Num. 325 - June 2025

In our June issue, we highlight machinery as a strategic driver for the packaging industry. On the cover, we speak with José Antonio Gacio Lata, founder and CEO of Imagraf, a Galician company with a solid track record in packaging, labels, and commercial printing. Imagraf has grown strongly thanks to its commitment to high-quality machinery and leading technical service, always supported by its exceptional permanent showroom with more than 30 operational teams. We feature a special article on "Packaging Machinery and Processes," highlighting the views of Lluis Villegas, president of amec envasgraf, on the need for a regulatory environment that facilitates sustainable innovation for Spanish companies, which, nevertheless, demonstrate solid technological capacity, customer adaptation, and international reach. We highlight an article from ITENE on new high-performance recyclable materials, which raises key challenges for moving toward true upcycling.

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Num. 324 - May 2025

In the May issue of InfoPack, we explore in depth the connection between Industry 4.0 and packaging, analyzing the main challenges and multiple opportunities that this technological revolution offers the sector. On the cover, we highlight the joint interview between Dulcesol and the Meteorito agency, responsible for the new visual identity—including the packaging—of the iconic pastry brand, a project that successfully combines tradition and modernity. In addition, working with various design agencies, we delve into the packaging design of snacks, beers, and wines, sectors where creativity and differentiation are key to connecting with consumers. We round out this issue with the always essential ITENE dossier, focusing on innovation applied to the last mile, with solutions that promote more efficient and sustainable urban logistics. An issue rich in strategic content, where design, technology, and sustainability intertwine to serve the packaging of the future.

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Num. 323 - April 2025

The focus of this May issue is the preview of the annual AIFEC (Iberian Association of Continuous Label Manufacturers) conference, taking place from May 15 to 18 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife. In this issue, we dedicate the cover to a winery with a deeply distinctive personality thanks to the remarkable career of its founder. We're talking about Jean Leon, located in the Penedès region of Barcelona. In these pages, we speak with Cristina Borda, its marketing manager, who explains how the winery approaches the packaging of its renowned wines. We also invite readers to delve deeper into plastic packaging, its challenges, and opportunities in the current context, in an interesting dossier in which various experts share their perspectives and experiences.

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Num. 322 - March 2025

In our March issue, we covered a dossier on Automation and Robotics that offers various views and perspectives on how new technologies are impacting the packaging industry and how they are being integrated into companies' overall strategies, bringing numerous benefits that will only increase as their adoption becomes more widespread. We discussed all of this, for example, with Alfonso Muñoz, Head of New Business at the Spanish Robotics and Automation Association, who confirmed that "automation is a key factor in a country's economic competitiveness." In the circular economy section, ITENE discusses reusable packaging, alternatives, and trends for complying with sustainability legislation.

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Num. 321 - February 2025

Closing systems, caps and capsules are the central theme of our February magazine. This is the part that is most forgotten - or least known - by the consumer; different associations and reference companies provide us with data and bring us closer to their latest innovations. ITENE explains to us “How to evaluate and optimize the packaging of your products” in an interesting dossier, while we celebrate the 90 years of existence of the beverage can. We review the most recent events in which the packaging industry has been present, such as Enomaq and FRUIT Logistica 2025 and we get to know Enpedra (on the cover), the Galician packaging and label design studio, better; Jose Vila, its founder and creative director, explains to us that “The label is a miniature story that gives life and personality to what it represents”.

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Num. 320 - January 2025

We are inaugurating the new year with renewed sections that are closer to current trends and the interests of our readers. The ITENE dossier, which explains how to transform the challenge of the European Packaging Regulation into a competitive advantage, is integrated, in this first issue of 2025, into a special that we have prepared on “Sustainability: emerging strategies”; in this sense, we address the current key theme from different points of view and perspectives. On the cover we have Leyre Arce, Head of Marketing and Innovation at Grupo Consorcio, the well-known canned food company from Santoña, who tells us about the company's efforts to balance quality, sustainability and authenticity in its products. Finally, although there are other and varied contents, we offer a complete summary of the renowned Pentawards packaging design awards and an interesting interview with Mónica Yoldi, designer and director of the Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja (ESDIR), which leaves us with a great headline: “Wine and EVOO labels have become canvases to tell stories and experiences.”

