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Packaging Asia News, Desember 2017

Supported by : Nordmecanica, SMS, DONG FANG, BCS, ETERNA, VALCO, KAITUO, FUMA

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SME Laos

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ChinaPlas

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Chinese Plastic Machinery

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Bio Plastic - Kevin Kumala

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Constantia Flexibles Sell Its Labels Division

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Surface Polyethylene Films

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Improving Color Across Suppliers

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Kodak Installs World’s First Prosper 6000S

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Toppan Printing Acquisition Plasindo

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Grocery Retail Sales Philippines

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Walmart & Google partner - Amazon

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E-Commerce Logistic

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Apple CEO Visits Iggesund Paperboard Mill

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Chocolate Confectionery Market Japan

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ACCA Summit 2017

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SinoCorrugated 2018

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PICCI

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How to Make Direct Print Corrugtaed Look Good

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Corrugated Glue Roll

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Harper Corporation of America Servicing Asia

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Dear Readers End of the year is coming. This is time to evaluate what happened this year and what will be our resolution for next year. My resolution for next year would be more to participate in the upgrading the packaging educations in Indonesia. I wish one day I will be able to spread my mission. I envy Kevin Kumala’s mission to prevent the earth from becoming plastic planet. This is a very good step as at present Indonesia is no 2 largest plastic waste in the world.

I start to analyze the business surround us. The packaging business is good as it will never end – everybody need packaging not just to transport but also as a sales and marketing tolls. Now with the evolution of digital – the corrugating boxing getting more and more important part in e commerce. Though it seems now our world is under control of “the FOUR” – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. You can either do business with them or compete with them or just simple live in the world they dominate.

Amazon is more than - Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Kruger, Nordstorm, Tiffany & Co, Coach, Williams Sonoma, Tesco, Ikea, Carrefour, Gap – all combine together. And Amazon still grows 20% yearly now. While Apple with its logo represent wealth, education and western value. Apple is the most profitable company in the world. Facebook daily has relationship with 1.2 billions people. One of every six minutes online is spent on Facebook. No institution has the trust and credibitily of Google. Its aware of our deepest secrets, reassuring where we need to go. Its our source of knowledge.

China exhibitions are growing tremendously. I participated in 5 exhibitions in China this year. They are getting bigger and bigger and giving many compliments to the visitors. Some free accomodations, transportation to the exhibitions and arrange to meet the suppliers as well as free lunch and cocktail parties.

In the e commerce Alibaba China also dominated the China market, though 80% of Alibaba market still China.

Alibaba was founded to help small manufacturers connect to retail and industrial buyers. While it has gone far afield of that, with its own online shopping mall and even investments in physical stores. Therefore it would be nice if we also can start help SME in Indonesia to grow the industry together (I have started to help SME on its packaging and would be happy to get any volunteer from the Indonesian Packaging Indusstries) Bon Voyage 2017 and Welcome 2018 Tuti Buntaran Chief Editor

SME OWNERS ENRICH KNOWLEDGE OF PACKAGING LEARNING INDONESIAN LESSONS (KPL) Dozens of representatives of small and medium enterprises and SME regulating bodies have attended a workshop held on Sep 22 in Vientiane as a sideline event of Indonesian Trade and Tourism Fair 2017 to learn about the importance of packaging. The workshop was hosted by the Indonesian Embassy. Lecturers from Indonesia explained to local participants how the packaging is important for a product in terms of value creation and quality.

“I think we have a good product but the packaging is not good. If the packaging is good it may be more needed by overseas markets because the packaging is not only about beauty but also the durability of the product.

Good packaging can make a product usable for many years,” Said Ms Tuti Buntaran, a lecturer from PT. First Packaging Asia.

“I have found that the packaging in Laos, the majority of them, is yet to be interesting. There are few products that are interesting in term of packaging and they are imported from Thailand. I have found that the packaging here need to be improved

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a lot,” said Ms Buntaran, who also said that the purpose of the workshop was also to promote mutual assistance between Laos and Indonesian entrepreneurs in term of penetrating the markets in their respective countries.

“I have found this workshop very interesting. This topic is really related to my company involves with processing agricultural products.

Our goal is to export agricultural products to ASEAN countries. Today I have learned innovations Indonesia have brought to show us here. This workshop makes us realize what are needed by Indonesian in case we want to send products to Indonesia.

We are in the process of learning how to do with our packaging as we have an ambitious plan to export products to Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Japan” said Ms Nittaya Pheddavan, CEO, BNN Laos Company.

Laos News Agency, September 2017

PEOPLE FLOCK TO INDONESIA TRADE AND TOURISM FAIRS (KPL) The 1st Indonesian Trade and Tourism Fair has drawn a large number of Vientiane residents, business people and foreigners.

The event held on Sep 22-24 was part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Laos and Indonesia. The three-day event also provided Lao and Indonesian companies opportunities to discuss possible partnership. TTF 2017 displayed several industrial and cultural products from Lao and Indonesia. The event also featured many activities such as a packaging workshop for Lao SME’s, a Batik workshop, a fashion show and cultural performances.

“The main objective of the event is to enhance cooperation and partnership between business communities of Indonesia and Laos by providing opportunities for them to meet and build networks and tap economic potentials in their respective countries,” said Indonesia Ambassador to Laos Irmawan Emir Wisnandar. “Indonesia and Laos PDR enjoy a longstanding relationship as this year marks the 60th anniversary of their bilateral ties, a robust bilateral relation that is worth to celebrate. “The theme of this year 60th Anniversary of Indonesia-Laos PDR Bilateral Relation is RoBUST@60NOW&BEYOND which reflects the good relationship and brotherhood since 1995 and the willingness of the two countries to continuously enhance the existing cooperation,” said Indonesia Ambassador Irmawan.

“I do believe that the exhibition and business matching will provide great opportunities to customers in Laos to access Indonesia products, seeking for business partners and better understand Indonesian culture through joyful cultural performances,” said Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Mr Somchit Inthamit.

The Indonesian investment in Laos compared with other ASEAN countries is still limited as only two Indonesia investors have been investing in Laos since 2008 with a registered capital of US$350,000, according to Mr Somchit.

“I would like to express sincere appreciations to the embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in the Laos PDR for bringing Indonesian businesses to Laos and celebrating the 60th anniversary of the bilateral relations between the Laos PDR and the Republic of Indonesia,” added Mr Somchit.

Laos News Agency, September 2017

CHINAPLAS

Drives Demand for High Quality Production The rainy weather prior to the opening of CHINAPLAS 2017 proved not much of an obstacle for visitors who were eager to acquire advanced plastics technologies. 155,258 visitors showed up in Guangzhou, topping the show’s all time record. Foreign exhibitors interviewed by CPRJ International expressed their optimism towards the Chinese market which continues its pursuit for high quality.

Record breaking attendance with 155,258 visitors CHINAPLAS 2017 drew down its curtain on May 19 in Guangzhou, China, with a record attendance of 155,258, announced the organizer, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. Compared with last year’s show in Shanghai, the number of visitors rose 4.5%. In addition, it was a staggering increase of 21.05% versus the last edition in Guangzhou in 2015. CHINAPLAS 2017 gathered 3,485 exhibitors from 38 countries and regions. Apart from a full array of advanced plastics technology showcase, three concurrent events, 2nd

Industry 4.0 Conference, 3rd Medical Plastics Conference and Design x Innovation were well received by the visitors as they were fully occupied.

“CHINAPLAS provides an excellent platform for the plastic industry in China to absorb advanced foreign technology, and for cooperation among suppliers and users in joint technology research and marketing,” said Stanley Chu, Chairman of Adsale Group.

It is also ideal for enlarging the international market coverage of the local machinery and material producers, he said. “China-made machinery is not just attractive in price but also progressing in terms of scope and technology. It attracted a lot of international buyers from around the world especially, for Asia.” Chu believed China’s Belt and Road initiative will help a lot of developing countries to become more industrialized once they have better infrastructure.

“They will become new bloods to the industry – suppliers of plastic produce and buyers of new machinery, material and technology. The global plastic industry will further expand in terms of geographical coverage and volume.”

Exhibitors heap praise on high quality Exhibitors also heaped praise at CHINAPLAS, hailing its internationalization, the large amount of visitors, as well as their rising quality. The visitors, they said, were eager to engage in serious talks or even concluded deals during the show. For instance, over €10 million is the turnover amount achieved with confirmed deals during and immediately after CHINAPLAS 2017, the Italy-based Amut Group announced.

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“We have now further evidence that the efforts invested in our R&D Department were on the right path in developing a technology mainly devoted to flexibility in production and to high speed performances,” commented Piergianni Milani, President of Amut.

“CHINAPLAS is the consolidation of our good reputation as manufacturer with 100% Italian technology and quality.”

“For machinery makers, the quality of visitors is very important, and I can say it is very good here,” pointed out Alessandro Grassi, President of Amaplast, the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment and molds manufacturers association formerly known as Assocomaplast. Local injection molding machine maker Chen Hsong also reported deals for more than 500 machines were confirmed during the show, where all of the machines it showcased were sold out. A total of 14 Austrian companies took part at CHINAPLAS 2017 under the wings of Advantage Austria, the country’s official trade promotion organization. This is in addition to several large corporations like Engel and Wittmann who had their own booth in other halls. Together they formed a strong force showing the expertise of Austrian plastics industry.

“CHINAPLAS is one of the most important exhibitions which we can showcase our plastics technology,” said Dietmar Schwank, Commercial Affairs Consul for Austrian Consulate General Guangzhou. His view was shared by Sebastian Lange, Sales Director Film at GOEBEL IMS, a German manufacturer of slitting and winding solutions for numerous industries including plastics. “CHINAPLAS is the place to be. This annual meeting of the Asian plastics and rubber industry brought good vibes and the effect of further investments in biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET). We could see a decent trend towards an increasing diversification in niche markets, as well as in advanced applications such as polyethylene (BOPE)-based battery separator film,” he said.

Expansion on the cards To get ready for the opportunities ahead, several companies have announced their expansion plans in China. Moretto has opened a new office in Shanghai, which has begun operation in May, announced Paolo Gasparotto, the company’s Business Development Manager. “One of the reasons we open the new office here is because our new international key accounts in, for example, the au-

improve technical support in China.

It will also be Trinseo’s first ABS factory in Asia.

tomotive and medical industry, are looking for our presence not just in other countries but also in China,” he explained. “They trusted us in Europe and are looking for us in China to have the same equipment installed in their plants here.” The new office in Shanghai, which includes a warehouse, offers technical support for customers as Gasparotto maintained that production will remain in Italy to ensure the high quality standard being met. He said China is an attractive market because high quality, automated plastics processing equipment like the ones Moretto offered is in demand. “In China the labor cost is increasing a lot, so the trend is to develop more and more automated processes inside the plant. For this reason they are looking for companies like Moretto that can serve them with turnkey solutions.”

During CHINAPLAS 2017, global plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber materials manufacturer Trinseo took the opportunity to introduce its new MAGNUM acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resins, which will be produced in China later this year under the “MaiChun” brand name. Through its Zhangjiagang site, the company aims is to meet market demand, respond quickly to customer needs and 8

“Building up ABS capability at our Zhangjiagang site will be the first step for us,” Tatianna Yung, Trinseo’s Asia Pacific Product Market Manager, said. “We are working rigorously to achieve this goal. At present I cannot give you a definite date of the opening nor the manufacturing capacity that we will have.” Trinseo MAGNUM ABS resins are produced using mass polymerization technology, which enables injection molding and extrusion processes to take advantage of the material’ characteristics. “This is a novel revelation in Asia. As far as I know, most ABS resins in the region are based on emulsion technology.”

“Compared with other products in the Asian market, MAGNUM ABS resins feature a light white base color. This helps in self-coloring or pre-coloring to save costs without compromising the appearance or quality of their products,” Yung explained.

She said the material meets the requirements of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) emission standards with high lot-to-lot consistency due to its mass polymerization technology MAGNUM ABS can be used in a wide array of applications, including automotive, furniture, home appliances and medical. Both MAGNUM ABS and high heat-resistant grade resins will be produced in China, the latter is developed primarily for the requirements of the automotive industry. “We are now making the first step. The future development hinges on how the market reacts to our products. The focus could be automotive or other industries,” Yung said. Home appliances remain a legitimate shot because the majority, such as air conditioners and washing machines, are white in color. The light white base color of MAGMUM resins

are able to resist yellowing over a long period of time. She explained, “You may find that the cover of your home air conditioner turns yellow after a few years. Our material can last longer and looks less apparent.”

connectors,” Durski said. “We are developing aggressively flame retardant technology for electrical applications, such as high temperature casing of circuit breakers, and also connectors for EV.”

EV fuels the drive China’s automotive market, already the world’s largest, grew to 28 million vehicles in 2016, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. In particular, sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 53% to 507,000 units. The plastics industry is keen to explore the opportunities in auto industry. Belgium-based material supplier Solvay is bringing on solutions that address two mega trends in the automotive industry. First of all, the downsizing of engine in order to lower fuel consumption and reduce emission has created new requirements on materials. “Our Technyl HP (high temperature) range is dedicated to high temperature under-the-hood applications in the automotive industry, for example, turbo air ducts, charged air cooler, air intake manifolds,” said Gérald Durski, Solvay’s Director of Engineering Plastics, Performance Polyamides GBU. Another trend is the emergence of EV throughout the world and especially in China. “It is something we want to follow and support. EV is more than an emerging trend, and it boosts the demand for

Andreas Stuber, Managing Director ofAkro-Plastic, believed that tailor-made polymers will dominate the EV market in the future. “These cars will require more tailor-made specialty rather than standard grades chemicals. Akro-Plastic will continue to invest in R&D, and we put about 35% of our annual revenues for that. With the ICX (global identical compounding) technology, we can ensure the low variance of different product batches, even if the products are manufactured from different countries, in different periods!”. Stuber thought the automotive market in China is still going to grow and there will be more and more electrical cars. “Once the Phase III expansion of our Chinese plant in Suzhou is completed in June, we can offer an annual output of 15,000 tons to better satisfy our customers’ needs in quality, prices and supply cycles of special materials,” he said, adding that the company had a very strong growth in 2016. The EV boom benefits not only material suppliers, but also plastics machinery makers as well.

Source:China Plastic & Rubber Journal Editor:By CPRJ Editorial Team

CHINESE PLASTICS MACHINERY

Makers Enjoy Fruitful Market

The Chinese plastics machinery industry rebounded well in 2016. Some remarkable achievements and important investments of local machine producers are identified by the editorial team during CHINAPLAS 2017. These exhibitors also expressed their opinions and optimism on the plastics market.

Haitian: technology to the point wins Professor Helmut Helmar Franz, the non-Executive Director of Haitian International, said that the Chinese plastics processing industry returned to its growing path in 2016, with product structure being more advanced.

