BOBST drupa Seminar

Sustainability: Green Packaging & Food Packaging

Date: 09.05

Time: 17:00 - 18:00

Location: Hall 10 - booth A04-1

Sustainability, Green Packaging & Food Packaging

Speaker:

Christian Neumann, New Business Manager / Project Head FOODBOARD TM
Mayr-Melnhof Karton Gesellschaft m.b.H.

MMK is a worldwide leading manufacturer of coated recovered cartonboard and the largest producer of cartonboard for folding cartons in Europe. Its division is comprised of seven mills across the region with a total annual production capacity of approximately 1.6 million tons

Christian Neumann:

Mr. Neumann, master of business administration, is responsible for New Business Development at MM-Karton. Previously, Christian worked as an Innovation & New Business Development consultant and headed international projects in Europe, USA and Asia.

Besides the company’s NewBiz activities, Christian is the project head of FOODBOARDTM – MM-Karton’s latest innovation for packaging safety. He identifies applications for new market segments and facilitates New Business projects from the idea to market success.

Presentation:

Demonstrating the industry capabilities to answer future challenges with cartonboard innovations
Discussing current issues associated with the migration of mineral oils into foodstuff
Illustrating the chronological path of the discussion, the status-quo of the legal framework and the activities of the supply chain
Assessing common efforts and identifying potential packaging solutions

How adhesives can improve food safety and sustainability at the same time...

Speaker:

Marcel Hübenthal, Segment Manager - Henkel Paper Converting Europe
Henkel AG & CO. KGaA

Henkel operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies in three business areas: Laundry & Home Care, Cosmetics/Toiletries and Adhesive Technologies. Founded in 1876, Henkel holds globally leading market positions both in the consumer and industrial businesses with well-known brands such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel employs more than 47,000 people and reported sales of 15,605 million euros and adjusted operating profit of 2,029 million euros in fiscal 2011. Henkel’s preferred shares are listed in the German stock index DAX and the company ranks among the Fortune Global 500.

Marcel Hübenthal:

Marcel joined Henkel 12 years ago. After gathering 10 years of experience in the Graphic Industry also in terms of adhesives he has been appointed as Market Segment Manager for the European Paper Converting busine