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EDITORIAL

Looking back, the last year can broadly be described as a period of recovery after a turbulent financial phase of the previous

two years. The prospects for 2011, the first year in the new decade, seem to be of growth, going by the current macro-economic indicators, especially in the emerging economies. However, a dampener could be the rising crude oil prices and higher inflation in countries like China and India.

The bygone year was an inflection point for the Indian packaging sector and the economy, in general. Case in point is the global focus on India as a key growth market and a marked shift in the approach – not as a mere vendor but as a strategic partner. In other words, it signifies the country’s leverage not only on better cost proposition, but also lean and efficient business model as well as faster time-to-market capability.

Having said that there is an urgent need to ramp up infrastructure, especially power & land; access to capital & technology; manpower skills as well as provide conducive policy environment for the Indian industry.

At the same time and given the growing maturity of the domestic market, expanding ecosystem of start-ups, and rising demand from the core sectors, one

can fairly look forward to the new decade in which India can potentially become the fastest-growing economy on earth. This in turn promises to present unparalleled opportunities to transform the lives of millions, and thereby attain the much sought-after inclusive growth.

This year can mark the beginning of a phase, wherein opportunities would be new and would call for greater focus on innovation and novel models of growth. Hopefully, the surging economy, coupled with timely policy implementation, will go a long way in transforming global as well as Indian businesses.

Believe, you will find enough value while referring to this special edition with an eclectic mix of the past, present and future of the packaging & allied space, as much as we liked putting it together. Some of the content highlights include packaging machinery, cosmetics packaging and sustainable packaging, among others. Of course, your opinions and feedback will add more value to our endeavour.

Here’s wishing you a Great New Year!

On a growth path…

Manas R [email protected]

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Modern Packaging & Design January-February 2011

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CONTENTS


REGUL AR SECTIONS

Highlights of Next Issue Sector Watch : Industrial & Electronics Packaging Market Trends : Adhesives & Sealants

Cover photo courtesy: Theegarten-Pactec GmbH & Co KGProduct Update...............62

Product Index..................72

Advertisers’ List .............. .74

Product Inquiry................77

Advertisement Inquiry............79

6 Highlights of 2010 - National 10 Highlights of 2010 - International Leaders Speak 24 K Ravi, MD, Hassia Packaging Pvt Ltd 26 R Senthil Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Enercon Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd

Facility Visit 28 Uflex Ltd: Leading the path in flexible packaging

Sector Watch 30 Food packaging machinery: Attaining global quality standards 33 Pharmaceutical packaging machinery: Breaking new grounds

Market Trends 35 Cosmetics packaging: Luxury meets sustainability

Industry Update 38 Sustainable packaging: Reaching the next level Siddharth K S , Research Analyst - South Asia and Middle East, Chemicals,

Materials, and Food Practice, Frost & Sullivan 41 Eco-friendly packaging: Going ‘clean’, growing profits Premjeet Gaikwad and Parul Saxena, Supply Chain & Sustainability Services, ITW India Ltd

Packaging Perspectives 44 Innovative packaging: A niche for retailing P V Narayanan, Chairman, Cognizance Packaging

Packaging Printing 47 Screen printing fundamentals: Mastering the art and science Bhargav Mistry, Managing Director, Grafica Flextronica

Case Study 50 RFID asset tracking: Ensuring a smooth flow Courtesy: Motorola

Curtain Raiser 54 Plastivision India 2011: Towards global opportunities, glorious future

Report 58 • International Packtech India 2010: Showcasing power-packed technologies 59 • PackPlus 2010: Encapsulating some of the best technologies 60 • Frost & Sullivan 2010 Execellence Awards: Inspiring performance, imparting knowledge

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Editorial............................3

National News................14

World News....................18

Design Innovation ...........22

Events Calendar..............56

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Cover Design: Sharad Bharekar

Note: ` stands for Indian rupee, $ stands for US dollar and £ stands for UK pound, unless mentioned otherwise

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Gallardo ties-up with M&C Packaging (Mar-Apr) Gallardo, the Italian packaging major specialising in liquid packaging machinery has recently made inroads in the growing Indian packaging market. It entered into a partnership with M&C Packaging - a Mumbai-based company, for the marketing and distribution of its products all over the country. Gallardo anticipates very high latent demand and dearth of competition from local companies. Gallardo has cited several reasons

Cyklop Packaging India partners with Interplex India (Mar-Apr) Interplex India and Cyklop Packaging Systems India have entered into an exclusive partnership arrangement for the technology sharing, manufacturing and marketing of high tensile polyester strap in India. Interplex will now manufacture PET strap as per Cyklop’s international standards. Cyklop Packaging Systems India is a subsidiary of Cyklop International Germany.

Parikh Packaging joins hands with Bharti-Walmart (May-Jun) Parikh Packaging, an Ahmedabad-based packaging solutions provider, has tied up with Bharti-Walmart for packaging the products for its stores. “We have tied-up with Bharti-Walmart, which will be launching 1200 stores this year. We would be packing 28 products for them,” said Pavan Parikh, Director, Parikh Packaging.

Applied DNA Sciences partners with Bilcare Tech (July-August) Applied DNA Sciences Inc, a provider of DNA-based security solutions, and Bilcare Technologies, inventors of the nonClonableID™, announced a definitive agreement to market an integrated version of their technologies to provide a unique multi-layered security for brand protection, anti-counterfeiting and logistics.

Agreements

Shilp Gravures to serve as Zenith Cutter Co’s distributor in India (July-August) Zenith Cutter Company announced that Shilp Gravures Ltd would work as its distributor in India and would concentrate on both, the converting as well as corrugated industries. Shilp Gravures is one of the pioneers and market leaders in electro-mechanical engraving in India, with facilities in Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai.

Kodak appoints Reifenhauser India as a channel partner for packaging(July-August) Kodak has appointed Reifenhauser India as the channel partner for its packaging segment, focussing primarily on flexible packaging solutions. Kodak’s flexible packaging range includes Flexcel Direct systems, Flexcel NX system, Approval NX system and Flexcel NX plates. This partnership will enable Kodak to penetrate the flexible packaging and label printing industry.

Omet chooses Weldon as partner to expand its market in India (July-August) Renowned Italian label press manufacturer, Omet Srl appointed New Delhi-based Weldon Celloplast Ltd as its agent in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Weldon Celloplast Ltd is a manufacturer of self-adhesive labelstocks, tamper evident security label solutions. This partnership is expected to contribute to the growth of the label and packaging industry in India.

EskoArtwork, Sun Chemical and GMG form collaboration(Nov-Dec) GMG, one of the leading developers and suppliers of high-end colour management software solutions, announced that its partnership with Sun Chemical will be extended to further integrate access to the Sun Chemical SmartColour database. EskoArtwork and GMG have already entered into a partnership under which, GMG will integrate the EskoArtwork technology.

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ACG Worldwide to build three new manufacturing facilities (Jan-Feb) ACG Worldwide announced that it would establish three new facilities at Shirwal, Pune. The venture is expected to cost ` 4,000 million. The company will set up a fluid-bed processor factory under Pam Glatt Pharma Technologies, a tablet pressing unit under ACG Korsch and a capsule filling facility under PAM Pharmaceutical

Closure Systems to set up beverage closures plant in Bengaluru (Jan-Feb) US-based Closure Systems International (CSI) will open a plastic closure plant near Bengaluru, Karnataka. The plant is scheduled to begin production in early 2010. It will include the latest in closure manufacturing technology, a flexible plant design, which will help the company to scale up capacity quickly and efficiently in the future.

EskoArtwork inaugurates state-of-the-art development centre in Bengaluru (Jan-Feb) EskoArtwork has strengthened its systems integration development and e-support operations through a new premises in Bengaluru. The 6,000 sq ft office will enable its team of programmers, software developers and application engineers to extend the systems integration capabilities and e-support services to customers.

Hindalco to enter beverage can manufacturing business (Mar-Apr) Hindalco Industries, has decided to enter the beverage can business with the setting up of a new plant in Orissa. The company will produce cans for beverages and food giants like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo from its plant at Hirakud in Orissa. The expansion for beverage can-making is scheduled to be completed by October 2011.

Investments & Expansions

Two new offset presses installed by Parksons Packaging (May-Jun) Parksons Packaging, an Indian print packager has purchased two high capacity six-colour Roland 700 HiPrint offset presses. These are equipped with tele-presence, that provides individualised, condition-oriented press maintenance. The two offset presses will be installed to boost capacity at the new printing facility in Rudrapur.

Uflex announces $ 250 million global expansion plans for flexible packaging (July-August) Uflex, has announced a $ 250 million expansion programme, as it seeks to boost its marketshare across the globe over the next two years. The company feels that this target would only be attainable if it boosts its presence abroad to supplement its strong growth in the Indian market.

Avesthagen wins patent registration for its trapezoid-shaped packages(Mar-Apr) Avesthagen Ltd has been granted registration for its appealing and innovative trapezoidal design by the Indian Patents Office. The sub-category 09-03 includes boxes, cases, containers, (preserve) tins and cans.

DMI bags award at FESPA Youth Competition for the third time(Sep-Oct) DMI has once again made the Indian screen printing industry proud by winning yet another international acclaim. DMI won Silver Award at the recently concluded FESPA Competition in Munich under the YOUTH Category.

Manjushree technopack wins three India Star awards(Sep-Oct) Bengaluru-based packaging major Manjushree Technopack Ltd has won three India Star Awards for the year 2009-10. India Star Award, conferred by the leading industry body, Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), is the premier award among India’s packaging fraternity.

Spectrum Scan bags ‘Screen Printer of the Year’ award (Nov-Dec) Spectrum Scan has received the ‘Screen Printer of the year award’ at the PrintWeek India Award 2010, in Mumbai. With major printing industry stalwarts present at the event, Bhargav Mistry, Managing Director, Grafica Flextronica, presented the award to Amit Shah & Anil Shah, Managing Directors of Spectrum Scan Pvt Ltd.

Awards

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Schott India to offer high quality glass for biotech products(Mar-Apr) Schott India announced that it would offer Fiolax, a highly pure glass for primary packaging of sensitive pharmaceutical and biotech products. This packaging would protect the medicine against environmental influences and eliminate container interaction to secure a long shelf-life.

Tetra Pak’s A3 Speed iLine unveiled(May-Jun) Tetra Pak recently announced the first sale of

the iconic A3 Speed iLine in India to Schreiber Dynamix

Dairies. This is an integrated design technology built

on computer networks providing unique centralised

production line management.

Honeywell introduces wireless barcode scanner (May-Jun) As an expansion to its Dolphin® 6000 product line, Honeywell announced the introduction of the Dolphin® 6500 mobile computer - a lightweight solution fit to meet in-premise needs for retail, supply chain and other light-industrial environments. This is equipped with a large, colour touch screen display and multiple keypad options.

Alia installs first WT 7900 from Epson(Jul-Aug) The Mumbai-based Alia Group, has installed the Epson WT 7900 24-inch printer at its facility. This works on different substrates like paper, board or films. It is economical and saves time. It is more than 90 per cent accurate. It helps to cater to those segments of the market that demand 97 per cent accuracy.

Hassia packaging introduces Flexi Bag 180TC(Sep-Oct) Hassia Packaging Pvt Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of Oystar Holding GmBH, Germany, has launched Flexi Bag 180 TC, which can pack any product in flexible bags of 60 mm to 180 mm in a twin lane version to achieve speed up to 200 bags per minute.

New Rotoflex SPI installed in India (Sep-Oct) Sel-Jegat Printers recently added a new Rotoflex SPI machine for 100 per cent pharmaceutical label inspection and quality control. The expanded workflows at Sel-Jegat include processes where original PDF artwork automatically becomes the master for approvals during printing using a Nikka ODRI scanner system for on-line clearance in the printing machine.

Novel Technology

Oystar to double capacity at its Pune facility (July-August) Oystar is planning to double the manufacturing base of its Hassia Packaging subsidiary in Pune to target the growing processed dairy sector in the country and tap the demand for processing and packaging equipment. The first construction stone has been laid in an expansion plan that will double its capacity to a space of 4,033 sq m.

