OPINION

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The role of technology platforms in driving collaborative innovation: 20 years of Logistop

At ITENE, R&D is in our DNA and we are fully aware of the importance of responding to all the challenges of the packaging and logistics value chain that require not only technical knowledge, but also collaboration between the different agents of the innovation ecosystem ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Goodbye to single-use packaging?

The European Packaging Regulation establishes the progressive elimination of certain single-use packaging formats, which will particularly affect key sectors such as HORECA (Hotels, Restaurants and Cafeterias). Thus, from 2030, certain packaging will disappear from the market. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene BRAND: ITENE

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Packaging faces the challenges of new European labelling legislation

The packaging industry has a period of adaptation ahead of it until 2028 to bring packaging labelling in line with the requirements of the European Packaging Regulation and those of Directive (EU) 2024/825 on Environmental Claims, better known as the Greenwashing Directive. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene BRAND: ITENE

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The end of Bisphenol A: New European regulation poses a challenge for the packaging industry

Bisphenol A (BPA), a compound that has been under scrutiny for years for its potentially harmful health effects, may no longer be used on the European market ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Design, collection processes and evaluation systems: meeting the reuse challenge

At least 40% of transport packaging (tertiary) and 10% of collective packaging (secondary) should be reusable by 2030. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The EU's challenge in plastics recycling: innovations and strategies to comply with the Packaging Regulation

One of the main keys of the future European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) refers to the need to promote the recovery of packaging materials and to introduce recycled content in packaging. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Lower volume and greater reuse, challenges for packaging in the new legislative paradigm

The new legislative paradigm opens new challenges for secondary and tertiary packaging, usually called packaging, which must meet targets set to promote sustainability that go through reducing the empty space in them and enable their reuse. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

The latest trends for packaging are presented in Valencia

Compostable packaging, recycling technologies for multilayer or high PET content packaging and active films for the preservation of nuts were just some of the latest trends presented in Valencia at the 24th IAPRI World Packaging Conference, held from 17 to 21 June, which we reflect in this edition's market dossier. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Valencia (Spain), epicentre of the packaging future in 2024

At a moment of change in which the transformation towards the circular economy is taking place, Valencia will become the epicentre of the packaging future in 2024, a unique opportunity in Spain and Europe to learn about the key trends and technological solutions for the transformation of the sector. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Compostability, a real alternative defined by the future Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste

The future Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste, which will soon be approved, introduces a complete article - article eight - on compostability. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene