Sarong is the worldwide leader in quality thermoforming, fill and seal packaging machines, superior packaging materials and exceptional contract packaging, for food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and household products. Sarong’s North American head office was established in 2012 and it is located in Mississauga (Ontario) Canada. To date, they delivered over 1000 machines worldwide for single dose serving packaging for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and household. Sarong’s machines are manufactured in Italy where quality comes first, containing over fifty patents related to thermoforming machines

PLAST, held in Milan every three years, is one of the most important exhibitions for plastics and rubber industry worldwide. The whole range of products is represented in PLAST exhibits areas: Injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, thermoforming and welding machines, Machines for foam, reactive and reinforced resins, Molds and dies, laboratory control and test equipment, ancillary equipment for plastics and rubber processing, Machines for secondary processing, finishing, decorating, marking and plastics packaging, as downstream equipment, Machines and equipment for the plastics and

The Italian Technology Award program includes the Italian Packaging Technology Award (IPTA), specific to the packaging technology sector. The IPTA program asks students to write an analysis of innovations in packaging technologies for a chance to win a trip to Italy to visit leading packaging machinery manufacturers. Italy is one of the world’s main suppliers of machinery and materials for the packaging sector. The IPTA program is coordinated and organized by the Italian Trade Agency’s Chicago Office, and co-sponsored in Italy by UCIMA (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Association

The woodworking technology and wood-based materials industry keeps showing encouraging trends: preliminary figures for the current year speak for themselves, showing a fully positive sign for all major indexes. The analysis carried out by the Studies office of the Confindustria-member association ACIMALL, gathering the industry's leading companies provides a brighter picture than many were expecting. And compared to the recent past, satisfaction comes from the domestic market, a trend that might bring even more significant “surprises” in 2016. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at figures, reminding

After the summer break, activity is back in full swing for the next edition of Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held at Fieramilano-Rho from Tuesday, May 24, to Saturday, May 28, 2016. Well, actually, some activities have never stopped! These include the meetings and events of the Xylexpo 2016 roadmap, organized at the major industry events to present the historical exhibition to media, buyers, importers and distributors. This exhibition is still a key reference in even-numbered years, the most important

Presentation on IPACK-IMA 2015, May 19-23, 2015, Milan, Italy Conducted on November 4, 2014 during the Pack Expo International Show in Chicago, USA. This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office Online.t;. The show IPACK-IMA is among the most attractive international exhibitions for suppliers of technology and materials for Processing & Packaging. It will be held in 2015, May 19-23

Recovery in exports, which gained momentum particularly in the last quarter of 2013, with a last minute surge in December, allowed the Italian manufacturers to compensate for the lasting weakness in the domestic market which can be seen in Exhibit 1. The very slight decline in demand from abroad, which represents over 65% of total production, kept revenue losses within 2.5% with respect to 2012 and further improved an already very positive balance of trade. In terms of revenues and exports in 2013, Assocomaplast member companies performed better than the average for the sector, with a positive