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Num. 319 - December 2024

We bid farewell to 2024 with an issue in which we compile the most emblematic packaging designs that have appeared in our pages throughout the year. These are projects for different products and markets that serve to demonstrate that eco-design and innovation are part of the DNA of packaging and to highlight the high level of “Made in Spain” design. One of these brands is, without a doubt, Àuria Perfumes (on the cover), whose spokespersons, Maria Armengol and Fanny Le Bonniec, explain to us that “Good packaging not only communicates brand values, it also acts as an extension of the product”; this interview is very interesting to read. And of course, in the monthly ITENE dossier we explain the most innovative projects that the technology centre is carrying out, in this case Bionanopolys, on bionanomaterials.

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Num. 318 - November 2024

We come to the end of the year with an issue in which the Empack and Logistics Automation Madrid 2024 fairs are the epicentres of innovation in packaging, automation and intralogistics these days, and will occupy a prominent place in our pages. Readers will find an interview with Oscar Barranco, director of Easyfairs Iberia, the organiser of both events, who explains that “they are an essential meeting point for those seeking to improve their competitiveness. Various articles on packaging design, covering everything from wines and spirits to olive oil and preserves, along with the usual technical articles from ITENE - don't miss: “How to communicate that my packaging is sustainable?” - complete our content. On the cover, Envases Falemi explains the secrets of packaging for cosmetics “with a focus on sustainability”.

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Num. 317 - October 2024

With the ASPACK congress as our closest horizon and as the epicentre of the cardboard packaging world, where InfoPack will be present, we are offering an October issue packed with varied content, always in line with our attempt to provide a 360° view of the current state of packaging. From the design of wine labels and packaging for olive oil to the elimination of odours during the recycling of plastic containers, passing through the secrets of inks for metal containers, among others, we invite the reader to immerse themselves in them and, very especially, in our cover interview, with the company BOBST as the protagonist, a great example of a family business that does things well today with tomorrow in mind.

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Num. 316 - September 2024

September issue of our magazine stands out for its focus on the evolution of packaging as a key element in connecting with consumers. The cover interview, which explores how Serpis packaging evokes moments of enjoyment, underlines the ability of packaging to communicate emotions and create memorable experiences. The ITENE dossier addresses the challenge of plastic waste and presents new biodegradable alternatives, such as packaging made from pineapple and orange, demonstrating the role of innovation in sustainability. Finally, the ALL4PACK fair presents itself as a true laboratory of ideas, where future trends in packaging find a space for inspiration and collaboration.

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Num. 315 - July/August 2024

We welcome the holidays with a very varied issue, in which the Marqués del Atrio Group stands out (on the cover). Eduardo Peña, its marketing director, reflects: “The label dresses our wines, which are the representation of the philosophy behind each brand and the essence of a territory. This outfit must be consistent with what each wine means, and conveying this is the challenge of any brand.”Don't stop reading it. We also highlight ITENE's extensive coverage of the 24th IAPRI World Packaging Conference, held in Valencia, which included the world's leading experts in packaging and its entire value chain. Connected packaging, ecodesign, brand building through packaging, labels and much more make up the rest of our summer proposal.

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Num. 314 - June 2024

In this issue we offer the most complete summary of the Packaging 2030 Forum, the conference that InfoPack magazine organized at its Hispack 2024 stand. Interviews, round tables, debates and presentations took up four days in which the issues that most concern everyone were addressed. the packaging value chain, always with a focus on sustainability. We do not forget the monthly ITENE dossier, which on this occasion is focused on “New flexible and recyclable structures for food packaging materials.” On the cover, Ricardo Sempere, manager of Eman, a Docuwold Group company dedicated to high-quality packaging, leaves us with a symptomatic headline, a true reflection of where innovation is heading in the sector: “Our purpose is to create value and maintain the commitment to quality and sustainability.

