New stand-up pouch studie
From 1995 to 2021, stand-up pouch consumption in Europe increased from 2.5 billion units to nearly 55 billion. In its latest market study, SCHÖNWALD CONSULTING lists 1,373 users of stand-up pouches in Europe and North America, broken down by country, spouted and non-spouted market segments, brand owners, retailers and co-packers. European geographic regions include 11 countries/country groups; North America includes...
Mono-material – but properly
Poorly made mono-material packaging does more harm than good. Plastic packaging is on its way to a circular economy - that is what you read and hear everywhere. But is that really the case? Documentaries like "The Recycling Lie" make you sit up and take notice, even if the comments from experts may sound scathing. Feel free to form your...
Innoform goes Europe
… for sustainable and safe flexible packaging. Innoform goes Europe - this is the slogan for Innoform's next international Inno-Talks, which will be held together with our industry association Flexible Packaging Europe (fpe). In 2021, more than 4,000 guests already benefited from the free flexpack knowledge of renowned speakers, and 10 Inno-Talks are again planned for 2022 on every 3rd...
Adhesives plant put into operation
New fully automated plant in Fontanar, Spain It is not every day that a new polyurethane adhesive factory is built on a green meadow. Generally, existing production is expanded, keeping the existing technology and the rest of the factory has to keep up with the expanded capacity as best it can. The Spanish-German company Morchem has been producing PU adhesives...
Circular economy becomes normality
Guido Aufdemkamp, Managing Director of Flexible Packaging Europe, the European association of the flexpack industry, speaks plainly with Karsten Schröder in an interview. In a few years, it will be normal to think and produce in cycles. But before that, brands, retailers, flexpackers and politicians will have to work hard. Guido Aufdemkamp emphasises that only a European approach can lead...
European Users of Stand-Up Pouches 2021
Total consumption of stand-up pouches in Europe with and without spout Source: SCHÖNWALD CONSULTING Consumption of stand-up pouches with spout will grow faster than the overall stand-up pouch market in Europe in the coming years. This is also a result of the new market study by SCHÖNWALD CONSULTING, which examines the consumption of stand-up pouches in Europe in 9 market...
Video courses with Jan Switten
The first four video courses, initially in English, are now available. We have developed this course to give a first, quick and compact insight into the complex world of packaging. We offer four courses in which the various elements of the packaging chain are explained step by step. In course four, we also focus on the world of biopolymers for...
Thesis of the week 4: Packagings emit microplastics
Microplastics is not only on everyone's lips, but also in every plastic packaging. This or similar is what many current headlines are about the littering of seas, forests and even food. In addition, various NGOs, environmental organisations, the media and politicians are making efforts to instrumentalise the topic of microplastics for the displacement of plastic from our lives as a...
Speaker’s interview with Dominik Haug
Dominik Haug studied business administration with focus on marketing, logistics and controlling. In addition, he completed an Executive Master of Business Administration at the Business School of RWTH Aachen. He worked in the retail trade at Lidl, in the food industry at Lactalis and Hochland as well as in the packaging industry at SIG Combibloc. As Product, Project und Brand...
Speaker’s interview with Julian Thielen about stand-up pouches as raw material
Julian Thielen, born in Düren, lives and works in Cologne. After his studies of Process Engineering Paper and Packaging (B Eng) in Munich and Packaging Engineering (M. Eng) at the Beuth University in Berlin, he has been working in the USA as Business Development Engineer and afterwards as Application Engineer at Bischof + Klein in Lengerich. At the beginning of 2018...