Facts and data

Italy is recycling more and at a lower cost. This is according to a study by Bocconi and the Wuppertal Institut presented in Brussels that not only sanctions the efficiency of CONAI's packaging management system but also highlights the ability of national companies to design green.

Assocarta and Associazione Italiana Scatolifici express concern: the presidents of the associations call for institutional intervention to govern rising prices, averting risks to production.

Fortinet takes stock with the 2022 edition of its Global Report on Operational Technology and cybersecurity.

Founded by RTA as an innovative start-up, RTA Robotics has been operating since April 2022 in the sale and integration of anthropomorphic and Scara robots offered to the supply chain of industrial automatic machine manufacturers as well as system integrators.

Facts, figures and industry dynamics in 2021 in Italy: gradual recovery of production and consumption after an anomalous 2020. Focus on packaging trends.

A three-year period of strong acceleration is emerging for the seven business communities surveyed by Ipack-Ima Business Monitor 2022, developed in collaboration with MECS.

Anticipating the technological trends of the digital world with an integrated approach, bridging the gap between the IT and OT worlds: this is the strategy behind Relatech Group’s recent acquisition of EFA Automazioni.

A survey carried out among the operators belonging to the community gathered around ALL4PACK Emballage Paris 2022 offers a snapshot of the sector’s environmental sensitivity.

After a 2020 marked by a substantial downturn (-10.3% at current values), the industrial automation market saw a meteoric growth of 22.2%, despite issues due to supply difficulties, rising commodity prices, and labor shortages.

Four-monthly observatory of the packaging supply chain: situation updated to the first five months of 2022.

Progroup’s ultra-modern, efficient and sustainable new corrugated board production site in Rhineland-Palatinate will be ready in 2023.

In the 12 months surveyed by the new edition of GS1 Italy’s Immagino Observatory, sales of the nearly 10,000 food products that indicate the region of origin on the label increased by 3.2 %.

Fashionable diets drive consumption, conditioning an entire industrial supply chain, from process to packaging. This is what emerges from the case history that saw two Italian brands - Cama and ICAM - co-starring in the success of an international project, inspired by veganism and paleo-diets.

Welcomed to the Wittenstein Italia booth at SPS, we spoke at length with the CEO, Biagio Frontuto, who explained how adopting responsible behavior is a key lever for growth. Edoardo Pizzolato, Area Manager&Engineering for Emilia Romagna, on the other hand, identified the peculiarities that link Wittenstein to the world of packaging.

Ecodesign is once again the theme of the ninth edition of the CONAI Call for Entries, which saw a further increase in enrollment: opened on Feb. 1, 2022, the call to action ended on April 29, with 373 entries submitted by 175 companies (a 14% increase in cases compared to the 2021 edition).

Well done and fully successful the two days full of appointments and events organized in Venice, May 26 and 27, 2022, by the Packaging Ethics Charter Foundation in collaboration with the Italian Packaging Institute.

Integrating sustainability into every aspect of business is the focus of the investments of Coca-Cola HBC Italia, the main bottler of The Coca-Cola Company brand products in Italy.

Present within District 4.0 - the Advanced Automation themed area of SPS Italia as well as inside Hall 3 - wenglor sensoric italiana brought to the fair many new product innovations, formalizing the recent acquisition of TPL Vision and announcing short-term projects aimed at company growth and development. We talked about it with general manager Elio Bolsi.

Technical flexibility, an approach to the market that expresses concreteness and foresight for Volpak, part of Coesia Group: with an established presence in the food and non-food sectors, it is thinking about repositioning the Enflex brand in the pharma & healthcare sphere.