MARKETING AND INDUSTRY

The 25th edition of Simei (international fair for wine and bottling machinery November 12th-16th, 2013, Fiera Milano, Rho)
will be characterized by the introduction of an innovative visitor-exhibitor relations tool: contact information will be exchanged in a simple and intuitive way, facilitated by the use of NFC technology.

Elabora Srl has been creating innovative software solutions for SMBs for more than twenty years.

NUMBERS AND TRENDS Glass packaging has managed to reinvent itself in recent years thanks to a decisive orientation toward product customization and significant reductions to average weight per application.

Reduced weight, same thickness and an ever whiter coat: Metsä Board invests in technology and challenges the market with paperboards that are more and more competitive in terms of results and sustainability.

Structure and dynamics of the market, with a focus on the mode of packaging of food products, beverages excluded, on the basis of the analysis of twenty-two areas monitored by the Istituto Italiano Imballaggio.  Plinio Iascone

DESIGN Each product (and each and every company) is one of a kind, a uniqueness aboveall expressed in the pack. The contribution of AcmaVolpack that, as well as supplying the machines and complete packaging systems, has designed new packaging of original shape and function as well as the relative technology.

Three days dedicated to subcontractors of the packaging industry, who will present their products at the beginning of Interpack 2014.

CPR System: management of reusable plastic packaging

ASTER is the consortium for innovation set up by Regione Emilia Romagna, by 6 Italian regional universities, by the CNR and ENEA and by the sector associations. It stands as a landmark for favouring company access to innovation, mainly via the coordination of the Hitech Network, a network of public and private research laboratories serving the entrepreneurial fabric. To better clarify purposes and intentions, we met up with Fabio Rangoni, president of ASTER.

The Marchesini Group continues to grow and invest, and also confirms good forecasts for 2013.