Which group this profile covers
Hinojosa Packaging Group is an industrial group of Spanish origin specialising in paper and packaging. Its 2025 report defines the reporting group as Rafael Hinojosa, S.A. and its subsidiaries, covering the calendar year. This is distinct from Hinojosa Packaging Group, S.L., the corporate website owner, whose tax number is B98648116 and registered address is Carretera de Simat, s/n, Xàtiva, Valencia. This profile covers the group and attributes each certificate or labour judgment to the particular company named in the document. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 35; Hinojosa Packaging Group, S.L.: legal notice.
From Xàtiva to European expansion
The corporate history traces the business to 1947, when Rafael Hinojosa Sanchís founded it in Xàtiva. Adding a paper mill in 1995 began its vertical integration; joining Blue Box Partners in 2006 expanded international collaboration. Subsequent expansion added folding carton packaging, Graphicsleader in Portugal in 2020, Allard Emballages in France in 2021 and MS Packaging in Italy in 2024. In 2025 Hinojosa completed the acquisition of 100% of ASV Packaging, following an initial 49% stake in 2023. The company retains its family origins in its account of its history; no unverified shareholding percentages are assigned here. Hinojosa: corporate history; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 5; Hinojosa: 2025 results, 16 April 2026.
Products and customer sectors
Its range combines corrugated packaging, folding cartons and foodservice packaging. Customers operate in agriculture, food, beverages, consumer goods, e-commerce and industrial activities. These products serve different functions: protecting goods, supporting transport and storage, displaying products or containing food. The 2025 report’s breakdown by business sector assigns 37% to industry, 28% to food and 21% to agriculture; the chart does not specify the calculation basis. This mix helps explain the importance of design, printing and adapting formats to customers’ operations. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 6; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 7.
Recovered paper, manufacturing and design
The business integrates its Paper and Packaging divisions: paper mills process recovered fibre, while packaging plants convert paper and board into customer solutions. Integration allows materials to circulate within the chain, but does not mean complete self-sufficiency. The report states that 40% of the recycled paper used by Packaging plants came from the group’s own mills in 2025. The business therefore combines internal supply with external purchasing, with different quality, planning and industrial control requirements at each stage. Hinojosa: business model and published certificates; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 23.
Industrial network: 24 plants in 2025
The 2025 report identifies 24 production plants: 21 packaging plants and three paper mills, across Spain, France, Portugal and Italy. The mills are Alquería, Sarrià and Varennes; that year’s Italian network identifies Arzano. Its presence in Morocco is a commercial office and is not counted as a factory. Using an annual reference avoids combining dates with undated corporate counters. The accompanying diagram represents only the split of 21 plus three: its icons are schematic and do not depict actual buildings. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 6.
Revenue and production scale
The announcement dated 16 April 2026 reports consolidated 2025 revenue of €847.5 million. The €848 million shown in the headline and annual report is a rounded presentation of that figure. This is a company announcement; the source used is not a complete set of audited financial statements. The report also states that 317,459 tonnes of paper and 1,326 million square metres of cardboard were produced in 2025. These measures describe different activities and are not added together, nor combined with the revenue of alliances in which Hinojosa participates. Hinojosa: 2025 results, 16 April 2026; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 7.
Workforce and training
Reported headcount for 2025 was 3,123: 2,211 in Spain, 608 in France, 169 in Portugal and 135 in Italy. The report presents a headcount rather than full-time equivalents; it does not specify whether this is an annual average or a year-end figure. The employment table records 2,951 permanent and 172 temporary contracts. The report states a total of 37,362 training hours, of which 8,325 specifically concerned health and safety, compared with 9,978 in 2024. Keeping these measures separate avoids describing all technical, management or language training as preventive activity. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 38.
Leadership and group organisation
Rubén Martínez signs the 2025 report as president. The Asociación Española de Directivos identifies Eric Bacourt as Hinojosa CEO in an announcement published on 1 September 2026 for a meeting that month; this is the dated reference used for this review on 8 November 2026. Its organisational model combines plant management autonomy with shared corporate functions. Sustainability sits within the Finance function. The group also has committees for management, investment, compliance and innovation. These structures describe management responsibilities; their existence alone does not establish that every objective has been met. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 3; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 13; AED: Eric Bacourt, Hinojosa CEO, September 2026.