Besides, the production and sales of plastic films, parts and consumer goods was on a rising curve. “To meet the growing needs of the market, Haitian will adopt new technology, such as water jet cutting, automatic welding and innovative metal-cutting to boost productivity,” he said.

Considering the various degrees of industrialization in different markets, Haitian, with its modular-based product structure, will offer the appropriate technology to expand its export, said Prof. Franz.

“For instance, we will actively push for intelligent factory, customized products and high level of connection in highly developed market with Industrial 4.0 in mind,” he elaborated. “In the standard markets, Haitian will focus on flexible and cost-effective production process to meet their basic needs.”

“Technology to the point”, as he calls it, will become the key to success in the future. Haitian is the undisputed leader in the Chinese injection molding machinery industry. Competition for the second place has been fierce.

Borch unveils new brand image At CHINAPLAS 2017, Borch Machinery Co. Ltd. (Borche) unveiled its new brand image, a new Vision Identity System presents its brand strategic 10

positioning: Be energetic, Be positive, and Be smart. The company’s new logo possesses more visual impact and a minimalist style. The new VI a brand marks a new global journey for Borche.

“The change of the new brand image is consistent with our strategy of being global in the next decade. In order to strengthen our multi-natinal management, we established a direct subsidiary in the UK in April,” said Borch Zhu, President of Borche.

In addition, Borche also established a clear positioning as the expert of two-platen intelligent injection molding machine. “Technology wise, in the future Borche will focus on large tonnage two-platen machine (by far the largest is 6800 tons), the development is gearing towards multi-cavity, small tonnage fast machine and intelligent manufacturing. Borche’s

second factory in Guangzhou, which will manufacture intelligent two-platen machines, will go into operation in the latter half of the year. “This year the market feedback is good. We are expecting a growth of 40-50%. At the moment, Borche is the only national smart equipment major enterprise in the industry.” Zhu said.

Yizumi to build R&D Center in Germany Established in 2002, Guangdong Yizumi Precision Machinery Co. Ltd. is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Managing Director Richard Yan revealed a significant change: establishing multi-national operations and set up a R&D center with Germany IKV. Yan said, “This year is the 15th anniversary of our company, and it marks the first year that we change from an injection molding machine producer towards a solution provider, and also the first year of transnational operation.

The company already is represented by the HPM brand in North America, and its Indian factory has begun operations in May. In addition, a development technology center will be established in the German city of Aachen no later than late September.

Yet, Yan figured that a truly globalized corporation requires more than hardware. “We need to learn from Huawei and Midea, changing our perspective from seeing the world from China to seeing China from a global vision. A true globalization starts with consider-

ations and changes from the top level design,” he said. Yizumi has made a couple of management changes this year to prepare for a globalized marketing strategy. James Zhang, Deputy General Manager of Yizumi, will also act as General Manager for its injection molding business. He oversees the company’s global development and management, with the aim of “connecting China and European molding techniques”.

L.K Machinery recorded consecutive 50% growth Su Zhengzhi, Marketing Director of Zhongshan L.K. Machinery Co. Ltd, revealed that, in the past two years, the company maintained 50% growth for two consecutive years. Years of R&D in technology innovation is part of the reasons contributed to this proud achievement, he said. “Of course, this is also related to our philosophy – customers’ success is our top priority, and the continuous innovation and upgrade in services based on it,” Su stressed. To meet the growing market demand, L.K. Machinery has started two new production bases in Southern and Eastern China respectively. As China pushes for its Belt and Road initiative, L.K. Machinery said it will attend to local market needs according to “market over factory” principles, to provide service to the countries identified in the development plan. “Actually we already have years of experience in marketing in these countries and regions. For example we have service outlets in emerging markets such as Vietnam and India. With the improvement of our base home and abroad, we will continue to strive to meet the needs of customers,” said Su.

FLEXO News FLEXIBLE PACKAGING MARKET CONTINUES TO SURGE Growing end user industries such as food and beverages, cosmetics and toiletries, healthcare and others such as household products, oil & lubricants, agricultural products and sporting goods are the major factor boosting the growth of the global flexible packaging market around the world, according to a report from Zion Market Research.

In addition, continuously changing consumer lifestyles and growing consumption of ready to eat and pre made meals are other factors impacting the global flexible packaging market in a positive way.

The competition in the flexible packaging market is constantly growing mainly due to increasing demand from various end user industries such as food & beverages, cosmetics & toiletries and healthcare.

Asia Pacific is anticipated to be the largest player in the global flexible packaging market mainly owing to increasing demand from end user industries in countries such as India, China and Japan. The other reason for such large growth of Asia Pacific is the growing population and increasing disposable income in these countries.

OMET WELCOMES STUDENTS TO DEMO CENTER In late October, OMET Americas, Inc. opened the doors to its demonstration facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois to Department of Technology students from Illinois State University for its first annual Printing Technology and Innovation Days. Claudio Semenza Sales Director at OMET Americas, Inc. welcomed the students to what he called, “a fantastic opportunity to share in the evolution impacting the global printing and packaging industries by providing hands on, experiential learning (one on one) with industry experts. “The day included live demonstrations a lunch “n” learn and a breakout panel with industry experts.

“Everyone can take part in ensuring students have access of the opportunities to gain a firsthand understanding of the industry and network with market leaders, as well as exposure to the technologies and skills employees 12

use in the flexographic field,” Semenza said.

The Printing Technology Innovation Days a Future of Flexo Initiative is an intensive effort founded by OMET Americas, Inc. and a consortium of flexographic printers and suppliers to increase the growth of the flexo industry’s future workforce and technology.

The initiative was launched in late 2017, but Semenza hopes to expand to other schools and more print programs. An important element of the Printing Technology Innovation Days model includes the development of pathways to careers at both converter operations and all across the flexographic supply chain. Guest speakers included: Tony Parsons of Nazdar Ink Technologies; Steve Molinets of Tesa Tape; North America; Randy Davidson of Praxair Surface Technologies; and Jennifer Heathcote of Phoseon Technologies.

FLEXO News FLEXO PRINTING INKS MARKET SHOWS STEADY GROWTH The global market for flexographic printing inks is likely to expand at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 5.80% during the period from 2017 to 2025, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research. The opportunity in this market is likely to rise from $6.56 billion in 2016 to $10.91 billion by the end of the period of the forecast.

Claudio Semenza (center), of Omet Americas, Inc., In terms of volume, the marexplains flexo technology. ket is anticipated to cross 2.434.1 kilo tons by 2025.

The demand for flexographalliances with local participants, the ic printing inks is higher in packaging Asia Pacific Market for flexographic than other applications and the trend printing inks is anticipated to witness is likely to remain so over the next few exceptional growth over the next few years, noted the study. years, reported the research study.

Surging Demand Currently, the demand for water based inks has been higher than other flexographic printing inks. However, the demand of UV cured inks is likely to increase substantially during the forecast period. Asia Pacific led the overall market with a share of more than 37% in 2016 and is projected to retain its position over the period of the forecast, thanks to the significant rise in its consumer goods and the packaged food and beverages industries. In the near future, the Asia Pacific Market for flexographic printing inks is also expected to gain from the rising investments in the packaging industry, specifically in India, China and the ASEAN nations.

With a number of prominent international players making efforts to enter into this regional market via strategic

Continued Growth “The exceptional growth in the global packaging industry is the main factor behind the rise on the flexographic printing inks market across the world,� said the author of this report. The recent shift of consumers towards packaged and duly labeled food and beverages and other products has prompted companies involved in the business of food and beverage products and consumer goods to uptake flexographic printing inks for the labeling of their products. This, as a result, is reflecting greatly on the growth of this market. Over the coming years, the worldwide flexographic printing inks market is excepted to gain substantially from the rise in the consumer spending and the augmenting demand for UV cured printing inks.

Bio Plastic KEVIN KUMALA’S MISSION TO PREVENT THE EARTH FROM BECOMING A PLASTICS PLANET

Imagine if every day, every citizen of Indonesia who number 250 million using a plastic straw along the 20cm and immediately throw it away. The straw that was originally only a small object becomes a problem because the garbage accumulated when stretched reaches 5,000 kilometers, equivalent distance of Jakarta to Sydney. The case of the straw became a picture of the plastic problem. Publications in the journal Science reveals, in 2010 the world produces 12 million tons of plastic.

Indonesia alone is listed as the second largest plastic waste producer after China, 1.8 million tons per year. If it continues, the earth becomes a planet filled with plastic. Kevin Kum14

ala did not want that to happen. In 2013, he and his partner pioneered a science-based start-up company, Avani Eco. Kevin dreams of producing plastics that remain practical and strongly as well as biodegradable and harmless to living things.

For him, the biodegradable plastic will complement the 3R movement: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. “I am not antagonistic with the 3R movement.

But the worrying, 3R is stored in the subconscious. When busy, we can not do that. Then we must campaign one R again, Replace (make a replacement), “he explained.

Replacing Polystyrene with Cassava Kevin’s idea is a starch bioplastic, a complex carbohydrate compound

such as the basic ingredient of rice and bread. In the world, bioplastics are not new. Since 1990, companies in Europe have been producing bioplastics from corn, sunflower fibers.

However, if producing bioplastic from the same material, then the cost will be expensive.

Kevin also look for alternatives and consider cassava is a good material.

“In Indonesia, cassava production is 24-25 tons per year and the demand is still below that,” he said. Kevin does not use raw cassava but which is already in the form of flour. The type of flour used is industrial grade commonly used for animal feed. In a way, the flour is waste because the starch content slightly. Up to the stage of the idea, there really is nothing special.

Many Indonesian students have done research on the manufacture of plastic from cassava starch, ganyong, gembili, even banana peel. The spe-

cial of Kevin, he changed his idea to be real. Avani Eco bioplastic product range. In addition to the plastic bags of cassava, the start-up company also produces papercups, straws, and styrofoam that can decompose (Yunanto Wiji Utomo).

From 2013 - 2016, Kevin is seriously doing laboratory research to produce high-end resilient bioplastics. The content in starch that affects the quality of bioplastics is the content of cellulose and amylose. “You could say for 3 years that I do sensitivity analysis of what percent cellulose and amylose,” he said. Kevin confessed, there is a big challenge to turn his idea into reality. It takes Persistently research to produce quality bioplastics so high cost is inevitable. Kevin admitted had difficulty getting enough funds for his research.

The Avani Eco he founded experienced a turning point in February

2016. At that time, Kevin felt the product is ready to be marketed. He also offers his bioplastics to the hotel and restaurant industry and succeeded. His first client was the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Campaigns in social media through video drinking bioplastic fluid and approaches to communities make increasing bioplastic consumers. Hotel Marriot and a number of cafes now use Avani Eco products.

Garuda Indonesia uses Avani Eco bioplastics for its in-flight purchases.

tons per day in early 2016 to 4 tons per day today. 80 percent of production is exported. Exports not only to western countries, but also to countries like Rwanda and New Caledonia. Bioplastic products began to vary. “We can replace styforoam with decomposed bagasse in 90 days.

Then there was a plastic straw from corn starch. Papercups of corn starch and tablespoons of biodegradable wood. Many other products with disposable plastics. “

Avani Eco production capacity is growing rapidly in a year, from 0.2

Good development makes Avani Eco bioplastics has achieved a number of certifications. In addition to certification from the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) and the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Avani bioplastics have also certified Oral Toxicity Test certification.

“So this product does not have any harmful effects on marine mammals if they are stranded in the ocean, and now many plastics settle in the waters, it kills many marine animals, so this bioplastic is not only environmentally friendly on the ground but also friendly for oceans,”

Plastic bags made from cassava starch made by Avani Eco which has been used a number of hotels and Garuda Indonesia.

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Going forward, Kevin is ambitious to get ASTM 1600 certification. To obtain the certification, bioplastics must be degraded within 180 days. Currently, Avani Eco’s bioplastics are degraded too quickly, 133 days. Difference in price of bioplastic with plain plastics only slightly. For the plastic bag product, the difference between Rp 200 - 3000. While for the straw, the price difference is only Rp 80. But,

the small amount of money that can have a big impact. Kevin said that if more people in the world want to use bioplastics, then the death of marine animals and the unexpected accumulation of toxins due to the use of polystyrene plastic can be drastically reduced. Certainly, 3R steps still need to be done.

Source: YUNANTO WIJI UTOMO Kompas.com

Constantia Flexibles Sell Its Labels Division to Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) and spirits. With approximately 5,500 employees, it operates 45 manufacturing facilities worldwide. Multi-Color achieved sales of 923 million EUR in the fiscal year 2017.

The two companies described the transaction as ‘value-creating’ and said it will bring together the Constantia Labels division’s food and beverage business with MCC’s wine and spirits, and home and personal care platforms. It will also widen the joint The majority of the transaction is payable in cash, while Constantia Flexibles will also receive MCC stock.

On completion of the transaction, Constantia Flexibles will hold 16.6 percent of MCC’s outstanding shares, thereby becoming its largest shareholder, while two representatives of Constantia Flexibles will join the MCC board of directors.

Constantia Labels is a global supplier of labels to the beverage, food, and home and personal care industries, with long-standing customer relationships with leading brands. It has 23 plants in 14 countries and has roughly 2,800 employees. The Labels division achieved sales of 605 million EUR in 2016. MCC is one of the largest label companies in the world serving some of the most prominent brands in the following market segments: healthcare, home and personal care, food and beverage, specialty (automotive and consumer durables), and wine 18

Constantia Flexibles has signed an agreement to sell its Labels Division to Multi Color Corporation (MCC) for an enterprise value of approximately 1.15 billion EUR (1.3 billion USD), and becomes MCC’s biggest shareholder in the process.

Constantia Flexible “Innovation-Die Cut 2020”

Constantia Flexible “Die Cut Coffee Capsules”

Constantia Flexible “Security Foil”

Constantia Flexible “Innovation-Blister Eco”

group’s geographical footprint and create long-term synergies that will benefit all parties involved.

Alexander Baumgartner, CEO of Constantia Flexibles, said: ‘Following a detailed strategy review, we decided that our top-performing Labels division would be better suited with another partner, which will support its ongoing growth story. At the same time, Constantia Flexibles will participate in the future success story of Multi-Color through its shareholding. Constantia Flexibles will use proceeds from the transaction to deleverage its balance sheet and enable further acquisitions in the dynamic and consolidating flexible packaging industry. We will also focus on innovative products and services, as well as new technologies to strengthen our existing Food and Pharma divisions.’

Nigel Vinecombe, MCC executive chairman, continued: ‘The acquisition of Constantia Labels marks a major milestone in the evolution of Multi-Color. We are bringing together complementary talents in markets and geographies, diversifying our business and creating a global leader with a transaction that is financially attractive, which will better help us serve our customers.

