The April issue of the magazine is out of print «CONTAINER AND PACKAGING» for 2022

At the beginning of April, the next issue of the intersectoral specialized magazine "PACKAGE AND PACKAGING" came out of print. Traditionally, this issue clearly demonstrates the state of the packaging industry in Russia as a whole and some of its segments. The issue is saturated with both information-analytical and promotional materials. You can buy this issue of the journal in the editorial office. We also recommend that you subscribe to the printed or electronic version of the magazine (www.magpack.ru) for the entire year.

Below are brief summaries of the most relevant articles of the April issue of the magazine "PACKAGE AND PACKAGING".

ACTUAL TOPIC

Russian packaging industry. new challenges". At the end of March 2022, a joint meeting of the Subcommittee on the Development of the Packaging and Printing Industry and the Subcommittee on the Pulp, Paper and Wood Chemical Industry of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation was held in Moscow. The agenda of the meeting included the difficult situation in the packaging and label market that has developed in recent weeks. Manufacturers, suppliers and consumers of packaging paper, cardboard and corrugated board discussed ways to overcome this situation.

ANALYTICS

"Glass Packaging Market - Growth, Trends and Forecasts". The article provides a brief overview of the glass container market in the world and in the Russian Federation.

"Recent research indicates the development of the packaging industry around the world." The global packaging industry is booming. According to a recent study, Horváth, a consulting firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, at Horváth & Partner AG, a Swiss subsidiary, expects further growth in sales from $770 billion to $1 trillion. USD by 2025 “Sustainability and the efforts of most packaging companies to develop environmentally friendly solutions with clearly visible increase in customer benefits have been and continue to be the driving factors,” said Christoph Kopp, author of this study.

"Prospects for the market for aluminum aerosol cans in 2022-2027". According to experts, by 2022 the global market for aluminum aerosol cans will reach an estimate of about 4.2 billion US dollars.

Due to growing demand from various industries, total sales of aluminum aerosol cans are forecast to grow by 5.3% per annum from 2022 to 2027, surpassing an estimate of $5.5 billion by the end of 2027. USD compared to a 4.5% CAGR recorded between 2013 and 2021. Growing use of spouted aluminum aerosol cans – for cosmetic packaging and automotive paint – is driving sales. These aerosol cans will continue to be the top selling product, accounting for about 58.8% by 2022.

PRESENTATION

"CONFLEX SPB" 20 years later. In 2001, Conflex (St. Petersburg) began producing flexible roll packaging using flexographic printing. The origins were professionals, excellently versed in printing and packaging technologies, in market segments. Already in the first three years, Conflex acquired strategic partners, leaders in various industry segments of the FMCG market.

The company's achievements can be expressed in simple numbers. For the whole of 2001, 800 tons of packaging were shipped here. And 20 years later, in the year 2021 ended, the company shipped 800–1000 tons of packaging monthly! Its specialists tell about the work of the company.

TECHNOLOGY

"Food products, sustainably packaged - in plastic." For many food products, there is often no alternative to plastic packaging. That's why manufacturers are being asked to "reduce, reuse, recycle" in order to minimize the amount of packaging consumed. The most effective method is the use of thinner films and monomaterials.

Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), presented such materials at the FACHPACK 2021 exhibition (Nuremberg, Germany). The properties of these materials are described in the article.

"Aluminum premieres continue." The PRODEXPO International Food and Beverage Exhibition is the largest forum in its category in Russia and Eastern Europe. It is for him that manufacturers time the launch of new products, brands and brands. At the PRODEXPO-2022 exhibition held in February, as always, there were many premieres, including those related to aluminum packaging. Experts from the Russian Aluminum Association talk about these novelties and trends in aluminum packaging.

PRODUCT PROTECTION

How to protect the packaging of goods from counterfeiting and copying? Original packaging is an important element of advertising and company image, a way to create a more aesthetic appearance for products and attract the attention of the buyer. It adds value to products. Very often, packaging design becomes an object of forgery, especially for well-known brands. Readers will learn how to protect packaging from an article published in the magazine.

"Experts from the Moscow branch of the FAO answered the questions of the magazine" TARA AND PACKAGING "". The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) acts as the lead agency for rural development and agricultural production. The organization's motto is "Help build a world without hunger." The FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, established in 2017, provides theoretical and practical assistance in the development and implementation of FAO policies and programs, thereby facilitating communication and cooperation between FAO, the Government of the Russian Federation and the public, as well as international organizations operating in the territory RF. In addition, the Office helps to strengthen FAO's collaboration with the Russian private sector and research institutions. Experts from the Russian branch of the FAO answer questions from the editors of our journal.

