Facts and data

A first step bringing us closer to East Afripack 2014 (Nairobi, 9th to 12th September 2014, organized by Ipack-Ima SpA). With the aim to sensitize the local business community, on 3rd and 4th June this year Kigali (Rwanda) hosted the first international conference entitled "Sustainable Packaging for Competitiveness and Development of SME's in the EAC Region".

FACTS AND FIGURES The Italian paper & cardboard industry continues to be among the most important in Europe, although featuring a contraction in sales and production. Preliminary balances for 2012 and some forecasts.

The sector figures, announced by Assocarta during the annual assembly on 19th June in Civita (Rome) by its president Paulo Culicchi (see the summary in the box) are worrying.

BEVERAGE MARKETING Market ideas and products to be translated into reality Tips and ideas for innovative marketing and new business concepts: that´s what visitors to the Innovation Flow Lounge (IFL) at Drinktec 2013 can look forward to.

FIGURES AND TRENDS Focus on production, market trends and types of packaging for alcoholic beverages and soft drinks: analysis of 2012 and forecasts for 2013.

SEESAWING TRENDS Simei anticipates the findings of a recent survey
of the Italian market of soft drinks (including water), fruit-based juices and beers.

What do inks and the kitchen/cooking have in common ? The “K” of InKitchen, where Sun Chemical has organized “Cooking with you”, a “smart” event to present four lines of hi-tech, food contact barrier-varnishes. That enable the “lightening” of multilayer laminates, all to the advantage of the user, the consumer and the environment.

Doing business in the Middle Kingdom: effectively managing relations between agents, customers, suppliers and employees. ItaliaImballaggio will offer a series of reports and analyses by Alessandro Zaccarini (an Italian expert in China-Italy business relations) examining the main negotiation tactics and typical relations models among “local” managers and entrepreneurs. And advice on how to better…

Presented on 27th June by Ucima the national survey on the packaging machine builders sector. In the light of the review of the main sector indicators, some exclusive and unexpected data emerge: total turnover 5.5 billion euros, exports 4.6 billion euros, export quota 83%, sales to Italy 941mila euros.

Elabora Srl has been creating innovative software solutions for SMBs for more than twenty years.

NUMBERS AND TRENDS Glass packaging has managed to reinvent itself in recent years thanks to a decisive orientation toward product customization and significant reductions to average weight per application.

Reduced weight, same thickness and an ever whiter coat: Metsä Board invests in technology and challenges the market with paperboards that are more and more competitive in terms of results and sustainability.

Structure and dynamics of the market, with a focus on the mode of packaging of food products, beverages excluded, on the basis of the analysis of twenty-two areas monitored by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.  Plinio Iascone

Doing business in the Middle Kingdom: effectively managing relations between representatives, customers, suppliers and employees.
Starting with this issue, ItaliaImballaggio will offer a series of reports and analyses by Alessandro Zaccarini - an Italian expert in China-Italy business relations - examining the main negotiation tactics and typical relations models among “local” managers and…

Robatech Italia (Cesena, FC) presents Cartoglue-LP to the operators of the paper converting industry: a self-adhesive glue system, extremely flexible, which combines “Swiss” precision with real economic competitiveness.

ASTER is the consortium for innovation set up by Regione Emilia Romagna, by 6 Italian regional universities, by the CNR and ENEA and by the sector associations. It stands as a landmark for favouring company access to innovation, mainly via the coordination of the Hitech Network, a network of public and private research laboratories serving the entrepreneurial fabric. To better clarify purposes…

The Marchesini Group continues to grow and invest, and also confirms good forecasts for 2013.

STEEL AND ALUMINIUM With 925,000 t of packaging produced, Italy is among the top packaging producers in the European ranking. Size of the market, user sectors and format characteristics.

Four-month survey of the packaging industry. Situation as of late April 2013.
By Plinio Iascone - Istituto Italiano Imballaggio

BeeGraphic has become the exclusive dealer and distributor for Italy in 15 European countries for Phoenix, the well-known advanced software for converting and label concerns by Tilia Labs.