Packaging Europe Issue 12.1

VOLUME 12.1 – 2017

YEAR BOOK Laminated with Cosmo Films’s Scuff Free Matte Thermal Lamination Film

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VOLUME 12.1 – 2017

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Editorial Tim Sykes Comment & Reports Bobst It’s all about efficiency Nanotechnology OCSiAl: affordable nanotubes Herti Getting closure Packaging Trends Four innovations brands must understand Retrospective Looking back at the packaging revolution Sustainability Shelf appeal v functionality Preview Pro2Pac Pro2Pac A 360 degree perspective on food and drink packaging AMP Rose Sweet success Preview Pharmapack Europe Sulzer The modular packaging and application system BarrelSose Spray from MIXPAC™ results in easier dispensing and longer shelf-life Preview Cosmopack Events Ice Europe celebrates 10th anniversary Stratis Plastic Pallets Multi-rolling success Events Quality in the spotlight at UK’s leading show Seagull Scientific Simplify your supply chain

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2017 Yearbook Associations Components & Ancillaries Flexible Packaging Packaging Equipment Paper-based Packaging Raw Materials Recycling & Environmental Rigid Packaging Logistics & Warehousing

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Industry Profiles PACE Pace steps up a gear Athena Graphics Perfecting and protecting brand values Packaging Innovations UK’s largest packaging event returns to the NEC ProAmpac The shape of things to come is up to you Pack Innovation Breakthrough in anti-microbial treatment Blow Moulding 2017 (Blow) Moulding the future IML Solutions IML. A technology to decorate the future European Co-Packers Association (ECPA) Co-packing, co-operation Siat Benelux and Esap Systems Pacoma: A one-stop shop Beiersdorf Pioneering new skin-care technology Servicepoint Problem solving solutions

Advertisers Index A Acmi Alvey Group AMP Rose Athena Graphics

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B Blow Moulding 2017 Bobst

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C CCE International Cosmo Films

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H Herti

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I ICE Europe IML Solutions Interpak

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J Jiffy

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K KCC KHS

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M Mack Brooks Exhibitions

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P Pacoma Europe PakTech Pharmapack Phytophar ProAmpac

S Smurfit Kappa Squid Ink Stratis Pallets Sulzer Systech

UNiCOM International

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E EasyFairs Elitron Euromac

Rockwell Automation

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Editor Tim Sykes Deputy Editor Victoria Hattersley News Editor Elisabeth Skoda Journalists Libby White Profile Writers Emma-Jane Batey Alessandra Lacaita Felicity Landon Romana Moares Barbara Rossi Piotr Sadowski Abigail Saltmarsh Marco Siebel Julia Snow Vanja Svacko Philip Yorke Art Director Gareth Harrey Art Editor Paul Abbott

Designers Rob Czerwinski Leon Esterhuizen IT Support Levi Gant Syed Hassan

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Web Development Neil Robertson Production Manager Tania Balderson Administration Amber Dawson Kayleigh Harvey Senior Account Managers Kevin Gambrill Jesse Roberts Features Managers Clayton Green Matthew Howe Dominic Kurkowski Marc Lewis Colin Osbaldstone

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delighted to introduce Packaging Europe’s 2017 Yearbook – our annual directory listing reliable and high quality suppliers of finished packaging, packaging materials, machinery and services. Free copies are available on request to brand owners as well as our regular subscribers. We hope it will prove a useful desktop resource to procurement managers and packaging buyers throughout Europe and throughout the year.

If the directory is the ‘who’ of packaging, the following pages address the ‘how’.

As befits the start of a new year, we take stock of the position of today’s industry.

Esko explores the four big trends shaping packaging this year, namely Industry 4.0, anti-counterfeiting innovations, the convergence of physical and digital retail worlds, and the rise of smart packaging. Meanwhile, we report on OCSiAl’s game changing low-cost synthesis technology that offers to bring the astonishing properties of carbon nanotubes to packaging applications. Elplast’s Caine Folkes-Miller delves into another important trend of 2017 – demand for reclosable flexible packaging – and asks whether current solutions meet expectations, suggesting that brands too preoccupied with shelf appeal risk sacrificing functionality. Having looked forward, we also cast our gaze into the past, with Neil Goldman marking Colpac’s 80th year in the packaging business by taking a retrospective look at the enormous changes that the industry has both faced and effected over the decades.

In addition to the ‘who’ and ‘how’, we give you the ‘where’ in the form of previews of the essential packaging events taking place between January and March – Pharmapack in Paris, ICE Europe in Munich, London’s Pro2Pac, Bologna’s Cosmopack and Birmingham’s Packaging Innovations. Of course, one event that everyone in packaging is talking about this year is the returning interpack. Packaging Europe’s whole editorial team will decamp to Dusseldorf in May, reporting and filming live from the exhibition. Meanwhile our build-up coverage begins in the next edition of Packaging Europe magazine, coming out in March.

We’re keen to hear from our readers about the expo innovations and launches they most anticipate, and we look forward to meeting many of you at interpack and around Europe over the coming months.

Tim Sykes ts@packagingeurope.com @PackEuropeTim

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Nanotechnology

The Affordable Nanotech Revolution Founded in 2009, OCSiAl has rapidly grown from a Siberian tech startup to a Luxembourg-headquartered global business that is realising the potential of nanotechnology at viable costs in a wide range of industrial sectors. Tim Sykes travelled to Novosibirsk to learn what makes single wall carbon nanotubes such a potent technology and explore the implications for the packaging market.

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the recent Nano Augmented Materials industry summit, hosted by OCSiAl, cofounder Yuriy Koropachinskiy pointed out that throughout human history technological leaps have been accompanied by utilisation of new materials – from the central importance of cast iron to the industrial revolution in the eighteenth century to the microcircuits that launched the age of information technology. It is on this epochal scale that OCSiAl thinks about its mission in the world. For, in an age looking toward smart technology to deliver resource efficiency, high performance, smart materials are set to be the vehicle for a new wave of technological advances.

Revolutionary potential Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) have been around since the 1990s, when they were discovered to possess a range of astonishing qualities: they are 100 times stronger than steel, have excellent conductivity, and therefore anti-static properties, and thermal stability up to 1000°C. Another key advantage is that desired properties can be achieved with ultra-low loadings of the additive – hundreds or thousands of times lower than other widely used conductive additives, and starting from concentrations of just 0.01 per cent.

However, commercial application of SWCNT was largely restricted until the development of a cost effective synthesis technology by OCSiAl’s co-founder Mikhail Predtechenskiy. A pilot facility named the ‘Graphetron 1.0’ was installed in the company’s scientific and prototyping centre in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk. The successful operation of this line gave experimental proof of the unlimited scaling potential of the synthesis technology. With this unique technology, OCSiAl now enjoys an overwhelming market share, synthesises close to 90 per cent of the world’s SWCNT capacity, and offers the product at a price 75 times | 6 | Packaging Europe

lower than its competitors. With operations in the USA, South Korea, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, China, India and Russia, OCSiAl is leveraging these advantages to rapidly expand the geographical and industrial footprint of its TUBALL brand.

Packaging game-changer?

Nanotubes are expected to have a huge impact across a range of advanced technologies, including high performance composites, molecular electronics and ultra-sensitive sensor devices. Thanks to their core properties, they are also poised to emerge as a disruptive technology in the world of packaging.

“The range of potential applications in the packaging sector is very wide,” Christoph Siara, sales and marketing director for OCSiAl Europe, told Packaging Europe. “There are clear opportunities for the use of SWCNT in both FMCG packaging and in bulk / industrial contexts.”

With TUBALL, nanotubes can be introduced either into the body of the material or into a coating that is subsequently applied to the surface. “As far as the FMCG market is concerned, thermoformed rigid and semi-rigid substrates containing SWCNT offer numerous advantages,” said Mr Siara. “It provides electrical and thermal conductivity. You can use less material, providing weight reductions per square metre. Its heat absorption properties can also help accelerate processing – by up to around 30 per cent. Lidding can be coated with TUBALL, which, apart from downgauging opportunities, imparts conductive properties that eliminate problems with static, enabling converters to run machines faster. In laminates SWCNT can be applied in the adhesives between layers. This yields much higher adhesion levels, with a much wider temperature window, which opens up the possibility of using water-based systems for heat-treated packaging.”

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One’s imagination struggles to keep up with the possibilities. Carbon nanotubes can be introduced into inks, and their conductivity utilised to facilitate differentiation and anticounterfeiting solutions. There is the prospect of achieving significantly higher speeds on vertical and horizontal flow wrap machines, delivering better bonding in the process. Specialised packaging films for semiconductors, benefiting from TUBALL’s antistatic properties, are already on the market. There is also the potential to improve barrier properties, since SWCNT are not affected by humidity. Moreover, the properties of nanotubes are applicable to almost any material. Introduced into the substrate of glass containers, TUBALL can increase the strength by up to 50 per cent, while enhancing surface properties. In trials the rejection rate was reduced by 90 per cent. There is similar potential for aluminium.

Meanwhile, OCSiAl’s technology also promises to add significant value in the bulk packaging arena. “When it comes to extrusion processes for the production of IBCs, introducing TUBALL into the substrate gives anti-static properties well in advance of anything available today,” Mr Siara said. “This is very valuable in transportation of volatile and explosive goods.

In addition, the structural potential of SWCNT makes considerable lightweighting possible, which can have a very interesting impact looking at the supply chain from a Life Cycle Analysis point of view. There are also bulk packaging applications in textile sacks with TUBALL coated fibres.”

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Growth challenges The packaging market potential is so broad that at first glance the greatest challenge would appear to be identifying and prioritising the most lucrative immediate market opportunities. However, for the moment the greatest limitation is production capacity. OCSiAl is investing heavily to increase volumes, which are projected to exceed 1000 tonnes by 2020, and 3000 tonnes by 2022.

Another objective is to educate the marketplace about the benefits of SWCNT, and in some marketplaces help reshape cautious public perceptions of nanotechnology.

According to Mr Siara, OCSiAl intends to fully participate in this process. This will involve cultivating awareness of the economic and social benefits of the technology, such as further reducing packaging and product waste. Once clear market opportunities emerge, it is likely to also involve taking the necessary steps to secure regulatory compliance for direct food contact.

More fundamentally, as the vast implications of SWCNT begin to unfold in the marketplace, it is fascinating to observe OCSiAl’s focus as an innovator begin to shift. It could be said that the first phase of OCSiAl’s history is complete – mastering and commercialising its unique synthesis technology. Future growth is destined to be driven by the development of products that utilise nanotubes across multiple industries. Today OCSiAl works closely

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with partners throughout the world across an array of sectors. But how proactive will the company be in stimulating innovation? Will its highly impressive R&D resources increasingly turn towards application development?

“Our current business model is essentially that of a raw materials supplier but we have started to evolve,” Mr Siara remarked. “TUBALL has the potential to form the basis of many new product categories. We have business units dedicated to working in all of these markets, and where there is a business case supporting it we’re ready to work with partners in order to launch new products, possibly under our own name. An example of this is the TUBALL MATRIX line of concentrates, which are a proprietary product, not open-source.

These are a range of off-the-shelf solutions that can replace the traditional masterbatch.

So today we’re in a phase of building up the supply chain, and we intend to support the market right down to the end product.”

While one anticipates further product development, it would be remiss to understate the technological achievement behind OCSiAl’s basic product. “It is worth pointing out that nanotubes are a very new technology in themselves with endless potential,” commented Dr Evgeniy Ilin, head of OCSiAl’s Polymers Division. “Understanding their properties and developing a level of expertise with which we can support our clients has taken up a huge amount of research and development resources. Thanks to our ongoing efforts, we have worked out how to create compounds incorporating SWCNT. We can incorporate nanotubes into many types of plastic, including over thirty types of polyethylene at different levels of viscosity. What I personally find most satisfying about this work is attaining an end product that exhibits the exact attributes that we set out to achieve.”

Dr Ilin’s enthusiasm is in fact characteristic of a company culture centred on science and on a missionary consciousness of the transformative role TUBALL will play in the wider world. OCSiAl has been steadily expanding its R&D facilities in Akademgorodok, not least with the 2015 opening of its TUBALL Center, focussed on rubbers, plastics, composites, transparent conductive films, paints and coatings. Meanwhile, expansion of production and global commercial operations are inevitable.

In parallel with this expansion, SWCNT will appear in more and more applications – some we have foreseen, some that have yet to be thought up. Christoph Siara concluded his interview with an analogy: “As you know, carbon nanotubes support an electrical current. Consciousness itself is an electrical current. I believe the more TUBALL spreads within materials, the more possibilities we emerge.”

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Getting Closure

The Bulgarian company Herti JSC manufactures aluminium, plastic and composite closures. Joseph Altham interviewed Zahari Zahariev, Herti’s CEO, to find out about Herti’s efforts to promote the aluminium screw cap for wine bottles.

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ack in 1993, when Herti was established, the company produced only one type of closure. Year by year, as the business grew, Herti added to its range and now offers more than 40 different dimensions of closures. “The aluminium closures are used mainly for spirits and wine,” said Mr Zahariev.

Packaging products for alcoholic beverages account for the majority of Herti’s revenue, but Herti also makes closures for wine, soft drinks, olive oil and for the pharmaceutical industry. The headquarters of the company are in the Bulgarian city of Shoumen. Herti’s factory is situated nearby in the town of Pliska, 80km from the port of Varna on the Black Sea. “We have a very good position from a logistics point of view,” said Mr Zahariev.

Herti’s factory in Pliska measures 12,000m2 in area, and the company continually invests in upgrading its equipment. “Since 2007 we have invested more than €15 million in new buildings and machines,” said Mr Zahariev, “and increased the capacity for extra long aluminium closures and composite closures.”

Composite closures As well as the aluminium and plastic closures, Herti also offers composite closures – made of both metal and plastic. Mr Zahariev explained that composite closures allow for decorative designs. At the same time they offer Herti’s clients extra security benefits, making it hard for counterfeiters to fill a bottle with illegal alcohol.

Herti’s closures are widely used by vodka producers. The variety of sizes, shapes and printing possibilities helps vodka manufacturers to create attractive packaging for their many different brands.

Vodka producers especially value the decorative possibilities of the composite closures, and the company has recently added to its composite closure range. The Polaris composite closure, an original and refined design, is available in three different sizes: 30 mm by 44mm; 30mm by 60mm and 31.5mm by 60mm. Herti offers 7 different sizes composite closures of the type GPI suitable for glass and pet bottles that find application for alcoholic beverages as well as pharmaceutical products.

From the first quarter of 2015 Herti actively offers to the market its newest composite closure for mineral waters called DORADO.

Wine “Eighty-five per cent of our production is exported,” said Mr Zahariev. “The main segment that contributes to the growth of Herti’s revenue is aluminium closures for the wine industry.” Screw caps, as whisky drinkers know, have been used for spirits for many years. However, it is only in the last decade that aluminium screw caps have started to be widely used for bottles of wine. With screw caps, the consumer can avoid the risks of cork taint or premature oxidisation associated with the traditional cork. Besides they are | 12 | Packaging Europe

easy to open and reseal and are 100% recyclable. Herti registered the trade mark “Vinstar Smart”for the wine closures it offers for the industry. In 2014 the company launched the first 30x60 wine closure with PVDC free granulate gasket, suitable for still and fizz wines.

Within the EU, France and the UK are Herti’s main markets. More recently, it has been building up a presence in Germany, driven by the export of closures for wine. As a result, the German market already represents 4.14 per cent of Herti’s sales.

Subsidiaries Four subsidiaries help Herti sell to its most important markets within the EU. The company has had a base in Romania since 2000, and in 2007 it established subsidiaries in the UK and France. “We still have room to grow through our daughter companies,” said Mr Zahariev. 2007 was the year that Bulgaria joined the EU, which Mr Zahariev said has opened up new opportunities for Herti in western Europe. Herti UK operates from warehouses in Liverpool and Bradford, and its aluminium screw caps for wine bottles are sold to major UK retailers.

The office of Herti France is strategically located in the wine-producing Rhône region.

The trend for screw caps began with wine from Australia and New Zealand, but in the past few years screw caps have started to become more accepted by French wine producers as well. Showing at exhibitions is helping Herti to win the French over. Herti takes part regularly in the Vinitech exhibition in Bordeaux, and the show in Montpelier. The demand for aluminium closures for wine is growing, and Mr Zahariev said that Herti intends to expand its production capacity over the next two years.

In 2012 Herti Germany was established and up to now has thoroughly increased its sales and gained strategic customers in Germany and Austria.

Quality It takes time and effort for a Bulgarian company to win the trust of customers in Britain, France and other European countries. One thing that helped Herti to achieve this, said Mr Zahariev, is the company’s consistent reliability and its ability to deliver on time. The screw caps have to be produced to the highest standards, and Herti’s customers have the reassurance that its quality management system is certified to ISO 9001.

In addition, Herti has obtained British Retail Consortium and Institute of Packaging (BRC/IoP) certification for its metal and plastic closures. The ability to deal with a company that has BRC/ IoP certification makes the auditing process simpler, so certification has enabled Herti to realise new opportunities in the UK market. Above all, Herti’s closures must support the customer’s brand. “The most important priorities,” says Mr Zahariev, “are the quality of our products and the satisfaction of our customers.”

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Packaging trends

Four Packaging Innovations Brands Must Understand In a retail environment of ever-increasing consumer choice and demand, leading to greater numbers of SKUs and shorter product lifecycles, the world of packaging and artwork production is having to adapt accordingly. In response, a steady stream of innovations has emerged to make processes quicker and more efficient and packaging more compelling to consumers.

Here print technology Esko takes a look at four of the most important innovations with which brand owners need to be familiar.

1: The rise of industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 – or the so-called fourth industrial revolution – refers to the rise of automation and data exchange in manufacturing.

Just like the industrial revolutions before it, it is driven by the need to increase efficiency and thereby profit, eliminating costly manual tasks - central themes to the future of packaging artwork.

However, in general, there is still a very high proportion of human decision-making involved in creating effective packaging artwork. Each individual has decisions to make, in order to convert the designer’s or brand owner’s vision into a printed reality.

The approval and testing process for example, has been a long, drawn out manual step. But with the arrival of virtual proofing – tracking, monitoring and review/approval services – and virtual store software, allowing viewing and testing of packaging design on a 3D shelf of a virtual retail environment, physical proof or printout is less important.

Decision-makers can be involved whenever necessary—without slowing down the automated parts of the process.

Meanwhile, software solutions now let companies see and understand big data and then process the data to facilitate optimal decision-making. And innovations will help to collect even more data. For example, smart labels - which contain an extremely flat

configured transponder under a conventional print-coded label - are predicted to be featured on 80 per cent of food, beverage, pet and personal care as well as household products in the next five years, according to the U.S. Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA). Smart labels are well placed to take over from QRs and RFIDs. They can be attached to any package, even packages that may bend and can provide real time information about location, temperature, movement, moisture and much more to prevent spoilage or validate the freshness of a product. It is just one example of how industry 4.0 is becoming a reality.

2: Major steps forward in anti-counterfeiting A recent research report by NetNames revealed that counterfeiting now costs more than 2 per cent of the global economic output or around $1.8 trillion a year, and continues to expand by over 15 per cent every year.

The potential adverse health consequences can also be significant, particularly in the field of pharmaceuticals. Several potential innovations – from RFID and holograms to security labels and watermarks – have been introduced to prevent this.

Holograms have been used on packaging for several years but the process of including them within the packaging process has been aided recently by advances

Streamlining the artwork approval process Goodman Fielder, one of Oceania’s leading Food and Beverage brand owners, streamlined their artwork approval with a tailored packaging software solution from Esko.

Now everyone can review new packaging artwork files in a modern web interface on their desktop, laptop and mobile devices. The viewer can easily zoom, navigate, measure and check artwork files for design, content and print related compliancy. All review activity is logged and stored so there is always a rich audit-trail of everyone’s comments and sign-off decisions “No longer do we need to wait for approvers to markup a printed copy, we can simply review online, whether in or out of the office and we are reminded by the software when approval deadlines are due,” said Lorna Thomson, Senior Brand Manager. “Features such as 3D visuals and the ability to delegate approval responsibility will further improve the experience and the efficiency.”

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Giving counterfeiters a bitter taste At drupa 2016, several new approaches to anti-counterfeiting were presented.

India-based flexible packaging firm Uflex unveiled its brand protection packaging for Nestle-owned coffee products.

