Smithers is pleased to announce Sustainability in Packaging Latin America will be an in-person event taking place August 16 - 18, 2022 in Mexico City!
This flagship packaging event regularly brings together representatives from across the entire packaging value chain, including brand owners, retailers, packaging converters, manufacturers, suppliers, recyclers, and more, to facilitate industry collaboration, support the sharing of ideas, explore innovative solutions, and deliver upon the collective promise of increased sustainability within the packaging industry.
Following a successful online event held in 2021, we look forward to seeing everyone next year in Mexico City, as we explore recent innovations and uncover new opportunities that are helping to make sustainable packaging a commercial reality.
Juli Lassow is an accomplished retail executive with 20 years of experience in the disciplines of sourcing, merchandising, inventory planning, and analytics. As the founder and principal of JHL Solutions, Juli helps businesses navigate the complex world of global retail sourcing and private label product development, by supporting retailers and suppliers in finding, developing products, and better negotiating with each other. Her particular passion is supporting efforts of retailers and their partners in becoming more sustainable and better stewards of the earth. Before establishing her business, Juli held several progressive leadership roles at Target Corporation.
As founder of Próxima Communication since 2005 (www.proximacomunicacion.com), Karla has developed a business vision specialized in services on environmental, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and more recently Circular Economy. She focuses on communication and awareness of environmental topics to public and private sector companies. Her experience includes the areas of: development of communication strategies of corporate spokesperson training, media relations, internal communication, public and community affairs, public-private partnerships, and crisis prevention, as well as planning strategies
Karla was recognized as one of the 25 innovators in communication by the organization The Holmes Report 2019. In addition to twice winning as Manager of the year in the Sustainability category, recognition of the Semanario El Financiero, 2018 and 2019.
Karla has a large experience in the development of strategic content and with her master's degree in User Experience Management, she has developed skills that allow her to understand in detail the processes and experience from the users when having contact with content and communication materials. In this way, she achieves a deep understanding of the most strategic way to deliver the messages to the public and obtain a greater impact on the results. That is why she will work together with the expert team on the subject of economics to carry out the pertinent analysis in a strategic way.
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Alejandro works as a Senior Manager for MD (Market Development) for SABIC, based in Houston, TX. As SABIC starts to expand polyolefin and circular solutions in the Americas (GCGV and TRUCIRCLE™), he leads the qualification and commercialization efforts into the AMR region. With a Mechanical Engineering degree from the UAM in Mexico and an MBA in Tecnologico de Monterrey he has been active in the plastics industry for more than 20 years. Alejandro has worked a for plastics machine manufacturer as well as two resin suppliers in Mexico and the United States in both technical and commercial roles. Alejandro has expanded his knowledge and experience in Circular solutions as part of the Global SABIC TRUCIRCLE™ initiatives.
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Dr. Nikola Juhasz is the Global Technical Director for Sustainability at Sun Chemical, where she engages with internal and external stakeholders to formulate sustainability-driven technical strategies, and oversees implementation of the corresponding innovation and product development programs across all of Sun’s pigments, inks, coatings and adhesives product lines and technology platforms. She represents Sun Chemical at global cross-industry organizations focused on sustainability and the future of packaging, and is responsible to driving collaborations towards circularity and end of life management.
Prior to joining Sun Chemical in 2016, Dr. Juhasz spent over 20 years in various positions of R&D leadership in the diversified chemicals, polymers and materials industries. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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