Omega Digicon boosts production at Holostik India(Sep-Oct) AB Graphic International has installed the first Omega Digicon Series 2 converting line to Holostik India Ltd at its Rudrapur plant near Haridwar. The system was supplied through Creed Engineering and is complemented by a Flyevision 100 per cent camera inspection system, SR 330 inspection rewinder and Digicoat treatment unit.

Authentic Designers sets up third plant (Nov-Dec) Noida-based Authentic Designers is setting up its third plant, which is expected to be ready by 2011. The company makes labelling and automated packaging machines such as pneumatic sealers, pouch sealing, cup filling, etc. It also manufactures vertical and horizontal machinery for the filling & sealing of flexible packaging.

Bosch Packaging Technology builds new plant in India (Nov-Dec) Specialist in packaging and process technology, Bosch Packaging Technology, has acquired 33,000 sq m of land in the Verna Industrial Estate, Goa. Its new plant at this location will come at an investment of Euro 4 million. Bosch’s Packaging Division started its Indian operations in Bengaluru in 1995 before moving to Verna, in 2007.

Investments & Expansions

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Cadbury Dairy Milk in an all new premium pack(Jan-Feb) Cadbury has repackaged its top-selling, flag-ship brand Cadbury Dairy Milk. The change in packaging is the brand’s first since 2003, when Cadbury made Dairy Milk an umbrella brand by migrating existing brands Caramel, Wispa, Fruit & Nut, and Whole Nut as Dairy Milk sub-brands. In fact, the entire Cadbury Dairy Milk range was given a packaging revamp incorporating a new ‘swirl’ around the Cadbury signature logo ‘Cadbury’.

Soda now available in cans(Mar-Apr) One of the largest selling strong soda brands in India, Haywards 5000 Super Strong Club Soda, will now be available in cans. ZeeStar Beverages Corp, part of the leading conglomerate ZeeStar Group of Companies, has announced that it is India’s first ever strong soda to be launched in can packaging.

The cans will be manufactured by ZeeStar Beverages at its plants in Delhi, Dehradun and Mohali. The product will be marketed by ATM Corp, also part of ZeeStar Group of Companies.

Appy Classic introduces 1 ltr ‘King Pack’ (May-Jun) Parle Agro, India’s leading beverage player has launched its apple nectar, Appy Classic in a 1-ltr tetra pack format earlier this year, labelled as a ‘King Pack’. The shift is part of Parle Agro’s overall SKU strategy for this summer, which addresses ‘on-the-go’ as well as ‘in-home’ consumption. The new 1-ltr pack of Appy Classic will target home consumption for the brand and is expected to drive volume sales.

Frooti’s 18 new ‘mangoticons’ add zest to package design(May-Jun) Parle Agro has introduced its iconic mango drink Frooti in no less than 18 new pack designs with 18 new ‘mangoticons’. The new additions take the total number of Frooti mangoticons to 21.

Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director & CMO, Parle Agro, said, “We have invested in new packaging with 18 new ‘mangoticons’. This is testimony to the success of Frooti’s mangoticons.

MTR re-launches its products in designer packaging(Jul-Aug) Bengaluru-based processed food manufacturer MTR Foods has re-launched its products in designer packaging to revitalise its brand and appeal to modern consumers, especially working women and new generation homemakers who are involved in multi-tasking. The company has also drawn up an ambitious plan to go national and double its revenue to ` 500 crore by 2012.

Parle Agro unveils new Appy packaging (Sep-Oct) With the objective of looking contemporary and stylish to its consumers, Parle Agro has launched its popular apple drink, Appy, in a brand new avatar. As part of the new look, Appy retains the overall black packaging, while the logo takes on the delicate golden-yellow colour of apple juice, in place of the previous white logo. About the new look, Nadia Chauhan, Joint Managing Director & CMO, Parle Agro, said, “The changes in design will enable us to strengthen Appy’s brand image.”

Miscellaneous

Mother Dairy revamps packaging of ghee(Sep-Oct) Mother Dairy, one of India’s most trusted brands, has revamped the packaging of its popular selling product - ghee. The new pack bears a contemporary look and reflects the changing Indian mindsets and lifestyle. It retains the virtues of trust, taste and purity that consumers associate with Mother Dairy, thus resonating with its brand promise. Consistently maintaining the highest quality standard, Mother Dairy constantly strives to find new and exciting options to serve its consumers.

GSK plans to turn Horlicks into a mega brand(Nov-Dec) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has changed the logo and redesigned the packaging of its flagship brand, Horlicks, after a period of seven years. Horlicks has evolved into a mega brand worth more than ` 1,500 crore, with products under various categories such as biscuits, nutribars and instant noodles.

Horlicks has undergone changes in its look and feel from a health food drink major to a food & beverage brand, focussing on the health & wellness category.

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Georgia Pacific acquires Orbis Container Services (Jan-Feb) Georgia-Pacific RPC Llc acquired Orbis Container Services, a reusable plastic container (RPC) business, from Orbis Corp. This strategic acquisition will enhance Georgia-Pacific’s existing RPC business and the company’s ability to provide a variety of packaging solutions.

Ryt-way acquires Cloud Packaging (July-Aug) Ryt-way Industries, a Wind Point Partners portfolio company, acquired the food & beverage and equipment & manufacturing businesses of Cloud Packaging Solutions. This includes Cloud Packaging Services, Cloud Equipment Company and Toll Packaging Services, a part of Cameron Holdings’ contract packaging portfolio business.

Bilcare AG to acquire INEOS’ global films business (Sept-Oct) INEOS Group entered into an agreement for the sale of its global films business to Bilcare AG. This acquisition is a paradigm shift in the pharmacy packaging space and a significant step towards creating a customer-centric company.

Amcor expands material/process capabilities (Sept-Oct) Amcor Rigid Plastics’ acquisition of Ball Plastics Packaging, America, complements the company’s PET beverage packaging business, and expands its role in the high-growth diversified products packaging category.

Acquisitions

Durr acquires another gluing technology specialist (Sept-Oct) The Durr Group is expanding its gluing technology activities. It acquired the Germany-based Helmut Rickert GmbH. Rickert develops and supplies gluing systems, besides other functions.

Pro-Pac Packaging acquires Goodman Packaging (Sept-Oct) Pro-Pac Packaging purchased business as well as assets of Goodman Packaging. The latter is a distributor of industrial packaging products with a focus on strapping machinery and consumables. This purchase provides Pro-Pac with an expanded customer base.

Abbey targets plastic markets with ‘mouldable’ corrugated board (Mar-Apr) Abbey Board is taking on the plastic packaging sector with its new mouldable corrugated material. AbbeyFibreForm is based on fibre that can be shaped to the item it carries and embossed, which is an alternative for plastics.

Krones labeller for mid-tier bottlers (May-Jun) Krones AG, Germany has developed a new labeller called Krones Vinetta, specifically for the needs of mid-tier bottlers. This new machine is available in sizes rated at 4,000 and 8,000 containers an hour. The Vinetta can be used for a wide range of container dress variants.

IPS Packaging partners with Formost Fuji Corp (July-Aug) IPS Packaging has signed an agreement with Formost Fuji Corp, a provider of bagging systems. IPS Packaging is the partner for the southeast region of the US, representing its bagging equipment and bagging & wrapping systems.

Rexam teams with Med Time for pill-reminder technology (Sept-Oct) Med Time Technology Inc and Rexam Plastics, a manufacturer of plastic prescription vials, have agreed to develop a pill-reminder technology ‘The Pill Timer’. This is the first medication management system built into a prescription vial cap, to be programmed by a pharmacist.

Collaboration

Innovation

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Innovation

Bausch + Lomb unveils transparent packaging (May-Jun) Bausch + Lomb (B+L), the global eye health company, unveiled a major packaging innovation in the lens care market. B+L has replaced the traditional white HDPE bottle with a clear PET container.

Borealis introduces novel thin-wall polymer(July-Aug) Austria-based Borealis launched a material for thin wall food packaging that is more robust and eco-friendly than previous generations. BorPure RJ377MO, is one of two new high transparency polypropylene (PP) random copolymers that the company has developed.

Intelsius introduces new packaging temperature-controlled system (Nov-Dec) Intelsius, introduced Orcatherm for temperature-controlled packaging and regulatory compliant sample transport solutions. The range has been designed to ensure maximum thermal protection for distributing highly valuable, temperature-sensitive materials.

Fraunhofer scientist develops new active film (Nov-Dec) A scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging in Germany has developed an antimicrobial active packaging film that targets micro-organisms on the surface of meat, fish and cheese, to extend product shelf-life.

Artenius looks to ramp up rPET used in the UK with new facility(Mar-Apr) Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) is looking to boost use of post-consumer rPET in the UK by investing more than £ 2,50,000 in a new mixing facility. Investment in the new system means that it can increase the use of the material in its preforms and containers.

Weidenhammer invests more than 30 million in 2010

(Nov-Dec) Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG) has invested more than 30 million in 2010 to expand its European production sites. A third of the money is earmarked for modernising existing buildings. The remainder will go towards new or upgraded machinery and production lines.

Investments & Expansion

German Plastic Packaging witnesses visible improvement in Q4(Jan-Feb) Business improved visibly for the plastic packaging industry in Germany during Q4. This was announced by the packaging and film manufacturers association Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (IK), Germany.

Boom for pressure-sensitive labelling materials in China(Jan-Feb) Avery Dennison, predicts a boom in the market for pressure-sensitive labelling solutions as Chinese consumers favour products that use brand-appealing packaging. Research showed that most Chinese consumers scan shelves for 20 seconds or less, thus highlighting that packaging has more impact on sales.

Market Growth

Increasing optimism in packaging industry: Survey(Mar-Apr) The ICD Research report, ‘What the global packaging industry is planning in 2010 - 2011 Procurement, investment and industry trends outlook,’ found that 66 per cent of packaged goods manufacturers were ‘optimistic’ about boosting company revenues in 2010.

Quality key for recovered material exports: Wrap(Mar-Apr) China is set to remain the dominant market for UK recovered paper and plastic exporters,despite growing demand for recovered material in India and Indonesia, according to Waste & Resources Action Programme (Wrap).

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Alpha Packaging opens its first European plant(May-Jun) US-based Alpha Packaging opened its first European production facility in Roosendaal, The Netherlands. In addition to moving some equipment from the US to The Netherlands for the new plant. Alpha has acquired the assets of SmartPET of Breda, Netherlands, a blow moulder of PET bottles and jars that entered liquidation.

Almac adds sachet filling and packaging capacity in Ireland(July-Aug) Spurred by a client request for additional sachet capacity, Almac Pharma Services has completed a £ 2 million investment programme at the company’s headquarters in Northern Ireland. This new facility with approximately 5,500 sq ft features dispensing and blending suites to accommodate 2.5 tonne batches along with a sachet filling and packaging line.

Smart Planet Technologies introduces sustainable solutions(Mar-Apr) Smart Planet Technologies, a materials technology company, released new sustainability solutions for the packaging, display and signage industries. The company introduced a spectrum of patent-pending products: EarthBoard is an eco-friendly composite boxboard; StoneFlex is a flexible composite solution for reducing the use of plastics; EarthLiner is a new eco-friendly solution for barrier linings in corrugate packaging.

New process for greener PET (May-Jun) Oman-based Octal has claimed that the carbon footprint of its new direct-to-sheet PET (DPET) process is 27.6 per cent lower than traditionally manufactured PET. The technology integrates the PET resin reactor with the sheet calendaring process, bypassing the compacting, drying and melting processes of traditional systems. It uses fewer raw materials and produces a smaller amount of non-recoverable waste.

New Facility

Picosun helps in revolutionising recyclable packaging materials (May-Jun) VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a fully recyclable new packaging material able to replace many aluminium-based packaging materials. The secret is atomic layer deposition (ALD). ALD coatings are thin, conformal & pinhole-free and they closely follow the contours of the coated objects allowing the use of porous materials such as cardboard.

Sabra goes green with packaging (May-Jun) Sabra Dipping Company announced that it would be transitioning nearly 100 per cent of product packaging to recyclable plastic throughout 2010. Sabra began transitioning packaging in 2009 to PET, made of 30-45 per cent post consumable recyclable raw material, the most commonly used recycled plastic. The use of post-consumer recycled content in recyclable plastic is widely accepted as the most sustainable plastic packaging solution by reducing the use of virgin material.

