Bilbao, the first meeting point for packaging and logistics professionals in the north of Spain
Empack and Logistics & Automation Bilbao, the first meeting point for packaging and logistics professionals in the north of Spain, will fill BEC with innovative proposals on March 1 and 2, 2023. This fair will bring together the latest packaging solutions , intralogistics packaging, automation and robotics, hand in hand with the main companies, entities and institutions in northern Spain. It will do so with a complete format that includes an exhibition area, spaces for conferences and demonstration areas, and networking activities that will allow the visitor to discover, in a few hours, innovative, more efficient and sustainable solutions that they can apply on a day-to-day basis, and Thus, optimize the packaging and the distribution and logistics of your company.
In addition, the Easyfairs group, responsible for the event, will continue to develop the Transport & Delivery brand, a new space that will accommodate a critical and booming sector such as logistics operators, road, rail and maritime transport, couriers & last mile or transportation software. Transport & Delivery will have an exhibition area, and will house training and networking spaces for carrying out activities, with the aim of generating synergies and relationships between the main stakeholders.
The launch of the new fair responds to the strategy of the Easyfairs group, a Belgian multinational that celebrates 200 events in 14 countries, to carry out the fairs in those geographical spaces where the professional visitor is. For this reason, Bilbao has been chosen, given the industrial strength of the region (not only in the Basque Country but also in adjacent regions such as Cantabria, Asturias, La Rioja and northern Castilla León) and its commitment to digitization and sustainability in general and in packaging, logistics and transport in particular. “We are sure that Empack and Logistics & Automation Bilbao will respond to the opportunity that the Northern Spanish market has been waiting for, to come together in a simple and direct way with the decision makers to purchase miles from companies in the area in just two and with our successful all-inclusive formula” highlights Oscar Barranco, General Director of Easyfairs Iberia.
To the extensive experience of Easyfairs in Spain, with the development of packaging and logistics fairs both in Madrid (fourteen editions of Empack and ten of Logistics), and in Porto (with five editions carried out), joins in this launch the determined support from the Basque Government and the main associations and partners in the sector, such as IVL (Basque Logistics Institute), Euskadi Logistics Cluster, Uniport and Port of Bilbao, ICIL, Packnet and the Euskadi Paper Cluster, among others, which will participate actively in the programming of conferences and activities that enhance their quality and interest.