I welcome Mike Henry to the executive team and representatives from Constantia Flexibles to the Board of Directors of Multi-Color.’ Vinecombe will remain in his position, while Mike Henry, the current executive vice president of Constantia Labels, has been named MCC CEO-elect. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2017, subject to regulatory approvals.

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SURFACE TREATMENT METHODS OF POLYETHYLENE FILMS Methods for Enhancing Adhesion in Vacuum Metallization

Synthetic polyolefin materials such as polyethylene (PE) are characterized by very poor wetting properties.

Vacuum metallized PE films can exhibit poor adhesive properties due to their law surface energy values.

For non- polar polymeric films such as polyethylene a specific, additional surface treatment is required to increase surface energy, enhance wettability and, consequently, improve the adhesive properties.

Polyethylene is one of the most widespread polymers used for different industrial and medical applications due to its favourable properties such as low density, flexibility and high chemical resistance. Polyethylene is the most common plastic used in the packaging industry for products such as food packaging, containers and more applications in many industries.

The annual global production in 2008 was around 80 million tonnes and has been growing since then. However, the low surface energy of the polymer and, in particular, the low proportion of polar regions, and the lack of functional groups on its surface, results in poor adhesion and reactivity with metallized materials. Vacuum metallized packaging films made from PE are, for example, suitable for dry food, powder packaging and more.

Polyethylene metallized films can face issues of poor metal adhesion

and bond strengths limiting their end use application. These films have PE in the skin layer(s) which may contain low molecular weight fractions of polyethylene as well as low molecular weight high co-monomer fractions of linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). Such PE-based metallized films typically exhibit poor (to very poor) bond strength due to poor metal adhesion to the metallized skin layer. This can lead to challenges during lamination and poor barrier properties due to metal transfer.

Therefore, it would be desirable to produce metallized PE films with high metal adhesion and barrier properties to avoid the named problems.

Another problem that needs to be solved is the aging effect over time of treated polyethylene in order to extend the durability of such polymer for packaging and other applications. In order to improve the functionality of the surface, various methods have been used to modify the surface properties of PE films including chemical, thermal, mechanical and electrical (plasma) treatments. Currently, plasma treatment is one of the most important methods used since it is a dry process, environmentally friendly, very efficient and allows a uniform treatment of the film surface. With plasma treatment it is possible to activate the polymeric surface by introducing active polar

PE Packaging Plastic Bags With With Metalized Film

groups or to produce surface abrasion or etching. The combined effects including plasma enhanced cross linking would increase surface energy and improve adhesion. The melting point of common commercial grades of low-density polyethylene (LDP) is typically 105 °C to 115°C (221°F to 239 ºF). These temperatures can vary considerably depending on the film type. The permeability of polyethylene to polar gases and water vapour is lower than other plastics. On the other hand, oxygen, carbon dioxide and flavourings can. Pass through it easily. Due to low surface energy, polyethylene cannot be imprinted or adhered together without pretreatment. Let’s consider the different PE film types.

PE film types In commercial production, this polymer is classified by its density and branching. Its mechanical properties depend significantly on variables such as the extent and type of branching, the crystal structure, and molecular weight. Therefore, several types of polyethylene films are available in the market, in particular low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE).

Low density polyethylene (LDPE).

LDPE is defined by a density range between 0.910 to 0.940 g/cm3 and has a high degree of short- and long-chain branching that does not pack into a crystalline structure. It has less strong intermolecular forces and less tensile strength. LDPE is used for rigid containers and plastic film applications such as plastic bags, film wrap and packaging. In 2013, the global LDPE market had a volume of almost USD 33 billion.

High density polyethylene (HDPE) HDPE is known for its wide strength-todensity ratio. The density of HDPE can range between 0.93 to 0.97 g/cm3 or 22

970 kg/m3. Although the density of HDPE is only marginally higher than that of low-density polyethylene, HDPE has little branching, giving it stronger intermolecular forces and tensile strength than LDPE. The difference in strength exceeds the difference in density, giving HDPE a higher specific strength. It is also harder and more opaque and can withstand somewhat higher temperatures (120 °C [239 ºF] for short periods, 110°C [230 ºF] continuously). Highdensity polyethylene can be used for food storage containers and other applications. Surface modification by plasma. For various applications of polyethylene films it is recommended to modify their surface properties.

There are many ways to influence polymer surfaces, such as wet chemical etching, mechanical and flame treatments, plasma, corona discharge, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and UV ozone.

LDPE examples

HDPE examples

However, atmospheric ‘and lowpressure plasmas offer several advantages over other techniques with the most important being the modification of only the top surface layer of the polymer. Treatment by plasma often leads to changes of polymeric chains, chemical bond cleavage, creation of free radicals and the release of gaseous degradation products. Furthermore, subsequent chemical reactions of transient, highly reactive species result in the creation of excessive double bonds, production of low mass stable degradation products, large cross linked structures and eventually oxidized structures.

Plasma treatment of non-polar polyolefins such as PE leads to the creation of polar groups on the polymer surface and in this way it enhances printability, wettability and adhesion with inorganic materials such as metallized aluminium. The degree of modification and the character of induced changes depend on the composition of plasma gases, energy of plasma ions, temperature during the treatment and plasma power density.

Improve PE surface In order to improve PE surface energy (wettability), RF, AC and pulsed DC plasma treatment methods have been employed to change the morphology of surface without changing the bulk properties. Various gases can be employed in the plasma treatment to induce structural and compositional changes in HDPE, LLDPE and LDPE films. This includes Ar, 02, N, He, Ne, CO2 or mixtures of gases such as (He / 5% CO2) and (He/ 10% C2 H2). Plasma treatments with such gases have been found to improve the surface energy and wettability to certain levels. For example, the surface energy of a PE film can be increased from about

31 dyne/cm to about 47 dyne/cm, However the degree of improvement depends on plasma gases, power and exposure time in plasma.

During plasma treatment, polymer degradation may take place due to the interaction of plasma constituents with the polymeric chains on the surface. Low molecular mass gaseous products are created and, at the same time, crosslinking processes can occur. “Changes in the chemical structure result in further oxidation of the surface.” As a result of these processes an ablation of the polymer surface and changes in polymer mechanical and chemical properties can be induced. Changes in the chemical structure result in further oxidation of the surface and formation of carboxyl, carbonyl and hydroxyl groups. Research work has indicated that plasma treated PE film surface usually exhibit a surface rich in oxygen-containing groups. It has been suggested that this type of treatment can result in the formation of carboxyl, hydroxyl, and carbonyl groups on the surface, thereby enhancing the hydrophilicity (wettability) of the polymer surface and the adhesion with the metallized aluminium. At this point it should be mentioned that during plasma exposure hydrophilic groups are formed.

Aging effect However, during aging most of these polar groups change their orientation towards the bulk thus reducing the hydrophilic nature of the treated surface. It is further important to note that not all the hydrophilic nature achieved by the plasma treatment is lost during the aging process. The reason is that the plasma treatment not only promotes the formation of polar groups but also increases surface roughness, which improves wettability and adhesion. Moreover, surface roughness remains constant

during aging; the process can be observed by the evolution of the contact angles with storage time.

Other external factors such as contamination may also contribute to the aging process, which occurs in an exponential form over time.

Short-time vs long-time plasma treatment It has been suggested that short- time plasma treatment does not lead to significant increases in surface roughness since its main effect is the formation of polar species on the PE film surface. Many of these polar species are re-arranged during aging thus reducing surface wettability. On the other hand, long-time plasma treatments are more aggressive, causing some changes in surface morphology by increasing surface roughness and softening or reducing surface aging. Therefore, the selection of the most suitable plasma treatment parameters is required to reduce aging and degradation of the PE film surface prior to metallization.

Currently, many companies are offering high-quality vacuum metallized polyethylene films with good adhesion and barrier properties for dry food, powder packaging and other applications. The effects of plasma treatment of LDPE and HDPE have been studied by many workers using different techniques. However, it has been found that plasma treated.

HDPE films exhibits a pronounced increase of surface roughness in contrast to LDPE. Conclusion In general, it can be said that plasma treatment leads to the production of oxidised structures in the polyethylene surface layer. Plasma treatment of PE films improves wettability by increasing the surface free energies. It can also improve adhesion by increasing surface roughness.

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Nevertheless, following plasma treatment it is important to observe the aging effects over a 30-day period or more to determine the stability of the chemically modified PE film surface. Depending on the treatment conditions, hydrophobic recovery may appear in the first couple of days after the treatment.

Then, the polyethylene surface reaches equilibrium and the surface energy remain stable with time. Once all plasma treatment parameters are optimised, high-quality metallized PE films can be produced with good adhesion and high barrier. “Vacuum metallized polyethylene films can be used in a range of applications.� All in all, vacuum metallized polyethylene films can be used in a wide range of applications, although synthetic polyolefin material is typically characterised by poor wetting properties. For the processing of non-polar polymeric films, another additional surface treatement is required for the improvement of the adhesive properties.

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IMPROVING COLOR ACROSS SUPPLIERS

by Shoshana Burgett, Director of Corporate Strategy for X-Rite Pantone

Color is an integral part of every product we see and touch, and it elicits an emotional response. So, when a product fails to meet the intended color on the shelf or in the showroom, consumers step away from it. This causes a ripple effect of pain from the brand and design team all the way through procurement, suppliers and manufacturing. The process of bringing a product to market is complicated. Like most things in life, the world of our imagination is broader and brighter than what reality will allow. It does not matter if it is a new product or a refresh; taking a product to market involves various parallel development activities, review and revision cycles and many meetings to discuss, review and align on design, color and materials.

This is reinforced by a recent X-Rite Pantone study of 625 designers, which found that color was their number one go-to-market challenge.

When we sharpened our focus, color consistency across materials is the common theme. Concurring on color, defining a standard and leveraging technology to ensure consistent, achievable color can help remove the pain and frustration created by the constant back and forth between marketing design, technical design 26

and suppliers. Getting everyone to agree on anything, especially something that can be as subjective as color, takes time; and there are several steps across the development cycle required to understand not only how color will behave on a given material, but how the total look and feel of the final product will play in the market. Luckily there are new and innovative solutions on the market that help designers understand how color will look on various materials. These solutions can, provide a designer the tools to develop and gain agreement on palettes earlier in the design cycle.

A team effort When verifying color quality, it is common for designers and suppliers to view items outside in natural daylight.

But natural daylight varies wildly depending on geography, season, time of day and overall weather conditions. The best way and the most commonly overlooked activity is to evaluate color with controlled lighting provided by a light booth. Depending on the product or industry, D50 or D65 Daylight is the standard viewing condition for approvals. Designers should also view samples under the lighting conditions where the product will appear—for example, store or home lighting. Increasingly that also includes LED lighting, a lighting

condition that many light booths still do not support, and one with no defined industry standard.

Clients or other team members may not be aware of how important this step is and may not have access to a light booth. That’s why we developed a simple tool, our Pantone Lighting Indicator stickers, that can quickly allow individuals to determine if the viewer is in appropriate lighting conditions. I’m always amazed at people who say they approved the color from their hotel room or office without understanding the negative impact that this decision can have, and the unneeded costs and cycles that result from approving color without using controlled lighting.

Color and Material Challenges Another recent study from X-Rite Pantone reinforced the fact that getting to and maintaining accurate color is a top concern among brands and designers. Breaking the results out in more detail reveals that consistent color across suppliers and achieving accurate color on target materials/ substrates are leading challenges. For many designers, inspiration occurs in the real world and is often captured as an image. This image, usually an RGB image, is moved into Photoshop where colors are identified. At this stage, CMYK values, L*a*b or HEX values, or a Pantone color value can be used. There are many tools like Pantone Studio that allow a designer to quickly and easily capture an image and automatically send it to Adobe software, or promote their palette on social or email.

The challenge is many of the most common color spaces used by

designers only work within a physical realm.

Designs move between the digital and physical worlds during the development process. Designs are digital, physical samples are produced from those designs, digital designs are modified to better achieve design intent based on physical sample results, and so on.

Even after products launch, there is a continued balance and having a physical and digital standard for products that will help streamline color communications and rework.

The nature of a company’s products and materials, the complexity of a supply chain, and internal innovation will determine whether a brand works with a visual standard, a combination of visual and digital standards, or has moved to a completely digital color standard.

CMYK, L*a*b, and Pantone values can all help communicate color and guide a design team through the creation stage of the physical product. But with the back and forth between the physical and digital worlds, it is important to keep in mind that monitors and screens may not always reflect color and appearance of your product in the same way a physical sample does; they are simply a different vehicle for viewing color. Materials all behave differently, light will reflect and diverge, and formulations will vary by region and materials on hand. When designing, it’s important to choose colors that are actually achievable on the target material and colors and material that can be manufactured, not just colors that look good on the screen..

This can be achieved by working with color standards early in the process.

This includes color standards like PANTONE TCX for Fashion and Home produced on cotton, or for a limited color set, even nylon. There are also many PANTONE standards for plastics, paint, metallics, and paper. Using these standards as a guide is a first step in ensuring that colors can be manufactured. Leading brands also engage the Pantone Color Institute to help develop unique brand colors or palettes on a wide variety of materials beyond the productized standards the company provides off the shelf.

Working with tools that simulate colors on specific materials is another great place to start. Tools like PantoneLIVE™ Color Book and Viewer allow packaging designers to create, simulate their color on the packaging material and finally specify those colors to suppliers. This way a designer can quickly see how a color will appear on Kraft board versus a white backing material or other materials that may be part of the total package or display. This gives designers the ability to accurately visualize their design in Illustrator and make color decisions much earlier in the process. Providing designers with tools that visually represent color on material minimizes rejects and rework, and the frustration that can be caused by getting too far down the path with colors that are not achievable on the target material.

There are even more innovative technologies underway that allow brands and manufacturers to capture not only color, but all of the

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appearance characteristics of a particular material, and incorporate that data into design decisions.

X-Rite’s Total Appearance Capture (TAC™) ecosystem is an appearance measurement solution that brings a new level of accuracy and efficiency to the capture, communication and digital presentation of physical materials in the virtual world. TAC enables designers, 3D artists, material specifiers and marketers to bring their product designs to life with digital materials that have the exact same visual characteristics as their physical counterparts. Thought leaders in industries like automotive and leisurewear are moving rapidly to adopt this innovative approach to a seamless and realistic virtualization from design through product development.

Data is your friend Once everyone agrees on a color, the final standard is measured using a spectrophotometer.

There are different types of spectrophotometers, and the right type of spectrophotometer must be selected based on the products manufactured and the defined tolerances. Designers might start by working in RGB or HEX. They may make their way to a CMYK color or a spot color like Pantone. At some point, the color is measured, and L*a*b is the most frequent color space used at this point. However, everyone is better served by using spectral data that is the result of the color being measured by an appropriate spectrophotometer.