Sustainability

SolidWorks helps make eco-friendly packaging machines(May-Jun) Ramac’s new small-scale blister packaging machine uses an environment-friendly version of the SolidWorks’ software. SolidWorks’ SustainabilityXpress is an integrated part of SolidWorks 2010 CAD software, which is Ramac’s design platform. The software helped weigh every environmental factor in producing the RAMAC 525 workstation.

Elopak launches new eco-friendly milk cartons (Nov-Dec) Elopak launched a green carton pack for milk products, which the company claims delivers a low-carbon footprint, saves cost and has a more user-friendly design. The Norwegian company had said the new ‘eco-carton’ saves cost by 2-5 per cent and CO2 up to 10 per cent, compared to standard cartons.

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DMI sets world record by clinching two hatricks in international students’ competitions Since its inception in 2006, DMI has been winning awards in national and international students’ competitions. Recently, DMI has set a world record by clinching two hatricks in two major international awards competitions. By winning a silver award at FESPA 2010

Munich, DMI became the first screen-printing institute in the world to win in

FESPA’s Youth competitions for three years’ in succession. Recently, in the ASPT students’ competition 2010, it sealed yet another hatrick by bagging awards for 3 consecutive years. DMI has won four gold (awards of excellence), three bronze (honourable mention) and ‘Best of the Show’ awards in ASPT’s Tom Frecska Student Printing Competition 2010. This means out of its 9 entries, it bagged 8 awards.

Grand finale of Canvironment Week focusses on global can recycling The Grand Finale of Canvironment Week 2010, organised by Hindustan Tin Works Ltd (HTWL), concluded with a colourful fashion show and dance performances to spread the message of global recycling of environment-friendly cans. The Chief Guest of the event was Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union

Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs & Water Resources. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Ashok Sinha, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, and Christian M Schlaga, Minister and Deputy Head,

from the German Embassy, New Delhi.

OYSTAR Benhil’s success in India continues

The packaging machine manufacturer OYSTAR Benhil has for decades been enjoying business successes in India with its butter wrapping machines. The company recently received another order for an ‘Ecopack FD 120’. During the past five years, OYSTAR Benhil has sold 20 ‘Ecopack’ wrapping machines for packing butter and margarine in the Indian market. In some cases, customers also ordered

the corresponding cartoning machine for individually packaging portions of butter. OYSTAR Benhil’s customers include the Kaira District Cooperation Milk Producer’s Union – the largest Indian milk suppliers’ cooperative and producer of India’s best selling brand of butter, ‘Amul’. Other cooperatives as well as partially state-owned companies and private businesses are also among its customers.

The food sector is reckoned as India’s strongest branch of industry. Consumption expenditure in this area is currently at around 40 per cent – in comparison, an average of only 4 per cent of income is spent on clothing and shoes. The company sold its first machine in India 30 years ago. Entering the Indian market has not been easy as great importance is placed on companies whose reputation proceeds them.

ZHONGTAI introduces new model of reflection embossing machine

ZHONGTAI has introduced a new model of reflection embossing machine. Besides reflection embossing, it can also produce raised embossing simultaneously from single plate on different flexible materials in thicknesses from 100 gsm2 to 800 gsm2 adopted for heavy cardboard sheets & duplex boards saving valuable time and money. ZHONGTAI manufactures two sizes of this new model - 650 mm x 920 mm and 740 mm x 1040 mm with normal delivery system as well as extended deep pile delivery systems. Most of the important electronics and electrical parts are imported from reputed Japanese & Taiwanese manufacturers for good performance and long life of the machine.

ZHONGTAI’s distributor in India, Atlas Industrial Corporation, has already successfully installed the first of this new model ZT-YW 1040 C machine sheets size 740 x 1040 mm at M/s Saffire Offset Printers, one of the leading printers of Sivakasi. Another machine of this model is expected in the near term for one of the largest packaging units in Ahmedabad.

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Big leap in flexo print industry with Zircon Zircon has chosen EskoArtwork’s CDI Spark 4835 high-definition imager for Flexo, with the unique in-line UV (main exposure) to boost quality, consistency and enhance productivity. It prefers EskoArtwork for its selection of flexo prepress and platemaking workflow with a complete in-house prepress software workflow and hi-definition CDI spark 4835 imager. EskoArtwork’s focus on the packaging industry with continuous development in flexo prepress technology is the driving factor for this partnership. Zircon is a pioneer in high quality Flexo label printing in South Asia. It started implementation of high print resolution of

150 lpi and 175 lpi during its initial days of business from 2006 onwards. Increased growth in the packaging industry encouraged Zircon to expand its existing setup. A new sprawling factory is being constructed in the industrial area of Dehradun, very close to its existing operations. A 4th Press, a 10-colour brand new flexo press is being added along with a complete in-house prepress workflow and CDI spark 4835 hi-definition imager with in-line UV technology.

TATA ELXSI designs packaging for Freedom Oil With the increasing competition in the edible oil industry, FMCG companies are trying hard to make their products break the clutter and stand out in the retail shelf. They are laying more emphasis on packaging and design to create a differentiating factor of their products vis-a-vis the competition. Gemini Edible Oils & Fats, a relatively new company in the edible oil industry, has given importance to both packaging and design right from the launch of its new product – Freedom Sunflower oil. It approached TATA ELXSI’s - Industrial Design & Engineering division to design the packaging for its Freedom Sunflower Oil.

The oil available in 5 litre jars had to look dynamic, different and convey the brand values of ‘Your right to happiness’. IDE designed the bottle using bright colours like orange-lemon to give the product greater shelf appeal. A series of waves were used, which finally culminates to the neck of the jar to reflect energy, dynamism and the theme ‘Happiness’. This feature gives the jar a unique shape and succeeds to give enough prominence to branding.

Bosch Packaging Technology launches Transwrap 1650 Making another addition to its comprehensive portfolio, Bosch Packaging Technology recently launched the Transwrap 1650 packaging machine in India, at the Pack Plus 2010 in New Delhi. The product with its wide range of packaging solutions is suited for a variety of packaging needs, styles and budgets. It aims at addressing increasingly customised and market-driven demands of the food and non-food packaging industry. The array of packaging options includes package styles like pillow bags and side gusseted bags along with many other options pertaining to heat sealing, poly ethylene welding systems, anti-static devices, chain packages

and hole punch devices. These impressive choices are successfully able to cater to a diverse range of package styles and product specifications. All these options can be activated through simple setting procedures via an intuitive human machine interface (HMI), offering users the flexibility, which in turn allows for considerable shorter changeover times.

Hindusthan National Glass unveils robust expansion plans Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Ltd (HNG), one of the frontrunners in the Indian packaging industry and the leaders in the glass packaging segment, with more than a 55 per cent dominant marketshare in the organised sector and a turnover of over ` 15 billion, has embarked upon a significant and one of the largest landmark deals in the Indian glass industry. The deals worth close to ` 2.5 billion have been undertaken with noted international companies such as Emhart Glas (Switzerland), Heye Glass (Germany), Pennekemp (Germany), Horn Glass (Germany) and Zippe (Germany).

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Dow introduces innovative film resins in IndiaDow Chemical International (Dow India) has responded to the need for new film materials, which offer better optics, improved toughness, and faster processing opportunities with the launch of a range of innovative film resins for use in food and specialty packaging, industrial and consumer packaging, and

health and hygiene applications. The new film resins have been developed by leveraging on Dow’s global technology expertise and leadership position in the global octene based polyethylene market. The new products include developmental Dowlex NG (next generation) linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resins that take LLDPE performance to a new level and new Attane NG ultra.

Second Indo German Conference on Trends and Developments in Packaging Printing

The experts and industry authorities in the field of packaging printing recently convened to discuss and share the latest developments and advances in the field of packaging printing. Organised by ‘pmIndia’, the 2nd conference on ‘Technology Trends and Developments in Packaging Printing’, featured a bigger spectrum of topics related to the industry. ‘pmIndia’ is a joint venture of a renowned university in modern printing

and media technology, the ‘Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany, and printing press consultants ‘Graphic Arts Technology & Education’ (GATE), India. This conference brought together professionals from the German and Indian printing industry to discuss the science and technology involved in the packaging and printing industry.

Competitive high-speed machine for snack foods The latest development of a high-speed twin bagger by Hassia is useful for packing snacks, dairy whitener, tea, coffee, spices, and seeds. “The latest offering from the Hassia stable is the hi-speed Twin Bagger 110T machine for packaging small packs at competitive prices. The outcome of this development has even taken us by surprise,” stated K Ravi, MD, Hassia Packaging Pvt Ltd.

The machine offers a variety of filling systems, to meet the specific

needs of the customer, namely volumetric (cup filler and servo augur filler) and weighmetric (multi-head, mini-linear and net scale weigher). With speeds up to 225 ppm of the intermittent version and up to 275 ppm of the continuous version, the specifications of the bagger are strategically positioned to produce pouches with a maximum width of 110 mm (film width of 245 mm) with lengths as much as 175 mm. Pack sizes can be adapted to this size to pack as much as 200 gram.

Cardia Bioplastics announces collaboration with Nestle

Cardia Bioplastics has announced its collaboration with Nestlé SA, the largest fast moving consumer goods company in the world, to reduce the environmental impact of packaging. This collaboration is in line with Cardia’s strategy of working with global brand owners who are looking for alternatives to conventional packaging. Cardia’s technology enables them to reduce the carbon footprint and the use of less oil in their packaging with an environmental benefit while maintaining product performance. This collaboration is one of several that Cardia has established with global brand owners and packaging companies. It is also an endorsement of Cardia’s capabilities with respect to renewable and sustainable plastics and packaging in both flexible & ridge applications. The areas of collaboration with Nestlé SA are being kept confidential due to their sensitive commercial nature.

OPA encourages achievers and innovations

A three day exhibition ‘PrintArt 2010’ was recently organised by the Offset Printers’ Association (OPA) Ludhiana

with the support of printers associations of North India. OPA organised the 6th edition of ‘Best of North’ competition at Ludhiana, to mark excellence in offset, digital and screen printing. The awards witnessed entries from printers in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh. This competition was sponsored by XEROX India and judged by printing experts from Kurukshetra University and GJ University, Hissar. Present at the function were Nicy Mason, Managing Director, IIR London, N S Manku, President, IPAMA, among others.

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Sustainable labelling from Graphic Packaging International

Graphic Packaging International manufactures the DI-NA-CAL® heat transfer decorating system, and exclusive process for labelling plastic containers. It is a complete system that includes the labels, technical service & support, and application equipment enabled by B&R Industrial Automation.

The company is the leading supplier of heat transfer labelling systems in North America, a category that offers excellent image quality, low total applied cost, and the sustainability of a 100 per cent recyclable labeling solution.

Consumer marketers and brand managers recognise the competitive advantages of DI-NA-CAL’s seamless, ‘no-label’ look. The label images bond to the surface of the container and maintains excellent brilliance and clarity without cracking, scuffing or peeling.

The B&R control system uses advanced servo motion to assure precise, consistent label positioning within 1/32 inch and virtually eliminates label mismatches, even on oddly shaped or sized containers.

Resealable pouch from Zip-PackZip-Pak’s Zip360™ flexible pouch features a wide opening and pour-spout functionality and enables graphics around the entire surface area of the pouch. The wide-mouth opening allows consumers of snack mixes, frozen chicken, cookies & crackers, and pet food & treats to easily access and scoop contents. Zip360™ also enables pour-spout functionality for cereal, frozen food and vegetable applications. The resealable closure

eliminates the need to transfer contents into a separate container. Compared to traditional bag-in-box formats, Zip360™ reduces the amount of materials needed to manufacture a package, according to independent research.

Innovation takes centre stage at PACK EXPO International 2010

Brand owners and packaging & processing professionals participated in PACK EXPO International 2010, Chicago, the most comprehensive packaging and processing trade show in the world.

Charles D Yuska, president & CEO, PACK EXPO said, that the truest measure

of trade show success is the degree to which attendees and exhibitors believe participating has been a good use of time and resources. According to him, the increase in exhibitors and the demand for exhibitors’ space in Las Vegas next year point to a good start for 2011.

