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The Extremadura Business Corporation (CEX Capital) has approved taking a stake of 2 million euros, around 20 % of the capital, in Everbio España. According to Alimarket, the deal still has to be ratified by the company's General Meeting. Everbio España is the company set up by Evertis Ibérica, part of the Portuguese family group IMG, to manufacture special films for the food, medical and pharmaceutical sectors at the Badajoz Logistics Platform in western Spain.
The project involves an investment of 18.2 million euros and is expected to create 48 direct jobs. The factory will stand on a 15,000 m² plot and will be able to produce 9,000 tonnes of flexible material a year. The application for the integrated environmental permit is currently open to public consultation. According to the Regional Government of Extremadura, it will be Evertis's first plant in Spain for flexible films for food packaging, and start-up is planned, on current estimates, for June 2027.
What it means for a packaging plant
A film supplier closer to home can mean shorter lead times, less reel stock and another option when buying. But on the line, changing film is never just changing the invoice. Two films with the same sales specification can behave differently on the machine: a different sealing temperature window, different slip, different reel tension, different behaviour with moisture or with product in the seal area.
The first risk is the seal. A seal that looks fine at the outfeed can open during transport or let air into a modified atmosphere pack. If the material changes, jaw temperatures, pressures and dwell times must be set again and checked with the real product, not with empty bags. It also pays to have a way of seeing every seal continuously, not only through destructive tests on a few units per shift. We explain this on our seal inspection page.
The second is printing and reading. If the film changes finish or transparency, the date and batch code printed on the line may become harder to read, and so may the registration marks the machine uses to cut in the right place. Off-centre printing or a cut out of register means waste and stops.
The third is data. To know whether the new material performs like the old one, you have to measure before and after: seal rejects, stops due to breaks or reel splices, the real speed of the packing machine. Without those figures, the conversation with the supplier stays at the level of impressions.
In pharma and medical devices, a change of primary packaging material also brings validation and documentation with it. There are no shortcuts there: the test plan has to be ready before the first reel arrives.
Key points if you are changing film
- Sealing window: ask the supplier for recommended temperature and pressure data and test them on your machine, with your product.
- Production trials: run a long trial at real speed, including reel splices and shift changes.
- 100 % inspection: consider checking every seal on the line instead of relying only on samples per shift.
- Date, batch code and registration: check that printing reads just as well and that the machine still cuts on its mark.
- Measure before and after: rejects, stops and speed, per line and per shift, so you can compare with data.
More film supply nearby is good news for anyone who packs. To make the most of it without surprises, the change is prepared on the line, not on the purchase order. If you are planning something similar, let's talk.
