Facts and data

Case study no.1
Here we present a brief description of the first of the five business cases taken into consideration by the Sant’Anna School.

Environmental sustainability and the circular economy are essential factors for reducing ecological impact and using resources responsibly. Strategies, technologies and business models for companies.

In this article we analyse alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages produced in Italy and imported and exported and, finally, those consumed in our country. This last parameter takes into consideration all the beverages distributed through the different sales channels: mass retail, Ho.Re.Ca, online sales, etc.

100% recycled packaging and a growing use of rPET in bottles are among Assobibe’s main objectives, also contained in Unesda’s Manifesto 2024/2029.

According to the MECSPE Research Centre, there are encouraging signals from industry, thanks particularly to the boost from the Transition 5.0 Plan approved in January 2024, and inserted into the NRRP framework.

Solutions for the management of product and process data, digital twins and intelligent management systems to optimise operations and the supply chain and for adapting rapidly to the market with increasingly personalised products.

The first Guidelines for the sorted collection of packaging waste and other urban waste in Italian universities have been published. It’s a document promoted by CONAI, arising out of the collaboration with member universities of the Resources and Waste Work Group of the RUS - Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo sostenibile (University Network for Sustainable Development).

Creative and sustainable, attentive to the economy and to gender parity: producers and processors of self-adhesive labels met together at the GIPEA 2024 Congress to discuss the complex issues affecting the packaging sector, highlighting the new values of labels.

Trend in the production and market positioning of a type of packaging used in a wide range of sectors. 2023 data.

A well-rooted tree but with many different leaves: an image that evokes Boxmarche’s approach to doing business and which was the common theme of the event during which the Corinaldo-based company presented the Living Company Report 2023, besides inaugurating the “Bosco di Fonte Mora” (Fonte Mora Wood).

Italian packaging and wrapping machinery manufacturers have closed another year of growth (+8% against 2022). The export market was particularly dynamic in 2023, reaching 7.2 billion euros (+10.5% against the previous year). The domestic market remains positive, albeit at a slower pace.

In the face of the contraction recorded in 2023 of almost all types of packaging (including empty packaging), cellulose packaging remains among the most representative in the entire sector in terms of tonnes: 33% of market share and 26.8% in terms of turnover, second only to plastic packaging.

Quarterly monitoring of the packaging supply chain: situation updated to May 2024. General economic situation and analysis of manufacturing activity and consequent evolution of the packaging sector.

Packaging machine manufacturing continues to grow, with turnover of €9.2 billion in 2023 and exports worth €7.2 billion

Navigating the challenges and opportunities.

The strategies, technologies and best practices for developing connected automatic production systems, guaranteeing maximum safety and security
of data, infrastructure and people.

In Italy, the pro-capita consumption of dairy products stands at around 286 kg per year. This analysis examines the following segments: milk for direct consumption (excluding that for industrial use), cheeses, butter and yoghurt.

Baby food packaging facts and numbers.

The results emerging from initial analyses of data relating to the packaging industry with reference to 2023 show a situation that confirms the production trend registered for 2022.

2024 is a year of measures on sustainability for the European Union, committed for some time to regulating a number of key factors for the creation of a green economy from the point of view of development practices and models.