“PACK EXPO International 2010 was definitely a success,” stated Yuska. “Traffic was consistently strong, and the exhibitors I spoke with were very pleased with the quality of leads they received. I think it is also significant that exhibitors were queued up to reserve booth space for PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2011. It demonstrates the value exhibitors were receiving from this year’s event, and what they know to expect from PACK EXPO Las Vegas,” he added.

BERICAP offers valve-function for squeezable products BERICAP, a leading company producing plastic closures for food and beverage as well as for the chemical industry globally has introduced a hinge closure with a valve function for ketchup and mayonnaise.

C l o s u r e s offering a valve-function are already in the market since several years and being used for ketchup and mayonnaise in the food industry. The valve opens, when the consumer is pressing the bottle and a well dosed squeezable product can exit. If the pressure is released the valve does close and the area of the opening remains clean. Dirty opening of a closure used for viscose products has now become a matter of the past.

However, today’s used closures are equipped with a silicon valve, which results in higher costs, but more importantly, it pollutes the recycled material, which in itself is a problem as there will be two different materials in the recycling process.

BERICAP has designed a cost-saving valve, which either is a one-piece closure or alternatively a second piece can be inserted into the closure. As the second part is made of the same plastic material as the closure, there are no problems in the recycling process. The two-piece solution of BERICAP was successfully introduced in the Turkish market recently.

The closure with valve function is designed primarily for ketchup and mayonnaise and offers a cost-efficient and environment- friendly solution. The valve function can be carried over to other closure sizes.

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Tesco still the leader in retail-ready packaging

A brilliant solution in the bagged bread aisle and an innovative wheeled pallet are just a few of the retail-ready packaging (RRP) tricks Tesco has up its sleeve.

One-touch replenishment is popular at Tesco. The idea is to use secondary packaging that lets store personnel put multiple primary units on a shelf in one movement rather than removing all 12 from a corrugated shipper and placing them one at a time on a shelf.

A look at what Tesco has come up with in the bread category is a brilliant example of supply chain harmonisation. The key shortcoming of the bread delivery and display system in place previously at Tesco was that every bread supplier had its own reusable trays. Bags of sliced bread were placed on trays at the bakery, wheeled onto a truck, wheeled into Tesco stores in whatever manner each bakery favoured, and then removed from trays one loaf at a time and placed on stores shelves. Not only was it disorganised, inefficient, and labour-intensive, the amount of handling involved led inevitably to damaged or shopworn product.

Tesco brought harmony to this cacophonous scene by working closely with packaging supplier Linpac and all of Tesco’s bread suppliers on the development of one tray and one set of wheels that all suppliers of bagged sliced bread use. When a bakery delivery truck reaches a Tesco store, the store-door route driver no longer has to take the bread out to the bread aisle and restock the shelves one loaf at a time. The bread is simply wheeled out to the bread aisle and parked beneath the specially designed display shelving fed in the direction of the consumer.

Automated Packaging Systems introduces new protective wrapping system Automated Packaging Systems has introduced a new protective wrapping system that produces cellular cushioning wrap and air-filled tubes on demand. This portable, benchtop unit reduces storage costs for large, bulky rolls of pre-filled protective wrapping material by producing the material as needed at the packing station where it is used.

The new AirPouch® FastWrap™ system uses high-yield boxes of flat,

preformed bubble material. When inflated at the station, these compact boxes of material produce 1385 linear feet of cellular cushioning wrap; roughly equivalent to 51⁄2 rolls of bundled bubble product. A patent-pending honeycomb pattern allows air transfer between cells for maximum product protection. The FastWrap system is also capable of producing full- length tubes to accommodate a variety of protective packaging applications.

Several types of FastWrap materials are available. DuraClear™ LLDPE is available in both 1.5 mil standard polyethylene for most applications, as well as in green-tinted EarthAware™ LLDPE biodegradable blend. A premium grade 1.5 mil co-extruded material provides greater air retention for longer-term distribution cycles and comes standard as an EarthAware biodegradable, green-tinted material.

Coatema wins JEC Composites Innovation Award

Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH was awarded the JEC Composites Innovation Award for 2010 for impregnating, laminating and calendering with maximum flexibility and process versatility in the patented Coatema Click&Coat machinery concept. The prestigious prize was presented by Prof Klaus Drechsler, the

University of Stuttgart, to Andrea Glawe, Deputy Sales Director, Coatema, during the annual JEC Composites 2010 event in Singapore. When asked about the differences between the Click&Coat concept and conventional technologies, Frau Glawe, said, “The innovation in this concept is our modular approach designed for flexibility and future expansion.” She explained that this not only includes quick change coating heads but also many critical process components which can be moved into position by a simple ‘click’ and connected to a recently developed master control system. Combinations of 40 different modules for various processes are possible without expensive and time-consuming mechanical and electronic alternations.

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Schneider Electric becomes an OYSTAR Global Automation Partner

OYSTAR IWK has introduced its new TFS E tube filler at Pack Expo 2010 in Chicago. This machine features innovative solutions that significantly reduce product changeover times. It also

served as a pilot project for international collaboration between IWK and Schneider Electric, in which Schneider Electric served as both an international technology partner and a supplier of automation and electrical equipment.

With a global customer base and a goal of more efficiently utilising its own resources, OYSTAR IWK is examining new approaches in product development and manufacturing. With its new TFS E tube filler, OYSTAR IWK has shown that this model is extremely effective not only in automotive manufacturing, but also in the field of machine design and construction. The development of

this innovative machine was managed from the company’s headquarters near Karlsruhe in Germany, where it has been developing automated tube filling solutions for more than a hundred years. The engineering effort was undertaken in cooperation with OYSTAR Thailand in Bangkok, where the machine was subsequently built. OYSTAR IWK engaged Schneider Electric to create the complete software engineering for the PacDrive-based automation solution. Schneider Electric employees in Thailand then programmed the machine and put it into operation on site with the support of Chinese colleagues.

Packaging manufacturer to utilise sustainable solar power

LPS Industries, a diversified manufacturer and leader in the flexible packaging industry, has announced that it has completed the largest Solyndra solar panel rooftop installation in the United States, a 704.34 kW system. The installation will provide 25 per cent of the power for the 165,000 sq ft manufacturing facility and is part of a larger commitment to reduce energy

consumption and produce packaging products in the most sustainable manner.

“We have a reputation for our innovation in packaging products and we were looking for equally innovative ways to reduce our energy use and costs,” said Madeleine Robinson, CEO, LPS Industries. “With its building friendly design including superior wind performance, low weight along with strong energy production, Solyndra clearly emerged as the best solution.” Robinson added.

The LPS installation consists of 3,870 Solyndra solar panels, producing over 825,000 kWh of electricity and eliminating more than 1,100,000 pounds of CO2 emissions annually - enough energy to remove 93 cars from the road or power more than 100 residential homes per year.

Recyclable polymer sheets from rPET

MicroGREEN Polymers transforms recycled PET (rPET) into InCycle sheets, a lightweight, insulating, grease and moisture proof, printable sheet, which is a cost-effective, sustainable alternative for print, packaging, and container applications.

InCycle sheets are made from rPET, which is then expanded using MicroGREEN’s patented Ad-air® technology to reduce the amount of plastics required and significantly lower the environmental footprint of products made from them. For example, the amount of source material recycled from one 20-oz PET beverage bottle can produce seven 12-oz hot beverage cups made from InCycle. The sheets can help consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies increase their environmental scorecard rating for their packaging and enhance their brand’s sustainability position by reducing the amount of their packaging waste. The sheets also improve rPET’s functionality in terms of useful temperature range, insulation, flexibility and impact.

Paris design firm creates chilled pack for Johnnie Walker Gold

Paris-based design firm QSLD has created an outer pack for Johnnie Walker Gold Label that keeps the bottle cold as part of a new way of drinking the whisky.

The Ice Pillar is made up of several parts and will help maintain

the temperature of the Diageo brand after the bottle has been stored in the freezer.

The transparent outer box is said to depict ice wrapping the item, while the inner box is inspired by frosted gold leaves and represents the Gold Label whisky.

QSLD founder Denis Boudard said: “To visually convey this new consumption ritual, we have symbolised gold confined in ice in a case that conveys Johnnie Walker’s prestige.”

An embossed anodised gold ring covers the Ice Pillar and repeats the slanting dynamics of the brand’s logo.

The ring is also used to open and close the case.

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Crowning glory To celebrate the 250th anniversary, Bombay Sapphire has developed a luxury limited edition. Each of the crystal bottles has been individually hand-crafted by skilled glass artisans. The challenging task of creating a bottle inside a bottle was achieved using highly innovative glass-blowing methods. The hand-blown nature of the inner blue crystal bottle makes each bottle unique. The blue inner bottle is encased in clear crystal that has been blown into a mould shaped like the iconic Bombay Sapphire bottle.

The 10 exotic botanicals used in the creation of Bombay Sapphire have been laser-etched into the sides of the bottle and as three-dimensional images they appear to float within the clear crystal walls of the bottle. The crowning glory of the bottle is a spectacular crystal stopper. The beautiful decagon-shaped clear crystal is set into a gold crown surrounded by sapphire blue crystals, and the finishing touch is a sparkling blue sapphire crystal, set proudly at the centre of the stopper.

Manufacturer: Bombay Sapphire

In a sea of look-alikes, the challenge is to bring to the market new and improved product concepts where the packaging does more than simply contain and protect the contents. Packaging innovation is crucial to the future of packaged goods, with user convenience being a key driver. As smart packaging concepts are predicted to be commonplace features in the future, this column is a tribute to the latest innovations in packaging designs.

Home compostable packaging Marijuana just got greener. OrganiCann’s sustainably grown organic, medical cannabis is now available in environmentally friendly packaging.

OrganiCann’s new packaging is made from certified-compostable film printed with water-based inks. The compostable film is made from sustainably produced wood. OrganiCann’s packaging safely biodegrades in home or commercial compost. It will even biodegrade in a wastewater environment. Unlike many compostable packages that require the high heat and pressure of commercial compost facilities, OrganiCann’s packaging will safely biodegrade in home compost. Patients can place the packages in home compost piles where they typically biodegrade in just a few weeks.

OrganiCann offers home compostable packaging for a range of products from dry cannabis and joints to concentrates and even cannabis-infused teas.

Manufacturer: OrganiCann

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Sketching the differenceThe team at Depot WPF design house took up the challenge to differentiate the MLK © packaging on the store shelf and to distinguish it from the products by the big dairy producers, and emerged successful. The milk cartons from MLK © may not look any different at first sight, but a closer look reveals its distinctive characteristics. The graphics on the package use natural farming patterns – a family farm, where the products are manufactured in a traditional way. Illustrations are hand-made (with a pencil), which enables to stress the hand-made production process. In addition, a pencil technique makes the image ‘soft’.

The brand visual identity consists of black and white graphic patterns, which were taken from the real environment of the small milk farm. The patterns of the real farm were used in order to reflect the naturalness of the dairy production and the products. Interestingly, MLK © won the Epica Awards 2010.

Manufacturer: MLK ©

Sustainable gift card packaging Burgopak has designed and produced Bloomingdale’s new style of gift card packaging that incorporates Burgopak’s patented sliding mechanism.

Titled the ‘Little Brown Card’, Bloomingdale’s new gift card packaging complements other members of the brand’s trademark Brown Bag series. Sliding open to present a gift card, the Little Brown

Card’s convenient POS-ready structural design and simple graphics seamlessly join this pack to Bloomingdale’s historic and iconic range of little, medium and big brown bags.

A second gift card pack was produced as part of an ‘Earth Day’ effort. The Little Green Card follows the same structural design (Burgopaks patented sliding mechanism) as the original Little Brown Card, but the graphics are changed to green from brown. The ‘Little Green Card’ is made from 70 per cent post-consumer waste material.

Manufacturer: Bloomingdale

Raising a toastThe bottle of Highland Park 50-year old is designed by Scottish jewellery designer, Maeve Gillies. The front of each bottle features a single piece of circular Orkney sandstone into which, is hand-carved the Highland Park amulette.