According to Uflex, the seal of authenticity is a tamper-proof anti-counterfeiting solution that comprises a 3D reflective lens image which is applied through transfer technology.

“The development of this brand protection feature for Nescafe saw an interplay of synergies between an external agency that created the lens; the holography business vertical at Uflex that prepared the master; and the converting and packaging business vertical at Uflex that transposed this technology on to the laminate using the transfer technology,” stated Uflex.

in film coating and manufacturing technology. The images can now be produced by inkjet printers which significantly reduces the cost and time needed to create rainbow holograms.

Meanwhile, invisible watermarks are becoming increasingly popular. They involve embedding an invisible, unique watermark code in print ready artwork, onto either a specific area of the entire print design of the packaging.

What’s more, any manipulations of a digital watermark in the original artwork – such as editing, compression and decompression, encryption and decryption — will not affect the quality of the content.

3: The merging of the digital and physical environments Consumers are no longer shopping entirely online or offline; rather they’re taking a blended approach, using whatever channel best suits their needs. They do their research, they read reviews and discuss with their peers. They look both in the retail environment and online at the same products, often at the same time.

“The connected era has arrived” “The connected commerce era has arrived,” says Patrick Dodd, president, global retailer vertical, Nielsen. “Consumers are no longer shopping entirely online or offline; rather they’re taking a blended approach using whatever channel best suits their needs. The most successful retailers and manufacturers will be at the intersection of the physical and virtual worlds.”

Digital interactions were expected to influence 64 cents of every dollar spent in retail stores by the end of 2015, or $2.2 trillion, according to Deloitte Digital’s latest study, “Navigating the New Digital Divide.” This figure has grown considerably from 14 cents of each dollar spent in brick-and-mortar stores in 2012, the first year Deloitte Digital conducted the annual study.

You may think that this level of research is only conducted for bigger-ticket items, but that is not the case. The online-research rate among purchasers of cereal is 45 per cent, while for soap it’s 55 per cent and cosmetics 65 per cent, according to McKinsey & Company.

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As a result, brand owners need to strive for consistency – across their entire retail presence, their digital shelf presence and the content syndication for these channels, not to mention campaign-related channels such as advertising, billboarding and social media channels. Colour is an example where maintaining consistency can be challenging. There is a high probability of colour variations occurring between different mediums, different print processes and even from one printer to another.

Colour needs to be accurately communicated between brand, designer, prepress and press conductors anywhere in the world. Web-based colour communication drives global colour consistency. This can be achieved when everyone within the supply chain is able to interact via an open entry web-based platform.

Companies should adopt a workflow that allows them to synchronize control of their artwork. The best way to do that is to develop digital brand content in tight integration with the same workflows used to create and manage artwork for the physical package.

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Your personal sunscreen adviser Smart packaging that involves sensors—electronic devices that can detect or measure certain qualities of a product or of the people who use it – are a major area of research.

One fascinating example comes from a collaborative project between CPI, Crown

4: The rise of truly smart packaging Brand owners should always consider the latest technologies that are genuinely pushing the boundaries in packaging and artwork.

Interactive and responsive packaging is one example. Imagine a future where your food products let you know when you need to visit the supermarket to renew your supply and when your medication containers tell you when it’s time to take your next dose.

Researchers have recently developed electronic screens for paper-based packaging, an innovation that could change the way brands attract and interact with customers. To make paper behave more like a touch-screen, graphics are printed on one side of a sheet of paper or cardboard and conductive ink is printed on the other side to create touch sensors.

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Packaging, and students at Brunel University, who produced a concept for a sunscreen bottle that could detect the user’s skin type, recommend the appropriate sun protection factor, and let the user know how long he or she could safely remain in the sun.

The package even incorporated a timer to ensure that the consumer wouldn’t spend too much time in UV exposure.

customer’s smartphone or table. A simple scan can provide the customer with product information, special offers and link them to marketing campaigns, events and special occasions.

Getting the basics right first Innovation like this could revolutionize packaging. But companies can only focus on innovation in their packaging and artwork when they get the basics right. That starts with having efficient processes in place, achieving end-to-end control over their packaging workflow from idea to the shop shelf. That helps them minimize or remove mistakes and get products to markets as quickly as possible.

Digital packaging management systems bring control, quality and visibility to entire company packaging and labelling processes, driving quality, regulatory compliance and security.

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A Look back at the Packaging Revolution Years ago packaging was just ‘packaging’. It was simply functional and practical - a means to an end; a container that allowed people to transport their food and drink from one place to another. As Colpac marks its 80th anniversary in the packaging business, managing director Neil Goldman takes a retrospective look at the enormous changes that the industry has both faced and effected over the decades.

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nsurprisingly, things have moved on rapidly since then. The modern packaging industry helps to drive change, meet new environmental standards, and create products that are both eye-catching and lighter in weight.

Britain is at the forefront of this packaging revolution, continually providing innovative solutions to meet these challenges, and I’m proud to be at the helm of an independent, privately owned company that has played a key role in this sector for almost a century.

Our company was established some 30 years after products were originally packaged in corrugated cartons rather than wooden boxes. For 80 years we have seen the evolution of the industry and ensured that a firm finger has been kept on the global packaging pulse to meet the different trends and styles each decade delivered.

This has been essential in not only adapting to the changing packaging landscape, but in continuing to thrive as a British company in a world where, particularly during the 1970s, globalisation set in. During the 50s manufacturing was the bedrock of British industry. Small, independent businesses reigned until the late 70s when mergers and acquisitions saw larger, global companies take over. Embracing globalisation through product changes and exporting, whilst maintaining the values and customer service of a privately owned company, has been integral to our success, along with a belief in the importance of combining design and manufacturing capabilities from a single site so that excellent standards are consistently met.

Working in the highly competitive and diverse market of food packaging where everybody wants exclusivity, being a typical SME, we have needed to be increasingly flexible, providing a creative and personalised service on a global platform.

Indeed, it is the food industry which has helped companies such as us diversify and channel creativity to deliver cutting edge packaging. From the fast food craze, when McDonalds hit the high street, to the plastic revolution of the 80s and the promotion of environmentally friendly and sustainable materials, the food packaging industry is one of the most vibrant and competitive sectors to be in. Retailers and manufacturers are always on the look-out for efficient packaging solutions which will stand out, provide convenience, as well as a longer shelf life in a bid to reduce food waste.

It isn’t just the look of the packaging which has seen an overhaul either; the material used has gone through a transformation over time. Plastic packaging still has a place in the market and, very occasionally, we have to admit that paperboard alone does not offer the solution. A number of years ago we realised that there was a definite space in the packaging market for a pack that combined the best of both paperboard and plastic and our Fuzione® range was born, followed by the successful Vizione® and Combione® ranges.

Combination packaging is here to stay.

The 80s signaled the dawn of the convenience meal and, coupled with the introduction of the microwave, packaging evolved further to allow consumers to reheat their purchases.

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Food to go options no longer stretch to a simple sandwich with sales of wraps and other alternatives rising significantly

Retrospective

Colpac’s range of food packaging solutions has evolved over the years to cater to consumer demands

This also heralded an increase in the popularity of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in food packaging, both of which could withstand the changes in temperature without breaking apart.

With the onset of increased environmental awareness in the 80s and 90s, demand quickly grew for an alternative packaging material. Back in the 80s we had recycling, and in the 90s our ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ campaign for biodegradable packaging was ahead of the times! Today, however, the standards are high, and you can find a myriad of eco-friendly packaging materials on the market. From biodegradable, recycled, to fully compostable paperboard, even the rPET plastic lids used within our combination packaging are constructed from 50 per cent recycled material and window film is compostable.

Every manufacturer of food packaging needs to ensure that their sustainable credibility is transparent, with accreditations like the FSC and PEFC as well as the EN 13432 standard certifying compostable boards and film.

As a company, we have benefited enormously from the sustainability movement which plays to the paperboard industry’s strengths. Up until the millennium, the market was largely driven by price and, since paperboard products generally tend to be more expensive than plastic, the going was tough. It was in the early Noughties, when Marks & Spencer helped to pioneer, or at least understand and reflect the changes in consumer thinking and behaviour, that the tables began to turn and the rest, as they say, is history.

Alongside sustainability there is increasing pressure on manufacturers to produce food packaging which is lighter in weight than its predecessors. Ultimately, our products are constructed from material which makes the packaging fit for purpose, if there’s a thinner gauge that still enables the pack to function as it should, then we use it. That said, there’s little point in reducing the weight of the packaging if it’s not going to protect the product inside. A reduction in the weight of material could lead to an increase in food waste.

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As Britain’s leading supermarkets pledge to drive down food waste by a fifth within the next decade, food packaging manufacturers need to play a part in achieving this goal. By producing packaging in a wide variety of styles and sizes we are enabling food manufacturers and retailers to be flexible in their offering, catering to a wide range of markets. In recent years a greater variety of packaging sizes has fuelled the increasingly popular ‘foodto-go’ market, for today’s work hard, time poor consumer. Speed of packing is essential for retailers catering to this market which hit £20.2bn in 2015 - a quarter of all eating out spend. While consumers adopt a more balanced health conscious approach to ‘fast food’ and snacking they also crave convenience with the rise in ‘deskfasts’ and ‘dashboard dining’ driving healthy, freshly prepared eat-on-the-go options.

These options no longer stretch to a simple sandwich, in fact the traditional bread based lunchtime staple has almost become obsolete. Sales of wraps and pittas have risen 12.8 per cent in the last year alone, as the demand for alternatives to traditional sliced bread has been driven by some of the biggest food trends of 2016, from grab and go breakfast wraps to street food dishes such as burritos along with salads and sushi.

This ongoing evolution of consumer tastes will continue to fuel demand for different types of packaging products. To cater for this, multi-functional packaging is the way forward, clean and simple, with the ability to label accordingly. Demand for customised packaging, for unique packaging shapes and styles as well as for individual graphic design, is increasing as the market place becomes ever more competitive.

Summing up the success of our company, as well as that of the packaging industry over the last 80 years, in one word is simple – innovation. A passion for packaging underpins our ability to re-engineer and introduce new products to meet changing tastes and trends. This will, ultimately, equip us for the future as we continuously seek out new materials, finishes and components for our ever increasing portfolio of packaging products.

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Shelf Appeal v Functionality Reclose is the finishing touch that consumers come to expect on flexible packaging, but do current reclose products meet expectations? Caine Folkes-Miller, Elplast Group’s marketing and innovations director, explains how brands so caught up on shelf appeal are forgetting that functionality should be prioritised much earlier in the design phase.

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e are constantly told that consumers don’t have time, they don’t like waste, they want this, that and the other, yet brands are still more focused on shelf appeal than function. Design trumps functionality every time. The digital age, traditional advertising and strong product values are the driving force behind purchase decisions of major brands. Yet, the functionality of the product packaging can help to keep consumers loyal, especially in regards to flexible packaging and reclose systems.

With a large percentage of flexible packaging now incorporating reclose systems, we need to question if the current reclose products meet consumer expectations. The answer more often than not, is no.

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The flexible packaging market in particular is forecast to grow at an annual average rate of 4.4 per cent during the period 2015–20 to reach $114 billion, according to Smithers Pira report The Future of Global Flexible Packaging to 2020 with the majority of premium products expected to incorporate a reclose system, from reseal labels, to zips and press to close systems.

All of these have their place in the market, yet when it comes to packaging design, the reclose is often an afterthought. The repercussion of an afterthought is a rushed decision and no budget, resulting in the purchase of an off-the-shelf reclose product with limited ability, that is not tailored to the brand ethos or design.

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When we prioritise design over packaging functionality, we are setting ourselves up for failure. As Neil Shackleton, founder of packaging consultancy, SaucePM and specialist in flexible packaging development explained: “When reclose is added to flexible packaging it completely changes a consumers mindset. Prior to reclose, consumers would remove the packaging and reseal themselves, or be fully aware that without added action, the product would go to waste. With reseal, we are taking away any consumer responsibility. They expect a product to remain fresh, or at least for a reseal to actually reseal.”

“In my experience, brand owners do not allocate enough time to perform sufficient trials before product launch to perfect the little hitches that come with reclose systems. Example issues include, the incorrect material for the wrong reclose, insufficient contact bonding causing leakers, or too much bonding that make reseals impossible to open. And brands actually release these products to market. No wonder consumers are cynical about the value of reclose.”

Yet there are success stories. Pet food brand, Beco integrated an innovative reseal into its dry dog food packaging, sourcing a press to close product that locks in freshness, is simple to use and 100 percent biodegradable. Design Director Toby Massey, who created the pioneering packaging for Beco’s new Food for Dogs, said: “Our consumers care for the wellbeing of themselves, their pets and for the wellbeing of the planet. We took great time and dedication in selecting the best organic ingredients to meet these needs within the product, and we did not want to be let down by a packaging solution that could not follow our own brand ethics.”

Beco is a fine example of how reclose systems can meet any brand value when the correct mindset, budget and openness to innovate are combined. The brand worked with Tyler Packaging, as Adam Kay continued: “Reclose systems are becoming increasingly popular, which does make them an important element of packaging design. The overall aim should be to provide a solution in the very early stages of the design stage that works for the brand, rather than making an existing product fit.”

“We enjoy working with reclose manufacturers who are keen to innovate and work closely with us to create a well thought through packaging concept, especially when it meets consumer expectations regarding functionality, safety and sustainability.”

The slow, but ever increasing demand for reseal innovation from the likes of Tyler Packaging has led Elplast Group to invest in a specialist Innovation Centre in Europe. Expected to open in Autumn 2017, we will incorporate production grade lines for product development, improvement and R&D, production grade pouch making lines for small run mockups with client film, horizontal flow wrappers and other capabilities into the centre. We aim to work in partnership with packaging designers and brand owners to design, deliver and manufacture within tight deadlines. After all, we are all striving for the same end goal – to deliver quality.

At this point we ask how can we meet consumer expectations? In an ideal world, more time and investment should be allocated for product testing, rather than a product’s brand appeal. The ‘it will do’ mentality of brands does impact on the final functionality of a reclose, in turn frustrating consumers.

The important message to brand owners and packaging designers is that one size does not fit all. Every flexible pack requires a bespoke reclose solution that accounts for pack size, shape and density of the actual product, and the ultimate goal of perfect functionality.

It may cost more in product development, but in the long run, sourcing the perfect reclose system is a wise business decision, reducing defaults and pleasing the consumer.

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Pro2Pac

Pro2pac Visitor pre-registrations are open for Pro2Pac, the UK’s only dedicated food and drink packaging event, which takes place on 20–22 March at ExCeL London.

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he 2017 edition features an action-packed schedule and an impressive exhibitor list. Especially designed for food and drink businesses looking to be inspired by new concepts, innovative solutions and designs, Pro2Pac will feature 120 suppliers including global names such as Tetra Pak, Comatec, Adpak Machinery Systems and Ravenwood Packaging. International representation is increased for 2017 with exhibitors so far coming from Turkey, China, Russia, Sweden, Kuwait, Poland and Lithuania.

The event offers a full schedule of free-to-attend added value attractions such as seminars, networking opportunities and workshops. An impressive array of invited guests will lead debates on newsworthy topics such as Brexit, the coffee cup recycling issue, and luxury technology innovation on the Outside the Box Stage - new for the 2017 edition.

Topics featuring in the programme include: sustainability from the big brand point of view; the packaging industry post-Brexit; augmented reality; waste and sustainability in the

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luxury sector; how to develop cost-effective smart packaging for the food supply chain; the disposable coffee cup; solutions to food waste; global trends in food and beverages; and the technological future of packaging.

Co-located with IFE, the UK’s largest and most important food and drink event, and Waste-Works, the only waste and sustainability event dedicated to food and drink, Pro2Pac visitors can benefit from a unique 360o perspective on the food cycle. Many of the discussions and displays during Pro2Pac and Waste-Works are designed to bring together themes and speakers from all three sectors, from farm to fork to fertiliser and fuel.

A series of Breakfast Briefings led by Robert Herridge of Packology will give exhibitors the opportunity to network and share views, while a personal concierge service will be available for those who want to interact with businesses from the other two events.

Visit: www.pro2pac.co.uk

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A 360 degree perspective

on food and drink packaging Especially designed for food and drink businesses looking to be inspired by new concepts, innovative solutions and designs, Pro2Pac was set up in 2007, as the organisers, Fresh Montgomery, saw a gap in the market for a trade fair specifically focusing on processing and packaging for the food and drinks industry. Elisabeth Skoda spoke to event director Soraya Gadelrab to find out more about what makes this exhibition so unique.

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his year’s event will take place from March 20th to March 22nd at ExCeL London, and promises to exceed previous editions again in scope in terms of visitors and exhibitors. Pro2Pac has changed, evolved and grown considerably since its inception, with packaging innovation and sustainability taking centre stage.

“In 2015, we launched Waste-Works, the only waste and resource event dedicated to the food and drink industry, showcasing cost-saving and profit-making waste solutions. Meanwhile IFE, the leading food and drink exhibition in the United Kingdom, has been running for 40 years,” Ms Gadelrab says.

This year, Pro2Pac will feature 120 suppliers including global names such as Tetra Pak, Comatec, Adpak Machinery Systems and Ravenwood Packaging.

“International representation has increased for 2017 with exhibitors so far coming from Turkey, China, Russia, Sweden, Kuwait, Poland and Lithuania, so Pro2Pac now is a truly global event,” Ms Gadelrab is proud to point out.

“For the last edition, we had around 2000 decision makers attending and we are expecting to exceed that number in 2017. Exciting visitors who already registered include McDonald’s, Bunzl, Waitrose and Weetabix.”

A wide appeal Pro2Pac’s unique visitor and exhibitor profile makes it stand apart from other trade fairs, as Ms Gadelrab explains. “There are plenty of packaging exhibitions in the UK, but our focus on the food and drink processing sector is unique. Our visitors include packaging managers and technicians, heads of supply chain, packaging buyers and procurement

managers. On the sustainability side, we get visited by experts such as waste officers and consultants. Of course, in small companies, one person could be doing many jobs at once, and our exhibition is particularly useful to them, as they get a lot offered in one place.”

Pro2Pac is proud to have a wide range of innovations on show. “The packaging industry has become even more exciting in recent years, and there is a lot of innovation coming from packaging manufacturers, who are providing solutions to problems. Demands on packaging have increased tremendously in recent years, products have to be kept safe, and recyclability and waste reduction are key,” Ms Gadelrab adds.

Unique benefits As Pro2Pac sits alongside IFE and Waste-Works, it can offer visitors a 360° perspective of the food and drink world, taking visitors on a journey from farm to fork.

“No other event in the UK, and few globally are able to offer this. It is a fantastic opportunity for major industry players, and also visitors from small companies who are decision makers for all parts of the chain, they can come to our event and do everything they have to do,” Ms Gadelrab points out.

She quotes Benn Ely, Sales at Rapid Action Packaging: “Pro2Pac 2015 was a very successful show for RAP: its co-location with IFE gave the show a great buzz, while the separate packaging section ensured we got serious enquiries from good sized organisations interested in packaging.”

Visitors also benefit from different events beyond the exhibition. Pro2Pac’s Outside the Box Stage is built entirely from recyclable cardboard and will host a variety of

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subjects that are not just of interest to the packaging industry, but to the mainstream consumer as well.

“We will have a line-up of educational seminars at our Outside the Box Stage, as well as networking events. There will be breakfast briefings led by Robert Herridge of Packology where exhibitors from IFE, who are buyers at Pro2Pac, can network and interact with packaging suppliers and talk about their business,” Ms Gadelrab says.

“We will be looking at issues in greater detail, such as takeaway coffee cup recyclability and what retailers and food service outlets can do to deal with the problems, and how Brexit will impact on the industry. Other topics include augmented reality and food packaging and waste: does packaging contribute to waste or avoid it thanks to improving shelf life?”

Also on offer will be a unique concierge service, making the most of IFE and Pro2Pac running in parallel. “Food and drink manufacturers who are exhibiting at IFE will be offered this service if they have a specific need for their business. They will be taken to a packaging supplier who offers a solution.”

The successful student design challenge, which encourages aspiring designers to try their hand at packaging design, launched in 2015, will again take place in 2017 – this year led by Coca-Cola’s Sanjay Patel.

