Packaging Cluster Zone

The first day begins with the official inauguration of the corner in front of the first visitors to the fair, shortly after the doors of Fira Barcelona open, with an institutional presentation of representative figures.

Find out about the latest news in the packaging sector through the main topics covered by the media and the information channels par excellence in order to be able to glimpse the trends that will mark the future of the sector.

The transformation of training in the packaging industry will be discussed, what the current needs are, what training or knowledge is going to be needed for the sector and how we can get there, with an expert from the sector and education.

A space in which to learn about an example of good practice from a packaging company that represents one point in the value chain.

IntelFoodPack 2.0 is a project for the operational deployment of a Competitive Intelligence System for the Agri-Food and Packaging Sector. It is the implementation of an intelligent digital platform to obtain recurring market information for the agri-food and packaging sector on an international level. This is an inter-cluster project between the food and packaging sectors, a collaborative project where different links in the value chain of the two sectors can be represented.

Different start-ups and innovation experts Eatable Adventures will explain the keys to entrepreneurship in business and how to replicate it in consolidated companies.

Global Foodture is a 30-month European project, with the ambition to create an international multi-institutional "Global Climate Alliance for Food", encompassing the entire value chain to develop and promote a sustainable, more environmentally friendly agriculture and agri-food industry aimed at reducing the impact of climate change. This project will be based on Europe-Asia cooperation and will enable European SMEs to offer innovative solutions to promote this transition.

A space in which to learn about an example of good practice from a packaging company that represents one point in the value chain.

The visibility of women in the industrial field is one of the wars that we are winning step by step, and this is another space where you can find cases in which to find out how various women in the packaging sector manage their day-to-day lives

The Servicontrol project will develop, on the one hand, process control in the production of packaging (primary packaging), and, on the other hand, it will implement the monitoring of machinery in packaging applications (secondary and tertiary packaging), thus improving productivity and process control and obtaining data processing. In addition, connectivity between companies in the value chain is promoted, thus boosting the servitisation business model for SMEs.

New companies from the packaging industry join the cluster to improve their skills, contacts and projects. We explain who they are and what their potential is.

 Do you know the keys to ensure product quality? Can you tell the difference between a bad label print on a package and a correct label? We will see it in the presentation of AIS Vision Systems.  

A space in which to learn about an example of good practice from a packaging company that represents one point in the value chain.