Every net cage made of Sterling silver is hand-fitted to the bottle, thus no two bottles are exactly alike. Sixteen screws secure the net cage around the bottle, giving a durable heirloom. It is then buffed by hand to give final shine.

Each presentation box is hand-carved from sustainable Scottish oak. The box features a Sterling silver porthole at the front, and inside a secret drawer sits a leather-bound book hand signed by the distillery manager, whisky maker and bottle designer.

Manufacturer: Highland Park

“Maintaining quality standards is critical to market growth”

…says Krishnamachari Ravi, MD, Hassia Packaging Pvt Ltd. He has been associated with the Indian packaging machinery market for over 25 years. With a burgeoning FMCG and food processing market, the Indian packaging industry is on a never before growth mode. In conversation with Annabel Dsouza, Ravi discusses the oportunities and concerns of this promising industry.

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India’s current market scenario in packagingThe booming Indian economy has had a positive impact on sectors like infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture and even packaging. The packaging industry is growing by 15-17 per cent annually and this growth rate is expected to accelerate in the coming years. One of the reasons why this segment is taking giant strides towards development lies in the fact that demand in the developed nations is stagnating. Thus, multinational players like P&G, Unilever, Danone, Kraft, etc, are directing most of their investments into emerging marketslike India.

Besides, India is an untapped market in terms of packaging requirements. This is evident from the fact that India’s annual per capita consumption of flexible packaging is roughly worth $ 1, while that of North America is $ 45, Japan is $ 31 and West Europe is $ 25. This reveals the tremendous untapped potential within India’s packaging industry. Also, merely 20 per cent of the Indian population consumes 80 per cent of packaged products. In order to bridge the huge gap between the emerging and current demand for packaging of essential commodities, it is imperative to boost the growth of flexible packaging in India.

Recent growth drivers for the packaging machinery industryThe growth of the Indian packaging machinery industry has been accelerated by the booming economy, rapid urbanisation, rising per capita income, increasing literacy, changing lifestyle, a young workforce, etc. With India being the fourth-largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, it comes as no surprise that almost 50 per cent of household expenditure of Indians is on processed food items. The middle class population in India is estimated at more than 300 million. Processed foods and other packaged products form an

integral aspect of the modern lifestyle. This highlights the importance of the packaging industry to society as well as the economy. In order to upgrade flexible packaging infrastructure, it is essential to invest in the latest packaging machinery at the earliest.

Challenges that beckon the industryThe packaging machinery industry is facing challenges on several fronts. There is a growth in demand for smaller bags that is resulting in the need for high speed machines. Besides, there is a requirement to constantly reduce costs to stay competitive. There needs to be increased awareness within the industry on the advantages of speed and energy-efficient machinery vis-à-vis the high investments incurred. Another major challenge is customer awareness. Often, poor site conditions are avaliable for installing packaging equipment. This greatly impedes the performance of the machinery involved. Hence, appropriate training and education should be provided for personnel handling such equipment.

Visions for a dynamic packaging marketThe demand for flexible packaging is geared to reach stupendous heights in the near future. As more products get packed, machinery demands within the industry are set to rise. While competition increases, packaging differentiation will become critical. In such a scenario, maintaining quality standards will be critical to establishing market growth. Machinery manufacturers must emphasise on customer satisfaction through appropriate feedback, vendor evaluation, design review, performance checks, etc. Overall, efficiency and cost of ownership should be key focus areas. Packaging machinery of the future will address issues pertaining to waste reduction, product accuracy, less energy consumption among other factors.

On Hassia being an ‘innovation hub’Maximum speed with excellent accuracy has always been Hassia’s key strengths. Hassia has pioneered various application-oriented innovations in the industry. Our wide ranges of weighers and fillers, both volumetric, and based on load cell, have resulted from R&D initiatives following our modular engineering concept. Hassia has a strong R&D team, which caters to new ideas as per customers’ needs. We conduct tests and trials of products in our simulation room, and suggest a weigher or filler according to the product. Our weighers differ in their methodology of feeding the product into the weighing bucket. In addition, we have several control options that regulate product dosing. Hassia offers a weighing scale that takes into account product characteristics and is available at several performance and price points. Our machinery is built in-house together with its modular baggers and jar indexers. This allows us to offer highly customised solutions to clients.

Expansion plans for the futureThe current Hassia manufacturing facility comprises a 3,439 sq ft office space and a factory shed of 15,677 sq ft. The factory shed has a demo room, where we analyse and run our products. We have different departments like design, R&D, machine assembly & sub-assembly, machine test set-up, quality control & stores, etc. Besides, Hassia is increasing its production capacity, through an office and shop floor of 13,634 sq ft and 29,783 sq ft respectively. We are upgrading material-handling systems and also adding new equipment to achieve superior finishing of products. The advantages offered by Hassia products make it an ideal packaging partner to the FMCG and agri-business industries.

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“Consumer expectations for convenient packaging are on the rise”…says R Senthil Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Enercon Asia Pacific Pvt Ltd. He has over twenty years of experience in the mechatronic, packaging and converting industries. Kumar speaks about the demand scenario in the domestic market, and trends in the packaging industry during an interaction with Shivani Mody.

Latest trends in the packaging industryAt present, the industry is focussing on sustainable solutions and putting great efforts towards manufacturing environment-friendly products. Currently, packaging companies are taking the responsibility towards sustainability seriously. Moreover, companies as well as consumers are looking for pack weight reduction and also ways to bring down the process time. Going forward, these will be the major trends for the industry.

Demand drivers for technology developments With the changing lifestyle, consumer preferences are also witnessing a sea change. Nowadays, consumers prefer easy-to-use packages that preserve the quality of products from the time they are packaged until the time of consumption. They are increasingly looking for products that have an extended shelf-life, owing to their busy lifestyles. Here, solutions such as induction seals provide a hermetic seal to preserve the freshness as well as prevent leaks and provide tamper-evidence.

Nowadays, many Indian companies are increasing their exports and catering to varied geographies. In order to meet the export requirements, these companies and industries are widely using induction sealing systems. Specific sectors such as food & beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, healthcare, household products, petroleum, agro chemicals and specialty chemicals that are growing rapidly are adding to the

demand for technologically advanced sealing solutions. In addition, the packaging design itself has become compact, giving the product a smaller footprint.

Trends in induction sealing solutions Induction sealing in India is growing at a rapid rate as consumer expectations for convenient packaging are on the rise. Induction sealing is being used frequently in many industries including pharmaceutical, beverage, food, cosmetics, oil and petroleum among others. This is because induction cap sealers are one of the least expensive pieces of packaging equipment; they have a small footprint so virtually any installation space can be accommodated. Induction seals provide freshness and protection benefits too, hence their use is growing in the Indian market.

Technology evolution for induction sealingThe elimination of water recirculators has proved beneficial to packagers. These systems are less efficient than current air cooled technology and require routine maintenance. The way to ensure effective sealing power is by using system architecture that can accommodate the electrical challenges of creating a substantial induction field and be able to convert the energy supplied to the sealer into effective sealing energy. This is the area where Enercon’s design engineers have set the global standard. Enercon’s air cooled Super Seal™ induction sealers are able to perform well on account of a highly

efficient power supply design coupled with advanced sealing head design.

Also over the last twenty years, there has been a dramatic change in the electronic equipment and sealing heads available. Power supplies and sealing heads have become smaller and more efficient. Applications that formerly required a 5 kW power supply, in many cases, can now be handled with a lower power supply.

Upcoming trends for surface treatment solutionsSurface treatment is used for a variety of converting, printing, coating, laminating, decorating, painting and glueing applications. Almost every industry can benefit from surface treating including plastics, film, solar, electronics, nonwovens, textiles, metals, automotive, medical, aerospace, batteries and many more.

Enercon is at the forefront of surface treating technology innovations. For rolled goods and web converting, high definition corona systems are being used to provide high treatment levels without pin holing, film wrinkling or backside treatment. New atmospheric plasma surface treating designs are expanding the applications for the technology to clean, etch and functionalise materials with long-lasting treatment effects. For the treatment of objects, Enercon offers a complete range of air plasma, variable chemistry plasma and flame treatment systems to ensure that customers can avail of the best technology for their specific applications.

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Advancements in packaging designThe demand for lightweight containers and reduction of waste is resulting in many advancements in the area of packaging design. The use of lightweight containers and attempts to eliminate waste in packaging not only helps protect environment but also lowers costs. Reduction in costs can also be accomplished through better equipment efficiency and reduced scrap.

Your efforts towards development of ‘green’ and sustainable productsIn order to promote ‘green’ and sustainable practices, there are three categories in which we help customers: we assist clients in reducing pack weight through the addition of induction seals; optimise the conversion of electrical energy into sealing energy with our sealing head and power supply design, and provide customers with large operating windows to reduce waste and downtime.

In addition to this, the company believes in educating customers regarding not only the use of products, but also the variables and materials that come together to create the induction seal. For example, understanding the relationship between heat, pressure and time is important. Moreover, understanding the impact of cap style, induction wad, climate effects on materials, etc, is significant. We offer customer training in all these areas. Globally, we have a reputation for reliability and ease of system use.

To tap the potential in the Indian market, we have our manufacturing and assembling equipment unit in the country. The Super Seal™ air cooled systems offered to packers in India are designed for performance in the most challenging environments. We apply our application expertise in offering a range of unique sealing heads to ensure that customers have an ideal solution.

Strategies and plans for domestic marketThe policy of Enercon Asia Pacific is, being a comprehensive business partner to customers. While leveraging the global expertise of the company, we are able to provide the domestic market with local manufacturing, laboratory testing and customer support. When customers apply these technologies to the growing domestic markets, it will help them become profitable.

Future opportunitiesThe industry is all set to grow, considering the rise in demand and opportunity. With many customers looking to meet the needs of the domestic market and expand overseas in the near future, the segment is sure to grow. In recent times, customers have started investing in equipment solutions and latest technology that is recognised internationally. For surface treating, the need to reduce the use of solvent inks and adhesives, and to convert highly specialised engineered films will continue to grow within the country.

As the packaging designs continue to evolve, the cap sealing requirements too will evolve such as the need for special caps for dispensing applications.

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Leading the path in flexible packagingUflex Ltd

After pioneering the growth of the flexible packaging industry in India, Uflex Ltd has made its mark globally. Since its inception in 1983, it has transformed itself into a successful company that values quality and customer satisfaction among other priorities. With consumers spanning across the world, Uflex enjoys a global reach. Geetha Jayaraman tracks its journey so far.

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Headquartered in Noida – NCR, New Delhi, Uflex Ltd is one of the largest companies offering flexible

packaging solutions in India with large manufacturing capacities of plastic film and packaging products. A Bombay Stock Exchange and NSE listed company, it has strong manufacturing base in India (Jammu, Noida and Gwalior); Mexico, Dubai & Egypt, and provides end-to-end solutions to clients across 100 countries. It caters to global markets spanning USA, Canada, South America, UK, Europe, Russia, CIS countries, South Africa and other African countries, the Middle East and the South Asian countries. It has also established offices in the UAE, Europe & North America, and enjoys a formidable market presence in more than 85 countries.

Manufacturing facilityUflex has always worked with a vision towards creating total flexible packaging solutions for the world. It has aspired to be an enterprise spanning strategic locations across the globe. This has helped the company to cater to the global demands with insights to create solutions that keep its goals in focus. The Uflex facility enjoys ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications, besides FDA & BGA approvals for its products. It is also a part of the D&B Global Database and winner of various prestigious national and international awards like the top

exporter of BOPET & BOPP films, and the Worldstar award for packaging excellence. FPA, AIMCAL and the DUPONT Awards in 2004-2005 are the latest in this series. Being a multi-faceted organisation, Uflex has integrated its operations from the manufacture of polyester chips, films (BOPET, BOPP and CPP) – both in plain and metalised form – coated film, laminates, pouches, holographic films gravure cylinders, inks and adhesives to all types of packaging & printing machines.

Uflex has been committed to the industry by providing technical know-how and being the trendsetter in the flexible packaging space. Being on the cutting edge of innovation, it endeavours to come up with advanced products that cater to the changing demands of the packaging industry. A part of the Uflex Group, it has over 20 years of experience in polymer technology. Setting milestones of success and innovation, Uflex is widely known for manufacturing and supplying products & delivering efficient services around the world.