Spectral data is device independent and all other color formulas like RGB, CMYK, extended color gamut or custom formulas can accurately be derived from spectral data.

“When you measure a color with a spectrophotometer, the spectral data that you get is like the DNA of

that color,” says Brian Ashe, solutions architect for X-Rite Pantone. “That data can be of real value for anyone because it gives excellent guidance hitting that color when it is run on different substrates using different processes, or predicting how the color will look under different lighting conditions.” Few designers, brands and even some manufacturers may know what spectral data is, but within a complex supply chain that requires accurate and achievable color, it is simply your friend.

In most supply chains, a variety of different brands and models of instruments are used, and results can vary. Laboratory managers or material specialists will use higher end equipment that holds to a fixed threshold. Doing so ensures that the most accurate color specification is communicated at the beginning of the process. On the other hand, a simple quality check tool may be used to check production, where the tolerance is not as tight. In either case, the instrument choice is key: once you make that decision, you set the standard for the balance of the process. A color-critical product like a best-selling men’s shirt that needs to coordinate with other apparel items may have a need for a tighter tolerance than, say, faux jewelry that has a lower development costs or may be a short seasonal item with simpler expectations. The determination about acceptable color variance is generally made between procurement, QA, and the Product Design teams.

Needle in a haystack; making data your friend Data accumulated in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions can be confusing because many people are feeding information into the system simultaneously,

and data entry may not always be consistent. Having a set of defined processes for color data entry, data management and supplier auditing can help streamline operations and avoid problems later on, for designers, brand owners, suppliers, retailers and ecommerce operations.

The other consideration is the fact that we operate in a global environment. This requires sharing data and verifying color quality across oceans and time zones. When something goes wrong, it can be time consuming to identify and correct the problem. Ensuring there is a standard process in place for entering PLM data (HEX, RGB, CMYK, spectral data or any standard like Pantone) across the entire supply chain is critical. We work in a digital and physical world where brand colors need to be consistent across a multitude of digital and physical products. A PLM serves several customers. The e-commerce team leverages the data in the bill of materials (BOM) to create the on-line experience, while suppliers need to understand the tolerances and production process steps to put the product together. Adhering to a defined process removes confusion that can occur when multiple standards are being used.

Instrument auditing tools like NetProfiler and those built into color measurement instruments and software can ensure the measurements at the supplier level are meeting standards and specifications. It’s great a supplier can meet your quantity and costs, but products that do not meet color tolerances can impacts sales. Having the ability to assess if a supplier is working to your specifications is of value and these types of tools offer the ability to trace back and identify the source of the problem. Software

that monitors and checks the devices is like an engine light on a car, informing the driver when to take the car in for an oil change. Leveraging such tools enables brands and complex supply chains to operate with standard work processes, driving consistency and reducing costly color mistakes before they occur.

Marriage of color and material Designs begin in 2D using apps like Adobe Creative Cloud, and many of today’s designs eventually enter the 3D realm. X-Rite has been innovating here by focusing on the automotive industry with its new appearance and visualization solutions. With the TAC scanner, physical materials can be scanned, capturing both color and material appearance, and easily migrated to the digital world. This approach streamlines the development process and significantly reduces the time that designers spend manually adjusting digital files. Designers can now move to photo-realistic digital assets that more accurately represent the appearance of the final color and material in a 3D design.

The TAC Scanner is one part of the TAC ecosystem. The ecosystem includes a controlling hub, called PANTORA, which allows users to store, manage, view and edit digitally captured materials and to exchange these materials, via the Appearance Exchange Format (AxF™), with today’s leading PLM and CAD systems. The TAC Virtual Light Booth can be used to evaluate digitized materials rendered on virtual objects under multiple lighting conditions and in direct comparison to physical samples.

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By engaging the TAC ecosystem, the design to manufacturing process can be sped up even further. In the automotive space, it is projected that material appearance technology solutions will help reduce the cycle time for approving color on material and accelerate speedto-market. Having a photo-realistic digital material library based on standard formats also provides color and material consistency in virtual designs from one platform to another. This offers brands a new way to communicate both color and appearance, internally and externally.

Innovation in manufacturing Today’s manufacturing workflows are digital, but we work within a physical world. We need to help designers, both 2D and 3D, work seamlessly across both worlds by providing them with relevant insights that help them make reasonable and rational decisions up front. There is no magic wand that automatically ensures color consistency across materials and manufacturing processes, but today’s tools and solutions make it easier than ever to understand the limitations of materials, how best to formulate color for those materials, and why it is important to use spectral data to evaluate whether color conforms to the established standards. When you triangulate those three, a new world of color opens up that provides designers and brand managers with the color and material palettes that enable them to confidently and consistently produce products across a wide range of materials. That’s the end game, and that’s where this next-generation of color innovation is taking us.

KODAK INSTALLS WORLD'S FIRST PROSPER 6000S PRESS AT KENTUCKY PRINTER DAYTON, Ohio June 20, 2017 Kodak further expanded its footprint in the folding carton market by announcing the world’s first installation of a Kodak Prosper 6000S simplex color inkjet web press for packaging applications at Zumbiel Digital. Based in Hebron, Ky., Zumbiel one of the country’s largest independent paperboard packaging companies provides a range of packaging solutions to clients in the food, beverage and healthcare markets. A need for greater production capacity, as well as better digital capabilities, led to the company ultimately investing in the Prosper 6000S. Ed Zumbiel, president, Zumbiel Digital, explains: “Our customers are running more and more marketing campaigns requiring mass versioning, but have not been able to include paperboard in the mix due to digital’s high cost and low output. We therefore needed to find a digital technology with production capacity and print quality that would be suitable for market-leading brands. After evaluating several technologies, we opted to work with Kodak to create a truly hybrid solution that 100% caters to our customers’ needs.” Zumbiel Digital’s unique hybrid configuration of the Prosper 6000S press incorporates inline diecutting and seven in-line flexo towers for pre-coating, application of PMS colors, backside printing and overprint varnish.

The Prosper 6000S simplex color inkjet web press delivers up to 12,000 B1 sheets per hour, with a print quality of 600×900 dpi at speeds of up to

656 fpm. It offers print widths of 8˝ to 25.5˝, and can handle paper-based substrates, including labels, carton and PE coated paper, of 150 gsm – 380 gsm. The press utilizes Kodak’s nanoparticulate pigment CMYK inks that are compliant with Indirect Food Contact Safety regulations.

“The unmatched economy and throughput of the Prosper 6000S-based hybrid press will allow Zumbiel Digital to take mass-customization of paperboard packaging from niche to mainstream,” comments Donald Allred, Worldwide Director of Packaging Sales and Marketing, Enterprise Inkjet Systems Division, Kodak.

He continues, “The Prosper 6000S is especially ideal for mass versioning of beverage carriers, pharmaceutical cartons, paper cups and food packaging. As it can be installed as a standalone device or integrated into a current production line, packaging service providers will benefit from a truly hybrid digital production device that promises to broaden their service offering with high quality digital printing capabilities at production speeds.”

Source: Kodak

Packaging Industry:

Toppan Printing Acquisition Plasindo

Jakarta, Packaging business in the country will be more vibrant. Because the Japanese printing corporation that Toppan Printing is rumored to have acquired a subsidiary of PT Karya Wira Lestari Investama. Quoting Asia.nikkei.com, at the end of August this year Toppan announced the acquisition worth ¥ 10 billion or equivalent US $ 90 million. This amount is lower than the sales value of Karya Wira Lestari Investama at the end of last year which reached ¥ 13 billion.

Still in the same source, Toppan will own 51% of the subsidiary of Karya Wira Lestari Investama. Toppan step to establish a factory in Indonesia is through capital expenditure ¥ 5 billion which is planned to be realized in 2020. Hengky Wibowo, General Chairman of Packaging Federation of Indonesia considers, the acquisition is a positive thing for the industry in the country. Previously, another Japanese company, namely Dai Nippon Printing already first entered the Indonesian market.

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“They (Dai Nippon) even control the market, it seems Toppan also do not want to lose,” said HengkyIn its home country, Dai Nippon’s market share is below Toppan. Hengky explained, the company that will merger with Toppan is a subsidiary of Karya Wira Lestari Investama, namely PT Plasindo Lestari. “Because Wira Lestari Investama is holding Plasindo,” explained Hengky.

Plasindo has the business field of supplier and packaging printing in North Jakarta. But unfortunately, Hengky does not have detailed data. However, in terms of market share, Plasindo was ranked three or four among the flexible packaging producers Hengky estimates that the sales of PT Plasindo Lestari products each year reach Rp 2.5 trillion. The flexible packaging market itself is not large in the packaging industry. The value is in the range of 4% of total packaged consumption this year which is predicted to reach Rp 87 trillion.

Agung Hidayat, KONTAN News

Food and beverage industry

Grocery Retail Sales Booms in Philippines The grocery retail market in the Philippines is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 9.3% between 2016 and 2021, according to a report by IGD, a grocery research organization.

Grocery retail sales in the country are set to amount to PHP7.08 trillion (US$149 billion) by 2021 from US$96 billion in 2016, which will make it the fifth largest grocery retail market in Asia.

Shirley Zhu, programmer director, IGD, Asia Pacific, said: “We expect to see fast growth in both the number of outlets growth in both the number of outlets and sales for modern grocery retailers.” The market is driven by

Online Grocery Shopping in the Philippines is still in its infancy, but bricks and mortar retailers have already been experimenting with their own ecommerce solutions.

Lazada an E-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, has been operating in the country since 2012 and now has six 34 million users in the nation.

the nation’s growing population, higher disposable incomes and increasingly urbanized lifestyles, and Filipino consumers are demanding more convenience in their grocery shopping.

Domestic multi format retailers hold the largest share in the market and have shown robust growth over the last five years with SM Retail, Puregold and Robinsons the largest grocery retailers in the country. The number of convenience stores in the country is set to increase as domestic retailers continue to drive this part of the market. Convenience stores are in high demand because they are centered mainly in urban areas, operate 24 hours a day, and the areas are populated by young consumers with disposable incomes and who want to shop for their groceries conveniently.

“There is no doubt that the convenience and online channels will be on a fast growth trajectory over the next few years. There is a wealth of opportunity for retailers and suppliers looking to grab a slice of the action in this rapidly evolving market,” Ms. Zhu concluded.

Asia Pacific Food Industry News, September 2017

WAL-MART AND GOOGLE partner to challenge Amazon Google and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are joining forces in a partnership that includes enabling voiceordered purchases from the retail giant on Google’s virtual assistant, challenging rival Amazon.com Inc.’s grip on the next wave of e-commerce.

Wal-Mart said Wednesday that next month it will join Google’s online-shopping marketplace, Google Express. While the deal will add hundreds of thousands of WalMart items to Google Express, it will also give Wal-Mart access to voice ordering.

The deal won’t alter how consumers receive their orders, because WalMart will fulfill purchases made through Google Express.

Consumers will be able to order Wal-Mart goods from the retailer’s stores by speaking to Google’s virtual assistant, which sits in phones, Google’s voice-controlled speakers and soon other devices. Wal-Mart said it will share consumers’ purchase history with Google to enable users to quickly reorder items, a primary function of voice-controlled orders for commodity shopping.

“How do you help people who are going to be interacting more and more with devices get their weekly shopping tasks taken care of?”

Google Express chief Brian Elliott said in an interview, citing a key reason for the partnership. The increasing importance of voice shopping suggests Wal-Mart and Google, part of Alphabet Inc., need each

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other to compete against Amazon.

Voice-controlled ordering is a small but rapidly growing share of online sales, analysts say, and one of the top reasons to use Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa and its Echo speakers.

Google has “made significant investments in natural language processing and artificial intelligence to deliver a powerful voice shopping experience,” Marc Lore, Wal-Mart’s head of e-commerce.

Amazon effectively invented voice shopping, which allows users to easily order goods, like toilet paper and diapers, thanks to Amazon’s vast data set on customers’ past purchases. A significant portion of online shopping is made up of consumers reordering the same staples. That is well-adapted to voice ordering because a device can recall the preferred brand, size and type, without requiring shoppers to scan through different product listings.

“When I buy a product that I don’t care about, it is actually a pain for me to go to a website and find an item and check out,” said Forrester analyst Brendan Witcher, a former retail executive. “If I can simply say, send me dishwashing soap…and you send it, that’s much easier on me as a consumer.”

To make voice shopping easier, WalMart said it will allow users to link their Wal-Mart accounts to Google Express, so a Wal-Mart shopper who asks the Google Home for more toothpaste will get the same brand she bought last time.

The Wal-Mart-Google partnership comes as Amazon continues to expand its share of online purchases.

In July, Amazon claimed nearly 45 cents out of every dollar spent online, according to receipt tracker Slice Intelligence, up from about 43 cents at the start of the year. Wal-Mart, in comparison, claimed nearly 2 cents of each dollar, holding steady.

Google launched Google Express in 2013 and steadily expanded the service to reach the full contiguous U.S. by late last year. Google enlists third-party firms to fulfill orders from a variety of retailers, including Target Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp., Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., and Whole Foods Market Inc., which Amazon agreed to buy in June for $13.7 billion. Google Express earns money on commissions from those merchants. Wal-Mart said it would fulfill its Google Express orders itself, a new, likely cheaper model for Google.

Google said on Wednesday that it is also dropping the $95 annual fee for free shipping on orders that reach

a given store’s minimum cart size, similar to a move Wal-Mart made in January. Google Express’ Mr. Elliott said the company decided to offer free shipping on such orders, with a typical minimum of $25 or $35, to make buying easier, particularly when ordering goods via voice interactions.

Wal-Mart will leverage Google’s virtual assistant and Echo competitor, the Google Home, to make its goods available at the sound of a consumer’s voice. Google, meanwhile, hopes access to WalMart’s inventory will help boost engagement and sales of its assistant and speakers. The partnership will enhance the selection and overall cachet of Google Express, which competes with delivery services such as Instacart Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. Amazon introduced the Echo in 2014, a first-of-its-kind voice-controlled smart speaker, and sales quickly took off.

Google debuted its Home speaker late last year, and now has about 26% of the market as of June 30, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners LLC. The Echo has the rest. Apple Inc. plans to start selling its smart speaker in December.

More than half of Echo users have bought something on their device, and about 30% of those customers buy something at least once a week, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners’ survey of 300 device users. Google Home owners do so at a much lower rate, the survey says.

In recent weeks, Jonathan Khoo, 40 years old, has ordered frequently from his Echo, including Mr. Clean Magic

Erasers, Balance Bars, Krazy Glue and BIC lighters. Most of those are inexpensive items that a shopper would usually need to bundle with other purchases to reach a delivery threshold. But they ship as single items via voice, a perk Mr. Khoo, a software developer, says has convinced him to order more from his Echo.

