February 28, 2019, Noida (India): IndiaPlast, the biggest plastics show in India was inaugurated today by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant in the presence of Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary from Ministry of MSME, Mahendra N Patel, Chairman, PMMAI and Uflex CMD Ashok Kumar Chaturvedi. The 5 day exhibition being held at IndiaExpo Centre in Greater Noida will conclude on March 04, 2019.

Addressing the media at the inaugural ceremony, Ashok Chaturvedi, CMD of Uflex Ltd. emphasized on the importance of plastics and it’s recycling in India. He said that the only alternative available as of now for plastic is wood. However, with the kind of requirement that exists, wood will not be a viable solution as all trees will have to be cut resulting shaving the green off our planet.

On recyclability, Ashok Chaturvedi said that it is possible to recycle plastics and Uflex is giving a Live Demo of Uflex Recycling Machine at the Green Pavilion of IndiaPlast where Multi-layer Packaging Waste is recycled into pellets through a fairly simple method. Some useful Industrial & Household Products that are made out of pellets like benches, ladder etc. are also being showcased at the Green Pavilion. Chaturvedi further said, “Indiaplast 2019 has provided Uflex a good platform to showcase its solution for recycling plastics. Mr. Amitabh Kant saw the entire procedure of recycling and has appreciated our efforts to make plastic recyclable and reusable.

” Ashok Chaturvedi added, “People are of the perception that plastics are not recyclable. It is for the visitors to witness themselves the possibilities of recycling plastics and converting it into something useful at the Green Pavilion. The best part is that this machine does not emanate any toxins. Some of the delegates that have visited the Green Pavilion are amazed by the results. There is another added feature as well. After recycling plastic, it can be reused in 10,000 different ways like paver tiles, roads, road dividers, signboards, cupboard, outdoor furniture and many more. I want to emphasize that it is possible to recycle and reuse the recycled plastic time and again. Flexible Packaging is the ideal solution for packaging currently and the products packed in it are usable only because of the barrier properties that protect the food from moisture and oxygen which may destroy the food. The packaging helps save all the essential properties of the edible product in it.

” Ashok Chaturvedi is confident of demand for flexible packaging growing further in the coming years and commented, “When there is a complete solution for the waste plastics, the demand is bound to grow. This particular solution of recyclability will encourage people to use more plastic-based materials. I also think that this is the cheapest and best possible option available in the market for packaging edible items. This will definitely help increase the demand of flexible packaging.” Uflex CMD concluded by saying that with the support of the government and local authorities, the company will look at setting up projects for recyclability of post-consumer waste in the near future, that will also generate employment to rag-pickers. He also offered technology support to industry to set up similar solutions for waste management.

About Uflex:

Uflex is India’s largest multinational flexible packaging materials and Solution Company and an emerging global player. Since its inception back in 1985, Uflex has grown from strength to strength to evolve as a truly Indian Multinational with consumers spread across the world. Uflex today has state-of-the-art packaging facilities at multiple locations in India with installed capacity of around 1,35,000 TPA and has packaging film manufacturing facilities in India, UAE, Mexico Egypt, Poland and USA.

All Uflex plants are accredited with ISO 9001, 14001, HACCP & BRC certifications. Uflex caters to markets spanning across the globe in over 140 countries like USA, Canada, South American countries, UK and other European Countries, Russia, South Africa, CIS, Asian and African nations. Integrated within its core business profile are allied businesses like Engineering, Cylinders, Holography and Chemicals which further give Uflex a superior edge above competition.

Uflex Limited is also a part of the D&B Global Database and winner of various prestigious national and international awards for its products’ excellence. Uflex offers technologically superior packaging solutions for a wide variety of products such as snack foods, candy and confectionery, sugar, rice & other cereals, beverages, tea & coffee, dessert mixes, noodles, wheat flour, soaps and detergents, shampoos & conditioners, vegetable oil, spices, marinades & pastes, cheese & dairy products, frozen food, sea food, meat, anti-fog, pet food, pharmaceuticals, contraceptives, garden fertilizers and plant nutrients, motor oil and lubricants, automotive and engineering components etc.

Some of Uflex’s clients on the global turf include P&G, PepsiCo, Tata Global Beverages, Mondelez, L’Oreal, Britannia, Haldiram’s, Amul, Kimberly Clark, Ferrero Rocher, Perfetti, GSK, Nestle, Agrotech Foods, Coca-Cola, Wrigley, Johnson & Johnson amongst others. For more details, click on: www.uflexltd.com

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Uflex Limited PR Professionals
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New solution to old challenges: Packaging-based solutions for oral solid dose stability challenges associated with moisture, oxygen and volatile compounds

Auburn, AL – Aptar CSP Technologies – a leader in active packaging solutions that ensure product protection, enhance brand recognition and improve use experiences – is presenting its Activ-Blister™ Solutions for the protection of moisture and oxygen-sensitive tablets and capsules, alongside FreeThink Technologies and its ASAPprime® technology for accelerated shelf-life determination. The combination is a “right the first time” approach to stability challenges and blister package design that virtually eliminates protracted testing and costly reformulations. The webinar, titled Rethinking Oral Solid Dose Packaging, will be conducted on March 28 at 11:00 a.m. EST.

Activ-Blister™ solutions control the internal atmosphere of individual blister cavities, allowing for improved product performance and enhanced shelf-life. Using proprietary three phase polymer technology, engineered materials can absorb customized amounts of water vapor, oxygen, and/or volatile compounds, and can be produced in shapes and sizes to accommodate any tablet and capsule size. This innovative technology can be applied via heat-staking, without the use of adhesives, and added to existing packaging lines.

Working together with FreeThink Technologies, a leader in accelerated shelf-life determination, and utilizing their ASAPprime® technology, a drug product’s moisture and oxygen sensitivity is determined using highly accelerated stability studies open to specified environmental conditions – such as temperature, relative humidity and oxygen level. With this analysis, modeling creates a theoretical blister design with Activ-Blister™ solutions to achieve desired shelf life.

Once the optimized blister and sorbent are determined, laboratory, clinical and stability study packaged product can be manufactured. This total process from Aptar CSP Technologies is called Xcelerate and provides expedited end-to-end expertise for packaging of sensitive oral solid doses, from R&D to commercial launch.

The combination of Activ-Blister™ solutions and ASAPprime® technology is in response to the increased complexity of matching moisture- and oxygen-sensitive oral dose products to ideal packaging solutions, as well as to the ever-growing demand to expedite time to market. Tablets and capsules are today’s most popular drug delivery forms, and stability issues are only likely to increase with the development of more potent API’s, larger molecules and modified release profiles. Innovative and evolving dosage forms, such as chewable and disintegrating tablets, also face heightened stability challenges and problems of shelf life. Adding to all of this, global distribution demands in zone 4a/4b (hot/humid) are also increasing.

“Activ-Blister™ solutions and the Xcelerate complete packaging service offer improved stability, extend shelf-life and expedite time to market for sensitive oral solid dose products,” said Craig Voellmicke, Vice President, Business Development, Aptar CSP Technologies. “Together, they provide a valuable combination of effective drug protection and ease of adoption.”