Alliances extending commercial coverage
Blue Box Partners brings together Hinojosa, VPK, Klingele and Cart-One to meet packaging needs across Europe. Hinojosa also participates in Siquos Packaging Partners, which focuses on folding carton packaging. Collaboration supports coordination of capacity and service between partners, but an alliance does not automatically make its members Hinojosa subsidiaries. The combined plant, employment and sales figures reported for those networks are therefore excluded from the group’s own figures in this profile. This distinction is particularly useful when assessing Hinojosa’s international scale. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 7.
Applied innovation and artificial intelligence
The 2025 report describes innovation teams spanning plants, a centre for developing and validating prototypes before industrialisation, and the internal Hingenia programme. Work areas include replacing plastics, new fibres, packaging functions and reuse. Hinojosa IA Lab prioritises applications such as reducing material losses, improving digital quality control and optimising structural design. These are industrial transformation projects and tools. The documentation does not establish a quantified reduction in accidents attributable to them, or demonstrate the preventive effectiveness of AI. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 25.
OSH: a system for employees and external workers
The Modelo de Seguridad Hinojosa, or MSH, is the group’s specific framework for preventive management. According to the 2025 report, it covers people working at its facilities, whether directly employed by Hinojosa or not, and activities arising from their relationship with the company. The corporate safety page also describes monitoring contractors and subcontractors and checking whether measures are effective. The stated system scope is broader than an employee-only policy; it does not establish that the published statistics separately and comprehensively cover all these populations. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 30; Hinojosa: safety management model.
Training, dialogue and accident investigation
Safety First has been delivered since 2023 to improve workplace risk awareness. The report states that almost the entire workforce had received this training in 2025; the campaign published in November 2025 reported 92% coverage for 2024. Safety Talks are direct conversations between management and workers about safety commitments. During 2025 the group introduced Ishikawa analysis for the causes of accidents and incidents, and began integrating AI to support investigations and corrective measures. The latter is described as work that had started, not as a fully deployed and validated system.
The Seguramente Tú campaign and Safety and Health Week complement this work through awareness activities and practical workshops. The report states that this week takes place in all operating countries, with plants pausing part of their operations to participate. These are documented company actions; their existence alone does not establish that they caused the entire change in accident performance. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 30; Hinojosa: Seguramente Tú campaign, 28 November 2025.
Accidents: group improvement and deterioration in paper
The 2025 table records 88 accidents, compared with 90 in 2024, and 40 lost-time accidents, compared with 42. The group frequency rate fell from 8.04 to 7.23 and the severity rate from 0.53 to 0.49. The methodological footnote calculates frequency using lost-time accidents per million hours worked, although the heading refers to recordable accidents. It is therefore not presented here as an OSHA TRIR. Severity measures working days lost through lost-time accidents per thousand hours worked.
Performance was uneven: Packaging moved from 78 to 72 accidents and from 34 to 27 lost-time accidents; Paper moved from 12 to 16 and from eight to 13, respectively. Paper’s frequency rose from 16.67 to 30.15 and severity from 1.16 to 1.22. Changes in the group’s reporting perimeter also limit direct comparison. Overall absenteeism rose from 5.73% to 6.42%; the table does not break down causes, so this cannot all be attributed to accidents. It also does not separately disclose employee and contractor rates here. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 38.
ISO 45001: the actual certificate scopes
The published certificates support a more precise account than a broad claim about certified plants. AENOR SST-0143/2020 names Industrias San Cayetano, S.L., at Aldeamayor de San Martín, Valladolid, under ISO 45001:2018. Its scope covers the design and development of cardboard containers, boxes and packaging; manufacturing is not listed. The issue examined is dated 3 December 2023 and gives an expiry date of 3 December 2026.
AENOR SST-0162/2018 names Hinojosa Packaging Group, S.L., under UNE-EN ISO 45001:2023 for producing paper for corrugated board at Papelera de la Alquería, S.L.U., in l’Alqueria d’Asnar, and Papelera de Sarrià, S.L., in Sarrià de Ter. It was issued on 30 November 2024 and expires on 30 November 2027. These dates fall within their stated periods as checked on 8 November 2026; this is not a revocation check against the certifier’s register. Neither document establishes universal certification of the entire group. AENOR SST-0143/2020: Industrias San Cayetano, S.L., PDF p. 1; AENOR SST-0162/2018: Alquería and Sarrià, PDF p. 1.
Energy, materials and waste
For 2025, Hinojosa reports that renewable sources supplied 64% of total energy consumption, with energy intensity of 0.87 MWh per tonne produced, compared with 0.99 in 2024. The 64% refers to all energy, not electricity alone; the report itself links part of the change to the group’s changing perimeter. It also reports recovery of 92.65% of waste generated and improved fibre recovery at Alquería and Sarrià. These are company-reported environmental results. The goal of 100% renewable electricity in 2030 remains a future target, rather than an achieved result. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 21; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 23; Hinojosa: 2025 results, 16 April 2026.
