Milan, June 18th 2013 – Marco Calcagni (Omet) is the new President of ACIMGA for the two-year period 2013-2014. Elected during the General Member Assembly that took place today in Milan, Calcagni will be flanked by Vice-President Aldo Peretti (Uteco Converting) and by the following offices: Board of Directors Ugo Barzanò, past president (IMS Deltamatic), Silvana Canette past president (Flexotecnica), Felice Rossini past president (Rossini), Daniele Barbui (ACE di Barbui Davide&Figli), Alberto Brivio (BP Agnati), Giovanni Cama (Cason), Alfredo Cerciello (Nordmeccanica), Costanza Cerutti

Milan, May 13th 2013 – An impressive 18,000 visitors attended Grafitalia and Converflex, events dedicated to printing, graphics and converting May 7-11, 2013 at Fiera Milano, Rho, Milan, Italy. International attendees included delegations of industry players from nine different countries selected by the 'buyers programme' run in cooperation with the Italian Trade Commission (which oversees the Machines Italia project) and the country's Ministry of Economic Development. "There is a widespread feeling that, after reaching the bottom, Grafitalia is showing signs of climbing back up, but the path

This January 2013, in Hannover, Germany the signing of a business agreement took place between Deutsche Messe AG and Ipack-Ima Spa for the creation of the new exhibition INTRALOGISTICA ITALIA 2015, planned for May 19-23, 2015 at the FieraMilano exhibition center in Rho. The show will be held in conjunction with IPACK-IMA and the EXPO – two extremely prestigious, public-drawing events. In order to offer an even more comprehensive exhibition portfolio in line with market needs, Deutsche Messe AG and Ipack-Ima Spa will cooperate in the creation of an event capable of giving proper visibility to a

Ipack-Ima Spa has selected Kellen Company as their representative for North American communications and exhibition sales. "The Kellen Company is proud to be a partner with the Ipack-Ima team," says Patrick Farrey, Group Vice President of Kellen Company. "Ipack-Ima's packaging, processing and converting shows are world-class, and serve as a gateway to Europe for our North American colleagues through the beautiful city of Milan, Italy." "We selected Kellen Company because of their experience with packaging and processing clients," declares Guido Corbella, CEO of Ipack-Ima Spa. "Coupled with

Milan, December 2012- At the end of November 2012, WPO (World Packaging Organization) signed a cooperation agreement with Ipack-Ima Spa to support and promote the exhibitions East Afripack (9-12 September 2014 – Kenya) and IPACK-IMA (19-23 May 2015 – Italy). "The agreement focuses on formulating common programs and concrete actions to promote both shows globally and to recognize the packaging education projects developed by WPO", explains Thomas Schneider, WPO President. According to Schneider, this support means authorizing the use of WPO logo in all promotional materials and promoting both

Italian exports of graphic, paper and converting machinery have increased by 4.82% in the first quarter of 2012. Imports are also showing an impressive + 9.94%. Such are the figures published by the Research Center of trade association ACIMGA based on Istat data. The same source reveals that the USA remains the first buyer of Italian machinery with a 68.8 % increase, followed by Germany and China – over the last quarter, the latter has doubled its orders. “We are relieved to see the plus sign in front of these figures, in sharp contrast with the general economic scenario, especially in