About Aptar CSP Technologies

Aptar CSP Technologies is a global material science company providing innovative, highly engineered advanced packing solutions to protect sensitive products. CSP is a responsive, flexible partner committed to offering customers a single, reliable source for custom product design, development, and manufacturing. CSP has a proven track record of pioneering technological solutions that ensure product protection and enhance its customers’ brand equity. Its product categories include vials, bottles, films, blisters, molded components, and specialized packaging solutions.For more information, call (334) 887-8300, email cspinfo@csptechnologies.com or visit www.csptechnologies.com.

Aptar CSP Technologies is part of AptarGroup, Inc. Aptar is a leading global supplier of a broad range of innovative dispensing, sealing and active packaging solutions for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage markets. Aptar uses insights, design, engineering and science to create innovative packaging technologies that build brand value for its customers, and, in turn, make a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of people around the world. Aptar is headquartered in Crystal Lake, Illinois and has over 14,000 dedicated employees in 18 different countries. For more information, visit www.aptar.com.

About FreeThink Technologies, Inc.

FreeThink Technologies, Inc., is a contract research organization with specialization in the field of stability. The company develops stability indicating methods, determines shelf-life in highly accelerated studies using the science and commercial software it developed (ASAPprime®), and provides packaging and formulation solutions to stability issues.  The company also develops new technologies in different fields. FreeThink is headquartered in Branford, Connecticut. For more information, visit www.freethinktech.com.

Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
(973) 227-8080 ext. 116
cdale@turchette.com

Uhlmann Packaging Systems Hires Kevin Thompson as Regional Sales Manager for the South-Central United States

Towaco, New Jersey (USA) – Uhlmann Packaging Systems, LP, a provider of sales support, service technicians, tool manufacturing and parts inventory to the North American healthcare packaging market, has announced that Kevin Thompson has been named Regional Sales Manager for the South-Central United States. In this role, Mr. Thompson will oversee and direct all healthcare packaging commercial activity within the region.

In addition to eight years working directly in the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Thompson has accrued more than three decades of technical sales and business development experience.

“Kevin’s extensive knowledge of the healthcare packaging sector allows him to provide efficient solutions to meet our customers’ technical, regulatory and service needs,” said Adrian Possumato, Sales Director for North America. “Additionally, His proven expertise positions him to thrive in this role and effectively serve customers of the medical device industry.”

Mr. Thompson attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Franklin University in Columbus, OH.For over 70 years, the five brands of Uhlmann Group packaging machines, software products, and services have provided solutions that play a fundamental role in protecting sensitive products that improve the quality of life.

About Uhlmann Packaging Systems, LP

With Uhlmann Group products that include blister and bottle packaging machines, cartoning systems, line-monitoring and control systems, and downstream packaging machinery, Uhlmann Packaging Systems, LP has provided the North American healthcare packaging market with sales support, service technicians, on-site training, parts inventory, tool manufacturing and rebuilt machinery, and on-site engineering for line integrations since 1983.

Uhlmann Packaging Systems, LP
is located at 44 Indian Lane East, Towaco, New Jersey 07082 (USA).
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call +1 (973) 402-8855,
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February 28, 2019, Noida (India): IndiaPlast, the biggest plastics show in India was inaugurated today by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant in the presence of Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary from Ministry of MSME, Mahendra N Patel, Chairman, PMMAI and Uflex CMD Ashok Kumar Chaturvedi. The 5 day exhibition being held at IndiaExpo Centre in Greater Noida will conclude on March 04, 2019.

Addressing the media at the inaugural ceremony, Ashok Chaturvedi, CMD of Uflex Ltd. emphasized on the importance of plastics and it’s recycling in India. He said that the only alternative available as of now for plastic is wood. However, with the kind of requirement that exists, wood will not be a viable solution as all trees will have to be cut resulting shaving the green off our planet.

On recyclability, Ashok Chaturvedi said that it is possible to recycle plastics and Uflex is giving a Live Demo of Uflex Recycling Machine at the Green Pavilion of IndiaPlast where Multi-layer Packaging Waste is recycled into pellets through a fairly simple method. Some useful Industrial & Household Products that are made out of pellets like benches, ladder etc. are also being showcased at the Green Pavilion. Chaturvedi further said, “Indiaplast 2019 has provided Uflex a good platform to showcase its solution for recycling plastics. Mr. Amitabh Kant saw the entire procedure of recycling and has appreciated our efforts to make plastic recyclable and reusable.”

Ashok Chaturvedi added, “People are of the perception that plastics are not recyclable. It is for the visitors to witness themselves the possibilities of recycling plastics and converting it into something useful at the Green Pavilion. The best part is that this machine does not emanate any toxins. Some of the delegates that have visited the Green Pavilion are amazed by the results. There is another added feature as well. After recycling plastic, it can be reused in 10,000 different ways like paver tiles, roads, road dividers, signboards, cupboard, outdoor furniture and many more. I want to emphasize that it is possible to recycle and reuse the recycled plastic time and again. Flexible Packaging is the ideal solution for packaging currently and the products packed in it are usable only because of the barrier properties that protect the food from moisture and oxygen which may destroy the food. The packaging helps save all the essential properties of the edible product in it.”

Ashok Chaturvedi is confident of demand for flexible packaging growing further in the coming years and commented, “When there is a complete solution for the waste plastics, the demand is bound to grow. This particular solution of recyclability will encourage people to use more plastic-based materials. I also think that this is the cheapest and best possible option available in the market for packaging edible items. This will definitely help increase the demand of flexible packaging.”

Uflex CMD concluded by saying that with the support of the government and local authorities, the company will look at setting up projects for recyclability of post-consumer waste in the near future, that will also generate employment to rag-pickers. He also offered technology support to industry to set up similar solutions for waste management.

About Uflex:

All Uflex plants are accredited with ISO 9001, 14001, HACCP & BRC certifications. Uflex caters to markets spanning across the globe in over 140 countries like USA, Canada, South American countries, UK and other European Countries, Russia, South Africa, CIS, Asian and African nations. Integrated within its core business profile are allied businesses like Engineering, Cylinders, Holography and Chemicals which further give Uflex a superior edge above competition.

Uflex Limited is also a part of the D&B Global Database and winner of various prestigious national and international awards for its products’ excellence. Uflex offers technologically superior packaging solutions for a wide variety of products such as snack foods, candy and confectionery, sugar, rice & other cereals, beverages, tea & coffee, dessert mixes, noodles, wheat flour, soaps and detergents, shampoos & conditioners, vegetable oil, spices, marinades & pastes, cheese & dairy products, frozen food, sea food, meat, anti-fog, pet food, pharmaceuticals, contraceptives, garden fertilizers and plant nutrients, motor oil and lubricants, automotive and engineering components etc.

Some of Uflex’s clients on the global turf include P&G, PepsiCo, Tata Global Beverages, Mondelez, L’Oreal, Britannia, Haldiram’s, Amul, Kimberly Clark, Ferrero Rocher, Perfetti, GSK, Nestle, Agrotech Foods, Coca-Cola, Wrigley, Johnson & Johnson amongst others. For more details, click on: www.uflexltd.com

For further information, contact: Media Queries: Aarti Laxmanan Veenit Tiwari

Uflex Limited PR Professionals
Mobile No: 9899813325 Mobile No: 99906 50264
E-mail: corpcomm@uflexltd.com
Email: uflexpr@prproessionals.in

At DCAT, ACG to Present Widespread Expansion of Capsule Manufacturing Capabilities

Piscataway, NJ – ACG Group, the only supplier in the world offering end-to-end manufacturing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, will hold a presentation detailing new and expanded capsule manufacturing facilities on three continents during DCAT in New York. Mr. Kamlesh Oza, SR. Vice President- ACG Capsules will present an in-depth look at its brand new capsule production plant in Pouso Alegre-Minas Gerais, Brazil, as well as significant expansions to factories in Croatia and India. The presentation will take place March 18, 2019 at 9:30 am (EST) at Lotte New York Palace Hotel.

