Gifco is part of Assografici and the Confindustria system: it was founded in the early 50s and since then has concentrated its activity in the development of solutions aimed at saving resources, reducing environmental impact and protecting forest heritage.
In Italy today, 9 out of 10 packages are produced by companies associated with GIFCO. Of the almost 6.5 billion square meters of corrugated cardboard produced in 2015, 5.8 billion square meters (weighing about 3.3 million tons) were produced in fact by the factories and by the factories belonging to the group, which represent precisely 90% of the national corrugated market.
And Italy is still the leading producer of corrugated cardboard in Europe, after Germany. GIFCO associates 69 plants producing corrugated cardboard and 364 boxes. In Italy, almost half of the national corrugated cardboard production is concentrated in Lombardy (with more than 1 and a half billion square meters and a 23.8% share in the most productive region in 2015), Emilia-Romagna and Marche (which together account for 23% of national production). The performance of the macro-area of Lazio-Umbria-Abruzzo is interesting in 2015, with a growth of 16.3% and now covering 6.9% of national production.
Looking at the product sectors, food (fruit and vegetables, fresh and processed products, drinks, fish, meat and chickens) is the primary destination of this material, with a market share of 57%. The remaining 43% of the boxes in circulation in 2015 was used by non-food sectors, from household appliances to building, from the engineering and pharmaceutical industries, from furnishings to hygiene, to cosmetics and cleaning for the home, etc.
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