ECOLOGY

"Research in Antimicrobial Food Packaging Films". Scientists at the Food Industry Department of the SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai, India, used coconut-derived nanofibers to stabilize a polyvinyl alcohol film. As a result, they received biodegradable packaging with the best mechanical, thermal, optical, and antioxidant properties. This work is described in the article.

"Rosprirodnadzor decided to tighten control over the utilizers of goods and packaging." The head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources, Svetlana Radionova, proposed introducing licenses for the disposal of waste of hazard classes I–V, which, in particular, are generated from used packaging (including plastic, glass, paper and cardboard) in order to control their recycling. Another way to control is to enter information about recyclers in an electronic register indicating the number of waste processing capacities. In the fall of last year, an inspection of utilizers began, which will last until the end of this year.

SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

"Problems of personnel training for the Russian packaging industry". The packaging industry is one of the most intensively developing sectors of the real market economy. In the Soviet Union, specialists for work in the packaging industry were not trained in any higher or secondary specialized educational institution.

In connection with the transition of Russia to a "market economy", a new educational specialty "Technologies and design of packaging production" in the higher education system was opened only in 1998. Moreover, this specialty was "born" in the context of a global and, as it turned out, negative reconstruction of the entire system country's higher education! This, in many respects, had a negative impact on the new specialty.

Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences Nikolai YEFREMOV talks about the problems and the need to restructure the training of specialists for the packaging industry of the Russian Federation.

EXHIBITIONS AND COMPETITIONS

"Exhibition upakovka 2022. Summed up". From January 25 to 28, the international industry exhibitions upakovka 2022 and interplastica 2022 were held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds on Krasnaya Presnya after a break in 2021 due to quarantine restrictions. managed to ensure the participation of a significant number of exhibitors in the exhibition. 650 exhibitors from 32 countries took part in two exhibitions. For four days, 17,000 visitors from all over Russia, CIS countries and far abroad visited upakovka and interplastica in search of new technological solutions. Thus, in one exhibition area, specialists were given the opportunity to get acquainted with the exposition of the packaging and closely related polymer industry.

As part of the business program of the upakovka exhibition, the Tare i Upakovka magazine organized and held a conference dedicated to the problems of personnel training for the packaging industry. The editors published a collection of reports from this conference, which can be purchased at the editorial office.

During this conference, the presentation of the 27th international student competition for the best packaging design "A Clockwork Orange-2022" took place.

Traditionally, the Museum of Packaging History and Design was presented at the editorial stand at the upakovka 2022 exhibition. Recall that this summer our Museum will resume its work in the tourist area of the city of Sergiev Posad near Moscow.

"PRODEXPO-2022: the main guidelines for the development of the food market". In February, the Expocentre Fairgrounds (Moscow) hosted PRODEXPO-2022, the largest international exhibition of food, beverages and raw materials for their production, for the 29th time in Russia and Eastern Europe. It was organized by Expocentre with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

As part of the competition program of this exhibition, the XVII International Competition for the Best Packaging and Label for Food, Perfume, Cosmetics and Drinks "ProdExtraPak-2022" enjoyed the greatest success. This is the most significant competition in Russia, which determines the best samples of packaging products at a high expert level. The competition was traditionally organized by the National Confederation of Packers (NKPak) and the Tare i Upakovka magazine with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, the Directorate of the PRODEXPO exhibition and the World Packers Organization (WPO).

PACKAGING HISTORY

"The inhabitants of Japan got acquainted with the collection of candy wrappers for sweets produced in the USSR." At the beginning of the year, a Japanese writer, Mrs. Akiko Kogano, and the editor-in-chief of our magazine, Igor Smirny, jointly prepared an illustrated album about candy wrappers - wrappers for sweets and chocolate, produced in the USSR in the 50-80s. 20th century

Confectionery packages are presented here as highly artistic and original works of applied art.

In February 2022, Japanese readers - lovers of applied paper art - for the first time got acquainted with the unique art of decorating confectionery in the Soviet Union. The album was released by Japan's Seigensha Art Publishing, Inc. in Japanese and Russian and went on sale in bookstores in Japan.

The article describes the work of the co-authors on this book.

"Catalog of winners of the ProdExtraPak-2022 competition"

At the beginning of the year, the results of the XVII International Competition for the best packaging and labels for food, perfumery, cosmetics and drinks - ProdExtraPack 2022 - were summed up. The CONTAINER AND PACKAGING magazine, together with the National Confederation of Packers, annually holds this competition within the framework of the largest food exhibition in Russia, PRODEXPO. This is the most significant competition in Russia, which determines the best manufacturers of packaging products at a high expert level. This issue contains an illustrated catalog of the winners of the ProdExtraPack-2022 contest.

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