“Students at Leeds Beckett University will be challenged with a brief on a packaging problem. They will be mentored along the way, and the finalists get the chance to have their designs displayed at the show,” Ms Gadelrab explains.

A growing fair Since its launch in 2007, Pro2Pac has grown and expanded continuously. “I expect the same for 2017. We had just over a hundred suppliers exhibiting with us last time, and we expect this to be up to 120 this year. In terms of visitors, we had 29,000 visitors across all three events in 2015.”

Visitors can expect an array of innovation and useful information on the latest trends in food and packaging, as Ms Gadelrab explains. “Food and drink have increasingly come under scrutiny by both industry and consumers. As a result, we are seeing a lot more organic products coming through, and this is combined with more sustainable packaging,

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so there is definitely a trend for the two industries working together. Another interesting topic is packaging for e-commerce. There are also exciting innovations for food on the go, such as a pack which ends up as an egg cup that enables workers to have a soft boiled egg at their desk. Another interesting innovation showcased is a pioneering printing process by Coveris for a new range of linerless label for retailer Aldi. Combining multiple decorative effects inline, the printing system works to add a fourth, tactile dimension to the labels, offering a premium look and feel.”

She concludes by quoting Maria Ruiz, Assistant Brand Manager at Danone: “Pro2Pac really opened my eyes to the possibilities around NPD and packaging solutions that are available.”

Register to attend for free at www.pro2pac.co.uk

Sweet success

One of the world’s leading packaging machinery manufacturers, Gainsboroughbased AMP Rose is a proud solutions provider to the confectionery, chocolate and snack markets. Emma-Jane Batey spoke to marketing director Adam Malpass to find out more.

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MP Rose is a world-leading supplier of machines for the confectionery, chocolate and snack markets, with around 80 per cent of its production exported to more than 80 countries worldwide. Based in Gainsborough, AMP Rose’s 150 employees have been enjoying its brand new, state-of-the-art facilities since January 2016, with the purpose-built site housing the very latest equipment and all support functions.

Founded by Alan Mann in 1978, the company initially comprised four engineers working on rebuilding machines for the confectionery industry. Steady, strategic growth followed, with AMP Rose today a global powerhouse in its field.

Adam Malpass, AMP Rose’s marketing director, is clear that the company’s approach to meeting its customers’ needs helps to set it apart from the competition.

Mr Malpass told Packaging Europe, “We focus on our service capabilities as we are always on hand to cater to the needs of our customers. Our service can come in man forms, from installation, commissioning and training right through to the after-sales service. We have won plenty of business due to our after-sales service, as the customers have not received the same standard from other suppliers, or none at all in some cases. The new machines we supply come with 12-month guarantee, however we don’t just cut all ties from the machine after this period, we are always available to our customers to help in any way we can.”

Flexible portfolio The AMP Rose product portfolio is advanced both in terms of technical specialisation and suitability to market applications. Mr Malpass explained, “The specialist skill we are primarily known for is the excellent design, manufacture and operation of cut and wrap lines for toffee, chew and gum products. Many of our cut and wrap lines are in 24-hour production in lots of factories across the world. We also manufacture chocolate processing and wrapping equipment that includes our ‘one shot’ chocolate moulding lines. As well as producing solid chocolates, the ‘one shot’ method of depositing allows for centre-filled chocolates. The moulding lines are from a modular design, which gives them a flexibility for any changes that a customer may wish to make on the line at a later date.”

In recent years, AMP Rose has seen growth in its product range for the weighing and bagging solutions sector, which has allowed the company to access markets

outside chocolates and confectionery. With new offering including solutions for frozen, fresh, dry and hardware products, the company’s automatic fill machinery knowledge is gaining new avenues for development.

AMP Rose will be exhibiting at the upcoming Pro2Pac exhibition. Its general focus is on its bespoke solutions for weighing and bagging machinery, specifically its recent work on tray filling and feeding systems for ready meal products.

Mr Malpass continued, “Generally at exhibitions we focus on the chocolate, confectionery and snack shows, but for our weighing and bagging solutions enjoying growth along with our work with flowrapping machines we can reach interesting new markets. At Pro2Pac we will show how we have been able to integrate our new equipment with the customers’ already existing machinery and automate a line that previously required six people to fill each tray. We will have one of our multihead weighers on the stand and will be showing videos of the line in action.”

Stand and deliver Pro2Pac is set to offer AMP Rose a great opportunity to create increased awareness of its extensive capabilities, with the aim being that when people are looking into their weighing and bagging solutions in the coming months, they think of AMP Rose. Mr Malpass noted, “It’s all about making sure that potential customers think of us when they need smart solutions for weighing and bagging, not just for the chocolate, confectionery and snack markets, where we have long proven our expertise, but also for the ready meal sector.”

With the aim for the coming years to further develop its new range of factory automation machinery, both with and without the use of robotics, AMP Rose expects to continue its success story in 2017 and beyond. The company has been working with linear transport systems to create next generation solutions and it is also developing a solution that works in conjunction with its current automated system that focuses on case filling. System integration will also deliver results for AMP Rose and its customers, thanks to technically advanced turnkey solutions that increase efficiency and productivity.

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Pharmapack

Pharmapack Europe Pharmapack Europe (#PharmapackEU), organised by UBM EMEA, is a two-day exhibition and conference dedicated to pharmaceutical packaging, drug delivery and affiliated industries. Next year’s event takes place on 1-2 February 2017 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (Hall 4), Paris.

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017 marks the event’s 20th successful year, and over its lifetime it has grown in size, profile and popularity from a bi-annual event to a major annual show that attracts 5,100+ visitors and over 380 exhibitors from more than 70 countries around the world.

Attendees and delegates range from CEOs and CMCs to pharmacists and business execs, and work in every area from R&D and drug development to purchasing, engineering, marketing, logistics and business development.

Innovation is at the very heart of Pharmapack. An Innovation Gallery showcases selected industry innovations from exhibitors, while Innovation Tours guided by industry experts take visitors on a tour to innovating exhibitors’ stands.

The newest addition for 2017, the Pharmapack Start-up Hub, is designed to let innovative young pharma firms benefit from valuable networking and learning opportunities at a price that suits their budget. This dedicated area on the show floor gives them a unique platform to showcase their ideas, meet potential customers, partners and investors and forge new relationships that will help them develop for years to come.

Exhibitors in the Pharmapack Start-up Hub will be highlighted as the most innovative firms at the show, giving them a unique platform to showcase their ideas, meet potential customers, partners and investors and forge new relationships that will help them develop for years to come.

The Pharmapack Awards recognize new products that are set to shape the future of the industry, in two categories. The Exhibitor Innovations category is dedicated to Pharmapack exhibitors who have developed a new product. For those who are not exhibiting, there is the Health Product category. This latter category distinguishes the packaging of new health products introduced to the market, or the improvement of the packaging of an existing health product (for human or veterinary use).

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Pharmapack is a unique opportunity to sharpen up technical and industry knowledge.

The extensive content programme comprises two days of conferences, a one-day Serialisation, Track and Trace Symposium, a day of Workshops and a Learning Lab that hosts short, sharp presentations on key topics from exhibitors throughout the 2 show days.

Dedicated networking areas and a special drinks reception mean there’s never a shortage of new faces to meet. It’s a unique opportunity for companies to boost their networks and kick-start their growth.

For more information on Pharmapack Europe 2017 and to register for the event, please visit http://bit.ly/2cwmYMO.

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Cosmopack

cosmopack Cosmopack is a show within a show, co-located with Bologna’s well-known Cosmoprof, the preeminent exhibition for the beauty industry, where all the sectors of the branch are brought together under one roof. Cosmopack is the leading international event focused on packaging design, contract manufacturing, raw materials, machinery and all services for cosmetics. The creative content, the products exhibited and the innovative formulas make this fair a unique event.

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he companies exhibiting in Cosmoprof - key players in the cosmetics industry - represent the major potential clients for exhibitors at Cosmopack. Meanwhile, visitors to Cosmopack comprise the decision-makers in beauty companies, including CEOs, managing directors, corporate owners, purchase managers, product development, plant/ operations, R&D managers.

In addition to the trade fair, Cosmopack fosters meetings with the most influential buyers in the sector worldwide through its carefully structured “International Buyer Program�. This project, addressed to the international beauty professionals, helps foster new connections between suppliers and buyers within the cosmetic industry. The program is a successful platform

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combining trade show and tailor-made B2B meetings for those companies who wish to expand their business worldwide. The program, reserved exclusively to current exhibitors and selected buyers, aims to facilitate the connection between exhibiting companies and international top buyers seeking to collaborate to achieve mutual commercial benefits. The event will also host a range of conferences, workshops and special sections enabling professionals to stay ahead of trends.

Cosmopack takes place at Bologna Fairground District on 16-19 March 2017, opening its doors one day before Cosmoprof. Online registration is available via the link below.

Visit: www.cosmoprof.com/cosmopack

ICE Europe

ICE Europe Celebrates 10th Anniversary The tenth anniversary event of the ICE Europe show takes place from 21-23 March 2017 at the Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany. The world’s leading exhibition for the conversion of flexible, web-based materials, such as paper, film, foil and nonwovens, targets industry professionals looking for innovative equipment and solutions within the converting sector.

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or two decades now, ICE Europe has been the key platform for converting professionals and experts who seek to advance their business and stay updated on the latest innovations. Following the record show of 2015, closing with a visitor increase of 7 per cent, the 10th ICE Europe 2017 will focus on the rapid technological diversification in converting, which is pushed by the impact of trends and challenges on the industry, such as automation and digitisation. The converting market is a highly dynamic sector in which the production and conversion of high quality flexible materials and the implementation of sustainable production processes are the drivers for innovation,� says Nicola Hamann, managing director of the organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions.

The exhibition profile covers products and services from all key areas of the converting sector, which include: materials, coating/laminating, drying/curing, (pre)treatment, accessories, slitting/rewinding, flexographic/rotogravure printing, finishing, factory management/waste disposal, retrofits/machine upgrades, toll coating/converting/slitting, control, test & measurement, software, services, information & communication.

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ICE Europe consistently convinces with the attendance of highly qualified visitors from across the converting sector. Among the visitors of the show are managing directors, plant managers, design and production engineers, technical managers, purchasers and sales and marketing directors from a wide range of industry sectors including packaging, food, pharmaceutical, furniture, electronics, plastics, printing, automotive, wipes, textiles/nonwovens, chemicals, paper and recycling. In the exhibition survey, ICE Europe 2015 received top ratings for the quality of its trade audience: 83 per cent of visitors said that they influence or make purchase decisions and a total of 3,100 visitors came with definite investment plans.

As for exhibitors, 98 per cent said that they had fully or partly achieved their business goals.

This year ICE Europe will once again be co-located with CCE International, the only trade fair in Europe exclusively dedicated to the corrugated and folding carton industry.

CCE International addresses suppliers and manufacturers of raw materials, machines, equipment and services for the production and conversion of corrugated and cartonboard.

Visitors at CCE International include corrugated and folding carton converters as well as packaging designers and specifiers.

Visit: www.ice-x.com

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Multi-rolling success Stratis Plastic Pallets is a brand of Snyder Industries, the world’s largest moulder of its type. Philip Yorke talked to Jay Skinner, Product Marketing Manager for Stratis Domestic & International Sales, about its latest patent pending Multi-Roll Stacker™ Pallet product it is launching at ICE with ambitious plans for the future.

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tratis Pallets, a brand of Snyder Industries, began in Indiana, USA in 1993 and has grown to become the world’s leading manufacturer of super heavyduty one-piece moulded plastic pallets. For flexible packaging it makes specialised cradle style plastic pallets for roll/reel handling in-house and for closed loop shipping. In addition, the company makes customised pallet material handling solutions that also solve safety and hygiene related problems. These pallets are innovatively designed for maximum ergonomics and can include hidden, mouldedin internal steel reinforcement for edge rackability.

Stratis plastic pallets are designed for a broad range of industrial converting applications including flexible packaging, corrugating, folding carton production, printing and metal fabrication, as well as for the pharmaceutical and food processing markets. Today Stratis Pallets is a multi-million dollar international company with over 3000 customers located in over 60 countries.

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Rolling technology forward At the ICE Europe trade fair in Munich, Stratis will showcase its new unique patent pending Multi-Roll Stacker™ Pallets, which are designed to eliminate pallet racks for storing rolls and shipping more safely with Shift-Lok™. These rolls can be made of film, paper, label stock, foil, or indeed any product that’s cylindrical in shape.

Stratis also has many sizes of single roll cradle style pallets for Work in Process from the extruder to storage and into converting. Stratis Roll Pallets can carry very heavy loads exceeding 4000kg and also offers hidden moulded-in steel reinforcement when needed.

Skinner said, “We are 180 degrees different from other plastic pallet companies. Our business in Europe is growing and we have ambitious plans for further expansion in this market. Axel Zaiser, owner of MSI GmbH, has been our independent European Sales Coordinator for over 20 years. During that time we have been dominant in providing highly specialised pallets for the sheetfed folding carton industry.”

For further details of Stratis Pallets’ products and services visit Ice Europe Hall A5/ Stand 1246 and www.PALLETS.com

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Quality in the Spotlight at UK’s Leading Packaging Show Packaging Innovations (including Ecopack and Contact Pack), co-located with Empack and Label&Print, is the only UK event to cover the whole packaging supply chain. In a constantly evolving market, buyers need to stay abreast of the latest trends, issues and solutions. Packaging Innovations, which takes place at Birmingham’s NEC on 1-2 March 2017, delivers just that. With a focus on branded and inspirational packaging, and dedicated zones for Ecopack and Contact Pack, the event will bring together a captive audience of brands and retailers with the suppliers leading the charge in innovative packaging.

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ot only will the UK’s leading packaging event boast its largest exhibitor base to date, but it has also increased the level of innovation on offer, with more organisations launching new products and services than ever before.

Aegg Creative Packaging is officially launching its brand new service ‘mini-Aegg’ at Packaging Innovations 2017. It will allow food outlets and food producers to order smaller quantities of Aegg’s off-the-shelf premium plastic food packaging range,

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which is ideal for smaller, emerging businesses that are constrained by limited amounts of storage space or require smaller amounts of packaging. At the launch, Aegg will be introducing a range of over 20 of its premium packaging products to choose from within the mini-Aegg service.

Following the same theme will be Involvement Packaging, discussing its new division called OiPPS. This e-commerce brand that offers plastic and metal containers

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and packaging to smaller businesses and home-based start-up organisations. It provides a flexibility in selection, being able to tailor requirements to the customer’s needs. There are no minimum order quantities and customers can select a range of delivery options.

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Grootegast will be introducing two new additions to its market leading stand up pouch range, which offers sustainable, user friendly solutions, as well as food protection and extended shelf life. Also on display will be Clondalkin’s high barrier lidding film for plastic cups or trays, multi-layer laminates with aluminium, microwaveable packaging for frozen snacks, and printed bags.

Martina Fidder, sales manager at Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Grootegast, said: “We are very excited with the developments we have been making across our product range and are looking forward to sharing them with visitors at the show. As we’re based in the Netherlands this is an exciting opportunity for us to showcase our technical expertise and innovative product range to the UK market.”

Debuting its new its M-Lock© tamper evident carton will be Firstan Cartons. The new system has a tamper evident built in mechanism. This removes the need for further processing, such as applying glue or tamper labels.

Greenearth Food Packaging will use Packaging Innovations 2017 as the launchpad for two new products. The first is Bran Tableware, which is made from 100 per cent bran fibre and includes plates, bowls, platters and cutlery. The second is Wood Carrier Trays, which are suitable for ready meals, vegetables and salad.

Those looking for glass-like clarity from polypropylene (PP), the Milliken Europe stand will feature the launch of UltraClear Polypropylene which is clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000 series. This offers customers a new clarity standard for PP that is comparable to glass-clear materials. In addition to offering exceptional aesthetics, the material is also very efficient with the lowest weight potential for thermoforming and sheet packaging. It has excellent heat resistance that further extends applications by enabling microwaveability and hot fill capability.

Advanta will be exhibiting its wide range of both smoothwall and wrinklewall foil containers. The smoothwall trays have a smooth rim, which allows them to be hermetically heat-sealed with standard film on high speed machines. Gas flushing techniques can also be incorporated into the filling and sealing phases of meal production. Its wrinklewall range is perfect for bakery, take-away, catering, convenience meals and desserts.

Croxsons will be focusing on adding value to glass packaging through a variety of advanced decoration techniques and closures. It will also be displaying its stunning decoration on its The House of Erick bottle live at the show.

Visit: www.easyfairs.com/PIUK

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Simplify your supply chain

Seagull Scientific’s core software product may work almost invisibly in the background, but its worldwide reach and impact are unrivalled across the many industries in which it has become the standard for barcode label and RFID printing, including retail, manufacturing, chemicals, healthcare, food and beverage, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and supply chain. Emma-Jane Batey spoke to Seagull’s Steve Wilcox, Elizabeth Sinclair and Katrina Cole to learn more.

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ur BarTender software has a long history as the most trusted barcode label software, which of course we’re very proud of, but BarTender is actually a much richer offering, especially for the supply chain,” Steve Wilcox, vice president of marketing, told Packaging Europe.

“BarTender added the ability to encode RFID tags and create cards and badges several years ago,” Mr. Wilcox continued, “and our latest version, BarTender 2016, makes it even easier to transform business information into the labels and tags that make an intelligent supply chain possible.”

With its corporate headquarters and core software development facilities located in Bellevue, Washington, USA, Seagull Scientific also operates regional sales and support offices in Madrid, Taipei and Tokyo. Its BarTender software is available in over 150 countries worldwide thanks to its network of knowledgeable local partners who deliver value-added services such as configuration and integration with existing business systems.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2015, Seagull has won a large number of industry awards, highlighting its dedication to providing its customers with reliable software and world-class support. The latest version, BarTender 2016, includes significant enhancements and major new features, including the company’s exclusive Intelligent TemplatesTM, which make it easy to automate printing based on dynamic data from a customer’s business systems.

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The heart of the labelling system Mr Wilcox described how BarTender reliably manages and controls a customer’s design and printing process in one location or across multiple sites. “BarTender is really at the heart of our customers’ label printing and RFID tag production,” he said. “For example, our Enterprise Automation Edition supports large and missioncritical printing environments with centralised administration, secure template management and tight integration between a company’s existing business systems and its printers anywhere in the world.”

BarTender by Seagull Scientific is available in four editions, from Basic to Enterprise Automation, so a company can grow their BarTender system as their business grows. In November 2016, Seagull also released the BarTender Print Portal App for Android and iOS. Mr Wilcox explained, “We developed our mobile app in direct response to customer requests. Now our customers can easily launch printing from a smartphone or tablet wherever they have an internet connection.”

Seagull Scientific has been active in Europe since 1999, verticals marketing manager Elizabeth Sinclair told Packaging Europe, and the company is continuing to grow in the region. Ms Sinclair explained, “BarTender plays an increasingly important role in the world’s supply chains, but we are aware that some companies still start their printing efforts with the mind-set of ‘We bought printers, so we have everything we need.’ Through our strong relationships with the world’s leading

Benefits of BarTender So how is a BarTender-based system easier than just using a printer alone? Mr Wilcox explained, “The printers used in industrial or commercial settings are not like simple home or office printers. They need to receive data in a specific language, and that language can be different for different manufacturers. Without BarTender, the only way to use these printers is to write code that converts the data from a business system into something that brand of printer understands. Then, when your labelling needs change or you change printers, you have to change that code, so now you’re searching for the source code and trying to remember how to write that code.”

Mr Wilcox continued, “With BarTender, you just design the label template easily and visually, and then you can change it just as easily whenever needed.

With our Intelligent Templates, you can even set up one template with lots of conditional objects that allow the printed content to change based on variable data or business rules.”

Seagull’s senior marketing manager for EMEA, Katrina Cole, concluded by noting the company’s dedication to its European customers. “We strive to always be in tune with our customers’ needs. Thanks to their devotion, we have outgrown our previous Madrid offices and have recently moved to a larger location to better serve and train our expanding customer base across Europe.”

Visit: www.seagullscientific.com

printer brands and our local partners in Europe and throughout the world, we can educate these companies about how much easier and more powerful their labelling systems can be with BarTender.”

