Packaging and Converting Executive Forum 2020

Stora Enso

Company Description: This is Stora Enso Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper. We employ some 26 000 people in more than 30 countries and our shares are listed on the Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R) stock exchanges. Our fiber-based materials are renewable, recyclable and fossil free. Our solutions offer low-carbon alternatives to products based on finite resources. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Packaging Materials The ambition of Packaging Materials division is to be a global leader in circular economy with our high-quality renewable packaging materials based on both virgin and recycled fiber. Addressing the needs of today’s eco-conscious consumers, we help customers and brand owners to find the best material for their packaging and to replace fossil-based materials with low carbon footprint, renewable and recyclable alternatives. A wide selection of barrier coatings enables the design and optimisation of packaging for various demanding consumer and industrial packaging end uses. Packaging Solutions Packaging Solutions division develops and sells world class fiber-based packaging products and services. We constantly innovate and find new ways to replace fossil-based packaging with renewable, eco-friendly alternatives. Our high-end packaging solutions are used by leading customers and brands across multiple industries. Biomaterials The Biomaterials division offers a variety of pulp grades to meet the demands of paper, board, tissue, textile and hygiene product producers. We maximise the business potential of the by-products extracted in our processes from biomass, such as tall oil and turpentine. Based on our strong innovation approach, all fractions of biomass, like sugars and lignin, hold potential for use in various applications. Wood Products The Wood Products division is a leading provider of innovative wood-based solutions. The product range covers all areas of construction, including massive wood elements and wood components. It also includes a variety of sawn timber goods and pellets for sustainable heating. The emerging product range of biocomposites addresses the opportunities to reduce the plastic content in broad range of industrial and consumer goods and creates potential in various demanding exterior applications. Forest The new Forest division, which started operations in the beginning of 2020, includes Stora Enso’s Swedish forest assets and the 41% share of Tornator with the majority of its forest assets located in Finland. The division also includes wood supply operations in Finland, Sweden, Russia and the Baltic countries. The division’s key focus areas are sustainable forest management, competitive wood supply to Stora Enso’s mills and innovation. As a major player in the bioeconomy, access to wood is critical for Stora Enso. Today, Stora Enso is one of the biggest private forest owners in the world. Paper Stora Enso is the second largest paper producer in Europe with an established customer base and a wide product portfolio for print and office use. Customers benefit from Stora Enso's broad selection of papers made from recycled and virgin fiber as well as our valuable industry experience, know-how and customer support.  

Company Website: http://www.storaenso.com/

BillerudKorsnas

Company Website: http://www.billerud.com

Esko

Company Description: Esko, part of the Danaher group, is the worldwide market leader within packaging and labelling software for workflow automation, quality assurance and online collaboration. Esko packaging and labeling management solutions helps pharmaceutical and life sciences companies manage their packaging preproduction specifications, regulatory content and artwork portfolio in a compliant and secure way, helping raise productivity, reduce time-to-market, lower costs, expand business and improve profitability.   Esko offers a common online communications platform that : - Provides security and control - Enforces compliancy ( GMP compliant) - Creates and maintains an audit trail of all activities - Brings control to the graphics and content process - Helps each department & function manage their tasks and approval management process proactively

Company Website: www.esko.com/en/solutions/brands

Lactips

Company Description: Lactips was created in 2014 based on a patent of the Jean Monnet University in Saint-Etienne. We design, develop and manufacture an eco-friendly raw material made of casein (milk protein). Our material is the only thermoplastic, sound and clean biomaterial (biosourced and biodegradable) worldwide to be water-soluble at room temperature. Our material is commercialized as the most performant wrapping in dissolution for detergent application.

Company Website: www.lactips.com

Piovan Group

Company Description: Piovan Group is a global leader in the development and production of auxiliary automation systems for storage, conveying and processing of polymers, plastic and food powders. Headquartered in Santa Maria di Sala, Venice, the Group was born from Piovan, the company founded in 1934 as a mechanical engineering company; in 1964 enters the plastics industry and specializes in the manufacturing of auxiliary equipment. The constant determination and growth of our Group have allowed us to strengthen our presence worldwide becoming a multinational corporation with 8 production facilities located in Italy, Germany, Brazil, China and USA, 31 sales and service branches and representatives we are currently able to cover 70 countries directly, counting 1.044 collaborators worldwide. Piovan's evolving expertise enables it to operate in many sectors like PET Preforms & Bottles, Rigid Packaging, Automotive components, Technical parts, Medical solutions, Thermoforming & Technical Sheets, Flexible Film, Pipes, Profiles, Cables, Fibres & Strapping, Recycling & Compounds. In October 2018, Piovan S.p.A. enters the Italian Stock Exchange: an important milestone for our company and a new challenge for the whole Group.

Company Website: http://www.piovangroup.com/

Poly Recycling

Company Description: Poly Recycling is one of the most successful plastic recycling companies in Europe. Our company currently employs around 40 people and has budgeted an output of more than 25,000 tons for 2015. Poly Recycling mainly recycles PET. PET raw materials are the widely used PET bottles. These recyclables mainly come from Switzerland, some also from the neighboring countries. The raw material is automatically washed, sorted and extruded into specified granules on the most modern systems. Poly Recycling is a supplier and partner to many respected plastics processors across Europe. The main applications for the poly-PET regrind and regranulate are fibers, foils and packaging tapes. The PET quantities for the production of multilayer bottles and engineering plastics are increasing.

