Facts and data

IN PARIS November 2012: Emballage finishes up its fortieth installment with a positive net balance. Info and products from the French packaging fair.

Exports can lift Italy out of the shoals of crisis. And, of all sectors, manufacturing has the best chance of success, as long as this country stops tolerating various kinds of parochialism and looks increasingly beyond its own borders. Some points for reflection from the Internationalization Forum Made in Italy organized by Messe Frankfurt.

Based on early estimates, 2012 marks a net worsening of the situation compared to 2011 (*): total packaging production fell by 3-4%, exports dropped 2.8-3%, imports increased slightly, and domestic demand fell 3-3.5%. The growth trends refer to values in weight.
The negative growth figure concerns all eight sectors of the packaging industry.

Quarterly packaging industry observatory. Situation as of late November 2012
By Plinio Iascone

When the reading of a biography (that of Steve Jobs) offers food for thought to also help lay down good practices.

A little over a month after the coming into force of the new environmental contribution (CAC), the Board of Directors of the Italian National Packaging Consortium has decided to further reduce the CAC for paper and board packaging by 4 euros a ton, that will hence - as of April 1st 2013 - go from 10 to 6 euros a ton.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What are the strategies for planning a successful (and plausible) future for the sector? What are the essential reasons for communicating the value of packaging? What new developments have there been in the concept of environmental sustainability and its intimate connection with respect for consumers and their safety? And what opportunities arise from the relationship…

The Italian company ALTECH (Advanced Labeling Technologies) has leveraged its success and excellent reputation during the last 20 years - with 80 distributors in over 50 countries - to launch a host of initiatives in order to enhance its presence in North America (US and Canada).
It has set up an office in Cincinnati (OH) managed by its own, experienced Sales Manager Tom Giver.

Invest in technology for creating quality and service capacity, best exploiting the most up-to-date and global means of communication.
Easier said then done… And yet Pixartprinting – supplier of small and large format print services on line – effectively combines these two assets.

Lancia Packaging Technology boasts considerable experience in the construction of packaging machines. Indeed, its technological knowhow, the result of years of research in close cooperation with its customers, represents the best guarantee that Lancia can offer.

TRENDS AND NUMBERS Focus on varnishes, supplementary products for paints and varnishes, inks, lubricants and greases: market shares and variations in the packaging share distribution.

The research presented by Macfrut - Cesena Fiera compares consumption of fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables between May of 2011 and the same month of 2012. Calculations by Fruitimprese pertaining to foreign trade in certain product type areas show a positive balance of trade. 

DATA AND FACTS Pallets, industrial packaging and crates for fresh produce: market figures
 

After experiencing +15% growth during the last quarter, the Pavan group foresees another 10% growth for the end of the year, both in terms of volumes and of profits. And all this by taking advantage of the synergies of an offering that covers the entire food processing chain.

DATA AND FACTS Multilayer coextruded or laminated, or monolayer, flexible packaging features as one of the few areas of the packaging sector showing progressive growth. Plinio Iascone
 

In the packaging sector, investments have been oriented primarily toward increasing productivity and improving product quality in order to satisfy growing domestic demand and access foreign markets (its South American neighbors and Asian countries).

CHOOSING TO IMPROVE The selection of the “most significant” packaging available on the market, carried out by students enrolled in the Packaging Design master’s degree program (School of Design, Politecnico di Milano). The next step: re-visiting the packaging systems and presenting proposals for their improvement, to be judged by experts in the sector during the Emballage fair. By Erik Ciravegna

Nella grande casa di tutti - il Mondo - ogni cultura interpreta il colore a modo proprio.

 
GOING AGAINST THE TIDE Innova Group celebrates the anniversary of IBO Ondulati and a balance for 2011 that despite market difficulties shows growth in turnover, profits and cash flow. First of all, thanks to continuous investments in the streamlining and strengthening of production.

ALTER ECO offers the assurance of a complete service that includes, before the design and installation of a photovoltaic system, also asbesto decontamination. A single supplier to guarantee quality and competence for “cleaner” energy.