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Supplier directory DSM NeoResins

Siegwerk

W: www.dsm.com

W: www.siegwerk.com

Anfima

VDMA – Verband Deutscher Maschinen und Anlagenbau, Mechanical Engineering Industry Association

Dyo Printing Inks

W: www.anfima.it

W: www.vdma.org

W: www.dyoinks.com

EAFA – European Aluminium Foil Association

Components & Ancillaries

Flint Group

Flexible Packaging

Associations

W: www.alufoil.org

ECMA – European Carton Makers Association W: www.ecma.org

A M Ramp & Co GmbH / Ruco W: www.ruco-druckfarben.de

Fefco

ACTEGA Colorchemie GmbH

W: www.fefco.org

W: www.actega.com

Finat

Array Ink

W: www.finat.com

W: www.arrayink.com

Finnish Packaging Association – Pakkaus W: www.pakkaus.com

Flexpack Europe Association – FPE W: www.flexpack-europe.org

IK Kunststoffverpackungen W: www.kunststoffverpackungen.de

IKMIB – Istanbul Chemicals & Chemical Products Exporters Association W: www.ikmib.org.tr

IMFA – International Molded Fibre Association

Belfast print Finishers W: www.belfastprintfinishers.com

Bordeaux W: www.c-m-y-k.com

Bostik W: www.bostik.com

Buhnen GmbH & Co. KG W: www.buehnen.de

W: www.flintgrp.com

HB Fuller Isar W: www.hbfuller.com/eimea

Huber Italia spa W: www.hubergroup.it

A Warne & Co Ltd W: www.awarne.com

AFM Aluminiumfolie Merseburg GmbH

W: www.icr-ioannou.com

W: www.afm-aluminium.de

Inci.Flex Srl

Albertazzi Spa

W: www.inciflex.it

W: www.albertazzi.com

Janecke & Schneemann JS Druckfarben GmbH

Alltub Group

W: www.js-druckfarben.de

Kodak W: www.kodak.com

La Sorgente Spa W: www.lasorgenteinchiostri.com

Collano Adhesives

Michael Huber Munchen GmbH

W: www.collano.com

W: www.hubergroup.de

Collins Inkjet Corporation

Modern Grab

W: www.collinsinkjet.com

W: www.moderngrab.com

PPHU POlimer

W: www.colorprint.it

W: www.polimer.net.pl

Doneck Euroflex SA

Rossini GmBH

W: www.mpma.org.uk

W: www.doneck.com

W: www.rossini-germany.com

NVC

Doneck Pronat Ltd

Saueressig GmbH

W: www.en.nvc.nl

W: www.doneck-pronat.com

W: www.saueressig.com

Radtech Europe

Druckfarben Hellas

Schawk

W: www.radtech-europe.com

W: www.druckfarben.gr

W: www.schawk.com

UCIMA

Dry Lube Ltd

Sefar

W: www.ucima.it

W: www.drylube.co.uk

W: www.sefar.com

MPMA Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association

W: www.hatzopoulos.gr

ICR Ioannou

Colorprint Spa

W: www.imfa.org

A Hatzopoulos

W: www.alltub.com

Aluflexpack W: www.afp.hr

Aluprint W: www.aluprint.sk

Amcor Group GmbH W: www.amcor.com

Americk Group W: www.americkpackaging.com

Ampac Flexibles Ag W: www.ampaconline.com

API Group W: www.apigroup.com

AR Convert SpA W: www.arconvert.it

Avery Dennison W: www.averydennison.com

B Pack Spa W: www.b-pack.it

Bak Ambalaj W: www.bakambalaj.com.tr

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Supplier Directory

Ampac, A Division of ProAmpac Industrie Neuhof 5, 3422 Kirchberg, Switzerland T: +41 34 448 44 44 E: corinne.held@proampac.com W: www.proampac.com ProAmpac is a leading global flexible packaging company with a strategic geographic footprint and enhanced product offerings unparalleled in the industry. Its mission is to provide a steadfast commitment to creative packaging solutions, industry-leading customer service and award-winning innovations to a diverse global marketplace. Capabilities include adhesive lamination, rotogravure, flexographic and high definition print capabilities, and cost advantageous extrusion lamination.

Bangkok Polysac

Cavalli Plast SNC

W: www.polysack.co.th

W: www.cavalliplast.com

Bareks

CCL Label

W: www.bar-eks.com.tr

W: www.cclind.com

Belfast Foiling

Celanese Clarifoil

W: www.belfastfoiling.com

W: www.celanese.com/clarifoil

Bemis Europe

Cellografica Gerosa Spa

W: www.bemis.com

W: www.gerosagroup.com

Biaxplen W: www.sibur.ru/biaxplen_eng

Bischof & Klein GmbH W: www.bk-international.com

Bluhm Systeme W: www.bluhmsysteme.com

Bogazici Etiket Matbaacilik San Tic AS

Cflex / Constantia Flexibles Group GmbH

Coveme Spa

Eurofilm

W: www.coveme.com

W: www.eurofilm.gr

Dars 91

Eurofoil Luxembourg SA

W: www.dars.bg

W: www.eurofoil.com

Debatin

Eurostampa

W: www.debatin.co.uk

W: www.eurostampa.com

Digital Etikett

Evertis Iberica SA

W: www.digitaletikett.no

W: www.evertis.com

DPA Label Pack SA

Fabo Spa

W: www.dpahellas.gr

W: www.fabotape.com

Dunav Press

Fatra AS

W: www.dunavpress.com

W: www.fatra.cz

Dupont Teijin Films

Faubel & Co. Nachfolger GmbH

W: europe.dupontteijinfilms.com

W: www.faubel.de

EcoCortec doo

Filmo Group

W: www.ecocortec.hr/en

W: www.filmogroup.com

Eduard Albeniz SA

Firstline

W: www.ealbeniz.com

W: www.firstline.md

Elif Holding As

Flexopac

W: www.elifplastik.com.tr

W: www.flexopack.com

Envaflex

Flexpol Sp z.o.o.

W: www.envaflex.net

W: www.flexpol.pl

Enve Print Services GmbH

Flextrus AB

W: www.enve-print.eu

W: www.flextrus.com

Essel Deutschland GmbH

Folian GmbH

W: www.essel-deutschland.de

W: www.folian.com

Essel propack UK Ltd

Gascogne Group

W: www.cflex.com

W: www.esselpropack.com

W: www.groupe-gascogne.com

CGP Flexible Innovation

Essentra

GRAFPOL BM Meszkes

W: www.cgp-coating.com

W: www.essentra.com

W: www.grafpol.net

Chempack JSC

Etiketten Drukkerij Noord Nederland BV

Groupe CPC

W: www.chempack.ru

Cibapac

W: www.bogazicietiket.com

W: www.cibapac.com

Brigl & bergmeister

Clondalkin Group

W: www.brigl-bergmeister.com

W: www.clondalkingroup.com

Carcano Antonio SpA

Cosmo Films Ltd

W: www.carcano.com

W: www.cosmofilms.com

W: www.ednn.nl

ETMA – European Tube Manufacturing Association W: www.etma-online.org

ETPA W: www.etpapackaging.com

W: www.cpcpackaging.com

Gualapack Group W: www.gualapack.com

Hagmaier Etiketten & Druck W: www.hagmaier-etiketten.de

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Hoffmann Neopac

MetLux

Polibak

Schur Flexibles Group

W: www.neopac.com

W: www.metlux.lu

W: www.polibak.com.tr

W: www.schurflexibles.com

Huhtamaki Flexible

Mima Films

Polifilm Extrusion GmbH

Segers & Balcaen

W: www.huhtamaki.com

W: www.mima-films.com

W: www.polifilm.com

W: www.segers-balcaen.com

Innovia Films Ltd

Mogul Tekstil Sanayi Ve TIcaret

Poliflexx

Sentega

W: www.innoviafilms.com

W: www.mogulsb.com

W: www.poliflexx.de

W: www.sentega.com

Intercoat

Mondi Coatings

Poligal Global Services

Shanghai Luoxing Packing

W: www.intercoat.de

W: www.mondigroup.com

W: www.poligal.com

W: www.ops.com.cn

ITW Foil

Mornos

Poligrafica Veneta Srl

Sirane Ltd

W: www.itwfoils.eu

W: www.mo.gr

W: www.poligraficaveneta.it

W: www.sirane.com

ITW Thermal Films

Neri Labels

Polivouga Industria de Plasticos

Siva Group

W: www.itwthermalfilms.com

W: www.nerilabels.it

W: www.polivouga.pt

W: www.sivagroup.co.uk

J Max Aarts BV

Nordvalls

Polyart

Skanem Moss AS

W: www.maxaarts.nl

W: www.nordvalls.se

W: www.polyart.com

W: www.skanem.com

Jindal Films

Novexx Solutions

Polycomply Hoechst GmbH

SP Group

W: www.jindalfilms.com

W: www.novexx.com

W: www.polycomply-hoechst.com

W: www.spg-pack.com

Kablonex

Oliver Tolas Healthcare

Polyeuro

Steripack Ltd

W: www.kablonex.pl

W: www.oliver-tolas.com

W: www.polyeuro.co.uk

W: www.steripackgroup.com

Kite Packaging

Paclab AB

Prele doo

STM Packaging Group LTd

W: www.kitepackaging.co.uk

W: www.paclab.se

W: www.prele.si

W: www.stmpackaging.com

Krehalon UK Ltd

Paharpur 3P

Presto Products

Storopack Uk Limited

W: www.krehalonuk.co.uk

W: www.paharpur3p.com

W: www.prestoproducts.com

W: www.storopack.co.uk

Lajovic Tuba

Parkside Flexibles

PTT Polymer Marketing Co Ltd

W: www.lajovictuba.com

W: www.parksideflex.com

W: www.pttpm.com

Südpack Verpackungen GmbH + Co. KG

Makoter

Perfektup AS

PTTMCC Biochem

W: www.makoter.si

W: eng.perfektuppackaging.com

W: www.pttmcc.com

Manucor S.p.A.

Petro Polymer Shargh (PPS)

Pulse Flexible Packaging Limited

W: www.manucor.com

W: www.petrops.com

W: www.pulseflexible.com

Manuli Stretch Group

Peyer Graphic AG

Reichherzer & Co

W: www.manulistretch.com

W: www.peyergraphic.ch

W: www.reico.at

Maverick Packaging

Plastchim T

RKW SE

W: www.maverickpackaging.co.za

W: www.plastchim-t.com

W: www.rkw-group.com

Max Speciality Films Ltd

Plasticos Romero

Rommelag AG

W: www.maxspecialityfilms.com

W: www.plasticosromero.com

W: www.rommelag.com

McAirlaids

Plastienvase SL (SP Group

Scapa France SAS

W: www.mcairlaids.net

W: www.spg-pack.com

W: www.scapa.com

Metalvuoto SpA

Plastotecnica SpA

Schaefer Etiketten

W: www.metalvuoto.it

W: www.plastotecnica.com

W: www.schaefer-etiketten.de

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W: www.suedpack.com

Suntide Packaging W: www.suntidepack.com

Superfilm Europe SA W: www.superfilm.com

Supravis Group W: www.supravis.pl

Tadbik W: www.tadbik.com

Termoplasti W: www.ter-plama.si

Tesa SE W: www.tesa.com

Supplier Directory Tipa Corp

Victor Guthoff Partner GmbH

W: www.tipa-corp.com

W: www.victorgroup.eu

Top Label GmbH & Co .KG

Visko Teepak

W: www.top-label.de

W: www.viskoteepak.com

Topcore OY AB

Vlachos Bros SA

W: www.topcore.fi

W: www.vlachosbrossa.gr

Topfer Kulmbach GmbH

Vogt Foliendruck GmbH

W: www.toepfer.de

W: www.vogt-druck.de

Totani

W H Nordvall & Co AB

W: www.totani.co.jp

W: www.nordvalls.se

Transparent Paper Ltd

Walki Group

W: www.tpl.ch

W: www.walki.com

Treofan

Weber Packaging Solutions

W: www.treofan.com

W: www.weber.co.uk

Tropack Packmittel GmbH

WH Nordvall & Co. AB

W: www.tropack.com

W: www.nordvalls.se

Tubapack

Wild Indag

W: www.tubapack.eu

W: www.wild-indag.de

Tubetticion M Favia srl

Witte y Sola sa

Ascentec GmbH

BW Container Systems

W: www.favia.it

W: www.wys.es

W: www.ascentec.de

W: www.bwcontainersystems.com

Tyler Packaging

Packaging Equipment

AST Beschichtungstechnik

Camozzi SpA

W: www.thermcoat.de

W: www.camozzi.co.uk

Automha IT

Cassioli Group

W: www.automha.it

W: www.cassioli.com

Azmec

Castus GmbH Co. KG

W: www.azmec.it

W: www.castus.pro

Baumueller Nernberg

CMII Srl

W: www.baumueller-services.com

W: www.cmii.it

Bellmer

Datalogic Automation srl

W: www.bellmer.de

W: www.datalogic.com

Bila AS

De-Sta-Co Europe GmbH

W: www.bila-automation.com

W: www.destaco.com

Bosch Rexroth

Domas Systems BV

W: www.boschrexroth.com

W: www.domas.nl

Bottene SAS di Bottene A & C

Duecker Conveyor Systems GmbH

W: www.tylerpackaging.co.uk

UKR Plastic W: www.ukrplastic.com

Uni Packaging UK W: www.uniuk.co.uk

United Barcode systems / UBS W: www.ubscode.com

UPM Raflatac GmbH W: www.upmraflatac.com

Velcro Europe SA W: www.velcro.co.uk

Verbano Film srl W: www.verbanofilm.it

Viappianni Printing W: www.viappiani.it

Vibac W: www.vibacgroup.com

Automation & Tooling ABB Ltd W: www.abb.com

Acmei Sud Spa W: www.acmei.it

AHP Merkle GmbH W: www.ahp.de

AMC Srl W: www.amc-srl.it

Andritz AG W: www.andritz.com

APO Fluid Firce Srl W: www.apo.it

Alvey nv Nieuwenhovestraat 18, 8540 Deerlijk, Belgium T: +32 55 33 57 57 E: info@alvey.eu W: www.alvey.eu For more than 50 years, Alvey has developed unique in-house knowledge of designing and installing integrated industrial solutions. We specialise in automatic palletising systems for all kinds and sizes of products. Installations can involve multi-line or single-line layer palletisers, robot units and combinations of these. Our wide product portfolio, knowledge of third party equipment and skilled project management ensure we deliver complete systems on time and within budget. We have a lot of experience with implementing projects under the most demanding conditions, such as deepfreeze up to -30°C.

W: www.bottenesas.it

Bus Handelmij BV

W: www.duecker.com

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EKB Groep

GL & V Sweden AB

W: www.ekb.nl

W: www.glv.com

Elettromeccanica Pinza Srl

Gruppo Fogliani Franchini

W: www.elettromeccanicapinza.it

W: www.fogliani.it/franchini

Elsto Drives and Controls

Habasit

W: www.elsto.eu

W: www.habasit.com

IML Solutions C/León, 17 03440 Ibi, Alicante, Spain T: +34 966 554 098 E: info@imlsolutions.com W: www.imlsolutions.com

Euromac Srl Strada Statale 31 No. 6, 15030, Villanovo Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy T: +39 (0)142 483 195 F: +39 (0)142 483 611 E: euromac@euromacslitters.com W: www.euromacslitters.com Euromac was founded in 1968 in Villanova Monferrato and is one of the world’s leading producers of slitter rewinders for plastic film, laminates, paper, alu-foil and other substrates.

It is located between Turin and Milan and therefore suitable for fast goods acquisition, fast dispatches and easy access from the main-Italian airports. Since 1968 it creates highly technological machines and solutions which are in continuous development. All Euromac’s technical and electronic solutions, as well as aftersales activities are tailor-made upon evaluation of the specific client’s requirements to develop a product that satisfies each modern highly demanding converters expectations.

Emerson Industrial Automation

Harro Hofliger

W: www.emersonindustrial.com

W: www.hoefliger.com

Emmendinger Maschinenbau GmbH

HAT Engineering

W: www.emmendinger.de

ESA Endustriyel Tesisler ve Kurumsal W: www.esamuhendislik.com

Ferag AG W: www.ferag.com

Fives Stein Ltd W: www.fivesgroup.com

Gates Europe BVBA W: www.gates.com/europe

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W: www.hat-engineering.ch

HIS Industrie Service W: www.his-industry.com

Hitachi W: www.hitachi.eu

Hollander & Techniek BV W: www.hollandertechniek.nl

Intelect UK Ltd W: www.intelectuk.com

Kilde AS W: www.kilde-as.com

Pioneers in providing comprehensive solutions in the area of In Mould Labeling. From Hybrid, Top & Side entry IML robots to specific moulds. With customers all over the world, the company combines the experience and know-how to develop the systems that meet the requirements of the most demanding markets. Every single part of the systems is developed in the headquarters located in the IML Innovation Park in Alicante (Spain). The company also has offices in the USA, Colombia and Peru.

Kuebler Group

Oleodinamica Sabatini srl

W: www.kuebler.com

W: www.oleodinamicasabatini.it

Kuka Roboter CEE

OMC Collareda Srl

W: www.kuka-robotics.com

W: www.omc-collareda.com

Lenze BV

Omron

W: www.lenze.com

W: www.omron.com

M Torres Disenos Industriales

Pilz Nederland

W: www.mtorres.es

W: www.pilz.com

Macera Srl

PMA Srl

W: www.macerasrl.it

W: www.pmasrl.com

Mak Aandrijvingen BV

Pneumax spa

W: www.mak.nl

W: www.pneumaxspa.com

Marubeni Europe Plc

Polyketting BV

W: europe.marubeni.com

W: www.polyketting.nl

Matrix Spa

Prematic AG

W: www.matrix.to.it

W: www.prematic.ch

Mechcom

Rockwell Automation

W: www.mechcom.at

W: www.rockwellautomation.com

Metalwork SpA

Schneider Electric Danmark AS

W: www.metalwork.it

W: www.schneider-electric.co.uk

Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV

Siemens

W: eu3a.mitsubishielectric.com

W: www.siemens.com

Movomech AB

Sit Spa

W: www.movomech.se

W: www.sitspa.com

Supplier Directory SMC Pneumatik GmbH

Bisio Progetti

Fermac Spa

W: www.smc.eu

W: www.bisioprogetti.it

W: www.fermac.it

Sonzogni Camme Spa

Blomix

Fischer Soehne

W: www.sonzogni.it

W: www.blomix.com

W: www.fischersoehne.ch

SWC Wälzlagerfabrikation Schweinfurt GmbH

BLW Kunststoffen BV

GCS – Global Closure Systems

W: www.blw-kunststoffen.nl

W: www.gcs.com

W: www.swc-bearings.de

Tsubakimoto Europe BV W: www.tsubaki.eu

Uttensileria Lughese Srl W: www.utensileria-lughese.it

Virto Group W: www.virtogroup.com

Vittorio Fossati Srl (Everest Chains) W: www.everestchain.com

Welland Supplies Ltd W: www.welland-supplies.co.uk

Wittenstein AB W: www.wittenstein.de

Zaugg Maschinenbau W: www.zmb.ch

Converting Ab Graphic International Ltd W: www.abgint.com

Abriso W: www.abriso.com

AFS Entwicklungs und Vertriebs GmbH W: www.afs.biz

Aimplas W: www.aimplas.net

Amut Group W: www.amutgroup.com

ASB International PVT Ltd W: www.asbindia.com

Battenfeld-Cincinnati

Induflex Sondermaschinenbau GmbH W: www.induflex-coating.de

Injection Point W: www.injection-point.nl

Isopren srl W: www.isoprensrl.it

Breyer GmBH

Glenro inc

W: www.breyer-extr.com

W: www.glenro.com

BSW Machinery Hendels GmbH

GN Thermoforming Equipment

W: www.bsw-machinery.com

W: www.gnplastics.com

Champion Machinery

Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH

W: www.tw-champion.com

W: www.gneuss.de

CNC Srl

Gruppo Fomat

W: www.cnc-carpi.com

W: www.gruppofomat.com

Crabtree of Gateshead

Haidlmair GmbH

Krauss Maffei Technologies GmbH

W: www.crabpress.co.uk

W: www.haidlmair.at

W: www.kraussmaffei.com

Cutting Edges Srl (Trima)

Hasco Hasenclever GmbH

Kuhne Anlagenbau

W: www.cuttingedges.it

W: www.hasco.com

W: www.kuhne-group.com

Davis Standard LLC

HC Heesentaler Container

Labotek

W: www.davis-standard.com

W: www.hessentaler-container.de

W: www.laboteknordic.se

Doteco Spa

Highcon Systems

Lacasse & Weston Inc

W: www.doteco.com

W: www.highcon.net

W: www.lacwes.com

Dr Collin GmbH

Horn Glass

Leistritz Extrusionstechnik

W: www.drcollin.de

W: www.hornglass.com

W: www.leistritz.com

Elba Spa

Hosokawa Alpine

Leonard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG

W: www.elba-spa.it

W: www.hosokawa-alpine.com

W: www.kurz.de

Elit Metalurji

Hudson Sharp

Lubisol Eng. CO

W: www.elitmetalurji.com.tr

W: www.hudsonsharp.com

W: www.lubisol.ttm.bg

Engel Austria

Husky Injection Molding

Mario Cotta Zincometal

W: www.engelglobal.com

W: www.husky.co

W: www.mariocotta.com

Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH

IBS Austria GmbH

MAS Maschinenund Anlagenbau Schulz

W: www.ettlinger.com

Farpi France W: www.farpi.com

Farrel Pomini W: www.farrel-pomini.com

W: www.ibs-ppg.com

IGS Gebojagema W: www.igsgebojagema.nl

Illig Maschinenbau W: www.illig.de

Itochu Deutschland GmbH W: www.itochu.co.jp

Johan vd Wiel Moulds & Handling BV W: www.johanvdwiel.nl

Kautex Maschinenbau W: www.kautex-group.com

W: www.mas-austria.com

MeRo S.p.A. W: www.mero.it

Motan Colortronic Ltd W: www.motan-colortronic.co.uk

W: www.battenfeld-cincinnati.com

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Netstal-Maschinen AG Tschachenstrasse CH-8752 Nafels Switzerland T: +41 55 618 6111 E: info@netstal.com W: www.netstal.com The Netstal product brand stands for first-class, high-performance, high-precision injection molding machinery and system solutions. Netstal customers set a high value on the company’s continuous drive to innovate, excellent service and efficient, high-performance engineering solutions, especially for the beverage, packaging and medical technology industries. As an established Swiss company, for 60 years Netstal has been one of the world’s leading suppliers of high-precision, high-speed plastic injection molding machines with clamping forces of 500 to 8000 kN. Netstal machines meet the highest standards in terms of process management, quality of molded parts and production performance, and are primarily employed in the manufacture of particularly complex technical and thin-wall plastic molded parts.

