No limit to imagination. A slogan that, in Sacmi’s case, translates into new technology for decorating caps, designed to complement plant and machinery used all over the world for manufacturing plastic caps – a field in which Sacmi is the world leader – with a solution capable of highlighting essential aspects for developing the brand and showcasing the product.   It is the new COLORA CAP,…

In the last quarter of 2015, Italian textile machinery manufacturers received a boost from their export markets, but in domestic markets, positive order trends received a setback. As per an Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) press release, the orders index for textile machinery grew during the fourth quarter of 2015, mainly due to a boost in exports. …

Mexico is called "El Dorado" for Italian packaging machinery "When we landed in Mexico City in 1997, we were the only ones producing bottle caps. About 50 million dollars a year. At that time, cola and beer, which were produced by multinationals that had relocated years before, were produced with the help of SMEs already in Mexico. The final product cost less, approximately half the price of…

posted on Thu Dec 16, 2010, By Lynn Dornblaser At Mintel, when we talk about identifying new package ideas, we often say that one of the best ways to come up with a new product package is simply to “steal with pride,” or “copy and improve.” We don’t recommend breaking any laws or violating any ethics, but rather to look at a wide range of products and categories when thinking about a new…

In the world of consumer products, shelf appeal is becoming increasingly important and packaging has become a major product differentiator. But sometimes the marketing geeks come up with a packaging geometry that is not compatible with automated equipment, which sets up some interesting design challenges, says Michele Falsini, export sales manager for RONCHI Mario, a manufacturer of flexible…