OPINION

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Challenges of Extended Producer Responsibility in commercial and industrial packaging

Recently, there has been much talk of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which calls on the producer to prevent, manage and pay for the processing and recovery of everything that can become waste ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Labelexpo is full of surprises

After years of inactivity due to the global pandemic, September will mark the long-awaited return of Labelexpo Europe, the leading trade fair for the label industry. It will be held in Brussels, September 11-14, for the last time before moving to Barcelona in 2024 ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The essential Master's degree to lead the packaging industry

In a world characterised by rapid technological advances, global crises and more stringent packaging legislation, the industry faces unprecedented challenges ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

A sustainable future for packaging

It is obvious to everyone (except the flat-earthers) that climate change has been affecting us for a long time. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of protecting the environment and adopting sustainable practices in all areas of life ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

New sustainable materials look to 2025

The sustainability of packaging materials has been at the centre of the industry for years, but especially in recent times, when legislation at European and Spanish level points to 2050 as the year by which climate neutrality must be achieved, according to the European Green Deal. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

interpack reaches pre-pandemic figures

I think we can all agree that sectoral fairs are frequently more than mere sale showcases. They act as drivers to revitalise markets, attracting innovation and "forcing" companies to devise a series of advances, new developments or improvements to show any professional visiting their stand that they are looking at a first class company, fully committed to the evolution of the sector. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Packaging sustanaibility: The time is now!

The sustainability of packaging is no longer an option, it is a legal obligation, and its compliance affects not only the manufacture of packaging, but also its end of life and its management as waste ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Interpack 2023: a catalyst for innovation in the packaging industry

There are 2 important events on the horizon in the world of packaging and labelling. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Together for packaging

In 1995, ITENE and y PressGraph mediaGroup joined forces to publish the first issue of InfoPack magazine. Our research centre had started its activity only one year before and we were only 4 people in the team - today we already count 185 professionals -. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack

Here's to the next 300 issues!

As far back as I can remember, at the end of the last century, after many years of experience in industry and the graphic communication sector, we at the PressGraph mediaGroup met the need for quality technical and professional information for the world of packaging with our initial title, Embalajes Modernos. Straddling the centuries, and with the significant help of ITENE, this became the InfoPack whose 300th edition you, dear readers, already have in your hands ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ROMERO, editor of Infopack