The Next Big Idea shows how innovation and venture capital are changing the Portuguese packaging industry.
For years, bags and packaging were seen as just a detail on the journey between the factory and the consumer. A functional, discreet and often disposable object.
But behind this first contact between companies and customers is today an industry in transformation, pressured by environmental rules, new logistical standards and the need to compete in an increasingly international market.
This is the path that the new episode of The Next Big Idea follows, based on two Portuguese companies.
A dedicated to the production of paper bags for mass consumption, invested in the modernization of production lines, the digitalization of machines and the development of new types of bags capable of responding to more demanding uses, such as transporting hot or moist foods.
I and founded as a family business in Paredes, transformed paper into a structural material in packaging, through the development of honeycomb, a lightweight and resistant solution used by industrial clients, from ceramics to construction.
