its ideas on service and innovation to Fruit Logistica.  

Cama Group is a leading producer of automatic cardboard packaging systems. Its owners, the brother and sister team of Daniele and Annalisa Bellante, launched its sports division in 2014.  The Cama Group Sports Amateur Association promotes team building for its employees outside the work environments.

Early November 2015, Ucima - Italian Association of Automatic Packing and Wrapping Machine Builders presented the results of a prospective study made by the Ucima Study Center, one of a kind for its completeness in data and market features.

Explore and document that state of the art of the possible metamorphosis of paper and board in various fields: from the most innovative forms of fashionable interactivity, from architecture to the possibility of storytelling applied to packaging.

Is the international congress scheduled in Naples by Giflex (Italian national flexible packaging converter’s association) on ​​19 and 20 November 2015, in the picturesque setting of Castel dell’ Ovo, in collaboration with a number of prestigious Research institutes.

A little over a year after the acquisition of Appia Etichette, Nuceria Group lives up to its growth objectives in all sectors of the packaging industry, expanding and diversifying its production range. And looks towards the high-end, offering creative, high-quality, designer labels.

A centennial source, a restyling of charm.

The historic wine cellar Schenk Italia, among the major national wineries, has developed a line of high-end Veronese wines and has chosen an elegant and exclusive packaging made by OI (Owens-Illinois), considering it the most suitable to convey the value of the products, the cellar and the territory.

The Granarolo Group (the largest agro-industrial operator in the country supported by Italian capital) has announced the results of the first survey regarding information needs of Italian consumers, by the Permanent Observatory on the Italian milk supply chain “Healthy Eating, Italian Supply Chain”*.

According to the international producers of aluminum aerosol containers Aerobal, in the first half of 2015, after years of record growth, the sector industry sector stopped short to catch its breath closing the half with a -1%.

After years of a heavy minus sign, in the first 7 months of this year sales of LCC (packaged FMCG goods) grew by 2%, in a retail distribution network of more than 68 thousand stores ranging from hypermarkets to traditional stores.

Competitive Data has done a study that summarizes and analyzes data on production, imports, exports and the Italian domestic market for coffee pods and capsules in the period 2012-2014, with forecasts up to 2016.

A historic packaging type that is still relevant and dynamically innovative. Glass packaging today is lighter but still resistant and 100% recyclable for countless times.

European Bioplastics, the association that represents the interests of bioplastics, confirms the growing importance of eco polymers in the European economy (the current rate of growth is about 20% per annum) and elects the new board with a two-year term.

Despite experiencing difficult economic conditions, European tube production remained stable in the first half of 2015. The production of etma’s member companies.

The second edition of the exclusive Starway program developed by Prixartprinting, which rewards the concern’s most loyal customers with exclusive advantages and dedicated assistance services.