The new Brazilian facility represents an investment of approximately 350 million Brazilian Real (USD $91 million). The factory spans an area of around 14,000 square meters and will generate hundreds of new jobs locally. Following ACG’s acquisition of Nova Nordeplast (Films and Foils company) in 2017, this is the second ACG manufacturing facility in the region. Both will serve the entire LATAM and neighboring areas.

ACG’s new Brazil facility complies with the highest standards defined by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency ANVISA & GMP regulatory bodies. Meanwhile, ACG’s facility in Dahanu, India, and Croatia- ACG LUKAPS is also undergoing expansions.

“ACG is absolutely committed to be a reliable supplier and evolve to be present in every geography which has a concentration of our customers” Kamlesh Oza, Senior Vice President, ACG Capsules.

About ACG

ACG group is the world’s only integrated pharma manufacturing solutions company absolutely committed to delivering exceptional solutions to the global pharmaceutical industry. The company’s diverse product range of Capsules, Films & Foils, Engineering, and Inspection systems meets international regulatory requirements. ACG is committed to just one goal: to offer everything needed for efficient capsule and tablet manufacturing.

ACG has over 5 decades of experience and is present in over 100 countries, with more than 4,500 associates workers around the world. Our customer-centric approach has won us many loyal, satisfied customers and partners by nurturing relationships.

For communication issues, contact ACG media relations management team at

press.office@acg-world.com
9871830883/8879793484

SACMI injection technology to play starring role at the Plastimagen fair (Mexico City, 2-5 April 2019), together with the agent Plasgrom

SACMI's IPS preform production platform with injection technology provides an effective response to even the most diverse investment and technological upgrade requirements of Latin American converters.

By taking part in the Plastimagen fair in Mexico City (2-5 April 2019), together with the agent Plasgrom, SACMI aims to promote the advantages of this technology, namely: the best productivity in the category and total automation of handling.

Thirty years of research and know-how in the plastics field have allowed SACMI to develop what is a cutting-edge platform, now available in a range of configurations that combine quick changeovers and user-friendliness with major design innovations such as automated preform unloading in the post-cooling area, a feature that eliminates any need for belts or other conveyors.

With the SACMI IPS 400, compatibility with most moulds on the market and lock-to-lock times of just 2.1 seconds have been combined with higher output quality, achieved thanks to an innovative plastic extrusion process and positioning of the containers inside the post-cooling area; the latter lets users execute preform unloading in a controlled environment, thus eliminating the risk of product contamination.

A true leader in terms of technology and service, SACMI also has dedicated offices and branches across the continent. It provides customers, via its SACMI Customer Service Division, with advanced assistance packages that span from design consultancy to spare parts supplies and maintenance engineering.

Come and see SACMI IPS technology at the Plastimagen fair (Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City, 2-5 April 2019), stand Plasgrom, #1622.

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Extensive Vetting Process Completed to Gain Partnership with Leading Printing and Coding Tech Company

Edmonton, AB, Canada – Jet Marking Systems (JMS), a leading provider of label application solutions and ancillary equipment, has become a Certified Partner for product identification and traceability solutions manufacturer Markem-Imaje. The result of extensive vetting per Markem-Imaje’s Partner Program, the deal will increase parts, servicing and machinery availability for MI customers in Jet Marking Systems’ main territory of Western Canada.

The collaboration will result in numerous benefits for existing Markem-Imaje customers in Western Canada, including a wider range of packaging, marking and coding offerings and enhanced service options. For JMS, the partnership will yield 200 new customers that had previously dealt exclusively with Markem-Imaje. Customers will benefit from localized tech support and expedited parts, maintenance and machinery availability.

As a sister company of Jet Label, Western Canada’s largest provider of labels and printed tape, Jet Marking Systems serves customers from seven locations across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. At these locations, JMS carries a solid inventory of equipment, consumables, and parts to service its clients’ in-house packaging and marking equipment.

“We are honored that Markem-Imaje chose to leverage our strong presence throughout Western Canada for a partnership that will benefit not only both companies, but also our customers,” said Dan Stickney, General Manager of Jet Marking Systems. “With the overarching goal of enhanced service and increased availability, the collaboration is a smart combining of resources that improves both company’s market position.”

“A Canadian owned and operated enterprise, Jet Marking Systems is focused on selling, servicing and maintaining label applicators, industrial printers, conveyors, case sealing and tracking & traceability solutions,” said Paul Desrochers of Markem-Imaje. “By providing integrated solutions to industry challenges in labels and packaging, JMS is an ideal partner in our efforts to better service an expanding customer base.”

About Jet Marking Systems

Jet Marking Systems (JMS) is a leading provider of label applicators, industrial printers, conveyors, case sealing and tracking & traceability solutions. In addition to sales, JMS offers comprehensive maintenance programs to minimize machinery downtime while maximizing overall performance. Spanning Western Canada, JMS’ team of technicians and OEMs automate and streamline processes to help customers optimize their labelling operations. For more information, visit www.jet-marking.com.

About Jet Label & Packaging Ltd.

Jet Label produces labels and printed tape efficiently and cost-effectively for a diverse portfolio of customers, with a focus on food processors that supply large grocery retailers such as Loblaws and Sobeys, international forest product companies such as Canfor and West Fraser, and consumer food product companies such as Bee Maid Honey and Arctic Chiller, industrial application companies such as Acklands Grainger, and Gregg Distributors.

Jet Label also supplies parking and boarding passes and baggage tags to the Toronto, Calgary, and Edmonton International Airports. The Edmonton Police Service has also been a longstanding customer. In addition to Edmonton and Vancouver, Jet has sales and distribution operations in Calgary, Prince George, Kelowna, Surrey, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. For more information, visit www.jet-label.com.

Jet Marking Systems
contact: Christopher Dale
Turchette Agency
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Company’s Ecoslide-OTC™ paperboard package eliminates need for larger peel/push blister packs.

Newark, NJ – Keystone Folding Box Co., a designer and manufacturer of paperboard packaging solutions, has responded to calls for reduced plastics in packaging. The company’s Ecoslide-OTC™, a paperboard pack for Over-The-Counter medication eliminates the need for larger plastic peel/push blister packs. Ecoslide-OTC™ allows manufacturers to eliminate up to 50% of plastics used in conventional blister packs.

Walmart, the EU, and global consumer product companies have all annouced plans to achieve 100% recyclable, reusable or industrially compostable packaging by 2025. In the nearer term, the global retail giant will work with suppliers to eliminate non-recyclable packaging materials in general merchandise packaging by 2020 and to reduce the overall amount of plastic used in its private brand packaging.

Ecoslide-OTC™ features a push-button safety mechanism that provides child-resistance while eliminating the need for two-step “peel/push-through foil,” which many consumers find frustrating to open. Made from 100% recyclable and compostable paperboard, Ecoslide-OTC™ is easily separated from its smaller internal blister for recycling. The enclosed blister contains only a fraction of disposable plastic compared to peel/push blisters or plastic bottles.

