Tinplated Steels and Metals Packaging & Recycling - IFTSR 2026

Tinplated Steels and Metals Packaging & Recycling
Bergamo - Italy - 3-4 December 2026

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IFTSR 2026 will bring together industry leaders, researchers, recyclers, regulators, and brand owners to discuss the main technological, environmental, commercial, and regulatory challenges facing tinplate and metal packaging.

The Forum will address the impact of anti-dumping measures, CBAM, energy costs, and raw material volatility on global supply chains and competitiveness. Key discussions will focus on advanced lacquer technologies, BPA-NI solutions, food contact compliance, corrosion mechanisms, and shelf-life performance.

Special attention will be devoted to sustainability and circularity, including low-carbon production, eco-design, eco-labeling, recycled content valorization, and strategies for reducing the environmental footprint of metal packaging.

The growing role of Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies in quality control, defect detection, predictive maintenance, and smart manufacturing will also be explored.

Dedicated sessions will examine pre-consumer and post-consumer recycling, de-coating and sorting technologies, as well as the evolving regulatory framework related to bisphenols, PFAS, food contact materials, and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

IFTSR 2026 aims to promote collaboration across the value chain and contribute to a shared roadmap for innovation, sustainability, regulatory compliance, and market resilience in the metal packaging sector.

TOPICS
• Global market dynamics and geopolitical impacts
• CBAM, anti-dumping measures, and international trade policies
• Raw material volatility and supply chain resilience
• Decarbonization strategies for steel and metal packaging
• Sustainable packaging and environmental footprint reduction
• Eco-design and eco-labeling for metal packaging
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint evaluation
• Circular economy and recycled content valorization
• Brand owner requirements and sustainability expectations
• Advanced lacquer technologies and BPA-NI solutions
• Adhesion, delamination, and coating durability
• Corrosion mechanisms and shelf-life performance
• Bisphenols, PFAS, and food contact compliance
• Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
• Regulatory trends and future compliance scenarios
• Artificial Intelligence for process optimization and quality control
• AI-based surface inspection and defect detection
• Optical and digital technologies for real-time monitoring
• Predictive maintenance and smart manufacturing
• Traceability and Digital Product Passport solutions
• Pre-consumer closed-loop recycling systems
• Post-consumer recycling and waste management
• De-coating technologies and contamination control
• Advanced sorting technologies and recycling limitations
• Recycling economics and secondary raw material markets
• Innovation strategies for resilient and sustainable metal packaging systems

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON: Carlo Mapelli – Politecnico di Milano
Marco Bisogno – SteelForce Packaging, Switzerland
Federico Fusari – Ricrea
Gianluca Marconi – Eusider Tinplate
Juan Moya – PedroSegura, Spain
Davide Padovani – SteelForce Packaging, Switzerland
Lorenzo Padovani – SteelForce Packaging, Switzerland 
Domenico Rinaldini – Ricrea
Fabio Sironi – Eusider Tinplate
Chiara Zurlini – SSICA

DEADLINES
Submission of abstracts: 18 September 2026
Information on acceptance: 29 September 2026
Opening online registration: 29 September 2026
Submission of pdf presentations: 6 November 2026
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: 6 November 2026
Submission of full papers (optional): After the Workshop

PROCEEDINGS
All participants will receive the pdf presentations in digital format at the Workshop.
Authors interested in writing full papers for publication on “La Metallurgia Italiana - International Journal of the Italian Association for Metallurgy” (the scientific journal of AIM, which is covered in the Science Citation indexed by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters), and in Scopus by Elsevier B.V) are invited to inform the Editorial Secretariat (met@aimnet.it) best while submitting their abstract.

LANGUAGE
The Workshop language will be English.

VENUE
The Workshop will be held in Bergamo at the Congress Center Giovanni XXIII, Viale Papa Giovanni XXIII, 106 (www.congresscenter.bg.it).

ORGANISING SECRETARIAT
Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia
Via Filippo Turati 8
20121 Milano - Italy
t. +39 0276021132 or +39 0276397770
conference@aimnet.it - www.aimnet.it