Amendment to the new Machinery Regulation withdrawn. Gentili: “Significant reputational damage, costs and time-consuming bureaucracy has been avoided”.

The conference on sustainability in the packaging supply chain will be back in person during IPACK-IMA and GreenPlast

According to the preliminary figures published by the MECS – Ucima Research Centre, the sector is returning to growth. Both the domestic market (+18%) and exports (+5%) are performing well. Approximately 7 months of production is guaranteed in 2022

The Board was elected at the last Members’ Meeting and will remain in office for 4 years.

Turnover in the first half of 2021 fell by just 1.8% compared to the same period in the record year 2019. The growth with respect to the first half of 2020 was 21%. The sector held its ground in 2020 with turnover of almost 8 billion euros. The food and cosmetics segments performed well.

Sales revenue was 9.2% higher than in March 2020 due to significant growth in the domestic market (+28.8%). The average number of months of guaranteed production is increasing again

The 4% growth in packaging machinery exports is pushing sales revenues into positive territory as the outlook remains stable for 2021. Causes of concern include rising prices of raw materials and components and maritime freight rates.

The preliminary figures from the MECS-Ucima Research Department reveal a slowdown for the sector. Small falls in both domestic sales (-6.8%) and exports (-4.5%)

The Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Association believes it is inconceivable to hold the fair from 25 February to 3 March 2021

The Italian packaging machinery manufacturers will be promoting Italian innovation at ProPak Asia and ProPak China

“Proud to have the opportunity to work with an exceptional organisation that over the years has developed an outstanding image and an ability to provide first-class services to companies”