Number 282 - July/August 2021

We arrive at the summer parenthesis with highly current content. MIDA Maquinaria, a Spanish manufacturer of machinery for labels, its manager Iosu Álvarez, explains the current situation of the company and his vision of where the label industry is heading. His vision is clear: "At MIDA we help our clients to make‘ impossible ’labels." We also recommend an interview with Gabriel Anguís, Project Manager of Castillo de Canena, producer of Premium extra virgin olive oils for which packaging has been fundamental as a differentiating tool in its almost 20-year history. Do not miss the dossier on packaging for traditional and online distribution and the reflections of Nestlé and Danone on circularity and packaging.

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Number 281 - June 2021

This month we have a complete dossier on packaging for household cleaning and personal hygiene products, which with the health crisis have increased in importance due to the protection that these types of products offer us against the virus. We also want to highlight the interview we offer (on the cover) with José Moro, president of Bodegas Emilio Moro and Bodega Cepa 21, with an innovative and transgressive spirit that we see reflected in his attractive labels. We also want to draw attention to the interesting interview we have conducted with Begoña de Benito, director of External Relations and CSR at Ecoembes, who says that "companies are trying to put sustainability at the center of their strategies."

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Number 280 - May 2021

Packaging for perfumery and cosmetics takes center stage in our May issue with an interesting dossier on trends and sustainability in this sector, one of the most dynamic and innovative in the industry. Packaging companies specializing in this area also contribute their point of view. We also highlight two interviews, the first with the Avanza Packaging design agency (Juvasa Group), which brings us its vision of the business, and the second (on the cover) with a world-renowned ink manufacturer, Sun Chemical, who brings us his experience in the field of packaging.

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Number 279 - April 2021

How to guarantee that the fruits of the field and the sea reach our homes in the best conditions? How can the packaging industry help to achieve this? We talked about this in a very complete article prepared by the ITENE technology center, which explains the different technological options available to improve control of the logistics chain of agri-food products. Do not miss the interview with Bodegas Lustau, belonging to the Luis Caballero Group, a benchmark in Jerez wines, which brings us his vision of the importance of the label. On the cover we have Jordi Quera, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Zonten Europe, a manufacturer of solutions for the production of labels that brings us his technological proposal for a market with extensive industrial needs.

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Number 278 - March 2021

In the March issue, the pharmaceutical company Almirall (on the cover) explains that the packaging of a medicine must be “safe, reliable, adapted to your needs and that it makes administration as easy as possible”; something that seems obvious but requires powerful R & D & i, often unknown by the patient. We also know the vision on packaging design for liquors of a well-known gin brand, Carmela Gin, which has renewed the image of her emblematic product. And we will have the ITENE dossier, dedicated this time to "Packaging Management", a discipline that defines strategies that allow us to respond to the new challenges of the packaging value chain.

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Number 277 - February 2021

The Spanish distribution giant Mercadona features our February cover. Margarita Muñoz, director of Social Responsibility and Environment of the Valencian company, explains to us the important actions that have been carried out for a long time in the field of ecodesign to increase not only its efficiency and save costs, but also to obtain a real impact and direct into the environment. Closely linked to this, we also offer the Itene technology center special issue, this time entitled "The" Rs "applied to plastic films: how to reduce and recycle". And we also highlight the valuable contribution of Ecoembes, explaining to our readers the necessary transition of companies towards the circular economy.

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Number 276 - January 2021

We start the new year with enthusiasm by presenting an Infopack with very varied content, such as the dossier on "Printed Electronics", which teaches us that incorporating electronics into packaging gives us new possibilities for the packaging industry. We dedicate our cover to Frit Ravich, the well-known manufacturer of snacks and potato chips, who explain to us the requirements that the bag containing their tasty products must meet. Covid and the logistics and protection of vaccines, among other contents, also occupy our attention in this issue.

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