Milan, December 2017 – From the food products that we find on the supermarket shelves and the books that we peruse in the bookshop to the houses that we live in and the cars that we drive: ‘behind the scenes’ of our economy’s most central production sectors, lies a lengthy chain of outstanding and technological industrial machinery, a world of technologies that spans from the processing of materials, such as the wide range of plastics (used, for example, to make products, build car components or insulate and heat-insulate buildings) to the processing of raw materials and their packaging (for

An industrial sector in a good state of health with an annual turnover in excess of 44 billion euros and a strong export propensity which opens up exciting business opportunities is the picture of the Italian processing and packaging industry painted by the Ipack-Ima Monitor, the half-yearly business study conducted over a sample of companies representing the entire supply chain. The industry, consisting of manufacturers of processing and packaging machinery, suppliers of components and producers of materials, serves a range of downstream industrial sectors divided up into a number of business

The international press conference discussed the new corporate structure, the layout based on target markets, the international promotion activities and The Innovation Alliance. The first international presentation of IPACK-IMA 2018, the leading exhibition of food and non-food processing and packaging technologies scheduled for Fiera Milano from 29 May to 1 June 2018, was held on Saturday 6th May during Interpack. In the presence of journalists and representatives of business associations and companies from Austria, Brazil, China, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Singapore, Sweden

MEAT-TECH 2018, the exhibition for the meat and fish processing and packaging industry, is launching theme sections devoted to several important steps in the production process. The refrigeration chain and equipment for production, cutting and packaging will take centre stage at the 2018 show. Planning work on MEAT-TECH 2018 is continuing in order to respond to and anticipate market needs. Part of THE INNOVATION ALLIANCE, the event organised by IPACK-IMA will be held in the Milan exhibition centre from 29 May to 1 June 2018 and is currently in the process of presenting the new MEAT+ project to

IPACK-IMA AND PLAST SET TO SHOWCASE INNOVATIVE MATERIALS The two exhibitions, part of the Innovation Alliance to be held at Fiera Milano from 29 May to 1 June 2018, have spawned a new satellite show devoted to innovative materials and packaging organised in cooperation with Material ConneXion Italia and presented on 7 February at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan. Innovative and functionalised materials and products for the premium segment are the focus of Innovative Material Solutions 2018, the new IPACK-IMA and PLAST satellite show which will make its debut at Fiera Milano as part of the

IPACK-IMA has kicked off the new year with a packed programme of promotional events, intense media planning and new web initiatives for the next edition of the show due to be held in 2018. With 16 months still to go before the event begins, 60% of the exhibition space has already been booked by leading Italian and international processing and packaging technology companies. Alongside a direct sales network spanning 41 countries, in 2017 the promotional activities for IPACK-IMA will extend across numerous shows through collective participations organised by UCIMA. The first event will be Propak

Milan, 28 October 2018 IPACK-IMA and MEAT-TECH 2018: 50% of available space already booked T he excellent results from the first three months of exhibition space sales demonstrate the strong interest in the new exhibition formula shown by companies from all reference sectors, particularly in terms of the event’s international scope, its layout according to target sectors and its innovative content. Exhibitor companies are showing a keen interest in the next edition of IPACK-IMA and MEAT-TECH, the exhibitions of food and non-food processing and packaging technology to be held in the Rho Fiera

The great event scheduled two years from now at Fiera Milano will feature the debut of Print4All, the latest addition to the exhibitions catering to the printing world held from May 29 to June 1 2018 together with Ipack Ima, Plast, Meat Tech and Intralogistica Italia. Print4All is the result of the collaboration between associations ACIMGA (Italian Manufacturers’ Association of Machinery for the Graphic, Converting and Paper Industry) and ARGI (the Graphic Industry Suppliers Association), and combines three long-standing brands showcasing specific industrial production chains with strong

Five international exhibitions - PLAST, IPACK-IMA, MEAT-TECH, PRINT4ALL and INTRALOGISTICA ITALIA – outstanding showcases for machinery, technology and material production for the manufacturing industry, join together in one big event that will cover the entire Fairgrounds of FIERA MILANO in Rho, from Tuesday May 29 to Friday June 1 st, 2018. The decision to join such relevant initiative, named “THE INNOVATION ALLIANCE”, comes few months after PLAST 2015, when it was announced that PLAST would advance in 2017. The sector received positively such announcement (even with few remarks