ULMA assumes the presidency of PACK-NET (Spanish Technological Platform for Packing and Packaging)
The Technological Platform for Packing and Packaging, PACK-NET, continues to move ahead. The participants of this pioneer Spanish initiative have come together for a General Meeting in Madrid to elect their Advisory Council, the Platform´s governing body. Francisco J. Etxaniz, of the company ULMA C & E, S. Coop, has been unanimously elected as this Association´s President. Additionally, SAICA - Sociedad Anónima Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa, ANAIP, REPACAR and AFCO have assumed the platform´s four vice-president roles.
Fran Etxaniz at ULMA Packaging Technological Center
The Spanish Technological Platform for Packing and Packaging (Plataforma Tecnológica Española de Envase y Embalaje) has held its first General Meeting in Madrid. The attendees included representatives from the main packaging sector associations that participate in this initiative, recyclers and integrated management systems, as well as companies that joined with the objective of responding to the sector´s R&D&I needs.
Following the creation of the Hispack Trade Fair, which is the main packing and packaging sector trade fair in Spain, this initiative is the most important. It has brought together the main associations in order to transform, with a completely practical focus, the sector´s current and future needs into specific projects and initiatives that will contribute to advancing and competitively positioning the sector.
AFCO, ANAIP, ANFEVI, FAPROMA, ASPACK, FEDEMCO, REPACAR, ASPAPEL, PLASTICSEUROPE IBÉRICA, GRAPHISPACK ASSOCIATION, AMEC ENVASGRAF, SIGRE MEDICACIÓN Y MEDIO AMBIENTE, ULMA C & E, S. Coop, EMBALAJES SERRAENVÁS, CARPA, SAICA, GRUPO ARMANDO ALVAREZ, TECNICARTÓN, RAFAEL HINOJOA and SAICA NATUR attended this meeting.
During the General Meeting, the election of the Advisory Council took place, as well as the approval of "The Platform´s future trends and lines of research" document. Upon considering the current packing and packaging scenario, it was decided to create the following work groups: packaging and consumers, safety and quality in the process, production technologies, packaging distribution, and waste management and sustainability.
As part of this General Meeting, the Platform´s Work Plan for 2009-2010 also took form, in which a strong commitment is made towards the consolidation and the development of cooperative agreements with other domestic and international networks. Finally, the Technological Institute for Packaging, Transport and Logistics (ITENE) was ratified as the Platform´s Technical Secretariat.