The battle between Wal-Mart and Amazon has recently taken on new intensity, most notably with Amazon’s planned acquisition of Whole Foods, which heightens their competition in groceries.

Wal-Mart this week said it is expanding grocery-delivery tests with Uber, and is testing some deliveries by store workers. Google and WalMart hope to enable users to order fresh groceries via voice for in-store pickup next year.

Wal-Mart is competing more aggressively online since its $3.3 billion purchase of shopping site Jet.com last year, headed by Mr. Lore, who then took over WalMart’s e-commerce business.

Mr. Lore was formerly at Amazon after the online giant bought his e-commerce site in 2010. Amazon recently shut down the unit, Quidsi, citing its unprofitability.

Khadeeja Safdar contributed to this article.

Write to Jack Nicas at jack.nicas@ wsj.com and Laura Stevens at laura. stevens@wsj.com 38

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ECOMMERCE LOGISTICS Win Buyers Using These 6 Packaging Products As an e commerce business which is the best way to lose your customers?.

Difficult website navigation? Lowvariety of products? Zero discounts?.

Wrong. Wrong. Negative. According to research, the best way to lose a customer is to deliver their products in a broken/ mangled/ torn/ ruptured/ severed package. This will successfully get them to become angry, double take considering the amount spent and a nice long call to your customer care. Yes, e commerce logistics is the fastest way to lose a customer. Product packaging is inevitable. Product packaging is important. So‌If you are new to e commerce logistics world, you have to read this thoroughly. If you are a veteran, then you might end up stumbling upon a few products you were unaware of!

E COMMERCE LOGISTICS TREND #1: COURIER BAGSCourier bags are really grabbing a lot of attention. Having the advantage of being waterproof, crumple proof, stur-dy and quite cheap, they definitelyhave a huge market potential. These uniquely designed bags are highly secure and are manufactured to shun any sort of unauthorized access or detection of the product packed in-side. Once 40

the bag has been opened for any reason, it cannot be put back again to normalcy. Further ensuring the customer about the product be-ing factory sealed. Starting at as low as 0.90 rupees, courier bags can be customised easily. These are perfect for long distance shipment of delicate products like clothes, books, jewelery, shoes, etc. These bags are made from high quality LDPE plastic, usually white from the outside and black from inside. This provides a perfect optical opacity and ensures maximum con-fidentiality. Getting into the materialscience of it, these are manufactured from specialized co-extruded polyeth-ylene film, with a flap and has a homelt adhesive strip for easy & perma-nent closure.

E COMMERCE LOGISTICS TREND #2: BUBBLE WRAPBubble wrap is an investment. Sale of delicate items need a strong exte-rior. A large size corrugated box or a small sized ring box undergo hun-dreds of exchanges during logistics. If packaged carelessly, it surely has a high chance of getting spoiled. Bubble wrap is like the seat belt you wear despite sitting in a car meant for children. A product can be wrapped securely in a bubble

wrap and then placed inside a courier bag or a corrugated box. So, even if the box gets crushed, it is alright.

Your product remains unscratched.

For fragile items like diamond jewelry or a phone, preservation is of utmost importance. A bubble wrap is sold in rolls. You can also find air bubble pouches whichhave standard length and width. The prices of a roll start from Rs. 420 on wards, while that of a pouch is around Rs. 3, depending on the quality of course. The advantage of buying a roll is you get a huge volume in return; almost a meter of bubble wrap sheet!. Also, isn’t it better to invest in a good bubble wrap than to toy with the fra-gility of your expensive merchandise?.

E COMMERCE LOGISTICS TREND #3: CORRUGATED BOXAllow me to introduce you to the Big Daddy of e commerce logistics!. Corrugated boxes are possibly the best things which have happened to packaging.

The one piece of pack-aging you can customise to your style, brand quirkiness, design and quality. This piece of e commerce packaging is the spokesperson for your brand.Corrugated boxes come in all shapes, sizes, colors, designs and materials. They can be laminated or matte finished, they can be plain brown orsplashed with colors! Unless you think marketing and branding is simply of no use, you can opt to stay away from corrugated boxes. The prices on Bizongo is based on quality, quantity and customisation. You can look at the range of products here.

E COMMERCE LOGISTICS TREND #4: FOAM PACKAGINGNot many people incorporate this important piece of packaging- Foam. You have a good quality corrugated box. You have wrapped the prod-uct in bubble wrap. But you still feel it needs more security?. At this very moment, there are two things I have to tell you. Firstly,

I love how you think!.Secondly, yes we have a great option for you!. Foam Packaging is the sidekick which is ignored once the movie is over. Majorly, delicate articles require this even more. Foam is soft acting as a shock absorb-er. There is an e commerce vertical for cutlery, jewelry, toys, baby products, headphones, electronic devices like laptop, mobiles, mouse, screens and even books, watches, eye-wear and the list is endless. And the logistics can really get tricky. So if you deal in any of the above products, you can con-sider buying this e commerce logistics packaging.

E COMMERCE LOGISTICS TREND #5: CUSTOMISED ADHESIVE TAPESHow about some out-of-the-box branding ideas?. What is the first thingyou do when opening a package? You remove the tape which definit-ly takes a good amount of time. A customised tape would certainly be etched in your customer’s memory. Adhesive tape is one of the most unexploited e commerce packaging product when it comes to branding. At Bizongo, we encourage our cus-tomers to go for tape customisation. This is one of the cheaper ways of intelligent branding.

E COMMERCE LOGISTICS TREND #6: STRETCH FILMSShipment of too many products can shoot up packaging costs.Especially when the shipment is of similar items like plastic food containers or boxes of aluminium foils.

Stretch films succes-fully keep all the pieces intact and bound together with absolutely no space for movement. Even though it is thin, it is extremely sturdy. Moreover, it is easier to unwrap and access the products inside. Stretch films are soldin rolls. These rolls start from 40-50 inch-es in length.

E commerce is definitelyonly going to increase its customer base in India.

So, if you are planning to venture into this field, you can nowstop stressing about its logistics.

APPLE CEO

Photo: Axel Öberg

Visits Iggesund Paperboard Mill Holmen has repeatedly ranked among the world’s most sustainable companies, with its sustainably managed forest as a cornerstone of that achievement. “A visit to the breathtaking forests of northern Sweden with @IggesundAB, our partners in innovation and sustainable packaging,” tweeted Cook after his visit to Iggesund. The Apple CEO also

planted his own tree in Iggesund’s forests as he followed the whole process from forest management to finished packaging.

“For Holmen it is self-evident to start with sustainable forestry. We grow trees with an 80 to 90-year time frame, with the timber being used to build houses. We make the paperboard

The Holmen Group produces more than 30 million tree seedlings annually to meet Sweden’s legislated requirements for replanting after felling.

Apple CEO Tim Cook tries his hand at the manual job of planting trees surrounded by Johan Granås, Sustainability Manager Iggesund 42 Paperboard, and Henrik Sjölund, CEO of the Holmen Group.

Iggesund Paperboard’s Johan Granås and Christian Wisén explaining quality requirements to Apple CEO Tim Cook when he visited Iggesund. Photo: Axel Öberg

from pulpwood from the forest and chips from the sawmill. Iggesund is a good example of a climate-smart combine where we feed in forest raw materials and produce bioenergy, paper pulp and paperboard.

Major investments over a long time plus a system in balance are a prerequisite for a sustainable value chain. The Iggesund combine binds 0.7 million tonnes of CO2.” So stated Holmen’s CEO Henrik Sjölund on the occasion of the visit by the company with the world’s biggest market capitalisation.

Invercote, the material in packaging for Apple among others, comes from Iggesund Mill and well-managed forests. “We have been harvesting and maintaining Swedish forests in a

traditional and sustainable way for the past 400 years. Everything starts with long-term sustainable forestry.

For us it is natural to work in a climatecompensating way and based on a value chain where all stages are important,” concluded Holmen’s CEO Henrik Sjölund.

There is a very special history behind why Iggesund is a supplier to Apple. It was the company’s legendary founder and former CEO Steve Jobs who decided that Iggesund would supply the material for Apple’s packaging. Employees travelled around the world and collected possible materials. When the samples were later presented at the headquarters in Cupertino, Jobs pointed to Invercote from Iggesund and said: “This is the one we want.”

CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY MARKET TO SOAR TO US$6.13 BILLION The Chocolate confectionery market in Japan is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4% from 2016 to 2021, according to Euro monitor. The nation’s chocolate confectionery market recorded a 6% value growth in 2016 to reach ¥552 billion (US$4.9 billion) in retail sales. The market is forecast to reach US$ 6.13 billion in 2021.

Despite the decline in the Japanese population, the market has been recording positive growth in both retail volume and value since 2013.

This positive growth is supported by a growing awareness among Japanese consumers of the health benefits of chocolate, which have often been featured in local media over the past few years.

Polyphenol, which is found in cacao, is effective for improving health as it contains a balance of minerals such as calcium, iron and magnesium which is effective in reducing blood pressure, preventing arteriosclerosis, obesity and cancer, and minimizing the level of stress and the effects of allergy and rheumatism.

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In addition, protein in cacao is effective for improving digestive health. Meiji Company Limited is set to retain its leading position in the chocolate confectionery market in Japan, with a 12% retail value share in 2016 due to its strong presence in many chocolate confectionery categories.

The company succeeded in promoting the health benefits of cacao and reversed the idea of eating chocolate among Japanese consumers from negative to positive by using scientific evidence from the company’s research. Manufacturers in Japan are expected to continue to develop products that emphasize the health benefits of cacao over the forecast period.

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ASIAN CORRUGATED INDUSTRY SUMMIT 2017 For the first time last September, the Asian Corrugated Industry Summit was held in Xiamen The event organized by ACCA (Asian Corrugated Case Association) and co-organized with CPTA, Xiamen Hexing Packaging Printing Co., Ltd and Reed Exhibitions. The event attend by 120 Packaging Corporations from 7 countries.

Mr Dennis Colley (ICCA Chairman) presented the Global Perspective of the Corrugated Industry. Corrugated Packaging has impact our Daily Lives. It PROTECTS (Cushions,Stabilizes, Absorbs vibration & shock, Provides a clean environment), TRANSPORTS , SELLS (Brands, Colors, Graphics & photos, Instructions and Intelligence) as well as can be recycleable.

More than 95% of all products are packaged in a corrugated box.

Dennis also give us a brief about E-commerce effect on the corrugated industry.

E-commerce is Changing our Lives. Traditional

Retail Supply Chain will change.

The number of BRICKS & MORTAR storefronts is decreasing as a result of DIRECT TO CONSUMER ordering and DIRECT TO CONSUMER delivery. For the corrugated industry, it means: More boxes, Smaller boxes, Faster response time, New structural designs (electronics, food & beverages), New performance designs (cold foods, breakables,sanitization) Global Statistics The last 16 years (2006 – 20`6) global box shipment has increase almost twice from 128,825 msm to 231,574 msm. Asia (mainly China) has great impact on this growth as North America almost flat and small growth in Europe. And it was forecast that the Global Box Shipments 269.000 msm by 2021.

CHINA(CPF)

2017 YTD Corrugated Production/Shipments – Asia

Varna Sudasna : Chief Packaging Specialist of SCG Packaging share her view on the Asia Corrugated Industry

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China’s GDP grew by 6.9% in the second quarter of 2017.

Paper price in China increaseabout >60-100 % due to supply shortage ( Due to the environment regulation some factory close down.)

International Paper (IP) sell 18corrugated packaging business in China and Southeast Asia to Xiamen Bridge Hexing Equity Investment Partnership Enterprise.

Challenge Industry trend • New normal price curve of corrugated carton in China • Ability to Market Change (Automation, Digital platform) • Optimization –focus on logistic integration • Diversify (Collaboration among industry) • Transformation for customers Chinese Taipai (CTCCA) • Total demand of Corrugated carton 2017 is about 2.1 M m2 equal to last year while GDP 2017(forecast) is 1.92% .(2016=1.5%) • Paper price going upward and AOCC price increase from 175 USD/T to 275 USD/T in Q1/2017 Challenge and trend • The risk of electricity shortage : Phase out nuclear powerfrom government policy and rely on gas and oil. Electricity prices are forecast to rise 10% in nuclearfree by 2025, and followed by a

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gradual increase in production costs.

Increasing in labor cost and manpower issue (Government encourage and enforce to reduce working day to 5 days / week) Paper price going upward Environmental Regulations getting tougher

Hongkong (HKCPMA) • 2017 GDP Increased by 4% year on year • Paper Crisis start from Nov 2016, price went up 103% and sheet price went up 100% • Many corrugated carton plant reject orders from customers.

Challenge/Industry trend • Oversupply especially due to economic growth slow down • The effect of high Labor Cost • High Costing on peripheral accessories. (E.g. Tapioca Starch, Fuel, logistic etc.)

• Pressure from local government • Companies Consolidation • Government Policies: Environmental regulations • Manufacturing moving inland China or new developing countries.

• Import Paper to lower procurement costs Indonesia (PICCI) 2017 demand of corrugated carton is about 3.5 M ton, average 32.6 kg. /capita (USA 324 kg/capita) very

attractive market for all packaging manufacturer (with 4.5 new born baby in each year). Paper price increase (Test liner 17% and Medium 19%). New installation of 7 Corrugators and more than 12 Printing machines from one of the biggest paper mill, PT Fajar Surya Wisesa decide to do downstream by investing into corrugated plant to serve big food and consumer customer (Wings Group, Indo food etc..) in 2017. Very aggressive approach from one paper mill on lighter paper grammage i.e 90gsm, 100gsm, 110gsm. More automation machine (Robot).

Malaysia (MACCMA) Total demand of corrugated carton is 1.15M ton less than supply 1.34 m ton about 13% effect to small box plants.

Business in Malaysia facing inflation rate at over 8 year of 4.5% in February 2017 driven by faster rises in price of food, nonalcoholic beverages and utilities while cost of transportation surged. Paper price increase about 25-30% in 2017 Challenge in corrugated industry • Advancement in Digital Printing Technology challenge Flexographic printing • Pressure on rising Paper price • Increasing labor cost and manpower issue • Weak Ringgit against US Dollar • New Opportunity for Corrugated industry from Alibaba investment in Malaysia. The Alibaba distribution hub is planned to be located within the KLIA Aeropolis, a 24,700-acre land being developed by Malaysia Airport Holding Bhd. This hub is expected to generate local and foreign

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investments that are worth more than 7 billion ringgit ($1.58 billion).

Increasing demand from e-commerce driving the growth of packaging.

New/upgraded machineries – increased capacity.

