Manufacturas JBA (Grupo JBA)

Plastic Folders and Packaging

Manufacturas JBA, also known as Grupo JBA, is a company with a production center in Zaragoza that designs and manufactures covers, folders, envelopes, briefcases, document holders, and rigid and flexible packaging. It describes itself as Spain’s largest manufacturer of plastic sleeves and folders, with more than 50 years in business. The company began in 1969, when Julián Bona Antomás founded Manufacturas J.B.A. to make PVC sleeves and folders for the textile and stationery industries.

Growth and Manufacturing Capabilities

The second generation industrialized the business, acquiring its first automated high-frequency welding lines in the early 1990s, creating a sheet-welding section with three robotic lines, and adding flatbed and roll-to-roll screen printing. Under the third generation, the company diversified and began expanding internationally in 2014. In 2017, it acquired an automated ultrasonic-welding line for school covers and book jackets. In 2018, it supplied its first UV flexo-printed envelopes and covers, and in 2019 it developed a rigid-products section with a hot-stamping press.

Business Lines

• JBA Office: filing, organization, and presentation products, available under private labels. Products include thumb-cut folders, hook-and-loop envelopes, multi-hole sleeves, kangaroo folders, ring binders, elastic folders, and ID holders.
• JBA Merchandising: products for education, hospitality, tourism, banking, and insurance, including ring binders, menu covers, passport holders, card sleeves, and welcome-pack folders.
• JBA Editorial: book covers, dust jackets, planner covers, desk pads, and educational sheets, as well as rulers, envelopes, bookmarks, and adhesive pockets.
• JBA Packaging & PLV: signage and point-of-sale displays for large retailers, industrial labels, and rigid and flexible packaging, including zip bags, impulse strips, displays, and adhesive and magnetic sleeves.

Materials and Sustainability

The company works with PVC, polypropylene, and cardboard sourced from European manufacturers, which it describes as 100% recyclable and containing a high proportion of recycled material. It says it is incorporating more environmentally friendly raw materials, logistics, and infrastructure.

Location and Contact

Production center: Warehouses 14, 16, and 18, Pignatelli Industrial Park, 50410 Cuarte de Huerva, Zaragoza, Spain. Phone: 976 50 33 25. Email: info@manufacturasjba.com. Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.