Company Website: https://polyrecycling.com/

REPI

Company Description: REPI was founded in 1973 as a result of the insight and inspiration of the founder and his family to pioneer the development of liquid colours and additives for polyurethanes and thermoplastics. Today REPI is a global supplier, with its own facilities in Italy, the United States, Uk, Russia and Thailand. Local partners cover the five continents with a comprehensive network of sales and service. The thermoplastics BU has its core business in the packaging field (preforms, bottles, sheets for thermoforming, caps, etc.) followed by industrial applications such as the furniture industry and the world of the injection moulded parts. At the Companies HQs a state-of-the-art R&D department and a Prototyping Laboratory for packaging give partners the opportunity to run special development projects, from the idea to the realization of the bottle prototype. In addition to colours that are formulated according to Brand Onwers and customers’needs, specialty additives complete the range, improving customer’s manufacturing process, granting packaging content protection, enhancing aesthetics and mechanical properties of polymers. With an eye on supporting the circular economy, the “REFIT” vision has been recently introduced with the purpose to integrate technology into sustainability. REFIT means dedicated additives and colours for recycled polymers, an advanced prototyping laboratory able to produce bottles with different percentages of r-PET and energy and resource efficient manufacturing processes aimed at reducing the carbon footprint.

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Reseal-it by Macfarlane Labels

Company Website: https://www.macfarlanelabels.com/reseal-it/

SACMI

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Sonoco Trident

Company Description: We are global pre-media specialists, helping brand owners deliver their products to the marketplace efficiently and effectively. It’s our aim to be a company our people love to work for and our customers love to work with. We successfully serve 8 of the 11 largest consumer goods companies in the world, from 12 locations globally. We work with the very best in the industry and believe that exceptional customer service comes from people who genuinely love what they do. It’s the personal attention, relaxed atmosphere and the reassurance of working with a company that truly cares about your business as much as theirs that brings our clients’ peace of mind. With 25 years of pre-press experience, there is virtually no printing situation we are not ready for - both in quality and scale. We have developed and follow an industry leading practice in which we integrate our print and colour specialists further up-stream into the design process with the goal of ensuring that everything we adapt a design for, for every print process, and every substrate, will reproduce exactly the way the Brand needs to be represented in the marketplace. By using your approved artwork, we complete the process and create high quality CGI imagery used for e-commerce image suites to TV animation delivering step-changes in productivity and show-stopping impact.

Company Website: https://www.sonoco-trident.com/

Van Genechten Packaging

Company Website: http://www.vangenechten.com

Starprint Vietnam

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FEVE

Company Description: About FEVE FEVE is the Federation of European manufacturers of glass containers. Its members produce over 20 million tons of glass per year.  The association has some 60 members belonging to approximately 20 independent corporate groups.  Manufacturing plants are located across 23 European States and include global blue chip and major companies working for the world’s biggest consumer brands. See more on www.feve.org   About the Container Glass Industry The European container glass industry provides a wide range of glass packaging products for food and beverages as well as flacons for perfumery, cosmetics and pharmacy to their European and world customers. With its 160 manufacturing plants distributed all over Europe, it is an important contributor to Europe’s real economy and maintains 125.000 direct and indirect jobs along the total supply chain. See more on: www.feve.org  About Glass Made mostly of recycled glass and natural minerals abundant in nature - sand, soda-ash and limestone - glass is a 100% recyclable material, manufactured in a one step process under one roof. Some ninety per cent of collected glass bottles and jars are used repeatedly to produce new food grade glass packaging in the closed loop system. Each time a bottle or jar is recycled into new containers, energy and raw materials are also saved and less CO₂ is emitted. By recycling glass, over 12 million tons of raw materials are saved each year and over 7 million tons of CO₂ are avoided - equal to taking 4 million cars off the road. We save 2.5% energy and 5% CO₂ emissions for each 10% of glass recycled in the furnace.

Company Website: https://feve.org/

Flint Group

Company Website: https://www.flintgrp.com/

NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre

Company Website: https://www.en.nvc.nl/

TecnAlimentaria

Company Description: EDITRICE EDF TREND Srl is Italian editor of technical media specializing in the technology of the food & beverage industry. As well as publishing various magazines that focus on the food & beverage, plastics & rubber, pet food & animal feed technologies, it also publishes Catalogues in Russian/English, Spanish English, Arabic/English and English only for different market areas of the world. Its readers appreciate the insights into new technology, focuses on trends and innovations, and large coverage of state-of-the art solutions.

Company Website: http://www.tecnalimentaria.it/

Packaging Europe

Company Description: Packaging Europe is the leading intelligence resource for European packaging professionals. It delivers daily news content, authoritative comment and analysis, case studies and high-profile interviews with the leading players. Packaging Europe connects early adopters, technologists and buyers across the packaging value chain with the latest innovations in technology, materials and manufacturing processes. Subscriptions to Packaging Europe are free to professionals working in the European packaging value chain – click here to claim yours: www.packagingeurope.com/subscribe

Company Website: www.packagingeurope.com