Business divisionsUflex acts as a one-stop-shop for flexible packages. It provides complete integrated packaging solutions, right from design to delivery. Catering to the specific needs of customers for laminates and pouches by constantly redefining cost-effective packaging options, is its tradition. With almost two decades


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of experience in flexible packaging and significant investments, Uflex has perfected its processes & technology to produce high quality flexible packaging materials on time and within budgets. To ensure superior quality and timely delivery, it has adopted full backward integration.

Sanjay Malik Sabharwal, VP-Marketing, says, “Our in-company divisions and group companies located nearby produce all critical inputs, like the BOPET & BOPP films, inks, adhesives & substrates, holographic films, metalisation facility, blown film and other such raw materials. Through our innovations in packaging, we enable our customers to resolve various problems.”

Uflex is a pioneer in providing converting machine to the packaging industry. Its Converting Division, which is engaged in the business of packaging and converting machines, was established in Noida in 1984.

It is one of the best-in-class facilities manufacturing packaging machinery in India.

Quality matters Uflex believes in performance and is committed to satisfying the high demands of its customers, while striving for all-round quality, right from the acquisition of raw materials to technical customer service. It has adopted strict quality control at each stage of production to ensure world-class products and also maintained long-term relationships with both suppliers and customers.

Marketing innovationIn the single-minded pursuit of its vision, the Uflex Group strives to offer a total packaging solution to its customers. This includes thorough understanding of customer requirements, in-house development of solutions & offering the customer a cost-effective packaging

solution. Sabharwal opines, “We believe that before and after-sales service is a major determining factor when it comes to success or failure. Repeat orders can come only from satisfied customers. We recommend the correct method and machinery to all our customers. Though Uflex specialises in the manufacture of a wide variety of packaging and converting machines, the crux of its expertise lies in its ability to respond to customer-specific requirements. At Uflex, we follow a process of constant innovation to match our potentials with customers’ specifications.”

Future outlookUflex has been moving forward with the mission to bridge the emerging gaps in the world of packaging with the latest technological innovations. With this motto, it is planning to welcome the new decade and hopes to develop more innovative products.

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The global food industry is witnessing a trend towards more consumer-friendly packaging solutions. India too is progressing on a similar path and acknowledging a paradigm shift in the food packaging segment. Now, packing a food item has gone beyond merely keeping the contents in place to retain its nutritional value for a longer period. And with rising quality standards, it is the consumer who reaps benefits at the end. Anwesh Koley provides further insights, especially into the technology aspect…

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India is the world’s second-largest producer of food next to China, and is poised to become the ‘food basket’ of the world. With the

gradual increase in awareness among consumers, food packaging is also playing an important role in increasing the market for food products. The packaging industry in India is showing commendable year-on-year improvement in business and is slated to attain global recognition, going forward.

Avra Mitra, Senior Manager, Web Fed, Bobst India Pvt Ltd, says, “The Indian packaging industry is growing at 15 per cent annually and is expected to grow further with the rise in international demand. Within this, the processed food packaging sector is the major demand driver.” Though the growth rate was expected to double between 2008 and 2010, it has remained steady. The industry believes that the rapid growth of the unorganised sector has hampered growth figures. “While the shift from unorganised to the organised sector is a welcome move, the truth remains that the organised sector accounts for only 5 per cent of the total marketshare,” adds Mitra.

Choice of machineryWith India’s large population and the industry being primarily unorganised, labour-intensive methods and machinery are widely in use. Rajesh Panchal, Director, Om Chamunda Enterprises, feels, “The machinery used in packaging industries depends upon the level of work. Some companies use more labour, while others use a combination of machinery and labour for production. While some use fully automatic equipment with less labour, the choice of machinery ultimately depends upon the level of infrastructure within a company.”

While referring to machinery, the Chinese factor cannot be ignored. Chinese equipment has taken the world by storm and reached new heights in terms of affordability. However, the packaging industry does not see Chinese machinery as a huge threat.

“While Chinese equipment is good to look at, Indian machinery is superior in terms of quality and that is what the customer values today. Though some of their products are available at a quarter of the price at which we sell, globally our machines are renowned for their quality,” opines Panchal. On similar lines, Girish Mahajani, Country Sales Manager, Danaher Motion India Pvt Ltd, adds, “We make products that are far better in terms of quality compared to Chinese products and the customer does not mind spending extra for a more durable product. We also have excellent after-sales service back-up.”

Flexible packagingWhile the type of packaging in the country is gradually witnessing a change with flexible packaging gaining steady acceptance with customers, the truth remains that more than 80 per cent of the packaging industry is dominated by rigid packaging – the conventional form of packaging. Currently, the domestic flexible packaging industry is pegged at Rs 15,000 crore ($ 325 million), but still accounts for only 20 per cent in totality. This, however, has not deterred flexible packaging companies from operating in the Indian market and they are hopeful that in the future, flexible packaging will gain new grounds and acquire huge marketshare. India currently imports $ 125 million worth of packaging machinery with Germany and Italy being the major suppliers.

A food packaging company is expected to maintain the freshness and quality of packed food. This largely depends upon the type of machinery used. Akshat Daga, Director, Maheshwari Polymers, observes, “While we use blow-moulding and injection-moulding machines for production, it is important to ensure that the essential virtues of the food item packed remain unaltered.” Conventionally, this was a reason for the widespread use of fixed packaging in the country, because it was believed that such an application would ensure longer preservation of

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Avra MitraSenior Manager, Web Fed, Bobst India Pvt Ltd

The Indian packaging industry is growing at 15 per cent annually and is expected to grow further with the rise in international demand. Within this, the processed food packaging sector is the major demand driver.

Rajesh PanchalDirector, Om Chamunda Enterprises

The machinery used in packaging industries depends upon the level of work. Some companies use more labour, while others use a combination of machinery and labour for production.

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the food item. “In food packaging, it is vital that the product is packed airtight and the nitrogen gas within is flushed, so that the product life increases,” adds Panchal.

Machinery requirements In the current market scenario, the quality and type of packaging machinery determines the level of food value retained, and eventually, the increase in marketshare. Mahajani feels, “We need certain virtues in the machinery in order to keep customers happy. These include high-speed output, faster throughput, easy set-up of machinery and flexible solutions. The customers demand regular support at every level of operation, and especially in the flexible packaging segment, requirements always change as it is a growing market.” The reason for optimism within the flexible food packaging industry is the constant interaction of the Indian manufacturers with their global counterparts.

Markets like Europe and the US are dominated by flexible packaging for food products and day by day, the Indian packaging industry is gearing up to the advantages of such a form of packaging. Debdeep Kole, Director, Koley Converting Machinery Pvt Ltd, states, “The demand for flexible packaging was initially seen in tier-1 cities only, but gradually, the customers in tier-2 cities are also waking up to the benefits of such packaging and the order books of machinery companies are witnessing a surge in demand.”

The benefits of plastics as a means of packaging notwithstanding, the use of paper and paperboard still remain steady. India currently ranks 15th in the use of paper, and its usage is increasing by 5-7 per cent every year. However, plastics have also shown a high growth as polyethylene (PE) imports in the first eight months of this fiscal year increased by 10-12 per cent. PE imports totalled 6,00,000 tonne for April-November, 2010. This surpasses the expectations of the industry, which had envisaged a growth of less than 10 per cent for

polyethylene for the financial year ending March 2011.

While advanced food packaging solutions exist in India, they have not gained much popularity. The country has a long way to go, as far as packaging is concerned compared to the more evolved markets of the West. The level of advancements in food packaging varies across sectors & products, and is gradually being driven by innovation from Western manufacturers to develop opportunities to differentiate their merchandise from the competitors through packaging. This can also be attributed to the fact that consumers are demanding more variety in food packaging, which increases the aesthetic value of the product.

Towards a much required changeThe food habits are constantly changing. People have less time to spend in the kitchen and even lesser time to ensure longevity of the food products purchased. In such circumstances, the packaging of products assumes paramount importance. Thus, with the prevalence of varied packaging solutions for food products, there are huge requirements for differentiated packaging machinery. “Our machines have evolved over the years and we can see the impact of changing customer demands for packaging products,” says Panchal.

The gradual shift in the Indian food packaging industry can be seen in the change in preference of the consumer. The conventional ways and means of packaging are giving way to more user-friendly products, which are being grabbed by the customers. Packaging holds as much importance as the food item itself as awareness about retaining food value through convenient packaging gradually gains significance. This, coupled with the global trend towards flexible packaging, is lending a fresh outlook to the Indian food industry of which, food packaging is an integral part.

Debdeep KoleDirector, Koley Converting Machinery Pvt Ltd

The demand for flexible packaging was initially seen in tier-1 cities only, but gradually, the customers in tier-2 cities are also waking up to the benefits of such packaging.

Girish MahajaniCountry Sales Manager, Danaher Motion India Pvt Ltd

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Pharmaceuticals machinery segment is thriving on efficient leadership, engineering excellence, cutting-edge technology and a

professional approach. A wide range of high quality pharmaceutical equipment, right from production to packaging, is available in the market with the best-in-class technology. The machinery for the pharmaceutical industry comes in all sizes for manufacturing of tablets, capsules, ointments, as well as liquids. With the growth of pharmaceutical companies, the machinery manufacturers in this segment are also upgrading themselves to meet the changing and growing requirements of the industry. Most of the leaders in the field are looking towards advanced markets for their pharmaceutical machinery. In addition, with the rising demand for different machinery, many manufacturers are setting base in this

segment with advanced technologies and standards.

The marketPharmaceutical packaging is a lucrative industry that offers consumers medicines and medical devices in the safest and most accountable manner. In today’s competitive world, high quality packaging of products has taken centre stage in every industry. There is a tremendous need for pharmaceutical packaging machinery with the increasing number of pharmaceutical products in the market. Ashok Gourish, Business Head - Packaging Technology Division, Bosch Ltd, says, “The most important thing to be taken into consideration is to warrant the requirements on the degree of cleanliness or sterility that a certain drug commands. Aseptic liquid filling requires A-Room conditions, whereby

The pharmaceutical packaging machinery segment has evolved over the years. Through significant self-improvement and development, this segment has scaled new heights with cleaner and greener machinery. Geetha Jayaraman discusses the importance of validation and clean room concept for the pharmaceutical packaging machinery.

Breaking new groundsPharmaceutical packaging machinery

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oral drugs demand a much lesser degree of a controlled environment. The manufacturer has to validate that the given machine meets Good Automated Manufacturing Practice (GAMP) compliant design features and other agreed details. The validation document packages in need are the DQ, IQ and OQ.”

Need of the hourModern pharmaceutical packaging machines not only enhance the look and aesthetics of the product, but also make it tamper-proof. Anti-counterfeiting requirements continue to grow in importance, with a trend towards RFID and slight increases in the use of holograms, colour-shifting and covert markings. Rajesh Pantsachiv, Market Manager – Pharmaceutical, Roll Materials, Asia-Pacific, Avery Dennison, says, “To address the issue of counterfeiting, tampering and theft, label manufacturers are developing technologies & products that are detectable, tamper-evident & track-and-traceable to protect products and brands.” Some of the solutions to check tampering of pharma packaging include:

Anti-counterfeiting: Labels that guarantee the authenticity of the product are essential.

Anti-tempering: Labels that change appearance or destroy when attempted to remove.

Anti-theft: Labels that are applied to products to prevent theft. ElectroMagnetic (EM) Theft Protection is a common anti-theft solution for retailers. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is also offered as one of the anti-theft solutions.

Currently, to meet new international requirements in terms of standards and technologies, the pharma machinery manufacturers are upgrading their products. The pharma packaging machinery available include blister packaging, factory packing/labelling, tube filling machines, formech machines, etc. Blister packaging is one of the most commonly used packaging machinery. This type of packaging will continue to grow for greater convenience with tablets and capsules. Gourish avers, “The product to be blistered commands the packaging material to be used (Alu/Alu, PVC etc). The advantage of blisters over bottles include product protection and ease of use. There is a push for products to enhance user convenience, which will drive new and unique delivery systems.”