Ecoslide-OTC™ has been identified in consumer research as both conveniently sized and easy to open – benefits further enhanced by a large area to print information. In developing News Release 9 Law Drive Fairfield, NJ 07004 973.227.8080 turchette.com Ecoslide-OTC™, Keystone Folding Box Co. worked closely with OEM automation providers and contract packagers who are reporting growing requests from major retail chains for new and innovative approaches to packaging.

“With both new legislation and major retailers targeting the reduction of plastic, our new Ecoslide-OTC™ meets the goal for medications packaged with the least amount of plastic,” said Ward Smith, Director of Marketing & Business Development at Keystone Folding Box Co. “Our cost-effective solution meets all requirements for child-resistance and senior- friendliness while being significantly more sustainable.

” About Keystone Folding Box Co.

While Keystone continues to be a leader in the manufacturing and design of paperboard packaging, they are also a design center and source for non-paperboard packaging components. To learn more about Keystone Folding Box Company, please contact Ward Smith at Keystone Folding Box Company, at (513) 871-4747, ward.smith@keyboxco.com or visit www.keyboxco.com.

Keystone Folding Box Co.
contact: Turchette Agency Christopher Dale (973) 227-8080,
ext. 116 cdale@turchette.com

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Industry veterans enhance leadership team as company expands market focus

Florham Park, NJ – WWP, a leading provider of cosmetic packaging components, plastic tubes, and full-service turnkey solutions, has expanded and enhanced its leadership team. With numerous new hires and promotions, the company is expertly positioned to best service its increasing roster of clients in the cosmetics industry.

Meghan Rice joins the WWP as Senior Strategic Sales Director. Working within the Sales Department and reporting to Ed Quinn, Vice President of East Coast Sales, Ms. Rice has more than two decades of sales experience in the beauty sector. Prior to joining WWP, she held the role of Vice President of Sales at Texan Americas, and has also served as Director of Sales at Aptar and Account Executive at Qualipac.

Sherri Ruffini also has been hired as Senior Strategic Sales Director. Ms. Ruffini has more than 15 years of sales experience in a variety of business segments. Most recently she served as Senior Executive Director of Regional Sales & Marketing for Seacliff Beauty Packaging. Prior to this, she held executive sales positions at Toly USA, Risdon International, ATP Health & Beauty Care, and Eyelematic MFG.

In Their News Release In their new roles, both Ms. Rice and Ms. Ruffini will focus on establishing, managing, and growing customer relationships, nationally and globally for strategically important multinational beauty accounts.

Additionally, Rick Weisbrod, who previously held the position of EVP Global Operations at WWP, has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer. In this new role, Mr. Weisbrod will spearhead commercial strategy and development of strategic sales to drive business growth and market share while overseeing customer service initiatives.

Additionally, Edward Quinn has been promoted to VP of Sales, East Coast. In this position, Mr. Quinn will direct all sales operational objectives for East Region accounts and manage WWP’s East Coast sales.

Previously serving as sales representatives, Bruce Sperling and Matt Robbins have each been promoted to Senior Strategic Sales Director. Both Mr. Sperling and Mr. Robbins will establish, manage and grow customer relationships, nationally and globally, for strategically important multinational large beauty accounts.

"With an array of new hires and promotions, our leadership team is stronger than ever,” said Jim Farley, Executive Vice President of Global Business Development for WWP. “Possessing an immense wealth of experience across the beauty and cosmetics sectors, our team is ideally suited to enhance WWP’s global presence and exceed customers’ expectations.

”About WWP WWP LLC provides the cosmetics and personal care industries with a complete range of packaging components, custom and stock molding, and product development and sales. World Wide Packaging also specializes in custom engineered solutions for a variety of unique product applications. WWP’s extensive product line includes a wide selection of innovative tube packaging options, jars, compacts and lotion bottles. The company provides everything from plastic mass-market containers to sophisticated metal cases for lipstick, lip gloss, mascara, and eyeliner, while offering competitive prices and dependable, high quality service.

For more information, contact WWP LLC, 15 Vreeland Road, Suite 4, Florham Park, NJ 07932; phone: 973-805-6500 or toll-free 1-800-950-0390; fax: 973-805-6510; or visit the company’s website at www.wwpinc.com.

WWP
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Turchette Agency
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WWP
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PrintFair, the commercial printing, package converting and digital sign show, will come to the grounds of BIEC, Bengaluru in a few days. The Show, scheduled to be held from 10-13 April 2019, recently concluded promotional campaigns in Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu.

The regions covered by the PrintFair team included Maharashtra: Satara, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur, Kudal, Sawantwadi, Panaji, Karwar, Gadag, Solapur, Latur, Udgir and Nanded. Tamil Nadu: Sivakasi, Coimbatore, Erode, Pollachy, Salem, Vellore, Trichy, Karur, Hosur, Nammakal, Tirupur, Krishnagiri, Dindigul

Team PrintFair has now reached Telangana & Andhra to do promotional campaignas at Tirupati, Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantpur, Nellore, Vijaywada, Guntur, Rajamundhry, Kakinada, Kamman, Warangal

“We are glad that organizers of PrinFair have personally come to our town to invite us. This is a good opportunity for printers like us to visit and explore the newest technology and products” Mr. Pingulkar, Secretary, Mudrak Association Sindhudurg, Kudal

“Members of our Avirat Printing Cluster, Naded will be happy to attend the exhibition. Such shows help us to keep updated on new technology and machines coming in the market and see them live” Mr. Deshpande – Avirat Printing Cluster, Nanded

The event, supported extensively by Karnataka State Printers Association (KSPA), had also conducted promotional campaigns in the interiors of South India last month. The team had also visited Hubli, Belgaum, Mudhol, Jamkhandi, Vijaypur, Kalaburgi, Raichur and Bellary and had received good response from the printers of the area.

PrintFair will be held concurrently with PackPlus, the total packaging, converting and supply chain event. More than 275 exhibitors will come under one roof to present latest innovations & developments from the industry.

The visitor registrations are going on full swing and the team is all set to create new landmarks with the Show.

For more information visit www.printfair.in or write to shantanu@nextevents.in

Bielefeld – April 1, 2019

As a competent manufacturer of high-quality coated specialty papers, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper continues the path of innovation and investment. As part of the "New Business Development" program, a new quality control system on the SM 21 has now been successfully commissioned at the Bielefeld site.

Amongst other things, the "New Business Development" innovation programme will enable the multi-stage orientation of the Bielefeld Coating Machine 21 to future markets. The recently commissioned, modern Honeywell quality control system includes several measuring frames of different equipment and system peripherals for precise process control.

Kai Borenius, Head of Machine Technology at Mitsubishi HiTec Paper, says: "We will be able to combine the special coating units even better and make more efficient use of them. In doing so, we not only achieve a further increase in process quality and production flexibility, but ultimately also an optimized product quality. This applies both to our traditional product areas such as thermal or inkjet papers, but especially to our new product areas such as the environmentally friendly barricote barrier papers for food packaging."

With this investment of around EUR 1 million, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper will continue to focus on future, innovative markets and applications.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH is a German subsidiary of Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd., Japan, one of the world's leading manufacturers of specialty paper. The roughly 700 employees at Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe produce high-quality direct thermal, inkjet, carbonless, label and barrier papers at two tradition-rich locations in Bielefeld and Flensburg.

