Plastics News Europe - June 2018 - 22

Plastics Caps
and Closures
2018 Conference

15th & 16th November 2018 * Marriott Amsterdam
Plastics Caps and Closures is now in its '15th' year and offers a unique networking opportunity for leading brand
owners and fillers, closures producers, packaging manufacturers, designers and suppliers to the industry to debate
the latest developments with a particular focus on adding value and optimising results across the supply chain.

2018 PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
Day One * 15th November 2018
An overview of relevant EU circular economy policy and a
case study of Coca-Cola's response
Hans van Bochove, VP Public Affairs Europe, Coca-Cola
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Societal and consumer perception of packaging
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Public policy response
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Balancing the functionality of packaging and its environmental
sustainability
Assessing the future of plastics: what policymakers are
currently looking at, and the impact on the caps and
closures industry
Silvia Freni Sterrantino, EuPC Regulatory Affairs Manager, EuPC
European Plastics Converters
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How littering activities and global awareness on plastics is
increasing and has increased policy makers' attention to
the topic.
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Studies, reports and LCAs ; how they are numerous. The
need to have more guidance on this.
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The European Commission and its work on a regulatory
strategy on plastics encompassing different moments of a
life cycle, from feedstock to accidental dispersion in the
environment
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The study claim that polypropylene microplastics is present in
bottled water and that alleged source of this presence is due
to bottle caps
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How the review into those risks will impact coming regulation
and composition of plastics caps and closures.
Market Drivers and Trends for Caps and Closures
Stewart Johnston, Head of Consultancy - Europe, Middle East
and Asia in United Kingdom specialising in Packaging, Print, Paper
& Security, Smithers Pira
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Market overview
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Geographic Trends
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Drivers and Trends
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Innovations
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Forecasts to 2023
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Opportunities for Suppliers, Converters and Brand Owners

Breaking the mould: the latest innovations in caps and
closures
Speaker to be confirmed
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The increasing importance of perceived added value: how
well designed closures can improve product differentiation,
aesthetics and functionality
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A look at the latest solutions that could become the new
standards within the market
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Key considerations for caps innovations: ergonomics, hygiene,
lightweighting, ease of opening, recyclability, inproved
productivity
Topic to be confirmed
David-Henry Makuanga, Technical Service and Product
Development Engineer, INEOS
Christophe Bricaud, INEOS O&P Europe Caps & closures Sector
manager, INEOS
Optimizing beverage closure gate quality (as an example of
how to find the right combination of mold technologies,
closure designs, resins and processes)
Dr. Michael Krueger, Chief Executive Officer, Corvaglia Holding
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why is there a need to optimize gate quality?
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what factors will influence gate quality?
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variation of conventional vs. unconventional influencing factors
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result is a closure which meets a broader set of requirements
than any other solution in the past
The 'science of interference'; the need for the packaging
industry to work in coordination
Stephen Mancey, CEO Europe and SEA, Logoplaste
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How caps / main body of the packaging does not stand
alone; the importance of the relationship between the different
sections
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The blowing team making bottles and the cap / closure team -
how can there be cohesion between the two?
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The 'science of interference'; how can we achieve
collaboration to achieve the end goal - the product that works
for the consumer
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