The innovation event for industrial leaders and SMEs seeking the latest solutions in packaging and intralogistics will bring together more than 7.000 professionals from February 12 to 14 in Barcelona
E-commerce will double its business volume annually in the next four years. A fact that represents a new challenge for the packaging and intralogistics industry, which must adapt to the moment of constant change in which we currently live. The fourth industrial revolution has caused both sectors to face new challenges for the coming years, such as digital transformation and sustainability. In this situation, Pick & Pack It is configured as the innovation event for both professionals and companies to exchange experiences, products and knowledge on these challenges in order to transform the sector and their businesses.
From February 12 to 14, Barcelona will bring together more than 7.000 professionals from industries such as food and beverages, cosmetics and beauty, retail, chemical and pharmacy, Non Food, automotive, electronics, industrial goods and logistics services interested in learning about the latest innovations and trends in packaging and intralogistics. "We are in a time of change that makes companies have to adapt their production processes to embrace digitization, automation and new, more sustainable and ecological materials with open arms", highlights Marina Uceda, Event Manager at Pick & Pack.
With the aim of bringing digitization closer to all companies and facilitating technology transfer to the industry, Pick & Pack will host the National Congress of Packaging 4.0 and the European Intralogistics Summit 2020, two congresses in which, for three days and in parallel, the foundations and future challenges of the sector will be laid by the hand of more than 180 international experts.
Amaya Prat, R + D + i director of Grup Ametller Origen, Patricia Navarro, ITENE's industrialization technician for new packaging developments, Ricardo Ribes, COO of Ulabox, or Eva Fité, Business Development Manager of Eurecat, are some of the speakers who will participate in the National Congress of Packaging 4.0. A congress that will address some of the main challenges and trends in packaging such as eco-design, Smart Printing or connected and intelligent packaging, among many others. Always without forgetting sustainability as a fundamental premise in the sector. “The eco trend has ceased to be a fashion, to become a mandatory responsibility for any organization due to the growing consumer demand. For this reason, companies in the packaging sector are adapting their industry to offer the market safe, healthy, recyclable and reusable packaging that also maintains its creative and design character ”, adds Uceda.
Two high-quality congresses with international experts join an exhibition area in which more than 200 firms such as Control Pack, Enplater, J2 Servid, Jungheinrich, Kuka, Murrelektronik, NC Solutions, Trébol Group, United Barcode Systems and Viastore, will present their innovation success stories applied to different industries. All this, together with different networking activities to find partners and create alliances, make Pick & Pack an essential master's degree for all managers and production managers who want to learn and discover new innovative solutions to grow their businesses.