Each factory stands out for own base paper production, state-of-the-art production machinery and innovative coating technologies. Through its dense global sales network, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe supplies a full range of specialty papers for many applications and printing technologies – and is a highly capable partner whenever customized coated paper solutions are required.

www.mitsubishi-paper.com

Coating machine 21 | Bielefeld mill

Contact:
Ralf Buhl
Marketing Manager
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe GmbH
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Michael Mrachacz succeeds Siegfried Drost as Managing Director
Sales

Laupheim, April 2019 Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG bids farewell to Siegfried Drost, Managing Director Sales, on his retirement at the end of the business year 2018/2019. Michael Mrachacz, currently responsible for Uhlmann Customer Support & Services, succeeds him as of April 1, 2019.

Siegfried Drost started working for Uhlmann in 1994 – initially in charge of domestic sales, then as Managing Director Sales from 1997. During this time, the company – a provider of integral solutions for the packaging of pharmaceutical products – increased its order intake from EUR 45 million (1994) to approx. EUR 440 million in the Uhlmann Group (2018/2019). Siegfried Drost played a key role in this development and contributed significantly to the success of Uhlmann. Among other activities, the graduate industrial engineer extensively expanded Uhlmann’s international business by establishing numerous sales and services companies. Personally, he became a highly respected expert throughout the pharmaceutical packaging sector, and was one of the main driving forces behind the formation of the strategic alliance Excellence United with the companies Bausch + Ströbel, Fette Compacting, Glatt, and Harro Höfliger. “We thank Siegfried Drost for his great commitment, and for his foresight that helped pave the way to the positive growth of Uhlmann in this form. For over 25 years, he has embodied the Uhlmann values – strong, open-minded, and reliable – in the best possible way. We sincerely wish him all the best for the next phase of his life”, says Tobias Uhlmann, Chairman of the Uhlmann Supervisory Board.

Michael Mrachacz succeeds Siegfried Drost as Managing Director Sales as of April 1, 2019. The fifty-year-old has been responsible for the Uhlmann division Customer Support & Services since 2014 and has been a member of the Group Executive Committee in this Siegfried Drost (left) leaves Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG for age reasons on March 31, 2019 and hands over the management of Sales to Michael Mrachacz, who is presently responsible for Uhlmann Customer Support & Services.

capacity for five years. Previous jobs included Technical Manager at Bütfering Schleiftechnik, and Director of Services and After-Sales for the Homag Group. Since working for Uhlmann, he has merged all the after-sales activities into one division, very successfully expanded Track & Trace business, and increased the turnover of the division by over 60 percent. “My goal is to further promote the successful growth of Uhlmann. That is only possible with a very high level of customer satisfaction, so I strongly advocate customer proximity as well as the strategic shaping of sales and services with a focus on the markets and customers”, states Michael Mrachacz. Tobias Uhlmann underlines: “The appointment of Michael Mrachacz means that we have been able to fill this key position from our own ranks, thus ensuring a seamless transition. We have found an excellent successor, whom I perceive as an enthusiastic, strong leader capable of getting things done, organizing, and motivating. We are very pleased about this continued cooperation and wish him a good start in his new role.”

Press contact
Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH &Co. KG
Ulrike Grünvogel, +49 7392 702-8959, gruenvogel.u@uhlmann.de

Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG is a leading global systems supplier for the packaging of pharmaceutical products in blisters, bottles, and cartons. In addition to its innovative packaging lines, Uhlmann provides consultation, project management, and extensive services from a single source. The company is part of the Uhlmann Group, which generated sales amounting to EUR 411 million with its workforce of approximately 2,200 in the business year 2017/2018. Other members of the Uhlmann Group are the companies Koch Pac-Systeme in the Black Forest, Cremer Speciaalmachines in the Netherlands, and Wonder Packing Machinery in China. www.uhlmann.de

Wolfertschwenden, 10 April 2019 - MULTIVAC is expanding its product range in the new X-line machine generation.Following the introduction of the RX 4.0 thermoforming packaging machine, which has set a new benchmark in the market, the new TX 710 traysealer will be presented to the public for the first time at IFFA 2019. The features of this latest development are a robust machine concept and an intelligent control system, which together provide the maximum flexibility, output and reliability. The TX 710 at the trade fair will be shown with a die for producing MAP packs.

Digitalisation is a fundamental component for MULTIVAC in the development of new products, and it is therefore systematically incorporated into all packaging solutions. The RX 4.0 thermoforming packaging machine is characterised by its wide range of innovative technology and, thanks to its comprehensive sensor system and seamless digitalisation, it creates a new dimension in packaging reliability, quality and output. As an option, the RX 4.0 can also be networked with the MULTIVAC Cloud, which enables it to have access to a broad spectrum of MULTIVAC Smart Services.

The new TX 710 traysealer, which is both versatile and compact, has the same features as the RX 4.0 and is suitable for packing a wide variety of products thanks to its many design possibilities. The spectrum of products that can be run ranges from fruit and vegetables through to meat, sausage, fish, poultry, and dairy products and right up to ready meals of all types.

Maximum output

The high output of the TX 710 is a result of the perfect interaction between an intelligent machine control and a mechanical construction that is both robust and space-saving. The output with air packs is up to 25 cycles per minute, while with modified atmosphere packs it is up to 18 cycles/min and with MultiFresh TM packs up to 10 cycles/min. The machine's comprehensive sensor system is crucial for the rapid and precise process sequences with MAP and MultiFresh™ applications. As part of the traysealer's intelligent machine control, one of the functions of its Multi Sensor Control is to determine the switching times of the various control circuits and compensate for these where required by triggering early starts of the subsequent processes. Another component of the intelligent machine control, the Flow Manager function, monitors the powerful servo drives and is able to overlay consecutive movements with great precision and process reliability. This ensures that the maximum cycle output and highest possible level of operating stability are always achieved.

Consistent reliability

The Flow Manager ensures that the time sequences for the entire packaging procedure, from the infeed to the discharge of the packs, are automatically synchronised with each other. This creates a dynamic process, which is very gentle on the product and provides an extremely even product flow. If the product flow deviates from the target value, it is automatically adjusted by the Flow Manager. Excessive vacuum times or a drop in the sealing pressure for example are automatically detected by the Multi Sensor Control, which initiates the appropriate measures or if
necessary stops the machine. This ensures that pack quality is always maintained at the optimum level.

The new die concept, X-tools, is a further guarantee of a consistently high pack quality. Thanks to the even distribution of sealing forces over every tray, a uniform and reliable packaging result is always achieved. RFID technology is used to assist in a smooth and trouble-free die change, and this ensures that the TX 710 always has a high level of machine
availability. The X-tools increase operating reliability and machine availability significantly, particularly where customers are running different tray formats and therefore have to perform many die changes. The Multi-Touch machine control with its new HMI 3 user interface also makes a major contribution to the machine's high level of operating reliability and outstanding user communication.

Maximum flexibility

Thanks to the modular construction of the TX 710, the frequent format changes, which are typical of traysealers, can be carried out in less than five minutes. If the associated racking and preheating systems are used, the die can be preheated to the required production temperature, allowing the TX 710 to be available for the next production batch immediately after the format change. Since all the relevant functions are depicted in the die of the TX 710, the operator can change between various pack shapes or different applications with minimal effort.