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Num. 313 - May 2024

With the drupa horizon getting closer, we offer a magazine in which the German event will be the protagonist. An event in which packaging printing, the driving force of the printing industry in recent times, will play a relevant role, which, of course, we talk about in this issue. On the cover we have José Antonio Gacio Lata, CEO and founder of Imagraf, a company with a strategic focus on packaging, labels and commercial printing, who explains to us “the productive fabric of our country has nothing to envy that of our European neighbors ”. We comment on what Hispack 2024 has achieved - although we will develop it in future issues - and offer the ITENE dossier: “Distribution risk monitoring: a key tool to improve the efficiency of packaging systems”.

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Num. 312 - April 2024

We launch one of the most anticipated issues of the year, for several reasons. First, comes Hispack, the most important fair for the packaging industry; The reader will find an interesting interview with Xavier Pascual, its director, as well as prior information to know what we will be able to see at the long-awaited event. And second, because as the official means of communication of AIFEC, the Iberian Association of Self-Adhesive Label Manufacturers, we celebrate with them the 25th anniversary of the entity, in the days prior to its annual congress, with a special issue in which we make a detailed tour of the events and people who have been and are fundamental for the Association, its future and its projection towards a future that is as challenging as it is exciting. We complete the April issue with an interesting interview with Enric Martínez-Abarca, Business Manager HP Indigo Iberia & Italy (on the cover), as well as with another with Xavier Masat, marketing director of the Perelada & Chivite winery, who assures that “the “The profile of a wine and the design of the label should come hand in hand.”

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Num. 311 - March 2024

Nowadays no one doubts that “Sustainability fits in a bottle”. This is the message sent by Alberto Lozano, Sr. Manager, Procurement - Packaging Containers International & Commodities of Beam Suntory, a world-renowned company in the spirits industry, known for its iconic brands such as Larios, DYC, Jim Beam or Bowmore, among many others, in an interesting interview (on the cover) that we invite you to read. We took the pulse of coding and marking, an essential industry that every product launched on the market must go through, through a round table organized by InfoPack and Hispack, with the aim of highlighting that technology providers in the Coding and marking have not stood still, but have used the intense legislative regulation that we are experiencing as inspiration for sustainable innovation. And we would also like to highlight the detailed report prepared by ITENE on “Barrier food packaging”: various initiatives in this field are not only improving food safety and reducing waste, but are also promoting the circular economy and the adoption of more efficient practices. responsible in the food packaging sector.

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Num. 310 - February 2024

In this February issue we want to learn more about the packaging of El Olivo del Abuelo Miguel, a brand of Premium olive oils made up of five references, which could not be more attractive and original. Those responsible for him guide us through an exciting journey that has become a tribute to the legacy of his grandfather. Do not miss it. Digital printing is also one of the great arguments of this issue, with articles on the combination of digital and Web-to-Pack or the vision of SCREEN (on the cover), one of the leading manufacturers in the printing equipment market. digital inkjet printing; According to Juan Cano, Business Development Director of SCREEN Europe, “more and more clients understand the competitive advantages of digital printing.” The ITENE dossier tells us, on this occasion, about the decontamination processes of recycled polyolefins.

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Num. 309 - January 2024

We welcome the new year with an issue full of diverse content that covers the entire packaging life cycle chain. In our Packaging & Design section we highlight the Ecoalf project by Lavernia & Cienfuegos, distinguished with a Platinum Pentaward 2023 in the Sustainable Design category or the choice of the Supperstudio agency, in the same competition, as the public's favorite. We continue with articles on neuromarketing or artificial intelligence, we address Extended Producer Responsibility or the choice of packaging materials based on environmental criteria, and on the cover we highlight Vallformosa, one of the best-known wineries in Penedés, which explains why the image of its cavas and wines is a differentiating element in the company's operations.

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