VPK Group entered a joint venture with IEMME srl, an Italian corrugated cardboard company in Gambolò near Milan. The move is VPK's second growth step in Italy after its October 2023 Zetacarton stake.

VPK Group announced a joint venture with IEMME srl, a corrugated cardboard producer based in Gambolò near Milan, to expand its paper-based packaging business in Italy. IEMME's plant produced 70 million m² of cardboard in 2023.

Azmec and Riva Tecnoimpianti announced a partnership to offer a joint market offering of vacuum pumps and metalworking products. The article gives no specific partnership date, so the article date is used.

Smurfit Kappa Italia developed a 100% corrugated cardboard display solution with Unilever for personal care and health brands, offering reusable, standardized display components and simpler logistics. The article is dated March 8, 2022.

Italian metal packaging maker Tecnocap now uses BASF's biomass-balanced plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH BMB in the sealing gaskets of its metal closures for food packaging, announced in a joint release dated September 23, 2021.

Italian packaging machinery makers OCME and Robopac, both family-led, have signed an agreement to pursue joint growth and internationalization, with OCME to be led by Carlotta Gatteschi, Valentina Aureli and Enrico Aureli. The article does not state the deal terms or value.

Seri Industrial Group signed an agreement with Unilever to form a jointly owned business, Seri Plastic, which will buy and convert Unilever's Pozzilli plant to recycle plastic waste.

Corning agreed a collaboration with Stevanato Group, a Dese, Italy-based parenteral glass packager, to supply its Corning Valor Glass for injectable drug packaging. The deal extends a relationship dating to 2011 and combines Stevanato's converting technology with Valor Glass.