• IFEMA will host Empack, Packaging Innovations and Logistics & Distribution: which is the only annual meeting of the entire sector in Spain.
• Around 400 companies and 10,000 professionals will meet for a 360º vision that provides solutions for the entire value chain.
• Containers that give information in real time on the conditions in which fresh products travel, bottles made with sugar cane or biodegradable trays that can be converted into fertilizer will be some of the novelties at this edition.
• The show will host, exclusively in Spain, an exhibition of Pentawards, with the exhibition of the best packaging designs in the world in 2019 and the delivery of the UNO awards to the “Logistics Leaders, 2019”.

On November 13 and 14, in Halls 3 and 5 of IFEMA, Madrid will host Logistics & Distribution, Empack and Packaging Innovations 2019, the reference event in Spain for the packaging, labelling and logistics sectors.

More than 24,000 m2, 400 companies and 10,000 visitors

Nearly 400 companies, national and international, have confirmed their presence and will show their most advanced products and services to the 10,000 professionals who will visit the salons. These visitors make up 80% of the purchasing power of the sector.

Sustainability and industry 4.0 and new technologies

Sustainability and the circular economy will be cross-cutting themes present, both in the exhibition areas of Empack, Logistics and Packaging Innovations, as well as in over 40 hours of conferences. The same will happen with technological advances and industry 4.0.

What to see in Logistics & Distribution

The VIII edition of Logistics, a reference fair in intralogistics, storage, automation, digitalization and maintenance, will feature leading exhibitors such as Fives, Crown, Palibex, Cesab, Robmov, Fieldeaso, LPR or Polymer Logistics, which will showcase innovative products and services, such as a geolocation system that provides real-time information on the conditions in which the fresh product travels.

Meetings and seminars are also planned, among which the showroom co-organized by Logistics and Cedecar Notebooks, with live demonstrations of machinery and technology applied to the supply chain. Likewise, Slim Stock will congregate at the Knowledge Meeting Point the first swords of leading companies, which will tell their success stories in terms of innovation, artificial intelligence, big data, digital transformation and forecasting. For his part, Josué Gadea, author of the best selling "The Ninja Salesman" and director of the International Online Congress of Consultative Sales and Inspirational Leadership will speak on "5 failures of a commercial to sell for value".

Other innovations will be the day that CEL will carry out, with practical workshops to find solutions around the main challenges of the logistics sector, as well as the delivery of the UNO Logistics awards to the Logistics Leaders 2019.

What to see at Empack and Packaging innovations

In the Empack area, a fair specialized in packaging, packaging and labeling, you can visit the stands of leading companies such as Fijaplast or Bizerba and Rocamora. As for the conferences, it is worth noting the days organized with ITENE, “The future of Europe: 2030 containers”; and with PACKNET, “Technological innovation for a more sustainable packaging”, with the participation of ECOEMBES, AIMPLAS, Nekicesa and Domino. There will also be a session with Ana Gascón, director of Corporate Responsibility of Coca-Cola Iberia, called “Avanremos y Un Mundo Sin Residuos: the Coca-Cola packaging strategy”. Valeria Domínguez, influencer, CEO and founder of Felino and former director of e-commerce and omnichannel Adolfo Domínguez will talk about “Entrepreneurship with success”.

Packaging Innovations, a reference room in design, POS and final packaging, will host innovative start-ups, such as AD Bioplastics, which manufactures containers with plant products such as corn, sugar cane and beets, and that disintegrate in a maximum of 6 months.

Another of the great attractions of this show will be the exhibition, exclusively in Spain, of the best packaging designs in the world in 2019, the winning works of the international Pentawards awards. Likewise, Packaging Innovations will host the Pentawards Conference, in which many of the winners will participate in 2019 and experts in the world of packaging, such as: Steve Honor (Diageo), José Á. Ramos (ADBioplastics), Gonzalo Jaén (Digital Fish), Beatriz Suárez and Miguel Ángel del Baño (MABA Study), Marc Morillas (Morillas Branding Agency) and Enrique Moreno (Cabello x Mure).

The event takes place from 10am to 6.30pm on both 13 & 14 November.