8 ° Aspack Cardboard Packaging Congress

August 17st, 2016

From 13 to 16 in October aspack celebrates its 8th Congress in San Sebastián, in which a significant number of companies from the sector of cardboard packaging, both manufacturers and suppliers. The conference program of the congress will address aspects such as the integral development of a strategy, sustainability, innovation and the circular economy.

The motto that frames the Aspack Congress is "building the future of the cardboard packaging sector", a sector that has a turnover of 650 million euros, employs 4000 workers and is represented by some 85 companies in Spain. During the Congress there will also be two working meetings of the Association: that of the Group of Manufacturers of Folding Containers and the General Assembly.

The Congress is conceived to meet the demands of the associates in their initial approach: training and getting to know each other. The three professional panels with which the event has been structured work in this line.

The panel on trends in the cardboard packaging industry will address new design and marketing trends in relation to cardboard packaging such as Emopackaging, emotional packaging, the Internet and new sales channels, as well as the situation of the Spanish industry of cardboard packaging and its European environment, with leading specialists from the world of design such as Xavier Cuxart, from Morillas Agency and the Internet such as Jaume Gomá from Ulabox. The panel on the client will be conveyed through the Panel of the Cardboard Packaging Value Chain Forum, with presentations from representatives of different sectors.

The chapter on the pharmaceutical industry will address the problem of 'Serialization in the pharmaceutical industry' by Emili Esteve from Farmindustria, presenting the key aspects of Directive 2011/62 / EU, which analyzes what it will entail for the manufacture of carton packaging for medicines in Spain. Cardboard packaging will also be addressed as an improvement, innovation and revolution from the perspective of the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, an analysis that will be made by Antonio Martín from Sanofi.

Likewise, innovation financing issues will be investigated through the presentation 'How to reduce the risk of innovating: CDTI aid lines for business innovation', which will be given by Sergio Lourenso from the CDTI.

The last panel will deal with sustainability and cardboard packaging, with the presence of Jan Cardon from ECMA, who will update the current situation in Brussels regarding packaging and food safety, as well as Ana Noriega from PEFC Spain, who will explain how the PEFC certification ensures the sustainable origin of cardboard packaging. Finally, David Barrio from RECIPAP will analyze the most important of the new legislative package on the “circular economy” that is being prepared in Brussels.

In the conference program, there will also be a special space for the presentation 'Methodology and keys to apply innovation to the cardboard packaging sector: Compete, cooperate, innovate. La via del Judo ', developed by Ferrán Agúndez from IGNITE and founder of Judo Management. It is a session oriented to innovation, where an innovative story is proposed, based on Judo.

In another vein, attendees will have the opportunity to work, learn and have fun with 'The Binakle innovation game: Addressing the Future of the Carton Packaging Sector'.

In addition, during the congress there will be the 'Presentation of the Sector's Strategic Plan for the period 2016-2019', developed by Alejandro García, President of Aspack and Managing Director of Drimpak, and Valérie Guillotte, Managing Partner of Kolokio International.

Also outstanding in the congress program is the development of fast business tables, deployed under the attractive format of Speddy Meeting. Another of the axes on which the congress is configured are the technical presentations of the main sponsors: those of MetsaBoard, Sinorcell, Heildeberg, Barcelona Cartón and HP.

It is also important to note that participants can choose between only the professional program or the full program. This congress is possible thanks to the sponsorship of Barcelona Cartón, Industrial Borobil, Heidelberg, HP, MetsaBoard and Sinorcell.

Collaborators of the congress include Esko, Paprinsa, Siegwerk, SunChemical, Troqueles Trovican and Troqueles TAG.

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