Engineers Day, one of the latest additions to the Hispack24 programme of activities, was presented on Tuesday 19 March at the Enginyers Industrials de Catalunya (EIC) headquarters. This project, which will be held on 8 May in the International Business Center (Hall 3) on the second day of the show, will recognise the work of engineers who innovate and design solutions applied to the packaging sector. Engineers Day will have…
David Maldonado, general manager of Weber Food Technology Ibérica SL “We have evolved from a machinery manufacturer to a provider of comprehensive custom solutions for slicing and packaging lines” For the first time, Weber Food Technology Ibérica joins the Hispack Global Partners, a decision that greatly raises its profiles and opens up new avenues to bolster its presence in the Spanish and Portuguese markets. We speak to its…
Hispack offers visitors the chance to sign up, at no extra cost, for one of the many guided tours that have been organised with the different interests of the professional profiles that attend the show in mind. Discover the themes chosen to create the itineraries that showcase the innovation of the show’s exhibitors. Each route is organised under the technical supervision of an organisation or consultant expert in their field.
The show is putting together a varied program of activities and knowledge spaces for national and international visitors to discover the latest solutions that will shape the future of packaging, processing and logistics. For the second consecutive edition, Hispack will feature the “Unboxing” knowledge space, whose presentations will focus on sustainability as a monographic theme covering the entire packaging life cycle. This transversal space, set up in…
The show facilitates the interaction of the most relevant players in the packaging, process and logistics value chain with various formats and projects, but with a single common objective: to forge new alliances and consolidate existing ones between national and international industry professionals. Hosted Buyer International Programme This program is one of the traditional lines of action that, on this occasion, focuses on four markets with a high commercial…
The process and packaging machinery industry has reached a decisive phase. The implementation of advanced and automated technologies has begun, but there’s still some way to go. The adoption of new technologies and innovation are and will continue to be key to completing it. Nor should we neglect security, energy efficiency and the response to a growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions among customers. Each product and industry has…
Interview with Albert Llaveria, Operations Director, Atlanta Stretch Ibérica With less than three months to go before Hispack, the trade fair can confirm the attendance of leading companies in the industry. One of them is Atlanta Stretch Ibérica, the Spanish subsidiary of Atlanta Stretch, the Italian multinational that leads the sector of automatic and semi-automatic packaging machines. Albert Llaveria, its director of operations, offers a preview of the firm’s…
On Tuesday 7 November we took part in the round-table discussion on the automation and robotics sector applied to the packaging industry, organised by the portal infoPLC++, a leading media outlet in the field. The event, held at Fira Barcelona, was attended by representatives from the most important companies in the sectors and was moderated by Xavier Alcober, an infoPLC++ collaborator specialising in analysis and trends in industrial automation, robotics…
Interview Ignacio Montfort, General Manager DS Smith Iberia “The demand for sustainable packaging continues in an unstoppable way around the world” Hispack is warming up half a year after its opening with confirmation of attendance from leading companies from the entire packaging value chain. DS Smith is an example of this and how sustainability is a strategic axis of the company and, by extension, a challenge for…
Four proposals outlined during the Hispack sessions confirm that we can On the one hand, the market is demanding smaller and more customised batches and products with shorter life cycles. On the other, production companies from all the sectors (food & beverage, retail, pharma & chemical, etc.) are striving to amortise their existing equipment and facilities (brownfield) while integrating new technologies to secure greater connectivity and digitalisation. The premise…
At the latest Hispack fair, Color Sensing and Macsa ID demonstrated that it is possible to combine sustainability, intelligence and labelling automation. The proposals presented by the two companies form part of a new generation of environmentally-friendly marking technologies that make products smart through automated labelling, adding advanced digital layers to provide comprehensive data on their conditions of use and traceability. Color Sensing is a technological spin-off that was set…
The perfumery and cosmetics sector in Spain is one of the industries that invests most in packaging innovation to drive its sustainable and digital transformation. The Ecosmartpack 4.0 project promoted by the Stanpa (National Perfumery and Cosmetics Association) and the AIMPLAS technological centre are seeking to assist it. At Hispack we learnt more about the challenges facing the industry when it comes to achieving more sustainable and smarter cosmetic packaging.