Future-proofness

Thanks to its modular construction, comprehensive sensor system and servo technology, as well as its intelligent dies and optional connection to the MULTIVAC Cloud, the new TX 710 is perfectly equipped for the
challenges of tomorrow. MULTIVAC's Smart Services are also available for the TX 710, and these contribute significantly to increased machine efficiency and availability. These include predictive maintenance and analysis of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), as well as a special function, the Machine Event Analyzer. If the TX 710 is connected to MULTIVAC Pack Pilot, this provides assistance when setting the machine parameters, ensuring that good pack results are achieved from the very start of production. MULTIVAC customers can decide immediately or at a later date on the various, optional service packages that are available. The standard dies are in any event designed for these optional functions.

About MULTIVAC

MULTIVAC is one of the leading providers worldwide of packaging solutions for food products of all types, life science and healthcare products as well as industrial items. The MULTIVAC portfolio covers virtually all requirements of processors and producers in terms of pack design, output and resource efficiency. It comprises a wide range of packaging technologies as well as automation solutions, labellers and quality control systems. The product range is rounded off with portioning and processing solutions upstream of the packaging procedure. Thanks to extensive expertise in packaging lines, all modules can be integrated into complete solutions. This means that MULTIVAC solutions guarantee a high level of operational and process reliability as well as efficiency. The MULTIVAC Group has approximately 5,900 employees worldwide, with some 2,200 based at its headquarters in Wolfertschwenden. With over 80 subsidiaries, the Group is represented on all continents. More than 1,000 sales advisors and service technicians throughout the world use their know-how and experience to the benefit of customers, and they ensure that all installed MULTIVAC machines are
utilised to their maximum. Further information can be found at: www.multivac.com.

Company enquiries
MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG
Tanja Nickels
Bahnhofstr. 4
D-87787 Wolfertschwenden Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 8334 601 – 1544
E-mail:tanja.nickels@multivac.de
www.multivac.com

Press contact
REDAKON
Vera Sebastian
Seestr. 18
D-80802 Munich
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 – 31 20 338-21
E-mail: vera.sebastian@redakon.com
www.redakon.com

The new solution provides efficient data management and compatibility with external software & hardware

Moorestown, NJ – Antares Vision, global leader in visual inspection systems, track & trace solutions and smart data management, introduced a sophisticated verification router service for optimized compliance with serialization mandates at Interphex NYC, April 2-4. At Booth #2571, the company will showcase the new AVrs, a software solution designed for compliance with DSCSA verification requirements. While managing the serialization data flow to connect all distribution stakeholders, manufacturers and repackagers, it provides efficient data management and compatibility with various hardware and software used throughout the supply chain – including other brand owners, CMOs and healthcare agencies.

A Verification Router Service, or VRS, is one of a series of milestone requirements for the next phase of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act. Beginning in late November 2019, no returned serialized product may be resold until the wholesale distributor verifies that product’s unique identifiers, including the SNI for each sealed homogeneous case or package.

A VRS is an interoperable solution used to manage the acceptance, formatting and delivery of requests and responses to support these DSCSA verification requirements, as well as other business data as defined by trading partners. The establishment of shared standards for sales stream reintegration has become vital for the pharmaceutical industry.

AVrs has two integral features that can guarantee superior interoperability. First is a fast connection and response, the result of an interconnected, hierarchic model of graph database architecture in which data processing is performed at the same speed even when the volume of information increases; this ensures high speed performance and secure management of master data and interoperability. Second, smart reporting and business intelligence provides real time, shared information on service performance and traffic statistics, which covers many crucial factors such as geolocation and customizable analytics.

Other solutions that Antares Vision showcased at Interphex NYC include:

Antares Vision’s Print & Check EVO is among the most widely used integrated solution on the market. Quick and easy to integrate into packaging lines, the unit occupies just 705mm of floor space as it prints and verifies on carton flaps. Upper and lower conveyors keep cartons stable for reliable printing and unsurpassed verification accuracy. The Print & Check EVO can handle cartons up to 120mm wide and 200mm in height at a maximum speed of 300 units per minute. It offers real-time management of relevant serialization data, including the construction of parent/child relationships at various ackaging levels.

Antares Vision’s GTS Plant Manager software generates or imports serialization numbers and stores all data while interfacing with Level 4 repositories. GTS Plant Manager comes preconfigured and ready to manage line serialization. As needs evolve, the scalable software can be expanded to manage additional lines and other communication layers.

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About Antares Vision

Antares Vision offers the most comprehensive and scalable global solution in inspection systems, track & trace and smart data management, leading the complete process of protecting the products throughout their life-cycle and developing hardware and software solutions for the most demanding industrial sectors like pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, food, beverage.

Antares Vision is present in over 60 countries in the world (with a workforce that exceeds 500 units globally) and can count on 6 foreign branches (USA, Germany, France, Brazil, South Korea, India) and an Innovation Center in Ireland (Galway). With 20 years of experience in vision technologies, Antares Vision is the supplier of 9 of the world's top 20
pharmaceutical companies: more than 25.000 inspection systems ensure every day the safety and the quality of the production processes, while over 2.000 serialization lines installed in industrial plants all over the world guarantee the tracking in the whole supply chain of more than 5 billion products. www.antaresvision.us

For any further information, please contact:

Antares Vision North America Marketing & Communication
Fiona Nicklen, fiona.nicklen@antaresvision.com, T. +1 856 206 3230

Antares Vision HQ Marketing & Communication
Davide Antonioli, davide.antonioli@antaresvision.com, T. +39 0307283500

Encapsulating Imagination: Bringing Science and Art Together

ACG Group, the only supplier in the world offering end-to-end manufacturing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, has launched the first of its kind ‘Art in a Capsule’ competition – designed to bring science and art together.

The competition is aimed at encouraging artists from across the globe to create masterpieces that can fit inside ACG’s pharmaceutical capsules – such as sculptures, rolled up artwork, or anything else. The winner will receive $5,000.

Peter Neve, CMO at ACG, comments, “At ACG, we firmly believe that science and art belong together – they each require real imagination, vision and expertise. We therefore felt this concept was the perfect way to showcase the synergies between the two. We have launched this exciting competition, because we hope to attract entries from promising artists across the globe and to create some exciting masterpieces that will be celebrated for years to come. It’s our chance to
display - what we hope - will be some breathtaking work, encapsulating real imagination.”

ACG founders, the Singh Family, have been one of the most formidable corporate art collectors in India. As connoisseurs of art, the family has built a collection that now boasts over 400 individual paintings and sculptures and have supported many artists over the past 50 years.

Entry into the competition is free, with the last date for submissions being 31 st May, 2019. And the artwork submitted for the competition can either be new or a piece that has been created in the last five years. Further details can be found here: http://artinacapsule.com/, or email:help@artinacapsule.com

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About ACG
ACG Group is the world’s only integrated pharma manufacturing solutions company absolutely committed to delivering exceptional solutions to the global pharmaceutical industry. The company’s diverse product range of Capsules, Films& Foils, Engineering, and Inspection systems meets international regulatory requirements. ACG is committed to just one goal: to offer everything needed for efficient capsule and tablet manufacturing.

ACG has over five decades of experience and is present in over 100 countries, with more than 4,500
associates workers around the world. Our customer-centric approach has won us many loyal,
satisfied customers and partners by nurturing relationships.