Nissei ASB GmbH

Reifenhauser

W: www.nisseiasb.co.jp

W: www.reifenhauser.com

Oppliger

Reno-Tec

W: www.oppliger.eu

W: www.reno-tec.de

Pasaban

Rofin Baasel Lasertech GmBH

W: www.pasaban.com

W: www.rofin.com

Pattern Forme Limited

Roither Maschinenbau GmbH

W: www.patternforme.co.uk

W: www.austropressen.com

PET Moulds

Ruma Rubber

W: www.dimensionscontrol.com

W: www.rumarubber.com

Pezzutti Group

S A Giuseppe Cristini

W: www.pezzutti.it

W: www.cristini.com

Precision Products (Portsmouth) Ltd

Sam Europe

W: www.airshaft.co.uk

Rabatech BV W: www.robotech.nl

Rapid Granulator W: www.rapidgranulator.com

Recard W: www.recard.it

W: www.sungan.net

Simco-Ion W: www.simco-ion.co.uk

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Appec Group

W: www.thermofisher.com

W: www.appecastro.cz

Thermoplay SpA

Aranow Packaging Machinery

W: www.thermoplay.it

W: www.aranow.com

Top Cleaning packaging

Arden Dies Ltd

W: www.topcleanpackaging.com

W: www.ardendies.com

Ultratech Mold (Shenzhen) Co Ltd

Arodo BVBA

W: www.ultratech.com.hk

W: www.arodo.com

Vetaphone AS

Atlanta Stretch

W: www.vetaphone.com

W: www.atlantastretch.com

Witt Gastechnik

ATS Tanner

W: www.wittgas.com

W: www.ats-tanner.com

Zund Swiss Cutting Systems

Barbaran SA

W: www.zund.com

W: www.barberan.com

Filling / Packing Machines

Berhalter AG

Acmavolpak (Acma) W: www.acma.it

Acmavolpak (Volpak) W: www.volpak.com

Acmi Spa

W: www.berhalter.com

Bimec Srl W: www.bimec.it

Blue Print Automation W: www.blueprintautomation.com

W: www.acmispa.it

Bobst Mex SA PO Box, CH-1001 Lausanne T: +41 21 621 21 11 F: +41 21 621 20 70 W: www.bobst.com We are one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board and flexible materials industries. Founded in 1890 by Joseph Bobst in Lausanne, Switzerland, BOBST has a presence in more than 50 countries, runs 12 production facilities in 8 countries and employs close to 5 000 people around the world. The firm recorded a consolidated turnover of CHF 1.33 billion for the year ended December 31st, 2015.

Steinemann Technology AG W: www.steinemann.com

Techne Spa

Alfa Machine Food Packaging Machinery

W: www.technespa.com

W: www.alfamachine.gr

Bm Flex W: www.bmflex.com

Boehl / SPG Packaging Systems W: www.boehl-banderolieren.de

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Supplier Directory Bossar Packaging

Endoline Machinery

ITW Dynatec

Lindauer Dornier GmBH

W: www.bossar.com

W: www.endoline.co.uk

W: www.itwdynatec.com

W: www.lindauerdornier.com

Boxon

Fischbein

ITW Pillar Technologies

Loeschpack

W: www.boxon.com

W: www.fischbein.com

W: www.pillartech.com

W: www.loeschpack.de

Branson Ultrasonics GmBH & Co. KG

G.MONDINI S.p.A.

Karl Marbach GmbH & Co. KG

Madern International

W: www.gmondini.com

W: www.marbach.com

W: www.madern.com

Giuseppe Desiro

Kern Italia

Manuli

W: www.giuseppedesiro.com

W: www.kernitalia.it

W: www.manuli.co.uk

Goglio Spa

Kliklok International Ltd

Mariani Srl

W: www.goglio.it

W: www.kliklok-int.com

W: www.mariani-it.com

W: www.branson.eu

Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG W: www.brueckner-maschinenbau.com

Cambridge Technology (Newtech)

Goodtech Solutions

Kroenert GmbH & Co

Martin Automatic Inc

W: www.newtech-ltd.co.uk

W: www.goodtech.no

W: www.kroenert.de

W: www.martinautomatic.com

CFT Spa III

Greatview

Lamican International Oy

Maverick Engineering

W: www.cft-group.com

W: www.greatviewpack.com

W: www.lamican.com

W: www.maverickengineering.co.za

Clevertech

Haloila Oy

Langen Group

MG2

W: www.clevertech.it

W: www.haloila.com

W: www.langengroup.com

W: www.mg2.it

Clifton Packaging

Hema

Lantech

Monomatic

W: www.cliftonpackaging.com

W: www.hema-filler.com

W: www.lantech.com

W: www.monomatic.fr

Concetti Group

Herman Waldner GmbH

Leister AG

Mosca

W: www.concetti.com

W: www.waldner.de

W: www.leister.com

W: www.mosca.com

Coopbox Group Spa

Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH

Lemo Maschinenbau GmbH

MSI Pulp Moulding Inc

W: www.lemo-maschinenbau.com

W: www.msipme.com

W: www.coopbox.it

D & R Industries W: www.dr-machinery.com

Deca Packaging Group W: www.deca.be

Dienst Verpackungstechnik GmbH

W: www.herrmannultraschall.com

Hinterkopf GmbH W: www.hinterkopf.de

IFF GmbH W: www.iff-gmbh.de

Ilapak

W: www.dienst-packsystems.de

W: www.ilapak.co.uk

Eckel & Sohn

IMA Dairy & Food Holding GmbH

W: www.eckel-sohn.de

W: www.imadairyfood.com

Econ Core

Inkspec

W: www.econcore.com

W: www.inkspec.com

Emba Protec

Inmaco BV

W: www.emba-protec.de

W: www.inmaco.nl

Emkon System

Italproject Srl

W: www.emkon-system.de

W: www.italproject.net

OPTIMA packaging group GmbH Steinbeisweg 20, 74523 Schwaebisch Hall, Germany T: +49 791 506-0 E: info@optima-packaging.com W: www.optima-packaging.com OPTIMA packaging group GmbH with headquarters in Schwaebisch Hall, Germany, teams with its subsidiaries to design and build packaging equipment for pharmaceutical, consumer, nonwoven and life science products – from single standard machines to complete complex turnkey systems. Whether custom solutions or modular standard units, functions are consistently tailored to the specific needs of the customers and their industries. Optima is the worldwide leader in packaging technologies for many fields. An export share of more than 80 per cent is indicative of the company’s international standing.

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Multipack

PremierTech Chronos BV

Shibuya Hoppmann

Uflex

W: www.multipack.net

W: www.ptchronos.com

W: www.shibuyahoppmann.com

W: www.uflexltd.com

MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG

Primoreels AS

Sica Spa

Unifill

W: www.primoreels.com

W: www.sica-italy.com

W: www.unifill.it

Proactive Packaging Private Ltd

Sidel Group

Water Line SA

W: www.propack.net.in

W: www.sidel.com

W: www.waterline.ch

Project Automation & Engineering

Sig. Combibloc

W: www.multivac.com

MWN in Niefern Maschinenfabrik GmbH W: www.mwn-niefern.de

Nishimura Mfg. CO lTd W: www.ns-slitter.co.jp

W: www.project-ae.com

Nordson

R Weiss Verpackungstechnik GmbH

W: www.nordson.com

W: www.r-weiss.de

Noxon

Radpak Fabryka Maszyn Pakujacych sp z.o.o

W: www.noxon.it

OCME Srl W: www.ocme.com

Olbrich W: www.olbrich.de

Omet W: www.omet.com

Packsys Global Switzerland Ltd W: www.packsysglobal.com

PakTech W: www.paktech-opi.com

Pamasol W: www.pamasol.com

Pano Verschluss GmbH W: www.pano.de

Pattyn Packing Line NV W: www.pattyn.com

PDC Europe W: www.pdceurope.com

Petratto srl W: www.petratto.com

Pillar Technologies W: www.pillartech.com

Piovan W: www.piovan.com

W: www.radpak.net

Record Packaging Systems W: www.recordpackaging.com

Rieke W: www.riekepackaging.com

Robatech W: www.robatech.com

Robino & Galandrino W: www.robinoegalandrino.it

RonTech AG W: www.rontech.ch

Rovema GmbH W: www.rovema.com

Samuel Grant Packaging W: www.samuelgrant.co.uk

SCAE Europe W: www.scae-europe.it

Scholle Packaging W: www.scholleipn.com

Schuler Pressen GmbH W: www.schulergroup.com

Sealed Air - Food Care W: www.sealedair.com

Sealpac International W: www.sealpacinternational.com

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W: www.sig.biz

SN Maschinenbau GmbH W: www.sn-maschinenbau.com

Somic Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH W: www.somic.de

Spirax – Sarco Srl W: www.spiraxsarco.com

Windmoller & Holscher KG W: www.wuh-group.com

Yueli Machinery W: www.yueli.com.tw

Materials Handling AIC Plastic Pallets Limited W: www.aicpp.com

Starlinger & Co. GmbH

Alpac-Kunststof Bakken en Pallets

W: www.starlinger.com

W: www.alpac.nl

Stolle Machinery LLC

Aprolis France

W: www.stollemachinery.com

W: www.aprolis.com

Stork Food & Dairy Systems

Aschieri De Pietri srl

W: www.sfds.eu

W: www.aschieri-depietri.it

TBMA

AUE Schafler

W: www.tbma.com

W: www.schafler-holz.at

Technopack Spa

Bila Palomat

W: www.tecnopackspa.it

W: www.palomat.com

Telm Srl

Chep

W: www.telm.it

W: www.chep.com

Tetra Pak

Falkenhahn AG

W: www.tetrapak.com

W: www.falkenhahn.eu

Texa AG

Go Plastic pallets

W: www.texa.ch

W: www.goplasticpallets.com

Theegarten Pactec GmbH

Integrated Timber Solution Ltd

W: www.theegarten-pactec.de

W: www.integratedtimbersolutions countytyrone.co.uk

Tosa Spa W: www.tosagroup.net

Trascar Automazione E Logistica W: www.trascar.it

Legnobotti srl W: www.legnobotti.it

Mekins W: www.mekins.com

Supplier Directory Penntree Pallets Ltd

F System

Baumer Group

IGT Testing Systems

W: www.penntree.co.uk

W: www.f-system.cz

W: www.baumer.com

W: www.igt.nl

Purus Plastics

FlexLink Systems

Bizerba

Ishida Europe

W: www.purus-plastics.de

W: www.flexlink.com

W: www.bizerba.com

W: www.ishidaeurope.com

Smart Flow

Interroll Fördertechnik GmbH

Bizerba Luceo

Laetus

W: www.smart-flow.com

W: www.interroll.be

W: www.luceo-inspection.com

W: www.laetus.com

STL Imballaggi

JP Conveyors

Cabinplant

Mettler Toledo

W: www.stlimballaggiumbria.it

W: www.jpconveyors.com

W: www.cabinplant.com

W: www.mt.com

TPZ Linde viličari Hrvatska

Mo.Tri.Dal Spa

Cerulean

Mitutoyo Europe

W: www.tpz.hr/tpz-linde-vilicari-hrvatska

W: www.motridal.com

W: www.cerulean.com

W: www.mitutoyo.eu

Material Production

MSK Verpackungs Systeme GmbH

Coop Bilanciai

MSC & SGCC

W: www.coopbilanciai.com

W: www.tiama.com

Dansensor

Multiweigh

W: www.dansensor.com

W: www.multiweigh.com

Erhardt & Leimer

NDC Infrared Engineering Ltd

W: www.erhardt-leimer.com

W: www.ndc.com

Metso Oy W: www.metso.com

Pulp Moulding Dies Inc W: www.pulpmouldingdies.com

Ambaflex Spiral Conveyor Solutions W: www.ambaflex.com

Ammeraal Beltech W: www.ammeraalbeltech.com

Arnott Group Ltd W: www.arnott-group.co.uk

Beltec W: www.beltec.co.uk

BFR group W: www.bfrsystems.com

Bompani Srl W: www.bompanisrl.it

Crizaf Spa W: www.crizaf.com

W: www.msk.de

Orfer Oy W: www.orfer.fi

Palomat W: www.palomat.com

Posimat SA W: www.posimat.com

Re Plast Extruder Corporation W: www.re-plast.com.tw

Rexnord Flattop BV W: www.rexnordflattop.com

S + S Seperation & Sorting Technology GmbH W: www.sesotec.com

SEW Carbon Vector

EyeC GmbH, Burchardstraße 21, 20095 Hamburg, Germany T: +49 40 226 3555 - 0 F: +49 40 226 3555 - 90 E: info@EyeC.de W: www.EyeC-Inspection.com

W: www.sew-eurodrive.com

Span Tech Europe BV W: www.spantech-europe.com

CSI Industries BV

Vahle Srl

W: www.csiportal.com

W: www.vahle.it

Cusinato srl

Wildfellner GmbH

W: www.cusinato.us

W: www.wildfellner.at

Dan Palletiser

Measuring Inspection

W: www.dan-palletiser.com

EyeC

DErtec Aandrijftechniek BV

B + L Industrial Measurements GmbH

W: www.dertec.nl

W: www.bl-im.de

EyeC keeps an Eye on your print quality from the first artwork file to the finished product.

The company offers a range of print inspection and artwork comparison systems that cover the complete print cycle from artwork development, pre-press, press set up, outgoing QC and incoming materials inspection. EyeC systems are used by numerous industries, including the top pharmaceutical and printing companies. They give users 100% verification of content and print quality in any language, color, or format. They have been developed with a strong emphasis on speed, reliability, ease of use, and conformance to applicable ISO 9001, GMP, GAMP5, and 21CFR regulations.

Futec Europe GmBH

OCS Checkweighers GmbH

W: www.futec-global.com

W: www.ocs-cw.com

Global Vision Inc

Optel Vision

W: www.globalvisioninc.com

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Penko Engineering

Toyota Tsusho ID Systems GmbH

AVT (Advanced Vision Technology) Ltd

Hell Gravure Systems GmbH & Co. KG

W: www.ttni-europe.com

W: www.avt-inc.com

W: www.hell.de

Valco Melton

Blackware BV

Hewlett Packard

W: www.valcomelton.com

W: www.blackware.com

W: www.hp.com

VEA SRl

BST International

Hunkeler

W: www.vea.it

W: www.bst-international.com

W: www.hunkeler.ch

Wipotec

BST Italia Srl

Jiaxing Heasn Import & Export

W: www.wipotec.com

W: www.italia.bst-international.com

W: www.heasn.com.cn

Cabur Srl

Kama GmbH

W: www.cabur.it

W: www.kama.info

Carl Osterman Erben

KBA Bogenoffsetmachinen

W: www.coe-bremen.de

W: www.kba.com

Cerutti Packaging Equipment

KBA Flexotecnica spa

W: www.cpe.cerutti.it

W: www.kba-flexotecnica.com

Comexi Group

KBA Metronic

W: www.comexi.com

W: www.kba-metronic.com

Datalase

Kohli Industries

W: www.datalase.com

W: www.kohli.org

Erwin-Sick-Straße 1, 79183 Waldkirch, Germany T: +49 7681 202-0 F: +49 7681 202-3863 E: info@sick.de W: www.sick.de

Digiflex Ltd

Komori Chambon

W: www.digiflex-print.com

W: www.komori-chambon.com

Domino Deutschland GmbH

Lartec J S L

W: www.domino-printing.com

W: www.lartec.com.es

SICK is one of the world’s leading producers of sensors and sensor solutions for industrial applications. Founded in 1946 by Dr.-Ing. h. c. Erwin Sick, the company with headquarters in Waldkirch/Germany ranks among the technological market leaders. With more than 50 subsidiaries and equity investments as well as numerous agencies, SICK maintains a presence all around the globe. In the fiscal year 2015, SICK had more than 7,400 employees worldwide and achieved Group sales of just under EUR 1.3 billion.

