Facts and data

It is a title that lives up to the hot themes of the moment, the one chosen for the Giflex conference “Let’s Wrap the Future!” held in Bologna on October 19.

Marchesini Group announces the acquisition of 100% of SEA Vision Group, the company founded in Pavia which has become a leader in the construction of traceability, data collection and inspection systems in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics packaging sector.

At Booth 2501 (South Hall), the group specialized in innovative industrial and packaging solutions is presenting its machinery and products that automate the various production phases, thus increasing the reliability of the systems and the efficiency of the processes.

Four-monthly observatory of the packaging supply chain: situation updated to the first half of 2022. General economic picture; early forecasts of manufacturing closure; final 2021 figures for the packaging industry.

Types, quantities and uses of hollow glass and tube glass packaging. Market data and facts of 2021: elegance and sustainability are supporting their widespread use in a variety of sectors, underscoring the quality of packaged products.

etma presents the winners of the traditional annual competition and and underlines the reaction capacity and foresight of European tube manufacturers.

The new Vimercate headquarters of Mitsubishi Electric Italia, designed to foster collaboration and cater to a constantly evolving world of work, is off the ground.

There are 2,527 sustainable agrifood startups worldwide. Networks for distribution of food aid to vulnerable people in cities are being strengthened, leveraging different models of cross-sector collaboration for recovery and redistribution of products and food surpluses; the cold chain plays a strategic role, but is exposed to multiple risks.

It is European regulations focused on food contact materials and widely used additives such as E 171 that are the focus of attention for Sun Chemical, the world’s leading manufacturer of inks and coatings for all printing processes.

Insights from the Spring Circular Economy Summit. Trends, policies and benchmarks in environmental sustainability. The role of education and legislation.

Over the past two decades, steel packaging sent for recycling by RICREA, the National Consortium for the Recovery and Recycling of Steel Packaging, part of the CONAI System, has tripled.

FEFCO, the European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers, together with CCB (Cepi Container Board), has released the new “European Database for Corrugated Board Life Cycle Studies 2021”.

The waste-to-hydrogen plant will produce up to 20,000 tons/year of hydrogen at full capacity, using 200,000 tons/year of non-recyclable solid waste as raw material

According to Assografici’s economic analysis for 2021, the converting industry - in which the paper and cardboard packaging sector falls - after a positive fourth and third quarter, closes with a 9.6% increase in turnover, also surpassing 2019 levels. Even better is the trend in production, which registers +10.6%.

From chrysalis to butterfly. This happened in Faenza, Italy, last June 22 and 23, when philosophy and the state of the art of finishing intertwined in a full immersion full of technical information, colors and flavors that was able to show the new course taken by Prati, the protagonist of a cultural and technological metamorphosis. Voices from a very special open house, under the sign of collaboration between companies.

After a positive 2020, with performance severely affected by the covid emergency, the sector is finding a new order with improving data and two key words: wellness and sustainability.

Amaplast, facts and figures 2021. Notes from the annual meeting and the statistical survey taking a snapshot of the performance of the plastics and rubber machinery, equipment and mold making industry.

With a long history behind it (in fact, one has to go back to the 1800s to find the first traces of it), metal packaging - in steel and aluminum - confirms good market positions. Numbers and trends 2021.

Word from Aliplast, which looks at the post-pandemic, raw material shortages and price tensions from an alternative and - most likely - winning point of view in several respects.

2022 is the year of a very important milestone for the Division, which has developed its business strategy by looking at both the European and American markets thanks to the subsidiary in New Jersey, MG America.