Speaker’s interview with Torsten Erwied: The advantages of ultrasonic top seams in stand-up pouches
Torsten Erwied studied dual Business Economics at BASF SE and at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen. After his studies he gained more than 20 years of experience in the packaging industry in different positions as Sales and Key Account Manager. He has been managing the Sales Department of the packaging division at Herrmann Ultraschall in Karlsbad since 2017. You...
Speaker’s interview with Marco Izzi about new PP materials for sterilisable stand-up pouches for food
Marco Izzi works as "Application Development and Technical Service Engineer” at LyondellBasell in Germany. His field of activities includes the development and market launch of new and improved polyolyfine types, in cooperation with R & D, marketing, sales and Asset Management. Furthermore, he is responsible for the support of polypropylene film manufacturers. In his professional career he worked as Quality...
Stand-up pouches as a new trend
Ecology and economy are the focus of the 6th European Stand-up Pouch Conference organised by Innoform Coaching GbR on 11/12 September, 2018 in Berlin at the Steigenberger Hotel am Kanzleramt in Berlin. More and more new markets and products open up to the stand-up pouches, and more and more brands decide upon them. Since its invention in the 1950s, it...
11th amendment of Regulation (EU) no. 10/2011 has been published
With the 11th amendment of Regulation (EU) no. 10/2011 two new substances have been added to the list of substances in annex I, and the specific migration limit for two listed substances (perchloric acid, salts (perchlorate) (FCM No 822) and phosphorous acid, mixed 2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenyl and 4-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenyl triesters (FCM substance No 974 and CAS No 939402-02-5) have been amended. Plastic materials...
Interview with Jörg Schönwald – Figures, data, facts about the stand-up pouch in Europe
Jörg Schoenwald has studied law, economics, history and politics at the Erlangen-Nuremberg University. After his studies, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry and joined SCHÖNWALD CONSULTING in 1995. In 2006 he took over the manangement. As international business consultancy the firm’s European and worldwide fields of activity are packaging, plastics and environment. Foci of business are industrial market research, business...
Speaker’s interview: Jörg Kuhlmann about the flexible special features of the stand-up pouch
Jörg Kuhlmann has more than 30 years of experience in the field of packaginga. After his Masters in packaging technology engineering, he joined in the development of some innovative ideas for Henkel and Danone. He moved into sales and became an Account and later a Key Account-Manager at CDE and Smurfit Kappa. He gained a lot of experience as the Regional...
Speaker’s interview: Immo Sander about sustainable and recyclable packaging concepts at Werner & Mertz
After having worked as machine assembly and plant technician at various companies for several years, Immo Sander studied packaging engineering/print technology at the university for economy, technology and culture Leipzig (FH). He worked as packaging developer at Unilever, Plantic Technologies and Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller. He is the manager of the Packaging Development at Werner & Mertz GmbH since 2011. He...