Elitron IPM

Lasercomb Group

W: www.elitron.com

W: www.lasercomb-dies.com

Felix Boettcher GmbH

Logilabel

W: www.boettcher.de

W: www.logilabel.nl

Gallus

Logopak

W: www.gallus-group.com

W: www.logopak.com

Gallus Stanz und Druckmaschinen

Massera Targhe Srl

W: www.penko.com

Prisma Industriale Srl W: www.prismaindustriale.com

Rhopoint Instruments / Hanatek W: www.hanatekinstruments.com

Scanware Electronic W: www.scanware.de

Sentronics Metrology W: www.sentronics-metrology.de

SICK AG

Siko GmbH W: www.siko-global.com

Smeyers TU nv/sa W: www.smeyers-tu.be

Stemmer Imaging GmbH W: www.stemmer-imaging.com

Tecnotronica SAS W: www.tecnotronica.net

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Printing Equipment Agfa Graphics NV W: www.agfagraphics.com

APF Co. Srl W: www.apf-co.com

Asahi Photoproducts nv / sa W: www.asahi-photoproducts.com

W: www.heidelberg.com

W: www.masseratarghe.it

Gietz AG

MBO Maschinenbau Oppenweiler Binder

W: www.gietz.com

W: www.mbo-folder.com

Goss International

Miller Graphics

W: www.gossinternational.com

W: www.millergraphics.com

Hapa Ink

Müller Martini

W: www.hapa.ch

W: www.mullermartini.com

Supplier Directory Omso Spa W: www.omso.it

Pagendarm W: www.wifag-polytype.com

Paper-based Packaging

Crown van Gelder

EGP

W: www.cvg.nl

W: www.egp.si

D2 Printing

Elopak

W: www.d2printing.com

W: www.elopak.com

Paul Leibinger GmbH

A merati & C. Cartiera Di Laveno Spa

Delfort Group AG

Eska Graphic Board

W: www.leibinger-group.com

W: www.cartiera-merati.com

W: www.delfortgroup.com

W: www.eska.com

PE labellers Spa / Packlab

Ajanta Print Arts

Delta Print & packaging

Euroscatola Spa

W: www.pelabellers.com

W: www.ajantaprintarts.in

W: www.deltapack.com

W: www.euroscatola.it

Porvair Filtration Group

Antalis

Dentas Paper Industry

Fedrigoni

W: www.porvairfiltration.com

W: www.antalis.fr

W: www.dentas.com.tr

W: www.fedrigoni.com

Primera Technology

Arti Grafiche

Dev Priya Ltd

Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH

W: www.primera.eu

W: www.artigrafiche.it

W: www.devpapers.in

W: www.glatfelter.com

Roland

Atlas Packaging

Diplaris

GZ Media

W: www.rolanddg.co.uk

W: www.atlaspackaging.co.uk

W: www.diplaris.gr

W: www.gzmedia.com

Sistemas Inelme

Benson Group (Graphic Packaging International (GPI))

DS Smith

HC Ribberink Papier – Argenturen

W: www.inelme.com

Squid Ink W: www.squidink.com

Takt Sp Ltd W: www.takt.eu

Tampoprint W: www.tampoprint.de

Technotrans AG W: www.technotrans.com

Tecnogravura Gravuras Metalicas SA

W: www.graphicpkgeurope.com

Brodrene Hartmann AS W: www.hartmann-packaging.com

Budaval W: www.budaval.hu

Capsa packaging

W: www.dssmith.com

Duran Dogan

W: www.ribberink.nl

W: www.ddpack.com.tr

Hexacomb S L (Smurfit Kappa)

Dynamic Fibre Moulding W: www.dfmsa.co.za

W: www.smurfitkappa.com/ vHome/com/Products/Pages/ Hexacomb-packaging.aspx

Ecopaper

Iggesund paperboard Asia

W: www.ecopaper.ro

W: www.iggesund.com

W: www.capsapack.com

Carl Edelmann GmBH W: www.edelmann.de

Carre Karton bv

W: www.tecnogravura.com

W: www.carrekarton.nl

Thermal Transfer Solutions Ltd

Cartiera Dell Adda (CDA)

Graphic Packaging International

W: www.thermaltransfersolutions.com

W: www.cartieradelladda.com

Think Laboratory

Cartiera Torre Mondovi spa

W: www.think-lab.com

W: www.cartieratorremondovi.com

Fountain Plaza, Building FP502 – 1st Floor, Belgicastraat 7, 1930 Vaventem, Brussels, Belgium E: enquiries.europe@graphicpkg.com W: www.graphicpkgeurope.com

Tresu

Cartonificio Sandreschi

W: www.tresu.com

W: www.sandreschi.it

Uteco Converting Spa

Cham Paper Group

W: www.uteco.com

W: www.cham-group.com

Videojet Technologies

Colombier

W: www.videojet.com

W: www.colombier.com

Graphic Packaging International, a subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), is one of the world’s largest producers of folding cartons, holding a leading market position in coated-unbleached kraft and coated-recycled board. Of the company’s 64 production sites, 11 are located in Europe - UK, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Germany and Spain. The company’s European operation specialises in two main areas; Beverages: Multipack cartons and Packaging Machinery Systems and Food: Chilled Foods, Food to Go, Convenience, Confectionery, Spirits, Household and Personal Care.

Graphic Packaging International’s customers include some of the most widely recognized companies in the world.

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International Paper GmbH

Munksjo

W: www.internationalpaper.com

W: www.munksjo.com

ITC

Natron Hayat

W: www.itcportal.com

W: www.natron-hayat.ba

Jiffy Packaging

Neograf

W: www.jiffy.co.uk

W: www.neograf.hr

Julius Schulte Soehne GmBH W: www.jssd.de

Nettingsdorfer Papierfabrik AG (Smurfit Kappa)

Karton-Pak doo

W: www.smurfitkappa.com/vHome/at/ Nettingsdorfer

W: www.karton-pak.crobiz.net

Kiev Cardboard (KCPM) W: www.pulpmill.at

Koehler Paper Group W: www.koehlerpaper.com

Kroha GmBH W: www.kroha.de

La Nuova Cart SNC W: www.lanuovacart.com

Laufenberg GmbH

Omicron d.o.o.

W: www.omicron.si

Papier und Kartonfabrik Varel W: www.pkvarel.de

Paul & Co, KUnert W: www.paulundco.de

Potts Print (UK) W: www.potts.co.uk

Pringraf W: www.pringraf.com

W: www.laufenberg.info

Smurfit Kappa W: www.smurfitkappa.com Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world. With our pro-active team we relentlessly use our extensive experience and expertise, supported by our scale and integration, to open up opportunities for our customers. We employ around 45,000 people in approximately 370 production sites across 34 countries and we are the only large-scale pan-regional player in Latin America.

Using this scale, we collaborate with forward thinking customers by sharing superior product knowledge, market understanding and insights in packaging trends to ensure business success in their markets.

Sappi

Sonoco Alcore

W: www.sappi.com

W: www.sonocoalcore.com

SCA Sustainable Packaging

Sonoco Plastics Europe

W: www.sca.com

W: www.sonocoeurope.com

Seda Group Spa

Star Pennsylvania New Flower S.p.A.

W: www.sedagroup.org

Segezha Packaging W: www.segezha-packaging.com

STI Group

W: www.lecta.com

W: www.licpackaging.com

Mayr Melnhof Karton W: www.mayr-melnhof.com

Mel Macedonian Paper Mills SA

W: www.sti-group.com

Tec Mec Srl

Procos GmbH

W: www.tecmecsrl.com

In London, 3-8 Bolsover Street, London, W1W 6AB, UK In Munich, Gottfried-Keller-Straße 37, 81245 Munich, Germany T: +44 (0) 207 903 53 76 E: info@procos.info W: www.procos.info

W: www.melpaper.com

Metsa Board W: www.metsaboard.com

Moba Eurotubi Srl W: www.gruppomoba.com

Moulded Fibre Products – MFP W: www.mouldedfibreproductsltd.co.uk

Multi Packaging Solutions International Limited W: www.multipkg.com

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Starkraft W: www.starkraft.com

Lecta Group (Torras Papel) Creaset LIC Packaging Spa

W: www.starfilcas.com

TMC Spa W: www.tissuemachinerycompany.com

Tooling Artwork Holdings W: www.toolingartwork.com

Procos supplies bespoke carrier bags, rigid and foldable boxes, tissue paper, pouches and sticker for the luxury market. With love to detail we design, develop, produce and deliver one article or an entire packaging concept. Our custom-made exclusive packaging can be provided with eco-friendly & FSC® paper solutions. We offer an online order shop system.

There, your approved packaging can be ordered, while we take care of global distribution and international logistic warehousing.

Tri – Wall W: www.tri-wall.eu

TSP Germany GmbH (Delfort Group W: www.delfortgroup.com

Ranpak

Sitbox de artpackaging

Van genechten packaging

W: www.ranpakeurope.com

W: www.sitbox.de

W: www.vangenechten.com

Rolls to Rolls srl

Snel BV

Viokyt

W: www.rollstoroll.com

W: www.snelbv.nl

W: www.dunapack-viokyt.gr

Supplier Directory Werner Kenkel

Braskem

Holland Colours

W: www.wernerkenkel.com.pl

W: www.braskem.com.br

W: www.hollandcolours.com

Westrock

Braskem

Invista Resins & Fibers GmbH

W: www.westrock.com

W: www.braskem.com.br

W: www.invista.com

Zanders GmbH

COIM

Iqap Masterbatch Group SL

W: www.zanders.de

W: www.coimgroup.com

W: www.iqapgroup.com

Ziegler Papier

Comital

W: www.zieglerpapier.com

W: www.comitalplastspa.it

Raw Materials

Constab W: www.constab.com

Isolago Industri de Plasticos SA W: www.isolago.com

JBF Rak Llc W: www.jbfrak.com

Karl Finke GmBH W: www.finke-colors.eu

Kocak Polymer W: www.kocak-polymer.de

artimelt AG

Kunststoffexpress Handel GmbH

Wassermatte 1, 6210 Sursee, Switzerland T: +41 41 926 05 00 E: info@artimelt.com W: www.artimelt.com

W: www.kunststoffexpress.de

KWH Plast Schur Flexibles W: www.kwhplast.com

Collano and nolax have bundled all hot melt activities and transferred them to the new hot melt competence centre artimelt. The Swiss hot melt specialist operates worldwide and serves markets for packaging, label, tape, medical, graphics, security and building applications. In the field of packaging artimelt offers specialty adhesives for demanding applications such as closure of mailer bags, tamper-evident closure of security bags, resealable closure labels for wet wipe, tissue and food packaging or resealable lamination lids. The wide range of artimelt’s hot melt technology covers removable or permanent pressure-sensitive hot melt adhesives, UV-curing systems and heat seal adhesives.

A Schulmann

Elix Polymers SL

W: www.aschulman.com

W: www.elix-polymers.com

Asma GmBH W: www.pur-elastomere.at

AW Kunststoff Farbkonzentrate W: www.aw-color.de

Bamberger Polymers W: www.bambergerpolymers.com

Baumer HHS Srl W: www.baumerhhs.com

Boussey Control Europe

Eval

W: www.eval.eu

FKuR Kunsystoff

Laviosa Chimica Mineraria SpA

Mitsui (Mitsubishi) Chemicals Europe GmbH (MCIE) W: www.m-kagaku.co.jp

NatureWorks LLC W: www.natureworksllc.com

Nippon Gohsei Europe GmbH W: www.nippon-gohsei.com

Novamelt GmbH W: na.henkel-adhesives.com/ novamelt-25029.htm

Omya International AG W: www.omya.com

Pafra Adhesives Ltd W: www.pafra.com

Paramelt BV W: www.paramelt.com

Penn Color Inc W: www.penncolor.com

Performance Masterbatches Ltd W: www.pmb.co.uk

W: www.laviosa.com

Clariant Plastics & Coatings (Deutschland) GmbH BU Masterbatches RBL Europe, Am Unisys-Park 1, 65843 Sulzbach, Germany T: +49 6196 757 60, +49 6196 757 6270 E: mb-europe@clariant.com W: www.clariant.com/masterbatches

W: www.fkur.com

Gabriel Chemie Gesellschaft W: www.gabriel-chemie.com

Grafe Advanced Polymers W: www.grafe.com

Granula AG W: www.granula.ch

Headquartered in Pratteln near Basel, Switzerland, Clariant is represented by 110 group companies and employs more than 17,000 people globally. The Clariant Group has 4 business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy, Natural Resources and Plastics & Coatings. The sales in 2015 were approximately 5.8 billion CHF. The Business Unit Masterbatches is one of the worldwide leading providers of high quality color and additive concentrates and design services (ColorWorksÂŽ) for the plastics industry. Brand owners, product manufacturers, designers and plastics processors around the world rely on Clariant Masterbatches to enhance the market appeal or end-use performance of their plastic products.

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Polyplast Mueller

Tosaf Group

RDB (Alba Group)

Blechwarenfebrik Limburg

W: www.polyplast.com

W: www.tosaf.com

W: www.blechwaren-limburg.de

Ponachem Compound

Total Petrochemicals & Refining

W: www.alba.info/standorte/ aukrug/rdb-plastics-gmbh.html

W: www.ponachem.com

W: www.polymers.total.com

W: www.bwh-cases.com

Radiant Color NV

TVK/MOL Petrochemicals

W: www.radiantcolor.com

W: www.mol.hu

Rigid Packaging

Rahn AG

Yparex BV

Aerosol Scandinavia

Capp Plast

W: www.rahn-group.com

W: www.yparex.com

W: www.paragonnordic.com

W: www.capp-plast.com

Raj chemicals

Zaklad Chemiczny Pawel

AFA Dispensing

Cargopack Tagi

W: www.rajchemicalsltd.com

W: www.zakladychemiczne.com

W: www.afadispensing.com

W: www.cargopacktaegi.ch

Repi SpA

Recycling & Environmental

Airopack NV

Celliose Coatings

W: www.airopack.com

W: www.celliose.fr

Albea Group

Coda Plastics

W: www.albea-group.com

W: www.coda-plastics.co.uk

Alpla Werke

Coplast

W: www.alpla.com

W: www.coplast.it

Amaray

Corex

W: www.amaray.com

W: www.corexgroup.com

W: www.repi.com

Repsol W: www.repsol.com

Rheinfelden Semis GmbH W: www.rheinfelden-semis.eu

Rotoflex AG W: www.rotoflex.ch

Bosal Plastic Management GmbH W: www.boesel-plastic.de

Cycle 4 Green Ltd W: www.c4g.fi

Sabic

Filtratec Mobile Schlammentwasserun

W: www.sabic.com

W: www.filtratec.com

Safic-Alcan Deutschland

GT Impianti Srl

W: www.safic-alcan.de

W: www.depurazioneacqueroma.org

Sartomer

HSM GmbH & Co. KG

W: www.sartomer.com

W: www.hsm.eu

SAVATECH, d.o.o.

IL Recycling

W: www.savatech.eu

W: www.ilrecycling.com

SE Tylose GmbH

Impresa di Mitri srl

W: www.setylose.com

W: www.impresademitri.it

Stora Enso

Kierto Ympäristöpalvelut Oy

W: www.storaenso.com

W: www.kierto.fi

Symphony Environmental Technologies PLc

Lucy Plast SA

W: www.symphonyenvironmental.com

Talum W: www.talum.si

Tecni Plasper SL W: www.plasper.com

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BWH Spezialkoffer GmbH Caldicot Metal Decorating W: www.caldicotmetaldec.co.uk

Coveris Holland Place, Wardentree Park, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3ZN T: +44 (0) 1775 71 66 00 E: uk@coveris.com W: www.coveris.com As a leading international manufacturing company, Coveris is dedicated to providing solutions that enhance the safety, quality and convenience of products we use every day.

In partnership with the most respected brands in the world, Coveris develops vital products that protect everything from the food we eat, to medical supplies, to the touch screen device in our pockets, contributing to the lives of millions every day.

W: www.lucy-plast.it

Next Generation Recycling (NGR)

Ardagh Group

Crown Cork

W: www.ngr.at

W: www.ardaghgroup.com

W: www.crowncork.com

OWS

Ball

Customised Packaging Limited

W: www.ows.be

W: www.ball.com

W: www.customisedpackaging.co.uk

Presona AB

Bericap GmbH

Deco Glas

W: www.presona.se

W: www.bericap.com

W: www.deco-glas.de

Supplier Directory Disaki W: www.transpaco.com

Emballator Vaxjoplast W: www.emballatorvaxjo.se

Encaplast Srl W: www.encaplast.com

Eson Pac W: www.esonpac.com

Europlast W: www.europlast.ru

Federfin Tech srl W: www.federfintech.it

Finncont Oy W: www.finncont.com

GB Metaal & Kunststoffen W: www.gb.nu

Glaspray W: www.2015glaspray.com

Gregor Hofbauer GmbH W: www.hofbauer.de

Greif Rigid Industrial Packaging

Greiner Packaging International GmbH W: www.greiner-gpi.com

Hirsch Servo Group W: www.hirsch-gruppe.com

Holfeld Plastics W: www.holfeldplastics.com

Holfeld Plastics W: www.holfeldplastics.com

I.C.E. Innovative Canmakers Europe W: www.innovative-canmakers.com

Imballaggi Protettivi W: www.imballaggiprotettivi.it

Industrias Sanz SA W: www.industriassanz.es

Jokey Holding GmbH W: www.jokey.com

Komus Upakovka W: www.komus-upakovka.ru

Kornelis

KCC Unit C4 Deacon Trading Estate, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh SO50 6RS, UK T: +44 (0) 1489 89 52 34 E: laura@k-c-c.co.uk W: www.k-c-c.co.uk Riji plant fibre trays and cups remain rigid when cooking ready meals and soups up to 250° oven or microwave. Being 100% biodegradable and recyclable as paper fibre, using this packaging will greatly reduce your carbon footprint, giving you a major PR advantage.

Newly launched in USA, KCC’s riji answers the need to reduce CPet and foil in readymeal packaging. Riji may be film-sealed using normal machinery; using compostable film makes the packaging solution 100% compostable. KCC’s LockSafe pots and lids are tamper-evident, microwaveable, use recyclable Polypropylene (PP) and are available in round and rectangular shapes in useful sizes. Ideal for ambient, chilled and frozen.

Disposable forks, sporks and spoons in low carbon materials are another KCC specialism; ideal for salads-to-go.

Lindal Dispenser GmbH

Mus Verpakkingen BV

W: www.lindalgroup.com

W: www.musverpakkingen.nl

Linhardt GmbH & co KG

New Box Spa

W: www.linhardt.com

W: www.new-box.com

Linpac Packaging ltd

Norway Pack

W: www.linpacpackaging.com

W: www.norwaypack.no

Logoplaste

OCM

W: www.logoplaste.com

W: www.ocm-imballaggi.com

38 “Antim I” Str., 9700 Shumen, Bulgaria T: +35 954823011, +35954802869, +35954818111 F: +35 9800019 E: sales@herti.bg W: www.herti.bg

LSB

OKT Poland

W: www.laseda.es

W: www.okt.pl

Mala Verschluss Systeme GmBH

Ollimpack SNC

W: www.mala.de

W: www.ollimpack.com

Herti is a leading European manufacturer and reliable partner for developing new products combining unique design and high-quality appearance with functionality. The Company offers a wide range of aluminum, composite and plastic closures for bottling wines, spirits, mineral water, juices, olive oil and pharmaceutical products. The company does not make any compromises with the quality and strictly controls every step of the production process. Herti applies ISO 9001:2008 and BRC/IOP and continuously aims to improve the products and processes and to guarantee their high quality.

Manjushree Technopack

Oosterbeek Packaging BV

W: www.manjushreeindia.com

W: www.oosterbeekpackaging.com

Meyer Seals

Packform

W: www.meyer-seals.com

W: www.packform.de

Microcast srl

Packtech

W: www.microcast.it

W: www.packtech.dk

W: www.greif.com

W: www.kornelis.com

KTP Kunststoff Palettentechnik W: www.ktp-online.com

Herti JSC

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Supplier Directory Panache International

RPC Bramlage

Stoelze Oberglas GmbH

W: www.panacheintltd.com

W: www.rpc-bramlage.de

W: www.stoelzle.com

PaperFoam

RPC Containers Ltd

Swiftopen

W: www.paperfoam.com

W: www.rpc-group.com

W: www.swiftopen.com

Parpak

Sabeu GmbH & Co. kG

Tacom

W: www.parpak.co.uk

W: www.sabeu.com

W: www.tacom.ch

Petainer

Sanner GmbH

TDX Limited (THermodynamix)

W: www.petainer.com

W: www.sanner-group.com

W: www.tdx-tss.com

Plasco Spa

Saribekir

Technotraf

W: www.alpla.com

W: www.saribekir.com.tr

W: www.technotraf.com

Plastek Group

Sarten

Terxo AD

W: www.plastekuk.com

W: www.sarten.com.tr

W: www.terxo.com

Plastique Ltd

Scandinavian Packaging

Thrace Group

W: www.plastique.eu

W: www.scan-pack.com

W: www.thracegroup.com

Poppelmann

Schoeller Arca Systems

ToPo

W: www.poeppelmann.com

W: www.schoellerallibert.com

W: www.topobottle.com

PPG Industries Sarl

Schott AG

Toyo & Deutsche Aerosol

W: www.corporate.ppg.com

W: www.schott.com

W: www.td-aerosol.com

Precision Dispensing Solutions Europe

Selig UK Ltd

United Caps / Procap

W: www.seligsealing.com

W: www.unitedcaps.com

Sharpak

Vacumetal BV

W: www.groupeguillin.fr

W: www.vacumetal.com

Sibo G doo

Vacuum Formers Ltd

W: www.sibo-group.eu

W: www.vacuumformers.co.uk

Sintek Srl

Valmatic

Max Logistik GmbH

W: www.valmaticsrl.com

W: www.max-logistik.de

VICAP Systems

Middlegate Europe

W: www.vicapsystems.eu

W: www.middlegate.be

Weener Plastik

Nizzi Srl

W: www.wppg.com

W: www.nizzi.it

Werit

Schneider + Cie AG

W: www.werit.eu

W: www.schneider-transport.com

Xpackt

Transdanubia Spedition GmbH

W: www.xpackt.nl

W: www.transdanubia.com

Zalesi

TRN Imballaggi srl

W: www.zalesi.cz

W: www.trnimballaggi.it

W: www.precisionglobal.com

Procap W: www.unitedcaps.com

Promens Stilling AS W: www.promensfoodpackaging.com

Quadpack W: www.quadpack.com

Rawlings & Son (Bristol) Ltd W: www.rawlingsbristol.co.uk

Rebhan W: www.rebhan-group.com

Red Ant Srl / Polirama Italia Spa W: www.poliramaitalia.it

Resch GmbH & Co. KG W: www.resch-packaging.com

Rose Plastic AG W: www.rose-plastic.de

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W: www.sintekassisi.it

Sisecam Glass W: www.sisecamglasspackaging.com

Sonoco W: www.sonocoeurope.com

Soupletube W: www.soupletube.com

Staeger Clear Packaging Ltd W: www.staegerclear.co.uk

Statuti Imballaggi & Legnami W: www.statutimballaggi.com

Logistics & Warehousing Adco Shipping W: www.adco.nl

Ambrogio Trasporti spa W: www.ambrogio.it

Bianco Federico Trasporti Srl W: www.bftsrl.it

DHL Freight GmBH W: www.dhl.de

GR Samson Forwarding SA W: www.grsamson.gr

Heppner Transport & Logistics W: www.heppner.fr

Jan Van Dam Transport W: www.janvandamgroup.com

JCL Logistics Austria GmbH W: www.jcl-logistics.com

Lannutti W: www.lannutti.com

Lean Logistics W: www.leanlogistics.com

Stelioplast Stengel

Uebersee Transport Kontor Emans

W: www.stelioplast.de

W: www.itklogistics.com

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PACE steps up a gear Leading conference and event organiser Arena International is currently planning its 12th annual PACE Packaging and Converting Europe Forum which is set to be even more informative and engaged than previous years thanks to fresh topics and live streaming. Emma-Jane Batey spoke to Head of PACE Martin Ryan to learn more.

