The packaging market is booming. But what distinguishes a successful folding box from others? Steffen Schnizer, Head of Marketing at CD Cartondruck AG, provides answers. The Southern German business specializes in high-quality folding boxes and has won several packaging awards for them.
Plastech publishes an interview with Manfred Geiss, Managing Director of Geiss AG. The Geiss company offers worldwide equipment for thermoforming and processing of plastics from one single source and is one of the leaders in the thermoforming market.
We publish an interview with Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman of BASF. In this interview, BASF's CEO Jürgen Hambrecht discusses problems and solutions for the economic crisis. BASF is the world´s leading chemical company.
Plastech publishes an interview with Alessandro Grassi, General Manager of Frigosystem. The company was one of the almost 700 exhibitors at Plastpol exhibition in Kielce, Poland, on May this year. Plastpol is the largest fair event dedicated to the plastics industry in Central and Eastern part of Europe.
Plastech publishes an interview with Frank Loewer, Art Director in Lutz Hermann Design, Hamburg. Shape and packaging of a brand or a product are like a slogan without words. The realization of a product or a brand should trigger emotions.
Christophe Doukhi-de Boissoudy, General Manager of Novamont France, answers the questions about his company, a European leader in the field of bio plastic.
Plastech publishes an interview with Thomas Scholler, CEO of Jura JSP company. The Jura Group has locations in Budapest and Vienna and specializes in packaging industry. The company also offers the years of experience it has gained in high-security printing and in the design.
SABIC is the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, one of the world`s leading manufacturers of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals. The company supplies these materials to other companies, who use them to make the products on which the world has come to depend. SABIC Innovative Plastics, launched in 2007, is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers` most pressing challenges. We publish the interview with Andy Verheijden (Growth Leader for Eastern Europe at SABIC Innovative Plastics, formerly GE Plastics), Piotr Kwiecień (Office Captain of SABIC Poland), and Boy Litjens (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board of SABIC Europe).
Jacques van Rijckevorsel, Member of the Executive Committee of Solvay SA, is the new PlasticsEurope President. Mr. van Rijckevorsel was elected at the PlasticsEurope General Assembly in Ferrara, Italy, and replaces John Taylor as the head of the association. Günter Hilken (Bayer MaterialScience), Martin Pugh (Ineos Nova) and Anton de Vries (LyondellBasell) were elected Vice-Presidents.
We publish an interview with Steven Mojo, Executive Director of the Biodegradable Products Institute: Breakdown on bioplastics - Alternative materials increasingly viable.Brand owners concerned about the sustainability of their product packaging are growing increasingly uneasy about traditional petroleumbased polymer packaging. They recognize all the advantages it offers in protecting their product, but they also are under pressure to meet mandatory retail initiatives and to reap some of the rewards associated with improved environmental stewardship.
