Meeting of the Board of Directors in Cavas Olivé Batllori, to close the year 2019

Submitted by Serena Rebollo… on 19 December 2019

On monday, 16th of december, the quarterly meeting of the Packaging Cluster Board of Directors was held in the Cavas Olivé Batllori, a family winery located in the heart of Penedès, in the natural area of ​​Subirats, where we were able to meet to recapitulate all the key events happened in the last year.

The person in charge to present and drive the meeting was Àlex Brossa, Cluster Manager of Packaging Cluster, with the support of the Presidency of the Board of Directors, during the approximate two hours that the session lasted. It began with a first presentation of the points to be addressed in the agenda, which included all the topics of interest to the partners of the cluster.

First, the new incorporations to the Packaging Cluster’s team were presented, as a readjustment to the logistical needs of the organization. In this way, we took the oportunity to show the annual accounts of the cluster with the economic progress that has been in the last periods of 2018 and 2017, in addition to a count of members that shows the stable growth that positions Packaging Cluster at the figure of 87 members.

On the other hand, since the academic year 2019-2020 begins, the session was used to present the training offered from the cluster, in collaboration with the IQS, and more specifically the master in Packaging Management. This training consists of three postgraduate courses, which will begin in 2020: Packaging Management, Packaging Design and Development and Industrialization of Packaging.

Besides, the new activity plan proposed for next year was also presented. A total of more than 30 activities organized for the personal and professional development of the partners and the cluster, based on the established strategic axes, such as: Who’s Who in the innovation ecosystem, the National Packaging Congress 4.0. Pick & Pack; the annual Strategic Immersion or Market Viewpoints with other clusters.

It is worth mentioning that, every year we collaborate in the realization of a diagnostic study in the industrial field, which can provide strategic value to the partners of the cluster and to society as a whole, to boost the situation that affects the packaging sector. On this occasion, we have published the study “Packaging as a strategic value” together with the consulting firm Loop New Business Models, funded by ACCIÓ.

Finally, the proposed budgets for next year have been exposed, while the economic stability of the cluster and its future approval in the Assembly of partners. In the last year, revenues have increased in relation to private sources, so we enjoy greater economic stability.

After the meeting of the board, Marçal Montserrat, co-director of the Cavas Olivé Batllori, took us to tour the facilities of the wineries, with the manager María Font. They explained us the story behind the estate of the 17th century and showed us the vineyard plantation with impressive views of Subirats, to end the visit with a wine tasting and very good atmosphere.

The quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors have the purpose of sharing impressions among the attending members and converge in a common perspective that guides the cluster towards short-term and long-term goals of progress and sustainability over time. The meetings are open to all members who want to attend and participate, they just have to notify the team beforehand.

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