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he 12th annual PACE event will be held in Amsterdam from 28 February to 2 March 2017 and it is already proving to be a highly effective forum for the packaging community. A proudly different event, PACE, organised by Arena International, attracts many of the world’s senior level executives from the packaging and converting major players, all coming to gain valuable contacts and build business.

Arena’s Head of PACE Martin Ryan spoke to Packaging Europe magazine to explain how the upcoming PACE forum is sure to be even more focused than ever before. Mr Ryan said, “For the first time our two and a half day packaging industry event is going to be live streamed. It’s very much a content-led event, packed with packaging and converting industry information on the current packaging trends, innovations and challenges.”

Mr Ryan explained how the PACE forum is a ‘must-attend event’ that will be focused on optimisation of the supply chain, customer trends and promoting compliance within a circular economy. He continued, “By streaming this year’s programme we believe we will provide a better engagement for our attendees, who are primarily R&D directors, head of packaging engineering, marketing directors, material buyers and procurement directors from across the packaging and converting supply chain. With this high level of attendance, we know that the PACE event is strategically geared to winning and optimising business. We are well aware that trade events can sometimes be very expensive with very

little tangible benefit, so we consistently direct PACE to ensure that attendees are actually getting in front of decision makers that are actually looking for a new supplier or service provider for a particular role in their business.”

Solutions focused This strategy is achieved in two key ways: firstly, PACE is an invitation-only event; secondly, attendees are able to connect with fellow attendees in advance of the event in order to establish how they may benefit from working together. Mr Ryan explained, “The 2017 forum will, as ever, be a great opportunity for brand owners and innovative solution providers to meet and focus on the latest technologies, best practice and innovations that are set to influence and transform the packaging and converting industry. As an invitation-only event, attendees can be assured that all the people they meet are serious about improving their packaging performance. All of the visionary keynote presentations, in-depth workshops and interactive round tables are geared up for moving forward, for finding solutions and for delivering value. We know that all our attendees are busy, so PACE is certainly an effective use of their time!”

Having established itself as the packaging and converting industry’s key invitationonly, interpersonal event, PACE advises its attendees to plan their time at the event well

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Flagship event

in advance in order to maximise the clear advantage. Mr Ryan noted, “All attendees know that anyone they meet at the event is the top person or the next-in-line. Decisions can be made. This smart strategy saves money and saves overheads when compared with ‘traditional’ trade shows. PACE is packed with people with upcoming projects and people looking for solutions. It’s packed with business intelligence!”

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PACE is Arena International’s flagship event and the organiser is keen to highlight just how effective it is as business development tool. Mr Ryan added, “PACE is very well known across Europe and worldwide, as it has grown into a truly global event that is attended by many of the world’s leading brand owners. Yes, other events can be good, but the key difference with PACE is that we have strategically developed the who, what, why – the actual aims of our attendees. PACE is all about business, it’s about growth...it’s not just a marketing event for people to show their face at. It’s a place to meet decision makers and get stuff done. It can be an intense couple of days but it is fantastic in terms of value.”

With the 2017 PACE forum centred on the issues of innovation, sustainability and design, attendees are already analysing the latest business intelligence provided by PACE to ensure they meet the right people for their current needs. Mr Ryan concluded, “We have detailed industry reports from our partner Canadean to make sure we know what consumers are saying. Big brands then come to PACE with access to our business intelligence, which means they know what their customers’ customers want. That close understanding of the end user means that attendees can speak to potential suppliers knowing what consumers are saying. It’s a great opportunity to essentially narrow the packaging supply chain, which can be so convoluted. There’s nothing wasted here: the right people meet the right people at PACE.” Visit: www.arena-international.com/pace

Perfecting and

protecting brand values

Athena Graphics (participating at Pace Europe) is a European market leader in pre-press solutions for a broad range of customers in the packaging business. Philip Yorke reports on a company that continues to grow and set the standards for the industry.

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thena Graphics is an independent, family-owned business that was founded in 1991 in order to offer ‘best-in-class’ pre-press solutions for printers, retailers and brand owners. The company has seen consistent growth with offices in France and the Netherlands and more recently moved into purpose-built state-of-the-art offices in Roeselare, Belgium.

Today over 100 people are employed at the company’s three sites, which has a wide customer base that includes brand owners in many diverse sectors ranging from the food industry to pharmaceuticals.

Tailor-made solutions Athena Graphics guarantees its high-quality prepress services for its client’s prepress packaging requirements and handles more than 35,000 orders a year for more than 100 important brands. The company has developed a platform for tailor-made solutions that simplifies the packaging chain, streamlines workflows and brings a structure to workflow visibility that eradicates bottlenecks. In addition to offering a unique status overview, it is possible to use an online approval cycle, a digital asset management tool and an advanced project management system to optimise operations.

The company told Packaging Europe that it acts as a brand guardian: its operators perform the necessary colour corrections and are able to optimise images according to each individual printing technique. Athena also ensures brand consistency on all its customers’ packaging requirements regardless of the type of substrate or material involved.

A multilingual team of 25 dedicated account handlers are responsible for the coordination and optimisation of the finished product either on- or off-site. The carefully

calibrated proofs in combination with GMG software provide a realistic image of the final printed result, and in addition the company can create exciting 3D visuals, videos and virtual pack-shots. Athena’s goal is to minimise the need for re-work, reduce the time-tomarket and decrease operational costs.

On-going investment in new technology As an independent company, Athena Graphics is able to make fast decisions that benefit its customers and reduce overall production costs. These values, along with the strategic decision to invest constantly in the latest technologies, form the basis for the competitive edge Athena Graphics enjoys.

Concerning artwork and pre-press solutions, Ignace Cosaert said, “We continue to invest in all the latest software from both Esko and Hybrid. When it comes to flexo printing plates, we are able to select the relevant technologies from Esko Full HD Flexo, Kodak NX, Next and Pixel+ to achieve the best possible printed result.”

Over the next few years the company plans to continue investing in new technologies and will also develop its own online range of dedicated customer services. The latest development is ‘Packaging Couture’, which consists of three unique concepts designed to optimise the printing on labels, foils and cardboard. Ignace Cosaert added, “Packaging Couture is just like Haute Couture offering the cream of the crop at a quality level where artwork is transformed into the most beautiful printed result.”

For further details of Athena Graphics innovative prepress solutions and services visit, www.athena-graphics.be

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UK’s Largest Packaging Event Returns to the NEC Packaging Innovations (Inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Empack and Label&Print 2017 returns to Birmingham’s NEC on 1 & 2 March with more on offer than ever before. The two-day event – which in reality encompasses five shows under one roof – features a wealth of new show features, leading international suppliers and educational seminars.

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he show is always packed with features providing visitors with invaluable opportunities to learn from and interact with influential names from within the packaging industry. However, new for 2017 will be The Ideas Factory, which will see leading experts from non-packaging based companies form a cross-sector information sharing portal. This will allow the newest techniques and knowledge from other industries to be applied to the packaging sector.

Inclusivity is a hot topic in the industry, as companies consider the impact their packaging design has on consumers. David Wiggins of DRW Packaging Consultants will host the new feature examining how packaging can be more inclusive at the design stage.

For the first time at the event, Campden BRI will host a series of intimate, topical sessions for the food and drink industries. Topics discussed over the two days in the dedicated theatre will range from ‘The Role of Packaging in Optimising Quality’ and ‘EU Food Contact Materials Rules’ to ‘Understanding Migration Testing’ and ‘Food Packaging: Shape Colour and Texture’. Campden BRI will also be running an exclusive ‘Spot the defect’ competition for attendees, who will be able to win a free place on a Campden BRI seminar.

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Packaging Innovations 2017 will also include Contract Pack, a dedicated area run in conjunction with the British Contract Manufacturers & Packers Association. This provides an ideal opportunity for companies looking for an outsourced solution to review the many options in the market; the X companies slated to feature in this part of the show include Lemonpath, Evolvepack, WePack, Alloga and XPO Logistics.

Whether it’s reducing waste through smarter packaging, finding more energy efficient solutions or finding more recyclable materials, companies with an environmental agenda, will be able to explore the latest ways to reach sustainability targets at Ecopack. Some of these innovations will also be judged at the Ecopack Challenge. This Dragons’ Den style session will feature four short-listed companies demonstrating their environmentally responsible packaging idea to a panel of experts and show visitors. The winner will have the opportunity to develop their idea with Marks & Spencer.

Innovative Showfloor In addition to educational show features, the two-day event will feature over 70 leading international suppliers, many using the show to launch new products and services.

Aegg Creative Packaging is officially launching its brand new service ‘mini-Aegg’ at Packaging Innovations 2017. This will allow food outlets and food producers to order smaller quantities of Aegg’s off-the-shelf premium plastic food packaging range, making it ideal for smaller, emerging businesses that have limited amounts of storage space or require smaller amounts of packaging.

Following the same theme will be Involvement Packaging, discussing its new division called OiPPS. This e-commerce brand offers plastic and metal containers and packaging to smaller businesses and home-based start-up organisations. There are no minimum order quantities and customers can select a range of delivery options.

PFM Packaging Machinery Ltd will exhibit its portfolio of horizontal, vertical form fill seal machinery and multi head weighers. These include its PFM Pearl Flowrapper which is ideal for start-ups and smaller businesses in the bakery, confectionery and produce sectors.

Automated Packaging Systems will be launching FastWrap, which produces honeycomb bubbles and tubes on-demand for wrapping, interleaving and block-and-brace applications. Visitors will also be able to see its AirPouch Express 3 void fill systems, which produce ultra-lightweight cushions that reduce shipping and disposal costs. These feature EZ-Tear™ perforations to increase productivity and reduce risk of repetitive strain injury.

Greenearth Food Packaging is using Packaging Innovations 2017 as the launchpad for two new products. The first is Bran Tableware, which is made from 100 per cent bran fibre and includes plates, bowls, platters and cutlery. The second is Wood Carrier Trays, which are suitable for ready meals, vegetables and salad.

Debuting its new its M-Lock© tamper evident carton will be Firstan Cartons. The new system has a tamper evident built in mechanism. This removes the need for further processing, such as applying glue or tamper labels.

For those looking for glass-like clarity from polypropylene (PP), the Milliken Europe stand will feature the launch of UltraClear Polypropylene which is clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000 series. This offers customers a new clarity standard for PP that is comparable to glass-clear materials. In addition to offering exceptional aesthetics, the material is also very efficient with the lowest weight potential for thermoforming and sheet packaging.

Advanta is exhibiting its wide range of both smoothwall and wrinklewall foil containers. Perfect for bakery, take-away, catering, convenience meals and desserts, the smoothwall trays have a smooth rim, which allows them to be hermetically heat-sealed with standard film on high speed machines. Gas flushing techniques can also be incorporated into the filling and sealing phases of meal production.

Croxsons is focusing on adding value to glass packaging through a variety of advanced decoration techniques and closures. It will also be displaying its stunning decoration on its The House of Erick bottle.

Fischbein Saxon will showcase bag sealers which address several production issues.

These include the Sh1000 Air evacuation sealer, which tackles ballooning bags, a potential problem when palletising. Fischbein Saxon also has the TTS500 Table Top Sealer which is ideal for low to medium packing projects such as new, smaller product lines, where capital expenditure needs to be kept to a minimum.

Advanced Dynamics will be showing how, with the introduction of its Pack Leader range of labelling equipment, it now has systems ranging from its entry level table top ELF machines to the advanced PRO range, capable of dealing with the most demanding applications on all types of products including plastic and glass bottles, trigger sprays, tapered buckets, plastic food packs and vials.

Herma UK will be showcasing its Tamper Evident Labeller which has been developed to meet the requirements of the Falsified Medicine Directive 2011/62/EU. The labeller prints a unique 2D code and serial number to each carton. A vision system verifies and stores the codes. A tamper evident label is applied to each side of the pack and the secure packs exit the machine sealed with a unique identifier.

Networking As well as unrivalled show content, features and exhibitors, attendees will have the opportunity to network with over 6000 industry peers. Don’t miss the official Networking party, which take place at 17:00 on 1 March.

Registration is now open. To register for free, please visit www.easyfairs.com/PIUK, www.easyfairs.com/EmpackUK and www.easyfairs.com/Label&PrintUK or via the show team on +44 (0)20 3196 4429 or PackagingUK@easyfairs.com.

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Breakthrough in anti-microbial treatment The threat posed by bacteria and viruses has inspired Pack Innovation, the innovative start-up established by the Metalchimica Group, to carry out research into the development of unique antimicrobial packaging for drugs, foods and cosmetics. Such plastic packaging would greatly reduce the risk of transmitting bacteria and viruses without compromising the quality of both the product and its packaging.

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ack Innovation’s antimicrobial packaging utilises the natural antimicrobial power of silver Ag+, without turning it into nanometric silver or colloidal silver, while acting as a good antimicrobial agent. The innovative antimicrobial defence limits the contact transmission, therefore reducing the spread of many infectious bacterial, viral and fungal diseases.

This scientific breakthrough is the result of many years of research carried out in collaboration with the University of Ferrara, Italy.

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untreated one, however the actual difference between the two is immeasurable and involves very little cost. This simple treatment protects the surface from microbial agents emanating from the air or from human contact.

The new product is applied to the external surfaces of packaging (including tubes, bottles and jars) through homogeneous distribution, which does not affect the bulk or the plastic material itself. It is also resistant to all environmental conditions and protects the packaging until the end of the life with zero degradation.

Test samples are available for any interested company to demonstrate the impressive difference between standard, untreated packaging and an antimicrobial one.

The microbial product offers users an excellent cost:added value ratio, meaning it is also a powerful marketing and communication tool for the client seeking to differentiate themselves in a competitive industry.

Among the many areas of application for this innovative new product are: cosmetic lines for children (paediatric paste, protective cream, liquid talc, massage oil and so on); products for hospital operating rooms; antibacterial cosmetic lines for hands and feet; skincare products; intimate creams; insect bite and sting creams; creams for postoperative care or toothpaste. The Ag+ treatment can be applied to product containers, labels and covers.

For example, when in contact with micro-organisms found in compost, wet soil, fresh water, seawater and activated sludge, the organic packaging becomes biodegradable and will decompose completely in the soil.

For further details of this remarkable breakthrough in antimicrobial packaging and the new biodegradable, organic plastic product visit: www.packinnovation.it and www.metalchimicagroup.it

Pioneering eco-friendly ‘organic’ plastic Today packaging has become a critical issue not only from an industrial point of view, but in particular from an environmental and social perspective. Pack Innovation Metalchimica has been pioneering a special project designed to offer innovative, ecofriendly packaging that meets the sustainability criteria for dramatically reducing the negative impact of traditional plastic packaging. This all-new, biodegradable packaging is identical to traditional packaging in terms of its technical features and product benefits, but has a totally different chemical composition that allows agents to absorb and decompose the packaging once it has entered the waste cycle, thus avoiding the need for landfill of incineration.

Pack Innovation Metalchimica intends to offer a revolutionary and effective solution that will make plastic packaging truly environmentally friendly, while maintaining all the existing standards of safety and versatility offered by traditional plastics. In recent years Metalchimica has tested a material developed using the most advanced technologies in order to make plastic fully biodegradable and transform it into organic components that have zero impact on the environment.

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(Blow) Moulding the future ‘Blow Moulding 2017’ is a unique industry event, to be held on 19-21 June in Düsseldorf, Germany. It embraces not just blow moulding companies but this industry’s entire supply chain, as Philip Yorke reports.

A large, complex market IN 2016, circa 20 million metric tonnes of thermoplastic polymers have been processed by blow moulding. They were converted into bottles, jars, jerricans, plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers (IBC), toys, medical devices, automotive fuel tanks and air ducts, various other containers and technical parts – worth a total of circa $400 billion. Spread across the globe, blow moulding is a sophisticated industry, utilising complex technical and commercial processes. It benefits from continuous innovation in materials, machinery, process and product design. It utilises multiple channels to market and provides solutions to the complex requirements of a demanding set of customers.

Blow-moulding is the process of choice for mass-manufacturing hollow plastic products. These range in size from 2 millilitre ampules to 1,500 litre intermediate bulk containers.

Blow moulded plastic products can be found everywhere: not just in supermarkets, but in hospitals, cars, appliances, in industrial and agricultural packaging, even in construction and infrastructure. They provide affordable hygienic protection and expand the shelf life of our food and beverages; they are essential in transporting, storing and delivering household chemicals, as well as cosmetic and pharmaceutical products; they offer inexpensive, environmentally-friendly and safe ways to supply and store industrial liquids and powders – and so on. It is impossible to imagine modern life without them.

An innovative, dynamic industry Few outsiders realise how complex this industry is. It utilises many various types of thermoplastic resins, often in the same product, in multi-material, multi-layer structures.

These include PET, high, medium and low density polyethylenes, PVC, polypropylene, EVOH, polycarbonate, styrenics, polyamides, etc.

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This is an industry that constantly develops and innovates. There are advances in additives, raw materials, design, machinery and process, testing and quality assurance. Further innovation occurs in response to new market needs and ever more exacting customer requirements. Many of these innovations, for instance, provide solutions to the search for improved packaging sustainability; others address the needs of the customer industries: faster filling, longer product shelf life, safer, stronger and more attractive packaging.

A captivating conference This complex, sophisticated global industry deserves a dedicated event. Blow Moulding 2017 will bring together in an ideal setting the entire supply chain: brand owners, packaging companies, blow-moulders, preform manufacturers, suppliers of ancillary components such as labels, caps and closures, handles and grips, machinery manufacturers, raw material and additive suppliers, product and mould designers, testing, certification and research institutes.

The two-day technical programme (which is currently in the latest stages of development, see www.blow-moulding.events/call-for-papers) will itself feature presentations delivered not just by blow-moulders, but by representatives of brand owners and other supply chain participants. This will enable attendees to gauge market trends and learn about the latest developments in this industry.

Presentations will alternate with Q & A sessions, as well as with opportunities to socialise, network and interact directly with other participants. Experts from various disciplines will thus be able to exchange opinions, compare experiences, discuss challenges and achievements, as well as initiate new collaborations – all in a relaxed, but professional setting.

A table-top exhibition will accompany the conference, providing marketing opportunities for companies interested in promoting their products and services to a highly focused audience.

For more details about this exciting conference and the opportunity to be at the cutting edge of the blow moulding industry, visit: www.blow-moulding.events

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IML. A technology to decorate the future In-mould label is a booming technique almost all over the world. After all, the benefits of using IML can’t be matched by traditional labeling, offset, silk-screen printing, heat transfer or sleeves. It produces higher quality containers at a cheaper price. That should be enough. But there are even more advantages like versatility or hygiene that are not yet so well-known for most packaging producers.