Singapore (CBMA) Corrugated demand is about 86,000 ton in 2017 (decrease 2% from 2016) Corrugated demand by industry Food 36%, Beverage 26%, EE 18%, medical 11% and other 9% Government tightens the foreigner worker supply further with more increase in foreign worker levy in order to reduce the number. These impact to small box plant. Paper price increase about 10-13% in 2018 Medium 520 USD/T, Test liner 540 USD/T, Kraft top 650 USD/T and white top 660 USD/T Business continue slowing down and uncertainty due to slowing down of China Economy, EU and Trump factor.

THAILAND H1/2017: GDP grew by 3.5% Thai economy in 2017 remained growth, contributed by a stronger growth of agricultural.

H2/2017: GDP 2017 is forecasted to grow by 3.3-3.5% -Supported mainly by the recovery of the export as the world economy has Paper price going up ward, Most Corrugated box plant try to increase the box price.

Challenge and Trend • Raw material price increase • Labor shortage • Retail Ready Packaging is growing • Changing corrugated specifications from RSC to Die-cut

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Changing board construction to microflute Substance weight reduction Safety Culture Automation Investment

Others Asian Countries Vietnam (+6.6%) Healthy FDI inflows still support the economy. The higher wage growth helps supporting domestic consumption. However, high public debt and the slow performance of SOE equalization will be issue to be concerned.

Cambodia (+6.8%) Economic growth is pushed by construction activities, garment export and service sectors.

The growth is capped by political uncertainly during general election period (July 2018).

Philippines (+6.5%) Growth economy from ongoing infrastructure investment and increased government spending. Also, tax reform cut tax for the low income group should boost spending power.

Apart from the latest and most authoritative industrial reports which were released by ICCA and ACCA leaders, the Chinese E-Commerce giant JD Logistics (also known as Jingdong) shared insights on future changes of the e-commerce logistics packaging from the end user’s perspective.

Moreover representative from OIA, a world leading packaging purchaser and supplier, also shared its insights

towards latest changes in major packaging end user groups under the context of the topic Industrial 4.0.

Suppliers such as BHS Corrugated, EFI, BOBST, CONPRINTA, HP and Flint also presented reports on the latest global development of manufacturing equipment in converting, digital and pre-printing as well as linkage fields, bringing the technology and their knowledge close to the audience.

At present, Asia has overtaken Europe and the United States, ranking as Nr. 1 in the world in terms of the output of corrugated boxes. It steadily grows at an annual growth rate of 5% together with huge development potentials in the future. In the future, along with the development of the e-commerce economy, issues such as light-weight and customized boxes, the speed to the market, automation and recycling are key requirements from end users.

At the same time these characteristics has also become key driver of the future development of the Asian corrugated packaging industry, while digital printing, pre-printing and automation equipment will further disrupt the industrial development.

MINUTES OF THE ACCA’S 1ST MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING (2017-2019) HELD ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 2017 SWISS GRAND HOTEL, XIAMEN, CHINA Mr. Xu Xiaoguang (Hexing/CPF) as President, ACCA cum Chairman of this ACCA’s 1st Management Committee Meeting (20172019) expressed his thanks to all present for his election as the new President of ACCA, and appreciated his new weighty responsibility. He also expressed his deep admiration and respect to all the past years’ ACCA presidents. Since its foundation in 1997, Asian Corrugated Case Association (ACCA) had made great efforts in promoting international exchanges of experience, knowledge, cooperation and standardization of the corrugated industry in the Asian region.

After 20 years of its development, ACCA has now earned broad influence and appeal despite the challenges of diverse regional cultures. He remarked that this year China government would be convening its important 19th National Congress of the Communist Party.

This grand convention would open up new China dream that would integrate with the dreams of people around the world for the common global progress and development.

The China Packaging Federation

(CPF) aspired to unite the world industry players for a brighter future of our packaging industry.

Country Report on Their Local Corrugated Industry Activities and Services CHINA Mr. Zhang Yaoquan (CPF) inform us that year 2017 marked an important year during the 13th National Five-year plan. In this year, China deepened the supply-side reform, which aims to solve the structural problem in China’s economy, the mismatch between the supply and the need. Chinese economy is slowly getting better and more stable.

During the first six months of 2017, wide scale industrial enterprises in the carton and cardboard container manufacturing industry reached the prime operating revenue about 172,335 billion RMB across the country, with a year-on-year growth of 14.41%. We achieved the profit about 9,597 billion RMB, increased by 14.08% yearly. The profit rate is 5.57%, declined 0.02% than a year earlier.

From January to June, the percentage of loss-incurring enterprises in China’s carton and cardboard container manufacturing industry is 11.92%, 2.22% lower than last year. The total value of losses in these enterprises reached 399 million Yuan, dropped 4.9% compared with the same period of last year. While the export volume we achieved

wouldn’t assume the trend of higher prices will disappear in a short term, thus they have to adjust to this new normal. China are undergoing an unprecedented industrial integration, which he believe will definitely speed the pace for industry concentration.

during last six month is 2.1 billion US dollars, 16.07% higher than a year earlier. Imports increased 0.3% than last year, reached to 73.9125 million US dollars.

To enhance core competitiveness and the construction of a powerful country in packaging industry, Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information, Ministry of Commerce jointly issued the Guidance of Accelerating the Transformation and Development of Packaging Industry (Guidance) on the 6th, 12, 2016, pointing to us the direction of future development. All those efforts led us to tackle problems limited this industry. Focused on the key technology and application bottleneck, we fully promoted the reform and efficiency, which is a major opportunity as well as a severe challenge for China’s corrugated industry.

Chinese Taipei Mr. Sam Chen (CTCCA) presented the PowerPoint slides on the update of Chinese Taipei’s corrugated industry (Attachment 4) Economic Overview Though GDP growth from 2015 to 2016 only growth... % (525.2 billion to 529.9 billions) it is forecast that in 2017 will growth … % to 568.2 billion. While the economic growth expected to be 2.11% (while only 1.48% in 2016 and 0.72% in 2015). Labor cost increase about 5% in average.

Since the start of the 13th Five-year plan, under the guidance of green development concept and with the implementation of the supply-side reform, our government strengthened the environmental governance. Lots of companies and factories were closed for transformation, causing the prices of raw materials rising continuously. At the same time, price of corrugated medium has also doubled for the USD/MT recent three months.

300 As a result, enterprises in the industry began to slash overcapacity 250 and followed the tough environmental measures, which led to the raise of 200 the production cost and the drop of the supply. Given the 150 current situation, he 100

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Corrugated Market Total Corrugated output in 2016 decrease from 2,127 million sqm to 2,022 million sqm and expected to increase to 2,077 million sqm in 2017 Recovered Paper Resources TOCC 80%, 20% imported (JOCC 6.7%, AOCC 7.7%. Others 5.4%) AOCC/JOCC/EOCC Price Trend (2012.01~2017.07)

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Economic and Trade Information • 2017 GDP Increased by 4% year on year • Retail sales dropped by 0.6% year-on-year in January-June 2017, after the decline of 8.1% for 2016.

• Unemployment rate: 3.1% • Hong Kong’s exports Increased by 8.5% year-on-year in JanuaryJuly 2017, after a marginal decrease of 0.5% in 2016. Hong Kong’s merchandise exports are projected to grow by 5% as a whole in 2017.

Corrugated Industry Trend and Challenge • The risk of electricity shortage • Increasing labor cost and manpower issue • Environmental regulations getting tougher HONG KONG Mr. Larry Szeto (HKCPMA) presented the update of Hong Kong’s corrugated industry (Attachment 5)

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2015

2016

Forecast/Latest

Population, Mid-year (million)

7.23

7.29

7.34

7.39a

Gross Domestic Product (US$billion)

289.7

307.5

319.4

334.9-338.2b

GDP Per Capita (US$)

40,100

42,200

43,500

45,300-45,800b

Real GDP Growth (%)

+2.8

+2.4

+2.0

+3.4b

Inflation (% Change in Composite CPI)

+4.4

+3.0

+2.4

+1.4c

Unemployment Rate (%)

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.1d

Retail Sales Growth (%)

-0.2

-3.7

-8.1

-0.6e

+12.0

-2.5

-4.5

+2.4e

Major Economic Indicators

Visitor Arrival Growth (%)

a (mid-year of 2017); b (government forecast for 2017) ; c (year-on-year change in January-July 2017) ; d (seasonally adjusted, May-July 2017); e (year-on-year change in January-June 2017)

Hong Kong's Direct Investment in the Chinese Mainland Projects, contracted and utilized direct investment

No./Value

No./Value

Number of approved projects

2016 Share of The National Total (%)

12,753

45.7

386,464

44.7

81.5

64.7

913.7

51.8

Projects Utilized direct investment (US$ bn) Sources: China Monthly Statistics

1979-2016 Share of The National Total (%)

Hong Kong's Trade with the Chinese Mainland Unit (US$ million)

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2016 Growth (+/-%)

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Value

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249,163 2,380 246,783 245,748 494,910 3,415

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Current Economic Situation of Pearl River Delta Economic Zone (PRD) 2015* * 2016 figures will only be available in November 2017 The Pearl River Delta economic zone (PRD) is one of China’s leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center: • Real GDP of the PRD grew by an average of 8.6% • The PRD accounted for 54.1% of Guangdong’s population or 4.3% of China’s total population • The PRD accounted for 79.1% of Guangdong’s GDP or 9.1% of China’s GDP • The PRD accounted for 94.6% of Guangdong’s exports or 26.8% of China’s total export • The PRD accounted for 72.1% of Guangdong’s retail sales or 7.5% of China’s total retail sales of consumer goods Corrugated Industry in PRD • Due to limitation of OCC imports, OCC prices has increased over 100% in 3 months • As a result Liner and Medium Prices has also went up • Liner and Medium Prices (2016/112017/9) - Increase of 103% Corrugated Packaging Market Challenges: • Ever increasing raw materials prices • Labour costs increase • CNY-HKD exchange rate are still high • Facing domestic and overseas competition • Decreasing exports Opportunities: • Focus on domestic market • Accelerated the mechanization and automation • Import Paper to lower procurement costs

INDONESIA Indonesia GDP Annual growth rate up top 5.02% increase from 4.79% in 2015 and expected to growth further to 5.10% in 2017 (though in reality only 5.01% in 1st semester 2017) Inflation rate in 2016 down to 3.02% from 3.70% in 2015 but expected to increase to 4% in 2017 (while in 1st semester the inflation 2.53%). At present US$ exchange rate 1 US$ = RP 13.305. Total Corrugated Production in 2016 3.3 million tons (6.6 billion sqm) up from 3.2 million tons and expected to growth further about 3.12% this year.

The main industries serve my Indonesian Corrugated Box are: 1. Food & Beverage 2. Fast moving consumer goods 3. Electronics & Electrical Products 4. Building related material and ceramic tiles 5. Automotive Industry 6. Fruits & Vegetables 7. Textile Garments & Shoes Boxes 8. Household Products like ceramic wares & furniture Paper price increase since the last 8 months from December 2016 about 19% for medium and 17% for test liner (US$ 575 and US$ 530 respectively in August 2017) while Domestic OCC increase 34% in the same period (US$ 255 in August 2017) Industry News / Trends: 1. Corrugated Board Industry in first semester 2017 has been slightly dropped compared to first semester 2016 due to the weakening of Food & Beverage Industry and retail business too.

2. Very aggressive approach from one paper mill on lighter paper gram mage i.e. 90gsm, 100gsm, 110gsm.

3. More automation machine (Robot) 4. Some expansion still going on, about 7 new corrugator lines to be installed in 2017.

ASEAN

RM 156.28 bil (29.5% share) 21.8%

PRC

RM 69.17 bil (13.1% share)  39.4% MALAYSIA’S TRADE

EU

PERFORMANCE 2017

RM 54.52 bil (10.3% share)  23.6% IN JANUARY-JULY

RM 50.54 bil (9.5%EXPORTS share)  11.1% USATOTAL TRADE RM 1.008 trill RM 529.68 trill RM 44.03 bil (8.3% share)  22.4% JAPAN (22.7%) (22.3%)

IMPORTS RM 478.71 trill (23.0%)

TRADE BALANCE RM 50.97 trill (16.3%)

TOP 5 EXPORT PRODUCTS E&E Product

RM 189.52 bil (35.8% share) 21.6%

Petroleum Products

RM 43.11 bil (8.1% share)

 44.9%

Chemical & Chemical Products

RM 39.15 bil (7.4% share)

 18.7%

Palm Oil & Palm Oil Based Agriculture Products

RM 31.11 bil (5.9% share)

 25.3%

Machinery, Equipment & Parts

RM 24.05 bil (4.5% share)

 6.9%

% growth in January-July 2017 compared to January-July 2016

TOP 5 EXPORT MARKETS ASEAN

RM 156.28 bil (29.5% share) 21.8%

PRC

RM 69.17 bil (13.1% share)

 39.4%

EU

RM 54.52 bil (10.3% share)

 23.6%

USA

RM 50.54 bil (9.5% share)

 11.1%

JAPAN

RM 44.03 bil (8.3% share)

 22.4%

rise in the prior month and below market expectations of a 3.3 percent increase. It was the lowest inflation rate since January, mainly due to a slowdown in the cost of food & non-alcoholic beverages, recreation services & culture and transport while inflation was steady for housing & utilities.

Malaysia Average Monthly Wages MALAYSIA TOP 5 EXPORT PRODUCTS in Manufacturing 2012-2017 Mr. Lee Chin Wan (MACCMA) Wages in Manufacturing in presented the update of Malaysia’s RM 189.52 bil (35.8% share) 21.6% E&E Product Malaysia increased to 3339 MYR/ corrugated industry (Attachment 7).

Month in June from 3293 MYR/ RM 43.11 bil (8.1% share)  44.9% Petroleum Products Month in May of 2017.

Wages Malaysia GDP Growth Beats Estimates in Manufacturing in RM 39.15 bil (7.4% share) Malaysia 18.7% Chemical & Chemical Products in Q2 averaged 2842.80 MYR/Month The Malaysian economy expanded bil (5.9%  25.3% Palm Oil & Palm Oil Based Agriculture Products RM 31.11 from 2012 share) until 2017, reaching an 5.8 percent year-on-year in the all-time high of 3344 MYR/Month in bil (4.5% share)  6.9% Machinery, Parts compared to RM 24.05 secondEquipment quarter of& 2017, December of 2016 and a record a 5.6 percent growth in thetoprevious % growth in January-July 2017 compared January-July 2016 low of 2391 MYR/Month in August three months and above market of 2012. expectations of 5.4 percent. The expansion remained at its strongest Paper Price Trend increase 25 – level since the March quarter 2015, as 30% private consumption rose at a faster Corrugated Case Trend pace and growth in most sectors • Increasing demand from accelerated e-commerce driving the growth of packaging.

