Side events

Procurement Day is an event that aims to broaden the knowledge of Procurement professionals on current issues, tools and trends, as well as to interconnect and generate networking among professionals.

Automation of Piece Picking in warehouses - why it's so hard?AI-powered vision software integrated into PLC automation Return on investment: How to enable cost-efficient and easy-to-use systems

By 2030 all packaging must be 100% recyclable and contain a minimum recycling rate. Recycling percentages are included both in the draft waste law and in the draft royal decree on packaging, which sets important recycling content targets ranging from 15% to 60%, depending on the type of product. Is there enough recycled material? is it possible to meet these objectives? What challenges do we have to overcome to achieve them?

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UR+ is not only the cobot industry´s largest ecosystem, it helps you to automate quickly and easily. Susanne explains in her keynote how you can be part of that success. Level up your palletizing operations and increase your capacity and throughput with UR+ certified products. Or bring your own UR+ product to market that helps others to simplify their packaging automation.

To what extent is your packaging circular? The current linear economy model is based on depleting natural resources as if they were unlimited, but the circular economy is the alternative. Find out how the Circular Design Metrics works. A tool to clearly assess the performance of the circularity and identify your packaging’s potential for improvement.

What is the present and future of collaborative robotics in packaging? What solutions will be taken further? Where should we start automating?  

Ecodesign, recyclability, reintroduction of post-consumer material and personalisation are some of the challenges that will mark the future of packaging, in a context of uncertainty derived from important legislative changes and an unprecedented global crisis of raw materials, transport and energy.

Francisco Manuel Muriel will speak about sustainability applied to processes and products. This presentation will highlight the various challenges facing the sector today when implementing sustainability mandates. He will explain how the sector is transforming. He will also highlight the important role played by R&D&I in the packaging transformation process. He will conclude by talking about SP GROUP's latest sustainability launches.