UCIMA (Italian packaging machinery manufacturers’ association) is the national trade association which represents and supports the Italian packing and packaging machinery manufacturers. It has more than 160 member companies from all over Italy, including the industry’s primary leaders and works in close cooperation with AMAPLAST (Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery and moulds manufacturers’ association), strengthening the offer of Italian technologies for the international investors. UCIMA member companies cover the entire range of packaging machinery production from food, confectionary, and tobacco industries to pharmaceuticals, chemicals, petrochemicals, cosmetics, and end-of-line technologies. These companies contribute to making Italy one of the world leaders in packaging machinery, with a global market share of 22,5%, with the United States, France and China being the top export markets.