&Ldquothe greatest concerns today in f&b packaging is managing the increasing cost challenges across the supply chain due to packing material and involved processes&rdquo says bimal lakhotia national head &ndash packaging development and commercialisation, hindustan cocacola beverages.he further adds &ldquoan effective collaboration between f&b manufacturer and service providersvendors will definitely help in eliminating various &lsquononvalue add cost elements&rsquo from the chain.
The model is effectively followed by automobile major. Further same will also facilitate new advancements in technology, application of best practices for a bigger benefit.&rdquoprof cs purushothaman chair professor and director, sies school of packaging says &ldquothe latest trends in flexibles and rigids would be in active and intelligent packaging with sustainability focus.&rdquohe continues &ldquosome of them are in flexible edible films, life extending packs with imbedded nano materials, oxygen and ethylene oxide scavengers as packaging components. In rigids there may not be so much push as sustainability is the word of the day.
Hence keeping the 3 rs reduce, reuse, recycle in mind, flexibles will be preferred.&rdquoboth mr lakhotia and prof purushothaman will be sharing their views at the innopack f&b 2013 conference taking place from 2728 february at the doubletree by hilton, gurgaon, india.innopack f&b 2013 also has other eminent speakers on board including prabuddha dasgupta ex group leader packaging developmentfoods, hindustan unilever, sameer mehendale associate vice president packaging development, mondelez, barun banerjee corporate packaging manager sar, nestle, vaibhav tandon vice president packaging development, pepsico, vince voron associate vice president and head of design, cocacola, ainain shahidi general manager worker and corporate headpackaging strategy, sahara q shop and bk karna deputy director and campus head, indian institute of packaging hyderabad among other industry experts,
all of whom are at the centre stage of development of innovative packaging solutions globally. Issues being addressed at the conference cover the regulatory landscape, minimising migration in food, enhancing packaging shelflife, cost reduction strategies and global innovations in flexibles and rigids.over 100 industry experts will be gathering including leading companies such as pepsico, kraft foods, nestle, cocacola and sahara.
Corporate partners include usp packaging solutions, smi coated products, ishida india, bosch india and karomi technology. For more information, visit www.innopackfood.com for exhibitorsponsorship opportunitiescherwyn martinscherwyn.martins@ubm.com91 0 22 6172 7004 for registrationsmanjit tatlamanjit.tatla@ubm.com91 0 22 6172 7075
