{"id":102918,"date":"2025-06-06T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=102918"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T10:47:05","slug":"gifco-takes-stock-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/gifco-zieht-jahresbilanz\/","title":{"rendered":"GIFCO takes stock of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"483\"><strong>The Italian association of corrugated cardboard manufacturers GIFCO has documented key developments in the industry in its 2024 annual report - from environmental projects and training to EU regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"558\" data-end=\"787\">The new <strong data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"593\">Activity report 2024<\/strong> of the <strong data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"654\">Gruppo Italiano Fabbricanti Cartone Ondulato (GIFCO)<\/strong> shows how the Italian corrugated board industry is strategically adapting to current challenges. The core topics include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"995\">\n<li data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"833\">\n<p data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"833\">Sustainability and circular economy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"864\">\n<p data-start=\"836\" data-end=\"864\">Technical training<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"995\">\n<p data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"995\">Defence of the industry perspective vis-\u00e0-vis political and social players<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1073\"><strong data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1073\">Projects 2024: Ecolabel, specialist publication, energy efficiency<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1124\">GIFCO was involved in several projects in 2024:<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-3888071910\"><div id=\"packa-2475283523\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<ul data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1942\">\n<li data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1395\">\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1395\"><strong data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1151\">Made Green in Italy<\/strong>The environmental label for corrugated board was further developed in collaboration with the Bestack consortium and the Scuola Sant'Anna (Pisa). A revised version including a webinar presentation is planned for 2025.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1648\">\n<p data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1648\"><strong data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1417\">New monograph<\/strong>Il cartone. Una lunga storia di successo industriale italiano\u201e documents the role of corrugated cardboard as a successful industrial product in Italy. 2,000 copies were distributed to members.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1649\" data-end=\"1942\">\n<p data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1942\"><strong data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1694\">Energy webinars &amp; quality training<\/strong>In cooperation with the \u201eCentro Qualit\u00e0 Carta - Lucense\u201c laboratory, GIFCO organised nine training sessions on the subject of material testing. A webinar on the energy efficiency of ondulators was also organised.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1949\" data-end=\"1996\"><strong data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"1996\">Industry protection and communication work<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2310\">In summer 2024, GIFCO took legal action in response to critical statements by Greenpeace on the origin of wood and choice of packaging. In addition, the association provided its members with argumentation aids to support the <strong data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2254\">Sustainable profile of the corrugated board industry<\/strong> to emphasise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2611\" data-end=\"2795\"><em>Source:<\/em> GIFCO<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Italian Association of Corrugated Board Manufacturers looks back.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":102924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"GIFCO","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[60733,32,44,59448,59820],"class_list":{"0":"post-102918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maerkte","8":"tag-italien","9":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","10":"tag-transportverpackung","11":"tag-verpackung","12":"tag-wellpappe","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}