BROWSE THROUGH OUR TRADE FAIRS IN SPAIN FOR PACKING & PACKAGING INDUSTRY

Spain is one of the packaging industry's leading central and comparatively time-established states. It is relevant to the European and global market segments of the industry. This is due to the comprehensive, high-value and notably innovative sector present in the state. It features approximately 3 200 enterprises. They directly and indirectly employ 113 000 specialists. It equals to more than 5.16% of the overall employment in Spain’s industrial economic segment. The related sectors with the most enterprises include plastic packaging and paper packing. They also feature packaging machinery, wooden packaging, and coding, marking and labelling equipment sections. Such are most distributed in Catalonia (30%), Valencia (18%), Madrid (over 10%), Murcia (more than 6%) and Andalusia (over 5.16%). This has resulted in the Spanish packaging and packing sector accounting for up to 4.37% of the Spanish industry’s total revenue. It has also contributed up to 2.65% of the state’s gross domestic product (GDP). In recent years, this has equated to a value of 29 750 000 000 EUR. Of the sections in the segment, the paper and plastic packaging materials have contributed the most, as has the packaging machinery division. They have generated up to 9 043 000 000, 7 502 000 000 and 3 942 000 000 EUR, respectively. The Spanish packaging and packing sector is also among the central innovation hubs of the related markets. This is due to the chief focus it places on researching and implementing novel solutions. Generally, the sector presents its latest innovations during annual or biannual trade expos. These events attract tens of thousands of attendants.