Malaysia Inflation Rate Eases to • Malaysia-China economic 6-Month Low Of 3.2% in July ties a further boost to export Consumer prices in Malaysia rose 3.2 market. percent from a year earlier in July • Advancement in Digital of 2017, compared to a 3.6 percent

Malaysia Corrugated Supply Vs Demand (’000MT)

• • • •

Printing technology complementing flexographic printing.

Paper crisis continues through Q3 2017 with increasing pressure from rising raw material prices.

Increasing labour cost adding pressure to manufacturing sector.

Manpower issue.

New/upgraded machineries – increased capacity.

SINGAPORE Mr Phua Thye Hin (CBMA) presented the update of Singapore’s corrugated industry. Economy Outlook GDP latest forecast to grow 2-3% in 2017 Industry Demand (metric tons)

Positive • Singapore excellent infrastructure will continue to attract/retain high value manufacturing to ride on recovery in USA economy.

• MIT helps to promote Food Industry (ready meal) for export.

• The 2 IR continue to boost good demand in F& B industry.

• Political stable Negative • Government tightens the foreign worker supply further with more increase in foreign worker levy and reduce the number. These will have impact to local SME. • China Economy growth stills not robust • European financial austerity measures will suppress demand.

• “Brexit” adds to the export woes and “America first” factor.

THAILAND Khun Varna (TCG) presented the update of Thailand’s corrugated industry. Corrugated Industry situation and trend in THAILAND: • Raw material price increase • Labor shortage • Retail Ready Packaging is growing - Changing corrugated specifications from RSC to Diecut - Changing board construction to more micro flute • Substance weight reduction • Environmental issues ; reduce, reuse and recycled • Safety Culture • Automation Investment

Retail Ready Packaging is growing Shelf-ready packaging (SRP) is delivered to a retailer in a readyto-sell merchandised unit. Products which come in SRP can be easily placed on the shelf without the need for unpacking or repacking.

Safety Culture-Life saving Rules Integrated Safety Concept and standard into working procedure ACCA Work Plan for Years 2017 / 2018 It was agreed that the next ACCA meeting would be held in conjunction with this SinoCorrugated South 2018 (4 in 1 exhibitions, 10-12 April 2018) in Dongguan, China, hosted by Reed Exhibitions.

For the subsequent ACCA’s 22nd AGM in August/September 2018, it was agreed that the choice venue/ host would be either Thailand or Malaysia.

Automation Investment Automation investment in order to increase productivity and improve product quality.

Increase productivity: • Increase running speed • Short set up time • Minimal man power (lack of Thai worker in Packaging industry) RSC Double Wall

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10-12 APRIL 2018 GD MODERN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTER, GUANGDONG

Next April, in Dongguan, the three-day SinoCorrugated South event will take place, giving businesses seeking cutting-edge equipment to facilitate smart and efficient production and high quality products an exceptional platform via which to pursue their objectives. Considered as Asia-Pacific’s leading corrugated cardboard event, SinoCorrugated South 2018, which will run from April 10 to April 12 at the GD Modern International Exhibition Centre will bring together more than 700 established participating brands displaying over 1,400 high-end and cost-effective machineries, ancillary equipment and consumables across 6 exhibition halls totally covering 80,000-square-meter.

EXCLUSIVE: SinoCorrugated South 2018 Receives Powerful Boost through Strong Endorsement from Industry Associations In 2018, SinoCorrugated South will continue a long and successful tradition, which firstly began with the show’s inaugural edition in 2001, of offering corrugated manufacturers and suppliers some of their most productive innovations and new business development opportunities, strongly backed by the world’s most influential industry associations, including Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of India (FCBM), the Asian Corrugated Case Association (ACCA), Perhimpunan Industry Corrugated Cardboard Indonesia (PICCI), the Malaysian Corrugated Carton Manufacturers Association (MACCMA), the Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association (CBMA, Singapore), the Hong Kong Corrugated Paper Manufacturers’ Association (HKCPMA), the Korean Corrugated Packaging Case Industry Association (KCCA), La Cámara Argentina de Fabricantes de Cartón Corrugado (CAFCCO), the All India Federation

of Master Printers (AIFMP) and many more.

Reed Exhibitions has extended its promotional reach by cultivating close relations with multiple industry and trade associations since early editions of its platform. Today, the SinoCorrugated series, which comprises two shows –in even years in Dongguan and in odd years in Shanghai – has grown into a highlight of the industry’s calendar both at home and abroad. The sustained year-on-year growth of both events results largely from a consistent and strong support of these influential industry bodies. Along with them, Reed Exhibitions has devoted itself for ages in making great contributions to the development of the global corrugated industry.

Several associations have pledged to organize delegations to visit SinoCorrugated South next year.

Many have also cited how, as longstanding participants in

SinoCorrugated events, they always appreciate the wide range of products on display and the way the show generates strong results that enhance members’ understanding of new industry trends, while they evaluate emerging innovations and solutions. Dating back to its last edition, more than 30 international associations sent over 2,000 delegates to visit SinoCorrugated 2017 in Shanghai. Expected onsite at the 2018 edition will be industry delegations from bodies like FCBM, ACCA, PICCI, MACCMA, CBMA, HKCPMA, KCCA and AIFMP. The endorsement and active support of these top executives will bring once again considerable purchasing power to SinoCorrugated South 2018.

Additionally, the 33,000 local and international visitors expected at the show will include government figures and industry professionals from the private sector. The alongside-held seminars and workshops will feature key industry thought leaders, speakers and visionaries, all at one platform.

Everyone at the show will have an access to evaluating the latest innovations, ideas and solutions from across the converting world.

“Reed remains deeply committed to driving development in China’s corrugated industry, which is why we are preparing SinoCorrugated South 2018 to specifically address challenges found in carton manufacturing and processing.

While pursuing our goal of shining a spotlight on the advanced and sustainable corrugated processing solutions of the future, we rely on the strong spirit of cooperation and friendship that thrives between us and our strong backup within the industry. Through a combination of resources, Reed Exhibitions and its industry trade channels across Asia provide enriching opportunities and robust platforms to manufacturers in the paper, printing and converting industry,” said Thomas Huang, Senior Vice President of Reed Exhibitions Greater China.

In parallel, Reed is also running Roadshows within Asia-Pacific regions, which entails a series of meetings with representatives from key associations within the converting industry. The campaign, which is focused on promoting SinoCorrugated South 2018 to regional corrugating markets and connecting local manufacturers with emerging industry areas, has reached a wide audience over the past. In addition to that, Reed was proud to host the 1st Asian Corrugated Industry Summit concurrently with the 21st ACCA Management Committee (Sep. 25-27). Moreover, the company sent representatives to the 46th FCBM Conference in India (Nov. 1719), the MACCMA Annual Meeting (Nov. 16-18) and HKCPMA’s Annual Meeting (Nov. 23-25). Later on this year, Reed hosted the Indonesia Corrugated Summit as well as the Myanmar Corrugated Industry Summit (Dec. 3-7) through a collaboration with PICCI and the local association respectively. Alongside the summit, local manufacturers were taken on guided tours to visit corrugating factories in Jakarta, Surabaya and Yangon.

Next year, SinoCorrugated South will be held from 10 to 12 April at the GD Modern International Exhibition Center in Guangdong, the heart of the Pearl-River Delta and driving force of China’s packaging industry. Participants in this event are assured of joining a dynamic global platform which will feature new products, advanced technologies and innovative service solutions – all of which are integral to get along with the rapidly changing demand in today’s corrugated packaging industry.

For more information, please contact us at +86 2231 7006 or email us at info@reedexpo.com.cn For pre-registration, please visit http://www. sino-corrugated.com/en or scan QR code beside

ROADSHOW OF SINO CORRUGATED SOUTH 2018 IN INDONESIA

The roadshow started with factory visit to two corrugated factories in Jakarta ((Indah Kiat and Multibox Indah) and next day they held a conference with attend by about 100 participants from Jakarta, Surabaya, Semarang as well as Medan and Pekanbaru afterday on the third day factory visit in Surabaya (Sentral KemasindoTeguh and Supracor Sejahtera) Organized by Reed Exhibitions and co-organized by PICCI (Indonesia Corrugated Association) and MCBA (Myanmar Corrugated Board Association) respectively, the summits attracted more than 150 local professional representatives from the carton industry and over 30 well-known international suppliers including Fosber and BHS Corrugated.

Many trade agencies attended the Summit and the factory visits, which helped the participating suppliers, breaking the language barrier, to get a good knowledge about the condition of local factories and potential trade opportunities.

The Summit held on December 5th and December 8th gathered a large number of leaders, economists and technical experts from corrugated industry respectively in Indonesia and Myanmar. Mr. Alex Wang, the representative of Reed Exhibitions, addressed the welcome speech, extending gratitude to Mr. BudiawanTeguh, the chairman of PICCI and Mr. Gao Chengquan, the representative of MCBA, as well as all the association members.

He also pointed out that this was the second time for Reed Exhibitions to host the corrugated industry summit in Jakarta and Yangon, “I hope that the Indonesia Corrugated Industry Summit and Myanmar Corrugated Industry Summit, making full use of the powerful database resources and brand advantages of Reed Exhibitions, bring together global industrial participants to exchange ideas on the current market of corrugated box manufacturing industry, analyze industry trends, explore market-coping strategies and achieve win-win collaborations.�

During the Jakarta summit, Industry KOL Mr. He Jian gave a keynote speech entitled The Present Situation and Prospect for China Paper and Carton Industry; Mr. Faisal H. Basri Batubara made a speech themed on Indonesia Current Economic Trends and

Forecast, which helped participants seize new development opportunities in Asian and Indonesian markets. And at the Q&A session, audiences were very active to interact with the speakers. Fosber and BHS representatives launched a lively discussion on Industry 4.0 and Corrugated 4.0 & Digital Printing respectively. At the Yangon summit, Industry KOL Mr. Huang Chuangfu, shared the secret of waterborne printing with the theme of The Standardization & Quality Control of Waterborne Printing Technology, attempting to help participants break through the bottlenecks in the printing process and improve the production quality and efficiency.

More than 20 suppliers including Huizhou Degang Machinery, Guangzhou Xiaohua, Dongguan Run Li Hua, Tien Chin Yu Machinery, J.S. Machine, Dasong (RMM) and so on shared their new products, technologies and applications.

Ms. LaySee Chan, the representative of Reed Exhibitions, gave an introduction about SinoCorrugated South 2018.

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out “SinoCorrugated South 2018, SinoFoldingCarton 2018, SinoFlexoGrapphy South 2018, China Packaging Container Expo 2018 and China Label Industry Expo 2018 will be concurrently held in Dongguan, Guangdong, in April 2018, which are expected to attract more than 36,000 professional audiences at home and abroad�. As one of the leading event organizers in the industry, Reed Exhibitions is boasting of incomparable and powerful brand influence. Apart from helping suppliers show their latest equipment and technologies comprehensively, Reed is confident in helping them to exploit new corrugated markets. After the successful conclusion of South Asia roadshow, SinoCorrugated team will continue its journey in Iran, where enjoys remarkable economic growth.

Thus, let us harbor the feeling of excitement to welcome more international collaborations.

The most interesting speaker is Mr Faisal Basri (Indonesia Economist) whom open up the Indonesian economic situation and he joked than indeed Reed is making the god research as Reed only making road show only in the best economic growth countries, like China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar etc.

GDP Growth by Expenditure (%) Indonesia Domestic Demand under Pressure, but the Purchasing Power does not Decrease as you can see on chart below.

We can see that the growth of manufacturing industries in Indonesia (2011 – 2017) mainly in Food and Beverge products, Chemical and Pharmaceutical, Computer and electrical equipment as well as transportation that the growth reach 6 – 8.5%.

There is a Shift in consumption pattern from food and apparel to “leisure”

(restaurants, hotels, recreation & culture). The scary part is Unemployment of youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) Indonesia is very big (21.8%) or no 5 in the world – we are just behind Saudi Arbia (29.5%), Syria (30.1%), Iraq (34.6%) , Egypt (42%) and Lybia (48.9%) while China (10.5%), India (10.4%), Malaysia (6.7%). Vietnam (6.3%) and Thailand (3.9%)

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How to Make DIRECT PRINT CORRUGATED LOOK GOOD

by James Chesley, Pamarco

There has been a recent increase in companies returning to or making an original investment in direct, highgraphics corrugated printing. Why this draw to something that hasn’t lived up to the capabilities of label printing in the past? In a nutshell: with technology today, there are ways of pushing the limits in direct print that the industry has never seen before.

In some cases, direct corrugated print quality nearly replicates that of preprint, but it often does so at a reduced cost. By following a disciplined approach, direct print may result in new clients and increased profits.

Among these steps, there are two vital factors that stand out above the rest: ink requirements and anilox roll engraving. It is the handling of these two things that will make or break the ability of your process to successfully and consistently print on corrugated directly. We know that each part of the print process has an effect on the others. Some parts, however, alter the outcome quality much more noticeably. In my experience, there are more problems stemming from poor choices in the areas of ink and anilox than any other part of the process.

The opposite is true as well. Good choices in in these two factors can bring about great capabilities and really push the envelope of what direct print can do.

It begins with what is being printed; the graphic detail and the board type play a significant role in making decisions. With the choice of what to print, there will be a correlating ink sweet spot to ascertain. A proof is necessary to start the process, so a prototype will be printed out digitally.

The ultimate goal is going out to the press and hitting those color targets from the proof, but finding out what works best isn’t always easy. That’s where we come in.

Once the end goal of what to print has been decided, the next step is finding out what plates are being used. Then it’s time for anilox specifications. Our anilox recommendations are based on collections of data over multiple press runs at multiple locations, so we have high confidence that our suggestions will get us on the mark. We can then finely-tune based on your specific applications. By knowing the substrate, we are able to target the proper engraving for the anilox roll, providing the BCM and LPI necessary for the job that you want to print.

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When you have the correct volume established for what you’re trying to print, and we deliver an accurate LPI, it’s going to distribute the correct amount of ink for the substrate.

That brings us to why ink is so important. Poor ink, with a lot of fillers, makes it really hard to hit the right density – it’s difficult to be consistent when the ink has to be overly adjusted to keep the job running. Good ink is more reliable. The significance of consistent ink is seen in its impact on density.

While essential in all printing, proper density is absolutely critical in direct corrugated. The right density helps get the full spectrum of the print, and the right BCM helps keep the colors the way that they should be. As you start on this direct print journey, establishing a team of suppliers to work with will increase your level of success and maximize the overall print results. Who is on that team is up to you, but, at a minimum, your anilox supplier and ink supplier should be on board and working together to deliver the proper ink lay for the job at hand.

