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The Smart Specialization Platform for Food and Packaging is born to accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food packaging

The Packaging Cluster joins the Smart Specialization Platform, made up of 22 clusters from 11 different European countries The European Commission has approved the Smart Specialisation Platform for Food and Packaging with the Packaging Cluster as a member. This association initiated by Pack4Food...
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Safe Smart Food lands in Riga to learn about the Baltic culture and explore new business opportunities in the field of food and packaging

At the beginning of September, the consortium of the European Safe Smart Food project traveled to the Latvian capital on an international mission They visited the Riga Food fair, the most important event of the Baltic food industry, to discover what's new on the market The consortium organizes the...
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The Servicontrol project will involve the automation of the manufacturing system for SMEs

In recent months, Industrias Plásticas Triana, Tepsis, E21 Design Technologies, Controlpack and the Packaging Cluster have investigated how to achieve automated and connected manufacturing Servicontrol gives continuity to the Packvision project, also activated by the Packaging Cluster, which...
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The FIAD 2 project, a new comprehensive smart manufacturing solution, reaches its final stretch

Technological experts from Madrid, Catalonia and Navarra investigate the integration of new technologies in SMEs to reinforce the national strategy to support Industry 4.0 Gráficas Larrad has been the setting chosen for the testing of the new integrated solution with which to monitor and automate...
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Waste from the agri-food industry will be the raw material for compostable packaging thanks to a new project

Companies from the agri-food and packaging sector ―Ametller Origen, Delafruit, Coberagelab, Samtack and Gráficas Salaet―, business links such as the Zona Franca Consortium and Mercabarna, a research center of the UdG and IRTA, join forces in the Foodwaste project for Foodpack, which promotes and...
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The Packaging Cluster visits three continents on different international missions

The entity seeks to open new markets in foreign countries to learn about good practices and establish business connections In recent months the Cluster has been present in Amsterdam, Belgium, Mumbai, Thessaloniki, Tunisia and Dijon This tour is part of European projects such as Safe Smart Food or...
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The new paradigm forces companies in the world of packaging to reformulate themselves to be greener and more efficient

In the industrial world, the concern par excellence that occupies the agendas of companies and organizations, and that everyone talks about, is sustainability, or any of its synonyms. In the packaging sector it could not be otherwise. Since the recent publication of the Law on waste and contaminated...
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The MARIO project has developed AI algorithms for the prediction, prioritization and proposal of solutions in the maintenance and repair of production machinery breakdowns.

The MARIO project proposes the incorporation of disruptive technologies for the integral analysis of the maintenance of Saplex factories A scalable technological solution to other companies and industries that will motivate the digitalization of SMEs The MARIO project (Intelligent Maintenance and...
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IFLEX promotes an innovative reprint service in Catalonia with the aim of boosting the circular economy

The recent tetrabrik Reprint Reprint project will allow the reuse of obsolete printed reels, reducing waste generated by production errors or other needs to update graphic information. The Girona-based company IFLEX has carried out modifications to the machinery in order to offer the reprint service...
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The four projects that the Packaging Cluster presented in the line of aid to the AEI are approved

The sum of all of them will have a budget of €790,628, of which €454,607 will be included in the grant The Packaging Cluster is positioned as a key figure in collaborative innovation, being the second catalan cluster that has presented the most projects and the third that has moved the most amount...
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The Packaging Cluster celebrates its Annual Assembly with 128 associates, 19 ongoing projects, 43 activities for 2022 and new services such as the Packaging Observatory

Pol Gibert Horcas, Deputy Mayor of the Sabadell City Council; Lluís Juncà i Pujol, General Director of Innovation of the Government of Catalonia; and Martina Font i Olivé, President of the Packaging Cluster, opened the assembly session for this year 2022 The Can Roqueta Industrial Business Center...
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Packaging Cluster and Catalan Water Partnership accompany industrial companies to improve their Digital Marketing

The project to promote the Digital Marketing of industrial companies led by the Packaging Cluster, in collaboration with the Catalan Water Partnership and the expertise of Playbrand, ends An intersectoral collaboration that will allow promoting online communication of leaders in the world of...