Investment and recent industrial changes
The company announced more than €60 million of investment in 2025 in capacity, efficiency and automation. The report records the Xàtiva expansion and the acquisition of Envases Toledo, incorporated as Hinojosa Packaging Aldaia. In France, completing the ASV acquisition strengthened the folding carton business. The April 2026 announcement also describes a capacity expansion and energy recovery facility at Alquería as future developments. This announced project should be distinguished from completed investment and the specific improvements documented for 2025. Hinojosa: 2025 results, 16 April 2026; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 8.
Collective dispute over carers’ leave
Spanish Supreme Court judgment 443/2026 of 22 April, ECLI ES:TS:2026:1885, resolved a dispute involving Hinojosa Packaging, S.L. over five days of paid leave to care for relatives or cohabitants. The company argued that discharge from hospital ended the hospitalisation leave. The Supreme Court dismissed its appeal and confirmed as final the National Court judgment of 6 February 2025: where leave days remain and prescribed home rest continues after hospital discharge, the worker may continue the leave up to the five-day entitlement. This concerns work–life balance rights at that company, not a penalty for a workplace accident. The sources are the judicial text reproduced by Supercontable and Grant Thornton’s May 2026 analysis. Spanish Supreme Court: judgment 443/2026, reproduced by Supercontable; Grant Thornton: labour law analysis, May 2026, PDF p. 5.
How to interpret the published information
The profile uses financial year 2025 as its reporting baseline and dates later information where relevant. The report states that its underlying non-financial statement received limited assurance from PwC; the document examined does not include the original assurance letter, so that remains attributed to the company. For OSH, the MSH scope, specific training hours, the contrast between Packaging and Paper, and certificate conditions are particularly relevant. This profile does not document a job-level risk assessment, a complete occupational disease breakdown or separate contractor indicators. Environmental figures and innovation programmes do not fill those gaps. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 35; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 30; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 38.
Frequently asked questions
What does Hinojosa Packaging Group do?
It manufactures paper, corrugated and folding carton packaging, and foodservice packaging. It serves sectors including food, agriculture, industry and e-commerce. This profile covers Rafael Hinojosa, S.A. and its subsidiaries as identified in the 2025 report. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 6; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 35. [1]
What was its revenue in 2025?
The corporate announcement of 16 April 2026 reports €847.5 million of consolidated revenue. The headline figure of €848 million is rounded. Combined sales of Blue Box Partners or Siquos are not added, since these are alliances. The figure is identified as company-announced information. Hinojosa: 2025 results, 16 April 2026; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 7. [1] · [2]
How many plants and employees did it have?
The 2025 report records 24 production plants: 21 packaging plants and three paper mills across Spain, France, Portugal and Italy. Reported headcount for 2025 was 3,123. The commercial office in Morocco is not counted as a factory, and alliance partners’ plants are not treated as group-owned facilities. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 6; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 38. [1]
What company-specific OSH information does it publish?
For 2025 it reports 8,325 health and safety training hours, 88 accidents and 40 lost-time accidents, alongside MSH, Safety First, Safety Talks and Ishikawa-based investigation. The group frequency was 7.23 lost-time accidents per million hours. The Paper division worsened to 30.15, so the group average does not represent the trend in every activity. Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 30; Hinojosa: 2025 sustainability report, PDF p. 38. [1]
Is the entire group ISO 45001 certified?
The documents reviewed do not establish universal certification. The Industrias San Cayetano certificate in Valladolid is limited to packaging design and development; the Hinojosa Packaging Group certificate for Alquería and Sarrià covers paper production for corrugated board. Each document has its own activities, sites and dates, which must be respected when describing coverage. AENOR SST-0143/2020: Industrias San Cayetano, S.L., PDF p. 1; AENOR SST-0162/2018: Alquería and Sarrià, PDF p. 1. [1] · [2]
What did the Supreme Court decide in 2026?
Judgment 443/2026 confirmed that Hinojosa Packaging, S.L. employees may complete the five-day leave entitlement when prescribed home rest continues after hospital discharge and leave days remain. It dismissed the company’s appeal and confirmed the earlier judgment as final. The case concerns carers’ leave, not an accident-related penalty. Spanish Supreme Court: judgment 443/2026, reproduced by Supercontable; Grant Thornton: labour law analysis, May 2026, PDF p. 5. [1] · [2]
