Flexible Packaging Innovations Programme
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Registration & refreshments
08.30 Chairman’s opening remarks
08.40 Food Contact Regulations
Dr. Anna Gergely
Director, EHS Regulatory, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
09.05 Past and present trends in food packaging technology
· Rise of the fresh-cut industry in the Netherlands and the packaging used
· Why active, intelligent and nanoscience packaging is not implemented – yet
· What is sustainable packaging?
· New directions in recycled packaging
Dr. Eggo Ulphard Thoden van Velzen
Senior Packaging Technologist, AFSG Wageningen-UR
09.30 Global trends in pet food packaging
· Packaging formats for pet food
· Marketing and cost considerations
· Key element comparisons
o Pouch vs glass, cardboard, can and tray
Marc Rapp
President of global pouching division, Ampac USA
09.55 Questions & answers
10.10 Break
10.40 Shrink sleeves: Innovation to take costs out
· New shrink sleeve opportunities for narrow web printing
· New generation of shrink sleeve substrates
· New shrink sleeve equipment technology
· Comparative cost of shrink sleeves versus other forms of labelling
Sia Memarnia
Managing Director, SIA Consulting
11.05 Innovative solutions with silicone oxide high barrier coatings
· What are silicon oxide high barrier coatings and how do they function?
· Consumer trends and silicon oxide solutions
· Comparison of silicon oxide solutions vs traditional packagings
Marius Beune
Sales Executive Ceramis, Alcan Packaging Kreuzlingeng AG, BUCeramis®
11.30 Transparent high barrier film for extending shelf life of the product
· Excellent Gas Barrier with heat & humidity resistance
· Transparency
· Metal free
· Fragrance barrier
· Chemical resistance
· Gelbo Flex
· Eco Friendly
Jian Wu
Manager, Marubeni Europe PLC
11.55 Spouted pouches: Poised to make a ‘clean sweep’
· Aseptic food and beverage pouches
· Pouches for viscous products, concentrated products and granulates
· Healthcare pouches
· Non-spill pouches for liquid beverages
· LCA results on carbon footprint or spouted pouch versus alternative packaging formats
Laurens Last
Chairman, IPN Europe
12.20 Questions and answers
12.35 Lunch
13.45 Latest ultrasonic sealing innovations in length and cross seals for FFS packaging systems
· Basics of ultrasonic sealing technology
· Advantages of ultrasonic sealing technology
· Sustainability
· Innovations in ultrasonic length and cross seals
Thomas Fischer
Applications Manager Packaging, Herrmann Ultraschall, Germany
14.10 Latest technologies in sealing spouts to pouches
· Spout inserters for pre-made pouches and FFS equipment
· Quality assurance – more important than ever before
· Modular set-ups from 20ppm to 240ppm
Torsten Block
Sales Manager, Pouching Machines, KHS AG
14.35 Sustainability for consumer’s convenience on flexible packaging: reclosability with
press to close zipper
Alois Mathews
Associate, Ma-Pack GmbH
15.00 Questions and answers
15.10 Break
15.40 Slider reclosability on flexible pouches
· History and market trends and specific Slider closure features
· Technology: two types of applications
o form fill and seal
o pre-made pouches produced by bag manufacturer
o possible types of pouches possible with Slider
· Innovative Slider solutions on the market
Marc Le Pechon
Sales Europe, Pactiv Slide-Rite
16.05 Flexible innovations – how can we do more packaging impact with less?
o Packaging deserves more attention and focus within FMCG
o Environmental friendly packaging more important according to consumers
o Communication through packaging – what can we do
o Case studies
Jon Haag
Managing Director, Nine TPP AB
16.30 Digital developments in flexible packaging
· Why digital and options available
· Challenges with digital flexible packaging
· Market expectations and acceptance
· Future of digital flexible packaging
Joe Foster
Managing Director, Foster Packaging Ireland and South Africa
16.55 Questions and answers
17.05 Close of conference