Norms for pharmaceutical packaging Globally, the development of regulations and standards that address issues such as barrier protection, infection control, patient drug compliance, drug dispensing errors, and drug diversion & counterfeiting are boosting demand for high value-added packaging. The demand for enhanced barrier plastic bottles, calendar & wallet blister packaging, prefillable syringes & inhalers, authentication labels and unit dose pouches are on the rise. Pantsachiv informs, “ Since a few years, a global retail chain store requested a compliance-prompting package format

for some of its prescription drugs. Such packaging reminds consumers to take medications through graphics or time prompt imprinted on the packaging.”

He adds, “In developed markets, smarter packaging helps improve patient behaviour and adherence to medication regimens in the least expensive and most efficient way.”

Clean room concept The demand for sustainable packaging continues to increase, thus increasing the challenge for package designers to go green, as well as adhere to the demand for more recycling and reducing package weight & volume. Green design or manufacturing is gaining significance in the product development process with rapid development of science and technology. “Actually pharmacy packaging is impossible without a clean room concept. The nature of the product basically defines the clean room concept (A,B, etc, room),” points out Gourish. He also emphasises that, “At present, every company gives priority to environmental footprint. All the machines are designed taking into account the environmental lifecycle and manufacturers do whatever is possible without overburdening the budgets of the customers to provide machine designs of a sustainable nature.”

Way forwardIn the future, the main challenge before a packaging machine manufacturer will be able to satisfy the demand for validation compliance of product traceability, online diagnostic software, vision inspection systems integrated on the machines, etc. At the same time, safety has also entered an active, dynamic phase as vendors and machine builders employ current technology and standards in an effort to make safety systems more flexible, and easier & cheaper to implement, while also boosting equipment functionality. By giving due importance to these factors, there will be no looking back for the packaging machine manufacturers.

Ashok GourishBusiness Head - Packaging Technology Division, Bosch Ltd

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Luxury meets sustainabilityCosmetics packaging

With the growing demand for cosmetics, the menace of counterfeiting has raised its ugly head. To combat this, the cosmetics packaging industry is adopting various innovative materials and sophisticated technologies. Annabel Dsouza and Kymberlee Fernandes focus on the rise of intelligent and alternative ‘green’ packaging solutions.

It has been said ‘never judge a book by its cover’; but it is only natural for an individual to choose a product by its package. This is especially true

for the cosmetics industry, which greatly emphasises on visual appeal. This explains why packaging manufacturers leave no stone unturned to make a product appear enticing to a potential customer. According to a market study by RNCOS, the cosmetics industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of around 17 per cent during 2010-2013. With the rising middle class population and a subsequent flourishing economy, luxury goods have found increased market space. In 2009, despite the global economic downturn, the cosmetics industry in India registered impressive sales of $ 7.1 billion. The sector was driven by improved

purchasing power and a well-marketed fashion industry.

To add value to the function and performance of the

product, manufacturers have started using packaging as a tool for brand protection. In all consumer products, counterfeiting has raised its ugly head in cosmetics products. This is posing a serious threat

to end-users due to poor quality ingredients used in

fake cosmetics. To curb this growing menace at the outset,

packaging manufacturers are introducing indigenous technology to

distinguish original goods.

Countering the counterfeitThe Indian cosmetics market has always preferred international brands and products. However, these products are not within the budget of an average consumer. This scenario has led to a thriving grey market for cosmetics. Manoj Manjure, GM - Marketing, Weener Empire Pvt Ltd, says, “We have started manufacturing bottles using in-mould labelling and heat transfer labels. Also, we have started manufacturing caps using bi-injection & tri-injection technology. We ensure that our designs are registered and a legal certificate is obtained for the same. We also engrave the design registration number at the bottom of the containers.”

Heavy investments are required to adopt anti-counterfeiting technologies in terms of machinery & moulds, which in turn help packaging manufacturers to safeguard their brand identity. Consumers also need a better understanding of the advantages of anti-counterfeiting technology vis-à-vis its cost aspect. This has compelled manufacturers to embark on a constant innovation drive on both the design and technology front.

Carole Grassi, Category Manager – Cosmetics, Rexam Personal Care Division, states “The latest anti-counterfeiting technology builds brands, enhances value and provides positive return on investment. The latest features and gestures are devised to captivate end-users while making it tougher to counterfeit. The more unique, intricate


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Consumers are increasingly interested in cosmetic products made from renewable materials and certified organic materials. They want packaging to reflect a concern for the environment.Steve DaviesDirector, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, NatureWorks

and appealing the feature, the more difficult it is to illegally replicate.”

The technology boomConsumer interaction with the packaging sector is the latest trend in cosmetics. For instance, programmable liquid containers are customised with specialised buttons that can indicate usage instructions and expiry dates.

Time-keeping mechanisms are another value-added service offered by packaging technology. This is particularly relevant for cosmetic products such as hair dyes, facial masks, hair removal cream and face peels, etc. These are displayed on mini-screens that use polymer-based photo chromic substances, stimulated by electrical charge. Sophisticated applications like these need state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment.

Besides digital features, the importance of aesthetics of the cosmetics package cannot be underplayed. Multi-layer blow moulding machines and improvement in screw technology used in the compounding machines make it possible to create a translucent layer applied over light shades, resulting in soft, pastels with depth and an added iridescence. Initially, glow effects were created by incorporating coated mica flakes, but these reflective particles would be damaged as they were dispersed in the polymer masterbatch. But new screw designs now permit adequate dispersion without damaging the particles.

Steve Davies, Director, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, NatureWorks, says, “All plastics have different processing characteristics. Today, there are a host of additives and blends available to create the optimum formulation for both thermoforming and injection moulding processes. These include tints, colour concentrates, impact modifiers, lubes, chain extenders

for extrusion blow moulding, etc for tuning the performance profile of the resin and reducing cost.”

The material advantageMaterial compatibility is pivotal while selecting an appropriate cosmetics packaging. Plastics make up approximately 90 per cent of colour cosmetics and personal care packaging. Apart from its price advantage, plastics offer transparency and compatibility levels equivalent to those of glass. It also serves for an attractive design edge due to its excellent pliability. It is easier to introduce more ergonomic features like accurate dosing and comfortable application in plastics than in glass. PET has been the traditional favourite of the cosmetics packaging industry because of its lighter weight and greater strength. PET is a convenient replacement for bulky and fragile glass bottles, with its added benefit of premium and inert appearance.

M K Banerjee, Director, Creativity & Innovations (Global), Essel Propack Ltd, says, “For superior moisture barrier, one can use clarified polypropylene. HDPE bottles with suitable outer barrier lacquer can be used for packing detergent-based cosmetic formulations. The advantage of mono-material-based packaging is that such containers can be recycled and reused. We call this kind of packaging design as ‘post consumer regrind’ or PCR.”

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The ‘green’ signalAlthough flexible packaging has established itself in the cosmetics sector, there has been a considerable amount of progress towards plant-based biopolymers. Corn starch has paved the way for most existing bioplastics. Polylactic acid (PLA) made from corn is a fine example of bioplastics replacing petroleum-based plastics.

Grassi avers, “There is a growing consumer demand for packaging that incorporates new, greener materials, and this demand intersects the trend towards premiumisation. In general, PP and PE are the easiest to recycle, as recycling channels for these materials now exist. Our business is innovation-driven, and eco-friendly materials are part of our value proposition to customers and to the end-users.”

In India, the rigid plastic packaging industry complies with Pollution Control Board norms. Also, efforts are being made towards ergonomic manufacturing, thereby reducing costs and wastes. “To make caps & closures, we use fully automatic multi-cavity moulds with hot runner system to avoid wastage in manufacturing process. These are complemented by imported machinery & ancillaries. Also, to make bottles, we use injection blow moulding (IBM) & injection stretch blow moulding (ISBM) machines resulting in zero material wastage in the factory premises. The materials used in our products are recyclable after consumption,” says Manjure.

Facing the challengeThe cosmetics industry thrives on the aesthetic appeal of the package. However, providing innovative packaging designs at lower price points is a daunting task.

The promising Indian economy has witnessed an increased demand for luxury goods. As a result, packaging manufacturers are facing a dearth of essential resources to meet this demand. Paucity of skilled manpower is another impediment, which demands immediate attention. The availability of raw materials

required for packaging are either in short supply, or unsatisfactory & irregular. Grassi observes, “It is really a challenge to build brands and pre-empt the competition through development of innovative, packaging solutions. With the issue of ‘sustainability’ the tipping point has been reached where our customers and consumers both recognise the importance and desirability of products packaged in a way that reduces environmental impact.”

A glimpse into the future While there is a long way to go before organic or biopackaging enters cosmetics sector in a big way, products that sell well on the organic ticket often utilise clear PET. This is because it replicates glass, suggesting premium and inert properties. PET is also replacing glass for jars and bottles across beauty and personal care segment because of its lighter weight and greater strength. Because cosmetics are trend-oriented, this allows rapid movement, in terms of colours and product types. This also translates into packaging, with a vast range of pack types, sizes and shapes, and these can change on a regular basis. Consumers respond well to functionality developments that deliver accurate dosing or enable easy application. Style and design seem to be moving towards simple and clean – hence the greater use of PET.

Also, as the recycling and composting infrastructure matures, cosmetic companies will find that bioresins offer a number of different end-of-life scenarios, including cradle-to-cradle reuse. But today, when the majority of plastic cosmetic packages are sent to landfills, the strongest incentives to use bioresins are to lower the carbon footprint of the package and to appeal to consumers who want packaging made from renewable resources.

Davies concludes, “Consumers are increasingly interested in cosmetic products made from renewable materials and certified organic materials. They want packaging to reflect a concern for the environment. Bioresins can certainly meet this requirment.”

To make caps & closures, we use fully automatic multi-cavity moulds with hot runner system to avoid wastage in manufacturing process.

Manoj ManjureGM - Marketing, Weener Empire Pvt Ltd

HDPE bottles with suitable outer barrier lacquer can be used for packing detergent. The advantage of mono-material-based packaging is that such containers can be recycled.

M K BanerjeeDirector, Creativity & Innovations (Global), Essel Propack Ltd


Reaching the next level Sustainable packaging

Sustainable packaging strives to meet the demands of packagers without compromising on the quality while being economically-viable. Package design, choice of materials, processing and lifecycle of packages are major factors for attaining sustainability. Presented here are some of the ongoing efforts to attain sustainable packaging.


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Packaging forms a crucial necessity for every sector, and more so for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG),

food products, personal care products, etc. It helps the manufacturers to transport products to consumers, increase shelf-life, minimise breakage, reduce handling costs, safeguard public health, provide product information, and create consumer convenience. At the same time, in an era of rising energy costs and scarce resources, companies should work towards packaging that not only adds value to the end-products, but also conserves the environment, thus creating sustainability in packaging.

The major goal of sustainable packaging is to transform the world into a greener & cleaner place, and safeguard the natural ecosystem.

The key towards obtaining sustainability in packaging consists of three Rs – reuse, reduce and recycle – that are vital to safeguard and provide better environment for the future generations.

Raw materials constitute the most essential factor for manufacturing. Same is the case with packaging, and the choice of right material enables sustainable advantages.

Raw materials Packaging in India mainly constitutes plastic films for FMCG & medical applications, while PET bottles, aluminium cans and glass bottles are used by food & beverage companies. Consumer electronics companies use paperboard packaging, with a few components like sockets, inner cover of the equipment made out of plastics. The global demand currently is to reduce the usage of raw materials like plastics, paper and glass to become more sustainable.

Plastic packaging: This accounts for more than 50 per cent of the total packaging in India. From toiletries to food products, plastics are present everywhere. The global outcry towards reducing plastic usage has yielded rich profits, as many multinational companies operating in the packaging industry have shown increased interest

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The traditional supply chain for a consumer goods manufacturer where sustainable packaging is most essential

Raw material manufacturer

Reuse, Reduce & Recycle

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towards bio-based packaging. Given below are some of the commercially viable bio-based packaging materials currently being consumed by the packaging converters. The key materials used for bio-plastics include:

Polylactic acids (PLAs): The main feedstock for PLA globally is corn, while other sources include sugarcane, sugar beet and tapioca. As the production of PLA requires more steps, it is more energy-intensive. PLA is used in the production of films, bottles, trays and fibres.