It is imperative that you choose a supplier that you have confidence in, one that is known for consistency and quality. Materials and services play a big role in the cost of an anilox.

Just like ink, there are many versions of rolls. Some converters will go for the lowest price-point supplier every time and not realize that they are changing their rolls twice as often.

Maybe my roll is a little more up front, but that roll will still be performing five years from now. Lasting value is provided by attention to detail, remanufacturing to OEM specifications, and the use of quality raw materials.

There is consistency in engravings, and you should expect that if you ask for something today, and then ask for an identical replacement roll years from now, you’ll get the same roll built to the same specifications. And that’s critical because a one-point difference in BCM is going to make a huge difference in the print.

Variance in the volumes of anilox roll is so important. You have to choose the right anilox roll – one that is going to put down the precise amount of ink required for the job. It is necessary to achieve the proper ink density so that the colors will match those of the proof. With the right anilox roll, and the volume specified for that

print plate, it is going to lay down the volume needed for that job, which will match the needed density.

Keep in mind that once you have the correct anilox specifications, you will need to maintain that volume consistently over time. That’s when roll maintenance becomes critical.

In the end, everyone wants to print better. But that does not always mean preprint or offset labels. With the right choices, there are great advantages to high-graphic, direct print corrugated. Take the steps to find the proper anilox roll engraving by matching the volume and the correct LPI to the printing plate and the substrate type. Work with a dependable ink company and have your inks dialed in to match the required density.

Focus on the most important details to give yourself the best chance of consistently getting the box that you want.

First appeared in Flexo Magazine.

The BCS AutoBOX is quite simply the most advanced box making machine available today. Using serve control, this machine can automatically change from one style and size of box to another in just seconds. All tools are controlled through the simple touch screen and set themselves automatically, so whether you need to produce small boxes, large wraps or more complicated boxes, the BCS AutoBox can make them all at the touch of a button.

To complete the potential of the BCS AutoBOX, there is also a range of additional modules available specifically engineered to add increased efficiency and build in even greater to you box making solution.

1. Produce over 100 box styles including 0411, partitions, trays, 0201, pallet boxes and more.

2. Speeds of up to 1.200 boxes/hour 3. Uses 25% of the energy of conventional machines 4. Fully auto-set via touch screen 5. Make blank witches from 100mm to 2600mm x unlimited length 6. Run all types of corrugated, even plastic.

Only BCS now has a Just in time solution to short run low cost box making.

Our customers can now offer a complete solution to their customers.

No longer 5 days + delivery, or custom sizes are extra ! or we can supply filler. Point being if you ship cartons you not only pay for the filler you pay extra for shipping fees, be it courier or air freight. The oversize box could be a complete layer of product !

Your end user may needs 100 / 200 boxes per week, not 1000 which entails a big invoice and having cartons he might not use for a month. This a small manufacturer takes up valuable racking / floor space, for product he did not for a month.

With the AutoBox one to two minute set up time and print and variable data.

You will have the edge.

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The Cost of Out-of-Round and Out-of-Parallel Corrugated Glue Rolls

by David McBeth, Apex International

It isn’t hard to understand that glue rolls for corrugated machines with excessive TIR (total indicated runout), or glue rolls that aren’t parallel, will cause your corrugator to consume more adhesive. It’s trickier to calculate how much, and when it makes economic sense to correct the problem. As long as board quality, productivity, and waste are acceptable, it is tempting to post- pone maintenance. Reducing the question to a comparison of costs helps managers make informed decisions.

When the glue roll is out of round, the gap with the metering roll changes with every revolution. As a result, the adhesive film thickness on the glue roll changes from thick to thin as the roll turns. The gap between the lower corrugating roll on the single facer will also change with every revolution, which affects adhesive application. To compensate for these variations, the operator usually adjusts the metering gap so there is enough adhesive applied where the film is thinnest.

The effect is to increase overall adhesive consumption; this increase is proportional to the TIR or the distance the rolls are out of parallel. This proportion, or ratio, can be used to calculate the additional cost to the box plant that defective rolls create.

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Out-of-round example On a finger-type single face machine, with a glue system in good condition, the actual glue film thickness on the glue roll will average about .007” in normal operation. If the glue roll has a TIR of .006”, the gap must be increased by this amount to maintain a .007” where the film is thinnest.

Allowing for the film split between glue roll and metering roll, the film thickness will increase by some two-thirds of that gap increase, or about .004”. The result will be a glue film thickness ranging from .007 to .011. The total volume of adhesive available is the same as we would have with a uniform thickness of .009.

On a 10” roll, the increase in glue volume calculates to 27%. About three-fourths of that ends up on paper, for an effective consumption increase of 20% with a TIR of .006. So,

as a rule of thumb, we can conclude that every .001” of TIR will increase adhesive consumption almost 3.5%.

Out-of-parallel roll has the same effect If the metering gap is .006” out of parallel, the change in film thickness across the machine would be about 004”, or 2/3 x .006. Assuming a .010” minimum glue film (fin- gearless machine), the film changes from .010” to .014”, and the volume would be the same as if there was a uniform film thick- ness of .012” So .006” TIR and .006” out-of-parallel result in the same increase in adhesive consumption.

What about double back glue machines?

On double back glue machines, we need to consider the cell count and size of engraved rolls. Glue rolls with cell counts of 16 or fewer cells per inch carry the majority of the adhesive in the cell. These rolls have a very thin surface film thickness, so the application rate is not increased dramatically when there are small changes in the TIR for this type of roll.

Glue rolls with higher cell counts—25 quad and up—are affected by TIR at about the same rate as the single facer rolls, or about 3.5% per every .001” TIR. The bottom line With today’s modern equipment and high run speeds it is possible to

produce large quantities of board, consuming great quantities of adhesive in a short period of time.

Out-of- round or out-of-parallel rolls increase adhesive application rate significantly. A formula can be derived from the information in this study to reveal the true cost of glueroll TIR or out-of parallel conditions.

Cost per .001” of TIR = (TIR x 1000) x .035 x Dry Pound Cost x Average web width factor.

Example: TIR=.005 Dry pound cost = $0.18/lb example Average web width = 80” Average web factor = 80/98 = .816 Cost = (5) x (.035) x (..18) x (.816) Cost = $0.0257 per MSF For a plant producing 50 MMSF per month, the TIR would cost $1,285 per month in excess adhesive application for only .005” of roll runout.

Daily checks of the glue-roll gap with feeler gauges are imperative to ensure board quality and even application of adhesive. It is not uncommon for plants running high speeds or small flutes to check gaps once or twice per shift. This ensures the rolls are parallel and the glue film thickness and subsequent application is even across the web.In any case, the TIR should be checked for all stations at least once per week.

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Now Servicing Asia from the United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, October 16, 2017—Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America approaches a new direction as Harper commits to maintain its promise to offer the best quality products, technology, and outstanding customer service and support. Therefore, it is with our deepest regret to announce that Harper Corporation of America will no longer have a licensee in Thailand.

The company has made the decision to end its relationship with Harper Asia/Pacific Company, Ltd. by not renewing the licensee agreement going forward. Harper Corporation of America will now process all orders from Asia directly from its corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The company ensures that the recent change in manufacturing locations will not interfere with the quality of service that customers from Asia receive.

Harper is confident that it can best serve its customers,

agents, distributors, and industry from the Charlotte location. Harper Corporation of America values its relationships with its agents and distributors and looks forward to continuing these relationships moving forward. The company is dedicated to continuing to provide leading innovation and support within the flexographic industry.

As a worldwide company, Harper Corporation has two manufacturing plants in North America – Charlotte, North Carolina and DePere, Wisconsin – which serve Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

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SMS C300 is a modified tapioca starch product, applied in a corrugated board adhesive formulations.

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Easily Dissolved character as peak viscosity during dissolution is low Stable Viscosity gives a more consistent operate on the machine and a better board quality Good Water Retention which leads to better bonding strength Less Consumption Less Consumption of glue due to better distribution allowing good bond strength with less glue

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Pengalaman dan skill tim kami dilengkapi dengan

teknologi terbaru dilengkapi dengan peralatan yang memadai: • Software khusus untuk kemasan • Laser cutting machines • Automated rule processing cutting • Automated bending machines • Sample Plotter Kami memiliki data base yang lengkap untuk memenuhi kebutuhan customer kami, baik corrugated (FEFCO) maupun folding carton/ECMA dan display boxes, Software khusus kami untuk kemasan dapat mempersiapkan gambar detail yang tepat dan efisiensi untuk memenuhi kebutuhan customer kami (sesuai dengan permintaan dari Brand Owner).

produksi dengan minimum waste. Software kami akan mengikuti kriteria dari material yang digunakan arah dari flute atau grain dari kertas dengan secara otomatis memilih arah yang dibutuhkan untuk produksi.

Membuat design male, female, dan front edge strippers dengan tingkat keakuratan yang tepat.

Stripping sistem yang didesain dengan menggunakan dynamic stripping system.

Kami juga menyediakan jasa pembuatan Sample atau contoh untuk : Cartons Corrugated boxes Display boxes Labels Bags Flow wraps

Kami dapat membuat layout dengan otomatis baik untuk single atau multiple nesting yang memastikan efisiensi pada

Peralatan Penunjang : CAD system for cutting out cartons Die cutting and creasing

Packaging Solution

www.tosijasindo.com info@tosijasindo.com +62 21 75902726

ClearVision systems ensure every box is perfect before it is sent to the customer. With over 300 installations worldwide, the visonary companies in the industry are using these systems to change the competitive landscape.

Flexoseal Glue System Options BoardRunner Non-Contact and Contact Extrusion Features Valco Melton’s all electric model 900 glue valve.

The valve provides unparalleled high speed performance with over 250 million cycles before simple maintenance is needed.

The impact resistant carbide plunger tip and engineered ceramic seat provide extreme durability. The 900 valve’s powerful coil results in extremely accurate and repeatable glue patterns, in contrast to pneumatically systems. Easily switch from inside to outside gluing with no tools required. The patented applicator heads allow for quick removal for changing number of beads and bead spacing.

BoardRunner Tri-Valve Non-Contact Features three 524 series, all-electric glue valves (up to 4 valves per side). The 524 series non-contact valves offer a ceramic tip/carbide plunger design for extended service life with less maintenance.

Can provide staggered pattern starts to match lead and trail tab angle, even in “auto-glue” system mode. The non-contact method eliminates product skew that can be caused incertain contact gluing applications.

Features a tip-sealer design that prevents nozzle plugging during periods of down time.

Full valve and tip-sealer status can be viewed on Valco Melton’s OT-120 tpuchscreen control. The Tri-Valve BoardRunner® with 900 valve attachment allows for inside / outside gluing from one side of the machine. Flexibility to apply primarily top down, non contact with the option to apply contact, bottom up when required.

NEWS

ASAHI CUSTOMERS CLAIMED A TOTAL OF 24 AWARDS Asahi Photoproducts is pleased to announce that its customers claimed a total of 24 awards, including eight Gold awards, in the 2016 Flexographic Technical Association of South Africa awards competition. The FTA- SA Print Excellence Awards have been held in South Africa since 1997; first under the auspices of the Institute of Packaging and later independently.

This competition focuses on printing quality and not innovation, design or origination, although the printer’s skill in implementing these is taken into consideration. Judges in this competition apply very high standards in the judging process. Of particular note is the excellent performance of Golden Era Printers, who captured a total of 12 awards for New Era Labels, New Era Packaging and its Flexo Division, including four Gold awards. All Golden Era plates were made in-house. The company used a variety of Asahi plates.

Other Asahi customer award winners included: • Taurus Packaging with four awards. Plates used included Asahi TOP and DSF, and plates were produced by Polyflex.

• Constantia Afripack DLC for its Tiger Brands Symphony Hazelnut White Chocolate flexible packaging, achieving a Silver award using Asahi TOPTM plates produced 74

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DCB Plastics for its Gold Award for Bob Martin Complete Condition Meaty Chunks Lamb Flavor (Dog Food, 1.75 kg) flexible packaging using Asahi TOP plates produced

by Polyflex. The company also received a silver award for the 8 kg version of Bob Martin Complete Condition Lamb Flavor dog food.

ITB Manufacturing received three awards, two Gold and one Silver.

The company used Asahi TOP plates produced by Polyflex.

Flexible Packaging Converters used Asahi TOP plates produced

by Polyflex to achieve a Bronze award.

Amcor Flexibles was awarded a Gold prize for its Spar Instant Full Cream Milk Powder flexible packaging produce with Asahi TOP plates from Polygraphics.

Pack & Print Event 2018 Food Pack Asia 1-4 Feb, 2018 BiTEC (Bangkok international Trade & Exhibition Centre) Bangkok, Thailand Fruit Logistica 07-09 Feb, 2018 Messe Berlin, Berlin, Germany Bangkok Packaging Innovations & Luxury Packaging Birmingham 28 Feb - 01 Mar, 2018 Birmingham, UK SinoPack 2018 10-12 Mar, 2018 Area A China Import & Export Fair Complex Guangzhou, China 3rd European Food & Beverage Plastic Packaging Summit 14-15 Mar, 2018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Propack Vietnam 20-22 March, 2018 Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Icorrugated Asia Expo 2018 21-23 Mar, 2018 National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) (NECC) China SinoFoldingCarton Dongguan 10-12 April, 2018 GD Modern International Exhibition Center, China Food & Drink Expo 16-28 April, 2018 NEC Birmingham, UK Pack Expo East 16-18 April, 2018 Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA NPES Trade Mission and Print Innovation Asia Conference May 2-3 Bangkok, Thailand

Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2018 10 - 12 May BiTEC (Bangkok international Trade & Exhibition Centre) Bangkok, Thailand IPACK IMA 2018 29 May- 1 June, 2018 Fiera Milano, Milan-Italy Print Expo 2018 8-10 June, 2018 Hall 2 & 3 Chennai Trade Center, India Propak Asia 2018 The 26th International Processing and Packaging Technology Event for Asia 13-16 June, 2018 BiTEC (Bangkok international Trade & Exhibition Centre) Bangkok, Thailand Propak China 11-13 Jul, 2018 Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China CCE South East Asia 2018 5-7 Sept, 2018 BiTEC (Bangkok international Trade & Exhibition Centre) Bangkok, Thailand The Indonesian International Plastics, Processing, Packaging and Printing Exhibitions 19-22 Sep, 2018 JI Expo Jakarta-Indonesia LabelExpo America 2018 25-27 September 2018 Donald E.Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois Tokyo Pack 2018 02-05 Oct, 2018 Tokyo International Exhibition Center (Tokyo Big Sight), Tokyo, Japan PACK EXPO International 2018 14-17 Oct, 2018 McCormick Place, Chicago USA All in Print China 24-28 October, 2018 SNIEC Shanghai China

May this new year all your dreams turn into reality and all your efforts into great achievements