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ood packaging producers just love our systems”, claims Antonio Molina, Sales and Marketing Director of IML Solutions, “We help them produce their items with almost no human intervention and with the highest sanitary standards. That makes a huge difference for them. And furthermore they obtain a lower cost per unit”.

Drawbacks? There are some, of course. One of the most important, according to Molina, is finding the right partner, “A lot of customers are afraid of implementing IML because they had bad experiences in the past. The know-how is key in this business, and it is the only way to develop complex systems on a schedule. That is what makes IML | 74 | Packaging Europe

Solutions different: we are experts in Injection Moulding Machines, Moulds and Robots.

That way, producers just need one single partner to keep the project on track.”

Started in Europe in the late 1970’s, it is in this region where IML rapidly grow.

LATAM also embraced the decoration technique in the last decades, but with both trends meant to continue in the upcoming years, it is in the USA where IML is expected to grow faster. IML Solutions has offices in all those areas and is looking for distributors in places like Africa, Russia and East Asia. For Molina, “those are regions where we already have customers but we’d like to develop them with a closer approach.”

Visit: www.imlsolutions.com

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Co-Packing, Co-operation The European Co-Packers Association (ECPA) is a forward-thinking partner to the vast and often relatively invisible co-packaging industry across Europe. Emma-Jane Batey spoke to Peter Nieuwkerk, Chairman of the ECPA, to learn how he and his team give the industry a voice.

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fficially founded in 2009, the European Co-Packers Association (ECPA) defines itself as the key resource for co-packing and co-manufacturing partners in Europe. Its 30-plus members certainly agree – the easy-to-use online search tool on the ECPA website is an excellent way for co-packers to be found by potential clients and gives them the opportunity to be far more visible than they would otherwise be.

Chairman of the ECPA Peter Nieuwkerk explained how this important element of the association’s membership works. He said, “Our online search tool adds great value for our members. Many of our members may have a limited website presence and are not always ranked as highly as they would like by search engines, so when potential customers are looking for a co-packer they are less likely to be found. But with our easy-to-use search directory, co-packers are found via their core capabilities, so not only are they

found more easily by potential clients, their particular technical skills and capabilities are requested. It also means potential customers can read more details on each company on their individual profile page.”

Growth from need Prior to its official establishment as an association, the ECPA was a Dutch forum group, which in turn had grown from the NVC, which is the Dutch packaging association.

Initially an informal group, it was clear that European contract packers would benefit considerably from a dedicated support association. Mr Nieuwkerk, who himself is a second-generation contract packaging expert as the Group Managing Director of Budelpack, explained how it supports its members.

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LABO Phytophar Phytophar® specializes in Full Service production and contract manufacturing of tablets, capsules, sachets and other solid dosage forms for the nutraceutical industries. We offer our standard products as well as customer specific product developments to you. We offer our customers complete service from product conception to delivery of the packaged labeled product. Phytophar® offers a widespread range of (brand) nutraceuticals, herbal and supplement products in different forms. Our high volume blisterlines and sacheting capabilities deliver very high qualitative products. Phytophar® is able to ensure the highest manufacturing standards of its products and Phytophar® has obtained several high standard certifications: ISO 2200 by SGS, Bio by TUV Nord, Halal , Informed Sports Approved Manufacturer by HFL.

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Peter Nieuwkerk, Chairman of the ECPA

Interpak Interpak is a professional co-packing company for Food and Non-Food products.

We focus on high quality delivery of services and products to our customers. Our core business is to pack products from third parties. Craftsmanship, reliability, flexibility and quality are our most valued characteristics. We always aim at realizing the best possible packing solutions for our customers and we keep looking for new methods and materials to create sustainable packaging. Due to our long-term experience (established in 1976) and knowledge our customers can always rely on a expert execution of all our services and projects, in which we make no distinction between small or larger projects. Our quality standards are consolidated in the FSSC 22000 certificate, ISO 9001:2008 certificate, Organic certificate, Halal and Kosher certificate.

Nomi Co-Packing

Co-Packing is about flexibility, quality, reliability, service and cooperation, according to Carlo Jochems, Sales Director at NOMI Co-packing in Holland. NOMI Co-Packing has 30 year of experience in co-packing for many premium brand and private label manufacturers in the food sector. We create flexibility in the supply chain of our customers. Our added value lies in the fact that we can do the small volumes the factory internally in not able to manage. Working together with a co-packer is also an excellent choice for seasonal or promotional packaging and for new product introductions. Using the capabilities of a co-packer gives you a short time-to-market and it reduces the risk of high capital expenditures in the start–up phase of a new product. By working together with a co-packer you can outsource the risk until the concept has proven its success. Co-packing is a very diverse market. Our membership of the ECPA improves our visibility on our specialties. For more info www.nomi.nl

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“Today our network of over 30 members are spread throughout Europe across nine countries. We also have a large number of associate members, companies that are suppliers to the co-packing industry such as equipment providers, packaging material manufacturers...that sort of thing. I am proud to say that the ECPA represents the majority of the high quality co-packers in Europe, so both our members and the companies looking for a co-packing partner can be assured that they are getting the best possible pairing for their needs.”

ECPA is able to maintain its high standards for its members thanks to its selection process. Not every co-packing company is able to join the ECPA! There are a number of ways in which the association vets its members, including maintaining a minimum turnover, having been in existence for a minimum number of five years and having a strong track record. Mr Nieuwkerk explained why this is important to the long-term success of the ECPA. He said, “There are two main reasons why we keep these very high standards for our members. Firstly, we firmly believe that anyone looking for a co-packer must be assured that they are getting a quality partner. Secondly, members have to pay to join, so it is imperative they know they are getting great value for their membership fee. This is why we also visit all our new members to see how they operate on a ‘normal day’ – we like to get a sense of their culture and understand how they work with clients.”

Proven partners While the ECPA only accepts members with long-term proven records as co-packers, Mr Nieuwkerk is clear that this does not preclude fresh thinking. He added, “Fresh thinking doesn’t just come from start-ups. Our visits to new members help us to see how they approach their projects, how they feel about innovation...in short, we only accept members that have been proven to come up with co-packing solutions that | 80 | Packaging Europe

work, that meet the challenges of their customers and that utilise the very best in technology and development.”

He appreciates that reliability is always at the heart of a co-dependent relationship between a co-packer and its customer. He said, “After all, if a professional customer decides to outsource whatever element of their business, it has everything to do with reliability.

The outsourced partner needs to deliver their service even better than the customer could have provided themselves, or it’s simply not worth it. By offering a carefully selected list of reliable, proven co-packing partners, customers can be offered a pre-selection of the higher quality co-packers.”

As the ECPA looks forward to the future, Mr Nieuwkerk is excited by the prospect of developing an ECPA accreditation as well as a quality manual. He believes this will make a big difference for customers and potential customers as it means they can have an extra level of quality reliability. He said, “It can be hard for potential customers to visit our members to select a partner once they have a list of possible co-packers. By offering a quality manual, they can be sure that their technical demands are met. We are also looking to grow our association in terms of numbers, as this will increase the funding available to make this wish-list a reality.”

With the ECPA always staying close to its members, Mr Nieuwkerk noted that the current challenges many members face, based on both the 2013 and 2016 ECPA market survey, are centred on competitive loss, competition from other co-packers, longer payment terms demanded and raising quality demands from customers. He concluded, “We work with our members on all these issues and help identify the friction. As we grow and develop, we are in a better position to deliver real support to our members that helps them grow too, as well as providing our proven online search database to find customers.”

Visit: www.ecpacopacking.com

Pacoma: A one-stop shop The first of January 2017 will see Siat Benelux and Esap Systems, currently two separate entities, merge into one single company called ‘Pacoma’. The newly branded company will be a one-stop shop that can supply everything a customer needs in terms of internal transport and sorting/stocking – including all the packaging machines and materials they need to transport, stock, sort and pack their product. Libby White spoke with company owner Mr van Mook, financial director Mrs Moreau, and marketing and purchasing director Mr Lardjane, about the transformative year ahead.

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iat Benelux was established in 1995 by Mr van Mook and his wife Mrs Moreau, who both hold more than 30 years of experience in the packaging sector. Today, the company has about 25 employees, and benefits from its own technical department including six engineers who carry out maintenance services for customers. Mr van Mook comments, “We serve a wide range of customers from sectors including the pharmaceutical, food and electronics industries as we have such a wide portfolio.”

With offices and a warehouse of 4500m2 for stocking machines and consumables based in Waalwijk, The Netherlands, the company can supply the whole of Benelux within 24 hours on customer request. Other European countries are also supplied from Waalwijk. Recently, the offices have been expanded from 400m2 to 700m2. Its showroom for the demonstration of its packaging machines and a fully automatic packaging line is as big as 1500m2.

Core products include carton sealing machines, stretch wrappers, strapping machines, case erectors, customised machines, and all of the consumables for those machines such as stretch film, tapes and strapping materials, as well as motorised and gravity roller conveyors. The company also makes its own AutoCAD drawings, installs the packaging lines and machines by itself and has its own service engineers for after sales.

To ensure it offers a comprehensive range of machinery and products, it works with a well-known range of suppliers: Siat (producers of carton sealers, case erec-

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tors and stretch wrappers), Transpak (producer of strapping machines), 3M (producer of carton sealers and tapes), Bestpack (producer of carton sealers, stretch wrapper case erectors and customised machines), and Fis (provider of stretch wrappers). Mrs Moreau comments, “We have been working with our suppliers since the establishment of our company, so our relationships span over 20 years of trust and business.”

Becoming Pacoma Four years ago, Siat Benelux acquired Esap systems, and they are now situated in the same building and Esap specialises in material handling systems and internal transport systems. Esap Systems designs and supplies automatic roller and belt conveyors, crossdocking systems, pushback systems and also vertical automatic storage systems.

From 1-1-2017, Siat Benelux will become Pacoma Europe and Esap Systems will become Pacoma Systems.

There are two main reasons for the name changes, as Mr van Mook explains: “The name Siat Benelux does not cover the complete range of machines and products the company supplies: it not only supplies Siat machines but also BestPack, Transpak and 3M machines. It also supplies all kind of packaging materials like tapes, stretch film, strapping etc., which SIAT SpA (Italy) is not supplying.

“Secondly, the company does not only supply packaging machines and materials in Benelux anymore like it did ten years ago. For example, it sells more and more of its packaging machines and materials to Germany and France.”

Wide scope The company is perfectly positioned to serve all the companies that are producing or processing and transporting (internal) products that need to be transported and packed into boxes, totes, pallets and bags. The total turnover of the company is divided into 30 per cent end-users, 40 per cent wholesalers and 30 per cent system integrators.

Currently, the biggest part of the company’s sales are in Benelux, giving a strong base for expansion into other European countries. It intends to grow in the future through both organic expansion and also looks to potential acquisitions. Mrs Moreau adds, “We are always on the lookout for new products, and eventually new projects.”

Due to the company’s innovative expansion with the acquisition of ESAP systems, allowing it to offer new vertical lift systems and high speed machines, it is now in a prime position to serve e-commerce companies. Mr van Mook comments, “This is a fast growing market and we are specialised in systems that are very suitable for serving these kinds of companies. We have already started installing our systems in this sector.”

To reflect the company’s recent growth and future prospects, Mr Lardjane explains, “We are currently building a new website which will be available in Dutch and English to launch alongside our new company name in January 2017. This will make us more accessible to companies in Europe outside the Benelux region. We also have plans to attend exhibitions next year in Belgium, the Netherlands, and possibly Germany.”

Mr van Mook concludes, “Within the next few years we will be focusing more on creating, supplying and installing complete packaging lines with fully automatic machines and vertical automatic storage systems.”

Visit: www.pacomaeurope.com

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Pioneering new skincare technology Beiersdorf is a global leader in the development and manufacture of sustainable skin-care products. The company continues to expand thanks to its continuous programme of investment in R&D and new product innovation.

Beiersdorf ’s iconic global skin-care brand, Nivea, continues to gain market share worldwide as a result of the company’s dedication to finding solutions to a broad range of skin types and its commitment to protecting the environment. Philip Yorke reports.

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eiersdorf was founded in 1880 by Paul C Beiersdorf, who began by taking over a chemists shop before building a facility a year later to develop and manufacture medical plasters. The most significant milestone at that time was the company’s creation of brands that are still household names today. Namely Labello in 1909 and Nivea in 1911. Today Beiersdorf is a leading global brand that is divided into two distinct business units: Consumer Business and Tesa Self- Adhesive Products. The company is quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and employs more than 17,500 people worldwide. In 2015 Beiersdorf recorded sales of more than €700 million.

Formula for success A continuous commitment to R&D and a desire to create the most effective and sustainable skin care products, has helped Beiersdorf to maintain its position as a global leader in its field. During the last few years there have been many notable skincare products launched by the company including ‘Nivea In-Shower’, which quickly became one of the most successful ‘innovation products’ in the company’s history with over four million units sold to date. It is now available in a number of variations including a body lotion with sea minerals, and body milk honey and milk, as well as a refreshing after-sun lotion.

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cation, they had to be explained to consumers in detail. That’s why Beiersdorf tested the new type of application as the next step in Italy.

The success was so convincing the in-Shower gel was also introduced in Germany and in the meantime the product range has been expended to include Nivea In-Shower for a variety of skin types.

Rolling back the years The latest dermo-cosmetic anti-age care range from Beiersdorf, ‘Eucerin Elasticity+Filler’ also includes a special face oil. In mature people, wrinkles become part of their everyday appearance. However, visible signs of aging can be minimised and the aging process even effectively slowed down. The new anti-age care range from Beiersdorf, ‘Eucerin Elasticity+Filler’ offers an innovative combination of anti-aging and active ingredients especially developed by the company for mature and demanding skin types.

The loss of elasticity combined with the appearance of deep wrinkles, is a primary concern for many women with mature skin. That is why Eucerin Elasticity+Filler products have been developed. The day and night care cream contain Beiersdorf’s exclusive active ingredient, Arctiin, which stimulates collagen production in skin cells. The two formulas also contain Silymarin, a powerful anti-oxidant, that protects collagen and elastin from degrading. These unique formulas also contain long and short-chain Hyaluronic acid to visibly pump up deep wrinkles.

As a result the skin feels firm and looks fresh and radiant.

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On-going sustainability programme Recently Beiersdorf published its Sustainability Review, which reports on the company’s progress with its ‘We care’ sustainability strategy.

This strategy compliments the company’s business goals and ensures that it targets the areas where Beiersdorf ’s brands have the greatest possible impact.

This year’s success in the area of ‘Products’ is an important step on the way to achieving its 2020 target, which is to generate 50 per cent of sales from products with a significantly reduced environmental impact. Beiersdorf also made good progress in the procurement of Palm Oil-based raw materials. For example, this year more than 25 per cent of the palm oil base in its new materials has come from certified sources, representing a key milestone in Beiersdorf ’s on-going sustainability strategy.

Inken Hollman-Peters, vice-president Corporate Communications & Sustainability, said, “With this result we again exceeded our ‘Planet’ commitment for 2020, which set out a target of 30 per cent. We are currently working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Germany on setting a new 2020 target. Last year we achieved our goal of ‘Zero waste to

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Landfill’ at all our European production centres, which is a further significant contribution to our ‘Planet’ action area.”

Focus on Packaging When it comes to Packaging, Beiersdorf believes that every stage of its packaging life cycle can offer potential savings that can make a substantial contribution to environmental protection and sustainability.

The recent development of retail pouches is just one example of the company’s commitment to reducing packaging waste. For example, the refill pouches used in the Nivea Crème Shower Gel result in 75 per cent less waste. Today almost 100 per cent of all Beiersdorf’s packaging materials are recyclable.

Since 2009 sustainability has been strategically anchored in the company’s development processes. Wherever possible Beiersdorf applies the sustainability criteria of ‘Avoid, Reduce and Recycle’ to all its innovations.

For further information about Beiersdorf ’s innovative products and sustainability programme visit: www.beiersdorf.com

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Problem solving solutions As a leading serialisation automation supplier, Finland-based Servicepoint Oy boasts extensive know-how and experience from automating hundreds of production lines for various industries, including pharmaceutical. Elisabeth Skoda spoke to Iiro Jantunen, the company’s Senior Manager, R&D and Consulting, to find out more about how the company offers customers a one-stop shop for their serialisation needs.

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ervicepoint, with its headquarters in Kuopio, was founded in 2006, but the roots of its automation expertise go back over several decades.

“Our company was created out of several businesses, the oldest of which started operations in the 1940s in industrial electrification. The company has been working on automation for the pharmaceutical industry for 30 years now,” Mr Jantunen begins.

Servicepoint specialises in industrial automation projects, maintenance and robotic applications. It offers its customers all-inclusive solutions and serves as an integrator that is responsible for tailoring automation, integrating serialisation and other equipment, and overall project architecture, tasks that demand versatile machine and equipment planning as well as advanced automation and software know-how. The overall solution is always delivered in compliance with the regulations and standards pertaining to the site.

“Our projects are all different from one another. We normally check what production facilities our customers have, and then can make a proposal on how to achieve the changes they want with regards to production speed, adding serialisation and extra capacity. We have to keep a keen eye on what is possible on the production line and what needs to be done in the available space. One solution does not fit all, for example, some customers have lots of space, and others are working in quite confined spaces. Careful planning before starting work is key,” Mr Jantunen points out.

Targeted support With its many years of experience, Servicepoint’s multi-skilled teams are able to offer targeted and flexible support from one source to customers, including serialisation and track & trace (SATT) expertise, packaging solution expertise, and the possibility to implement the SATT solution within third party machinery. This allows customers to leave more resources to concentrate on daily operations. Servicepoint puts time and effort in high quality documentation in order to guarantee the best results.

“We can also help our customers in the pre-project phase, if they do not have the necessary resources themselves. We rent our people out to help with project activities. So there is no need to postpone work for lack of resources. We have consultants, but we also can do the complete project,” Mr Jantunen explains.

“A software or machinery company might not be able to help in the entirety of the project, integration to the existing production needs specialists from companies like us. A holistic viewpoint on the production/packaging line is required.”

Recipe for success Servicepoint’s services offer companies huge possibilities to improve productivity alongside their serialisation needs.

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“Serialisation affects production equipment through validation needs. With our services, there is possibility to decrease costly downtime. New machinery validation can be done ‘offline’ with serialisation equipment,” Mr Jantunen says.

Testing is performed at Servicepoint’s site in order to make life easier for customers.

“We test the constructed automation line at our premises (Factory Acceptance Test, FAT) to weed out possible problems before transferring the line to the customer’s site.

This shortens the production downtime required for installation,” Mr Jantunen adds.

Furthermore, Servicepoint offers its services for a variety of set ups. “In addition to manual or semi-manual workstations, we can build a fully automatic robotised packaging cell, which prints and labels each individual package, bundles, boxes and pallets, validates each printed result with machine vision (camera + software) against the server data, automatically rejects all substandard prints and packages, automatically aggregates packages, bundles, boxes and pallets according to customer specification, while at all times controlling and managing the entire packaging and serialisation process,” Mr Jantunen is happy to report.

Working with reliable partners Thanks to its partnership with Systech International, a global technology leader in product safety and consumer and brand protection, Servicepoint can offer Systech serialisation with implementation to existing packaging equipment. Mr. Jantunen describes the reasons behind the cooperation: “Systech provides the best software for serialisation, but they also need integrators to do work on production lines. We have a happy, symbiotic partnership.”

Mr Jantunen is also keen to point out that, thanks to Servicepoint’s history in maintenance, the company is able to work with several types of equipment and is therefore able to work with whatever devices a customer has.

“We are not stuck with just one machine or brand, but of course we have preferred partners, such as KUKA Robotics, Festo and Siemens.”

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Servicepoint’s approach means it is well positioned in the marketplace, as Mr Jantunen explains. “There are a lot of software providers for serialisation, and hardware providers.

A company like us is needed to integrate the software and hardware to the production line. We have extensive experience in the pharmaceutical sector, which has particularly high standards to contend with, so compliance and validation is important.”

This experience in the pharmaceutical comes in useful to guarantee high quality for other industries as well.

“We have also worked with companies in the food and beverage industries, and even worked with explosives, which of course have particularly strict regulations. We are able to cope with many demanding regulations and requirements,” he concludes.

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