For communication issues, contact ACG media relations management team at
press.office@acg-world.com
9871830883/8879793484

As a competent manufacturer of high-quality coated specialty papers, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper continues the path of innovation and investment. As part of the "New Business Development" program, a new quality control system on the SM 21 has now been successfully commissioned at the Bielefeld site.

Amongst other things, the "New Business Development" innovation programme will enable the multi-stage orientation of the Bielefeld Coating Machine 21 to future markets. The recently commissioned, modern Honeywell quality control system includes several measuring frames of different equipment and system peripherals for precise process control.

Kai Borenius, Head of Machine Technology at Mitsubishi HiTec Paper, says: "We will be able to combine the special coating units even better and make more efficient use of them. In doing so, we not only achieve a further increase in process quality and production flexibility, but ultimately also an optimized product quality. This applies both to our traditional product areas such as thermal or inkjet papers, but especially to our new product areas such as the environmentally friendly barricote barrier papers for food packaging."

With this investment of around EUR 1 million, Mitsubishi HiTec Paper will continue to focus on future, innovative markets and applications.

PackPlus South, the total packaging-processing-supply chain event is happening from 10-13 April 2019 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru. The concurrently running event will be the annually held PrintFair, which will present the commercial printing-package converting  digital sign segment of the industry.

With the huge support extended by Karnataka State Printers Association (KSPA), the PrintFair team recently organised a promotional campaign in Hubli, Belgaum, Mudhol, Jamkhandi, Vijaypur, Kalaburgi, Raichur and Bellary. The objective was to share information on PrintFair and PackPlus South with the medium and small scare enterprises of these areas and invite them to visit and explore latest trends from the industry. The Show will see a huge participation in terms of visitors from the whole of South India as well as other parts of the country.

Important decision makers and specifiers from top and middle management from various industries including Pharmaceutical  Chemical; Food  Beverage, Dairy Meat; Engineering; Garments Textiles; Personal Care Products and Logistics will visit the Show. Printers, Converters, Packaging Professionals and Packaging End Users as well as the providers of Materials, Equipment and Services will also visit in large numbers.

This year, the Show is co-located with Drink Technology India, the leading event for beverage, dairy and liquid food industry. The three day Drinktec Exhibition is scheduled to happen from 10-12 April in the same grounds of BIEC. Visitors from various sectors of the industry including Non-alcoholic drinks, Liquid food, milk and dairy products, Packaging materials, Food (bakery, dairy prod., fish, convenience, sweets and confectionary, frozen, consumer goods (non-food), food safety/quality service, e.g.), Alcoholic drinks, Pharmaceuticals, oils and fats, Industrial goods and services will attend Drink Technology India. The collocation of PackPlus South and Drink Technology India will largely benefit the exhibitors and visitors who are attending the show with common interest. More than 250 exhibitors will come under one roof to showcase various innovations from the industry. The Show invitations are soon to go in print, the exhibition directory is in process and the promotional activities are in full swing. Pre-registration of visitors, from all over the country, are happening at high speed. If you haven’t planned your presence yet, do it NOW!

Central Pharma announces strategic partnership with Supply Chain Wizard

Global contract packaging organization (CPO), Central Pharma, has partnered with digital innovation firm, Supply Chain Wizard to transform its digital operations.

The partnership gives Central Pharma access to the latest IoT technology solutions through Supply Chain Wizard’s fully integrated digital factory suite, which includes solutions for Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) tracking, scheduling and digitally logging production related information.

The state-of-the-art tools, designed specifically for primary and secondary packaging operations, will allow Central Pharma and its customers to make data-driven decisions and increase overall production efficiency and productivity across its blistering, powder and container lines.

Alwyn Smit, chairman of Central Pharma said, “Partnering with Supply Chain Wizard will help drive our business toward achieving its goal of having a world class manufacturing status. Our New Facility in Ireland will be a Digital Factory, the Supply Chain Wizard team have been excellent in getting their software up and running which has added value to our daily operations at our UK production facility. All of our customers will benefit from having digital access to our production lines”

“Supply Chain Wizard is already a recognised and trusted leader when it comes to transforming manufacturing and packaging operations by utilising the latest digital technologies. We’re really looking forward to working with their expert team.” added Mr. Smit.

By transforming its processes digitally, Central Pharma aims to continuously improve its operational and quality processes for new and existing customers.

“We are very excited to partner with Central Pharma in their transformation journey in both UK and Ireland, and happy to see great progress towards a more digital future. This partnership has the potential to become a digital transformation success story  a model digital factory showroom for manufacturing companies to visit learn from Central Pharma’s experience.” Explained Evren Ozkaya, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Supply Chain Wizard. “Central Pharma is a client  partner with one of the most innovative mindsetshigh aspirations to create a competitive advantage through digital transformation, and we hope this is the start of a long and successful relationship.”

Central Pharma, located and Headquartered in Bedford, UK with a new facility in Ireland, EU, is a leading provider of primary and secondary packaging solutions to the global pharmaceutical industry. Supplying services to over 50 countries worldwide, the company has almost 15 years of experience across the contract packaging market.

About Supply Chain Wizard

Supply Chain Wizard is a global management consulting & digital innovation firm. Focused on designing, developing and implementing digital solutions using state-of-the-art technologies such as internet-of- things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and blockchain through its cloud platform the company aims to enable end-to-end digital supply chain transformations across the life sciences, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods industries. Serving some of the world largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, Supply Chain Wizard is dedicated to adding sustainable value through digital innovation and data-driven decision making from shop floor to executive boardrooms.

Company to support efforts for digitized and sustainable future while encouraging education endeavors

Oberdiessbach, Switzerland – Neopac, a global provider of high-quality tube packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, participated in a forward- thinking event that challenges young people to create innovative and sustainable solutions. Taking place in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria, Spain, the Makeathon was attended by more than 260 youth contestants and influencers across a range of industries, including packaging solutions.

At the event, Neopac challenged youth participants to design and develop a “smart tube” for pharmaceutical packaging applications that, when combined with the company’s metered dosing tube solutions, could help patients adhere to prescription regimens via IoT connectivity. Results of the challenge, which will be available internally in the coming weeks, drew upon the students’ various backgrounds including IT, Electronic Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics and Communications.

The event also places an emphasis on sustainability. To that end, Neopac highlighted its EcoDesign portfolio of environmentally conscious tube solutions. These include:

• The PICEA™ tube is comprised of unique and 95% renewable material, including 10% of spruce wood from wood waste in sawmills. PICEA™ is a certified product regarding Ecocert and Cosmos requirements.
•  The Recycled Plastic Tube contains up to 75% recycled, food-grade compliant polyethylene plastics and can be used for a variety of applications.
•  The Sugarcane tube is made from sustainable raw materials and offers the same characteristics and processability as fossil-based polyethylene.

“The Smart Green Island Makeathon is an incredible educational opportunity to embrace young minds who seek to create a digitized, sustainable future,” said Philippe Kern, Head of Material Science for Neopac. “The rationale behind Neopac’s line of eco-friendly tubes for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry is reflected in the event’s overarching goal for more environmentally conscious solutions.”

About Hoffmann Neopac

Hoffmann Neopac is a privately-owned company, headquartered in Thun, Switzerland. The company produces high-quality metal and plastic packaging in five locations: HOFFMANN tins in Thun and CMP tins in Holland; Polyfoil® and plastic tubes with NEOPAC in Switzerland and in Hungary. Its longstanding customers include internationally active pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturers in the European and North American markets.

