As travel restrictions across Europe continue to be lifted, we are optimistic our 2020 event will go ahead as planned. At the same time and as part of our contingency planning, we will be offering delegates streamed online access to the conference in case they are unable to travel and are also investigating online alternatives in the hopefully unlikely situation we are unable to proceed with the running of a live event.
We will therefore be providing customers who purchase tickets with three clear options, in the event of you not being able to travel or we transition to an online format.
Additionally, we have extended the availability of our Early Bird rate of €999 till Friday 31st July 2020 to give you every opportunity to register for the conference at the best available rate. If you have any questions please contact Adriana Lobo via alobo@smithers.com
As Europe’s largest and most established conference on Sustainable Packaging, we look forward to welcoming you at this year's conference.
Thomas Müller-Kirschbaum is passionate about sustainable and digital innovation which accelerate the transformation to a climate-positive circular economy.
After his studies of physics, chemistry and environmental technology he joined Henkel more than 30 years ago. More than 20 years Thomas was responsible for the global R&D and on top for almost a decade for the global production and supply chain of Henkel´s Laundry and Home Care business.
As Co-Chair of the Henkel Sustainability Council and CSVP Innovation & Sustainability he is responsible for the company´s sustainability strategy and its implementation.
He acts as expert and advisor for several institutions like the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, the Consumer Goods Forum, the German Circular Economy Initiative, the Fraunhofer Competence Cluster for Circular Plastic Economy and Bioeconomy Science Center.
He teaches global innovation management at the University of Applied Science in Krefeld, Germany and is an associate of the German society of the Club of Rome.
An Aeronautical Engineer with a Ph.D in Polymer Processing, Paul has worked in a number of material technology roles across aerospace, pharma as well as food and beverage R&D packaging. Since joining PepsiCo in 2016, Paul has led the Europe Region team in packaging innovation, material qualification and more recently sustainability.
Pauline Metivier is Innovation Manager at Veolia UK, responsible for the development of new solutions to improve packaging recycling. In particular, she has developed Procycle, a new service to recycle difficult to treat materials, and is working on several innovation projects developing the UK's technology capabilities to recycle all kinds of plastics. She is also working with numerous high profile clients and brands to improve their packaging, making them more recyclable.
A change professional with a 25 year track record of delivering transformation initiatives across the Tesco business, currently leading the Packaging team;
Committed to removal, reduction, reuse and recycling of packaging used across the Tesco global supply chain, ensuring we only use packaging with a purpose and everything we use can be reused or recycled.
Focused on accelerating the exit of hard to recycle materials, increasing the use of recycled materials and helping customers make environmentally responsible decisions.
Working with industry to influence the improvement of retrieval and recycling in the UK moving towards progressively closed loop systems for packaging.
Bne Bruens is currently Global Supply Chain Manager - Sustainable Packaging Food & Refreshments at Unilever.
Simon plays a leading role in reinvigorating a culture of informed risk taking and adventures within packaging, design, experiences and new systems thinking at The Body Shop. Simon is an experienced sustainability professional who has developed and managed a number of key projects, products and campaigns during his 16 years working at The Body Shop. Simon is a practitioner member of IEMA, a University of Brighton Green Growth Board member and most recently a Diplomatic Rebel fellow.
We help our manufacturing and brand partners improve the products and packaging they make and provide for consumers.
At the heart of Bockatech is a commitment to research and development — creating practical solutions to key industry challenges such as lightweighting and sustainability.
The rights to these solutions are comprehensively protected and vigorously defended to ensure exclusivity and safeguard our partner's licensing investments.
Innovation catalyst for a true circular economy of plastics
Carbios, a green chemistry company in industrial development stage with a focus on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses to reinvent the lifecycle of plastics.
Smart Science to Improve Lives™
Croda is headquartered in Cowick, UK, and has sales offices in more than 60 countries around the world. The business has grown in recent years to secure its status as a leader in the global supply of naturally based specialty chemicals for the polymer industry.
Polymer Additives by Croda Smart Materials provide multiple performance and sustainability benefits to packaging, including: anti-fog, anti-static, mold release, pigment dispersion, slip & anti-block, torque release, & speciality plasticisers. Croda’s brands for these products are: Atmer, Crodamide, IncroMax, Incroslip, IncroMold, Ionphase & Syncroflex.
Extensive technical assistance is offered to our customers, supported by our purpose-built plastics applications laboratory. With over 40 years’ experience of additives for the plastics industry, our technical service team can offer you advice on selecting the most effective additive and dosage for your plastics application.
Croda takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and has in recent years achieved significant reductions in its carbon footprint, energy consumption and water consumption.
Continued growth both organically and through acquisition has enabled Croda to extend their range of products and integrate these with the existing range. Several manufacturing sites with modern equipment mean many products can be sourced from multiple sites. The complete range is available through our network of dedicated sales offices, ensuring continuity of supply.
About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics
Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation. P&SP is one of the world’s largest producers of polyethylene resins, functional polymers, and adhesives, and enabled by Pack Studios, is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain on sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle design for plastics. www.dow.com/packaging
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com
Food Contact Center S.r.l. was founded by Marinella Vitulli in 2016. The Center has grown very quickly and today many important brands are relying on this reality.
The Company is composed by a highly qualified team; our technicians intervene in various technical meetings, providing technical and scientific contributions.
Our services are various: tailored testing plans, risk assessment based on materials, production process, intended use and target markets for distribution, problem solving, GMP Reg 2023:2006 system implementation, web pages with customized regulatory matrix, newsletters.
We are specialized in Nias testing, cooperating with Instruments producers on libraries and database.
