IMA recently turned fifty. We celebrated this landmark anniversary firstly with our customers at the Interpack trade show, then in Bologna with IMA employees, with institutions and with friends.

This important event has made me reflect on the meaning of “being an industry” in the information age, at a time in which everyone, in our context at least, has acquired the right to be informed, take part and express judgements.

I have also wondered if, “as a company”, we really express the best of our ability to grasp all the changes happening in our society, with a precise perception of our values and our needs.