The company has recently taken a majority stake in 3D Technopack Ltd, from Mumbai, India, thereby securing its foothold in the Asian market. With the new production facility in the United States, the company employs around a thousand employees and has a capacity of 1.3 billion tubes.

Driven by the dynamic economic development, accelerating urbanization and improvement in people’s quality of life, the consumer market has a surging demand for safe, convenient, unique and environmentally friendly packaging. Meanwhile, the packaging industry is in a difficult position due to more stringent VOC regulations, fluctuating raw material prices, regional industrial transfer, uncontrollable costs, and recruitment difficulty. In light of the increasingly diverse user requirements and fierce market competition with more homogeneous products, the packaging industry has a pressing need for transformation and upgrading.

With the growing complexity of the business environment, how can one read the market trend, adapt to changes with technological innovations, and thus find a way out? CHINAPLAS 2019, a technology-oriented and innovation-driven trade fair, provides an international platform for showcasing and exchanging advanced technology. The show has a large display of innovative solutions featuring cutting- edge materials, machines, and technology, spotlighting customized, green, functional and intelligent manufacturing with reduced cost and improved efficiency, which helps packaging enterprises stand out.

Customized packaging in great demand under the new consumption trend

The packaging industry is playing an increasingly critical role across various sectors. Brands are looking for crowd-pulling customized packaging. Whether packaging can serve as the driving force behind a brand and how it becomes an important means for enterprises to implement their business strategies are currently hot topics in the industry.

Compared to Europe, the US, Japan, and other countries, China is a late starter in the packaging industry, which, however, has grown to a fairly large-scale industry over the past few decades. And thanks to China’s 40 years of reform and opening-up, the income and living standard of people in the country have improved significantly. As a result, the market has a rising demand for technology that helps deal with small and customized orders in a precise, quick and flexible manner, and brands are going through substantial upgrades with unprecedented frequency. The importance of packaging to products is growing exponentially.

HP Inc. will present its Indigo digital printing solutions for flexible packaging at CHINAPLAS 2019, provides a timely solution of on-demand customization, enhancing product value through personalization. The digital printing technology can be employed to shorten delivery lead time, boost business growth, save costs, streamline work processes, achieve automated prepress workflow, and directly increase profits. HP Indigo supports one-pass printing to allow the use of micro-text, anti-counterfeiting and traceability solutions, and special inks. HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press can be used for manufacturing labels and packaging. With a printing speed up to 42 m/min in color mode and a maximum web width of 76 cm, the press can address SKU diversity and operate per specific requirements. It has a print quality comparable to gravure printing and meets the safety standard for food packaging.

GDXL Precise Machinery Co., Ltd.’s multilayer co-injection solution allows a gradual color change along the preform, enriching the possibilities for product designs. The solution can be achieved by modifying an existing injection equipment into a co- injection system to achieve multilayer manufacturing. It enhances the insulation of containers and extends their durability to the maximum extent (about 200% of those packed in monolayer containers). This technology is applicable to the packaging markets of beverage, food, cosmetics, and even pharmaceutical products.

Autodesk Software (China) Co. Ltd. will showcase a 3D modeling software, Moldflow 2020. Moldflow® injection molding analysis software helps users validate and improve plastic part design, injection mold design, and injection molding processes by predicting the process, mold temperature and resulted warpage. The analysis results will be shared to achieve collaboration with the supply chain, which can reduce the development time of projects, speed up the manufacturing of high-quality parts, and improve molding solutions.

Sneak Peek at Concurrent Events

The show will not only feature more than 3,500 exhibitors but also will organize a series of concurrent events to explore how upstream and downstream enterprises can work together to overcome business hardships, enabling the packaging industry to flourish.

•  With “consumption upgrade” and the rapid growth of the young population, consumers look for aesthetically pleasing, environmentally friendly and healthy products of better quality which can fit their needs. Experts from different fields, such as world-leading suppliers of green materials, major manufacturers of the flexible packaging industry and product brands will be invited to the forum “Innovative Development of Packaging Materials under the New Consumption Trend” to explore how innovative development of functional packaging materials can respond to the new consumption trend.
• The “2019 Flexible Plastic Packaging Technology Seminar (Guangzhou)” provides a platform for policy experts, technical experts of leading enterprises and representatives of end users to share about policies, new materials, new processes, and new equipment, serving as a bridge between the demand side and the supply side of technology.
• The “Plastics Recycling Circular Economy Conference and Showcase” will be held in Guangzhou on May 20, 2019 (a day before the opening of CHINAPLAS) with the themes of “Material Science for Sustainability”, “Recycling Technology” and “Environmental Packaging”, focusing on issues which participants in the industry are concerned with.
•  In response to the global trend of Industry 4.0, “Industry 4.0 Factory of the Future” will display a smart factory, which simulates the production environment of the manufacturing industry in the future.
•  The “Tech Talk” is an open forum which gathers the highlights of the show and displays the latest and hottest products and technology of the year, with prominent topics eminently practical and highly applicable to the plastics and rubber industries. The event not only reveals important technological breakthroughs achieved by the exhibitors and excellent enterprises in the industries but also provides a platform for professional buyers to quickly learn about the industries’ dynamics.

CHINAPLAS, now on a par with K Show in Germany, will return to the China Import and Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou and run from May 21 to May 24, 2019.

The show will focus on “Smart Manufacturing”, “Innovative Materials”, “Green  Circular Solutions” to effectively address the exact need of high-end downstream buyers, presenting a high-quality and high-standard extravaganza of the plastics and rubber industries with an exhibition space of more than 250,000 square meters. The show will gather together more than 3,500 leading exhibitors from all over the world, in which more than 1,800 of them are related to the packaging industry, such as BASF, Dow Chemical, NatureWorks LLC, Milliken, LOTTE Chemical, HEXPOL TPE, Hubei Guanghe Biotech, ARBURG, ENGEL, Haitian, Yizumi, Akei, Tech-long Packaging Machinery, Totani, Han King, Jinming, Kurz, Brückner, Aoki, HP, ShaanxiBeiren, and SACMI, introducing plastics machines, materials and technical solutions to buyers from around the world.

It is expected that CHINAPLAS 2019 will attract more than 180,000 professional visitors from 150 countries and regions. The show has attracted a lot of well-known brands and enterprises, such as Nestlé, Danone, Nongfu Spring, Jianlibao Group, HsuFuChi, Fujian Dali Group, Procter  Gamble, Colgate, Liby, Blue Moon, Mentholatum, Amcor, Bemis Company, Ting Zheng, Zijiang Holdings, Essel Propack, Southern Packaging.

About CHINAPLAS 2019

CHINAPLAS 2019 is organized by Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. and Beijing Yazhan Exhibition Services Ltd. and co-organized by China National Light Industry Council - China Plastics Processing Industry Association, China Plastics Machinery Industry Association, Guangdong Plastics Industry Association, Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd., the Plastic Trade Association of Shanghai. The event is also supported by various plastics and rubber associations in China and abroad.

First introduced in 1983, CHINAPLAS has been approved by UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) since 2006. CHINAPLAS is exclusively sponsored by the Europe's Association for Plastics and Rubber Machinery Manufacturers (EUROMAP) in China for the 30th time. CHINAPLAS is currently Asia No. 1 plastics and rubber trade fair.