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  • IXON Cloud obtains Industry 4.0 Ready Certification

    The IXON Cloud platform from IXON, the leading remote service and IIoT solution provider for industrial machines and installations, has been certified to comply with the requirements of Industry 4.0 capital goods, indicated in the Italian Budget Law.
  • Dulcioliva joins Sperlari group

    Dulcioliva, a historic Piedmontese company with almost 100 years of experience in the chocolate specialities sector, has become part of the confectionery group Sperlari following a majority acquisition.
  • Nestlé acquires core brands of The Bountiful Company

    Nestlé has signed an agreement with global investment firm KKR to acquire the core brands of The Bountiful Company, a market-leading US-based producer of nutritional supplements and vitamins. The US $5.75 billion transaction includes the brands Nature’s Bounty, Solgar, Osteo Bi-Flex and Puritan’s Pride, which will be integrated into Nestlé Health Science.
  • Diageo plans sustainable glass bottle production

    Con un progetto pilota condotto insieme al produttore di vetro Encirc e al centro per la tecnologia e la ricerca Glass Futures, Diageo ha aperto la strada alla produzione di bottiglie con la più bassa impronta di carbonio mai ottenuta da un marchio di whisky scozzese.
  • Vino.com takes over startup Vino.it

    The online sales platform specialising in wine and spirits Vino.com (formerly Vino75.com) has taken over the rival startup Vino.it with the aim of further extending its international digital presence. The platform has been operating in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands since 2020 and in China since 2017 through Alibaba’s Tmall Choice and Tmall Global marketplaces.
  • Paccor acquires Miko Pac

    Paccor (Dusseldorf) has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Miko Pac (2020 revenue €100 million), the packaging division of Miko NV, Belgium. The deal strengthens the German group’s position in the field of injection moulding by complementing its product portfolio and extending its international reach, particularly in the Asian market.
  • Open Innovation: Techlab™ and Cineca at the Bi-Rex Competence Center

    Innovation is the primary genome inherent in the Robopac Group’s DNA, which has always looked globally at the market to ensure the best technologies in the packaging industry and, at the same time, the highest performance in terms of efficiency and production optimization.
  • Borsari finalises the acquisition of La Torinese

    Industria Dolciaria Borsari is continuing to solidify its position in the premium bakery products segment by finalising the acquisition of La Torinese, a Piedmont-based company that has now been given a new lease of life after entering into an arrangement with creditors in 2018.
  • Cartoning machine for cosmetics and perfumes

    The company Tinarelli, based in the “packaging valley” near Bologna, took the opportunity offered by the “Porte Ouverte” initiative organised by its French agent Garin in March to present the new version of the TVL70 vertical cartoning machine designed specifically for packaging cosmetics and perfumery products.
  • Romaco acquires Spanish manufacturer STE Tecpharm

    Romaco has completed the acquisition of STE Tecpharm, a Spanish manufacturer specialising in technologies for the pharmaceutical industry, which from now on will operate under the name Romaco Tecpharm.
  • IXON wins the Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award

    IXON, a leading Dutch company in the field of remote assistance and IIoT solutions for machines and industrial plants, has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award 2020 with IXON Cloud, the complete, end-to-end IIoT platform specifically designed for advanced technology manufacturers.
  • ACE releases roadmap for circular beverage carton packaging

    ACE, The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, and its members SIG Combibloc, BillerudKorsnäs, Elopak, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak, have set the industry’s vision for the future: we will deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular.

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