Starch-based polymers: Starch-based polymers can be sourced from a number of plants. The process of obtaining the polymer varies from company to company and is often proprietary. These are mainly used to make shopping bags & catering products, as well as for mulching and packaging.

Polyhydroxalkonates (PHAs): These are linear polyesters made from bacterial fermentation of sugar. Though PHAs use the same raw materials as PLAs, the difference is in the manufacturing process. In case of PHAs, the bacteria produce polymers within their bodies. By controlling the conditions during fermentation, different copolymers are produced. Once the fermentation is stopped, the polymer must be extracted and purified. Currently, no commercial plants are available for production of PHAs.

PHAs are also used in the development stage, with commercial production slowly catching up in the global market. In India, only the starch-based polymers are used along with small quantities of PLAs, mainly to make catering products, bin liners, mulching films and shopping bags.

Food and beverage packagingThere has been considerable increase in the use of plastic raw materials for food packaging since the past decade. Beverages still continue to be packed in glass bottles, PET bottles and aluminium cans. The global beverages majors like Coca Cola and PepsiCo have consistently reduced their carbon footprints and

controlled costs by reusing & recycling their packages. Nearly half of the metal in the aluminium cans are recycled and reused. These companies are continuing to invest in the development of environmentally - and economically-viable recycling technologies. Coca Cola is now an industry leader in the innovative use of recycled plastics.

Recycling of plastics not only results in limiting carbon emission but also helps in higher financial benefits and less energy consumption than producing bottles with virgin materials. It also reduces wastage of raw materials.

Consumer electronics packagingThe packaging of electronic equipment like television, computer, refrigerator and air conditioner among others, requires paperboards of good quality. These materials are recyclable and reusable. However, the paper-based packaging is creating serious concerns as it results in depleting natural resources and forest degradation. Thus, recycling paper is the key to conserve the environment and remain sustainable.

General trends in the packaging industryThe FMCG major Proctor & Gamble has announced plans to use renewable, sustainable, sugarcane-derived plastic

on selected packaging of its Pantene Pro-V, CoverGirl and Max Factor brands. Sugarcane-derived plastics is a significant development in sustainable packaging because it is made from a renewable resource, unlike conventional plastics, which is made from non-renewable resources like petroleum. The new material is made through an innovative process that transforms sugarcane into high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, a type commonly used for product packaging. It remains 100 per cent recyclable in existing municipal recycling facilities. The pilot manufacturing of this product is expected to be rolled out globally over the next two years, with the first products expected to be on shelves in 2011. (Source: Proctor & Gamble)

The other FMCG major, Unilever, has committed itself to sustainable paper and board packaging sourcing policy as a part of its endeavour to double the size of the business while reducing its environmental impact. The policy outlines the company’s ambitious goal to work with its suppliers to source 75 per cent of its paper and board packaging from sustainably managed forests or recycled material by 2015, increasing it to 100 per cent by 2020. Since 1995, Unilever has reduced its total waste (kg/tonne of production) by 73 per cent. (Source: Unilever)

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Drivers for sustainable packaging

Availability of feedstock to manufacture bio polymers

Corporate social responsibilities

Increasing crude oil prices

Rising environmental

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There has been a major shift in the consumers’ mindset towards healthier living, eco - friendly products and packaging. The consumers are more inclined to procure and use products from companies practising environmental responsibility. Some of the drivers for sustainable packaging are:

Rising environmental concerns: The ever-increasing environmental concerns over the usage of petroleum-based raw materials for packaging are one of the main drivers for employing bio-based resources. These biodegradable raw materials do not pose environmental concerns, thus being sustainable for packaging needs.

Increasing crude oil prices: The intense price fluctuation of crude oil has been a blessing in disguise for sustainable packaging. Since more than 50 per cent of packaging in the country is made from plastics derived from petroleum-based raw materials, it has opened avenues for the bio-based raw materials. Due to the higher prices and environmental concerns, many package manufacturers and converters are adopting bio-based packaging.

Corporate social responsibilities (CSR): An initiative like CSR has been a major driver for sustainable packaging and clearly outlines a company’s role towards safeguarding the environment. Many large corporate houses are stringently following steps to curb carbon footprint. The food & beverage majors

like PepsiCo and Coca Cola have adopted steps like refilling and reusing packages to limit their carbon footprint. FMCG majors like Unilever and Proctor & Gamble have announced ambitious goals to practise sustainable packaging in their respective companies.

Availability of feedstock: As India is an agriculture-dependent nation, there is abundant feedstock availability for biopolymers. India has the potential to become a major feedstock supplier for biopolymers. Thus, this opens up exciting opportunities for packaging materials manufacturers.

Though there are opportunities galore, sustainable packaging is fraught with challenges such as:

Niche technologies: Indian companies are yet to develop in-house technologies for bio-plastics manufacturing. The companies operating in the Indian market import their raw materials from European countries. Due to this, bio-plastics cannot be price-competitive and hence, there is a need to develop technological expertise to produce biopolymers in India.

Government policies: India does not have any stringent government regulation on the consumption of petroleum-based raw materials for packaging. Moreover, the bio-based packagers do not get any tax perks from the government for the procurement of raw materials. The governmental intervention in

environmental policies of corporates is essential for sustainability.

The government needs to take initiatives to provide a conducive roadmap for the development of bio-plastics in India. The need of the hour is to provide tax exemptions, pass laws on compulsory usage of bio-plastics as well as provide the right infrastructure for the development of bio-plastics as commercially-viable raw material for packaging in India.

Lack of awareness about sustainable packaging: The FMCG, food & beverages, consumer electronics and other industries that use packaging as a core medium to sell their products need to be educated about sustainable packaging. The core principles of sustainable packaging should be implemented across the value chain to attain sustainability.

Future outlookSustainable packaging is the need of the hour with huge investments by major multinational companies for achieving this goal. The packaging industry is carrying out extensive research in order to become sustainable and adaptable. The major researches are in PTT from bio based PDO, PBT from bio-based BDO, PBS from bio-based succinic acid, PA66 from bio-based adipic acid, PA 6 from bio-based caprolactum, and PA 69 from bio-based azelaic acid. The government needs to provide a better environment for the bio-sciences companies to carry out research and provide tax benefits for bio-films manufacturers. There have been several instances where proper eco-friendly manufacturing and marketing yielded enhanced market penetration for the supplier. With general mindset shifting towards procuring eco-friendly products and packages, sustainable packaging will provide manufacturers with social, economic and environmental benefits.

Siddharth K S is Research Analyst - South Asia and Middle East, Chemicals, Materials and Food Practice, with Frost & Sullivan

Email: [email protected]

Source: Frost & Sullivan

Challenges for sustainable packaging

Unavailability of niche technologies

Government policies

Low awareness towards sustainable

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Going ‘clean’, growing profitsEco-friendly packaging

Packaging sustainability will emerge as a crucial component of any efficient business model and put industrial development on the ‘green route’. Successful and profitable customer-manufacturer-packaging company partnership will be the first step towards attaining the green bottom line.

Premjeet Gaikwad and Parul Saxena

Indian industries have witnessed tremendous growth in the last decade, riding the globalisation wave and lifestyle changes. The

manufacturing sector recorded a 10.9 per cent growth in 2009-10 and 16.3 per cent during January-March 2010 alone. Segments such as auto components, pharmaceuticals, textiles and chemicals have already established their footprint in the global space while few others like food processing & consumer packaged goods, metals, etc, are in the process of building global competencies. This exceptional performance, however, is accompanied by a series of problems related to the environment. Water & energy scarcity, increased green house gas (GHG) emissions and huge amount of wastage are some serious environmental issues facing organisations across industries. At the same time, poor road networks, non-palletised shipments, manual handling

& trans-shipment issues create serious logistics and infrastructure problems, especially from a packaging point of view. The industry is forced to adopt safety margins, which are 2-2.5 times higher than the global best practices. Business losses incurred on account of pilferage, product damage, etc, and in-transit yield losses etc are more than 2 per cent of the total revenues for most organisations.

The resultant higher buffers and lower yields together have increased the logistics cost for the Indian industry. Furthermore, by virtue of the existing legal and tax structures, supply chains in India are still highly fragmented. There is minimal integration on the vendor’s vendor and the customer’s customer front.

Today, when sustainability has gone beyond mere compliance and has become a business strategy, packaging is being relooked at to serve a dual purpose – that of contributing to the company’s bottom line as well as of reducing the carbon footprint. India and

Sustainable sourcing 1. Optimum design 1. Lead distances2. Transport modes3. Handling

Post-consumer waste

Sourcing •10% Operations 25% Distribution 5% Consumer 60%

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the other emerging economies have some unique challenges with respect to sustainable packaging. A few of them are discussed below.

Consumer and industrial packaging differentiationIn principle, packaging logistics approaches should be different for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) scenarios. B2B offers opportunities towards an integrated packaging approach. Bulk packaging is the key for B2B. Palletising & load unitisation should be practised to develop optimised packs and reduce waste & cost related to packaging. This also brings in handling and logistics efficiency, thereby reducing the fuel consumption.

In the case of B2C, focus should be on introducing optimal pack designs with easy to recycle packaging materials and post-consumer waste management processes. Packs should be shelf ready to facilitate the 4 Es: easy to open, easy to dispose, easy to shelf, and easy to shop. A collaborative structure linking manufacturers/brands, local administration & recyclers should be drawn towards a common goal of returnable and recycling management.

Post-consumer waste A strong focus is required on post-consumer waste and optimal pack design. As per estimates, 1,15,000 MT solid wastes are generated in India every day. Most of this is rendered unusable due to lack of segregation at source. Lifecycle assessment from an integrated supply chain management (ISCM) perspective reflects that consumer waste constitutes the 80/20 opportunity from the sustainability perspective followed by pack optimisation.

The manufacturers/brands, packaging companies/logistics service providers should collaborate with NGOs and local administration to implement an effective recycling management programme. While working on increasing the awareness, incentive programmes should be offered for consumers – retailers/

wholesalers to ensure segregation of waste at source, collection and recycling logistics. The recyclers and technology providers are also an integral part of this group. Green awareness programmes are needed with all the policy-makers from government, media and industry playing an active role in this initiative. This can only work, if a ‘pull strategy’ is evolved with all stakeholders actively contributing to it.

Wood packagingIndian industry consumes a substantial volume of wood for packaging. While in some cases the monetary values are not significant, availability and environmental impact have begun to play a large role in the industry wanting to move away from the current practice of using wood as an expendable resource. The use of wood implies large number of trees being cut to meet the demand. This further leads to deforestation, subsequently impacting CO2 emissions.

Recycling of wood is still relatively insignificant in India and has not been fully explored into a profitable business model. Apart from recycling, wood packaging is being replaced gradually with other protective packing materials to reduce the carbon footprint and adverse environmental impact.

Packaging 3RsFinally, at a strategic level, a streamlined approach towards aligning the packaging supply chain with the 3R perspective – reduce, reuse, recycle – is needed. Globally, multinational corporations have developed 3R/5R/7R concepts to

reach the desired sustainability levels. From the packaging perspective, these hold significant importance.

Reduce: Packing/unit calls for designing optimised pack styles suiting the industry-specific requirements. While focus should be on reducing packing grams/unit; safety margins should be incorporated by taking into account the transportation difficulty, road conditions, weather and handling capabilities. In emerging countries like India, infrastructure for smooth logistics operations is still at a developing stage. Unitisation not only reduces the consumption of packing material, but also eases handling and prevents pilferage.

Reuse: Returnable management of wooden packaging material is one method of reusing. This prevents cutting of trees and helps in reducing the CO2 levels. Also, replacing corrugated and other materials with only one lifecycle time with packing substitutes having 30-40 lifecycle time reduces the per pack costs over time.

Recycle: Recycling of packaging waste, both post-consumer as well as waste at the time of manufacturing process, is beneficial. An efficient & real-time recycling and returnable process should be implemented to capture and bring back the waste to the recyclers/packing companies for recycling.

Furthermore, there is a need for strategy frameworks, which can help measure the packaging change management initiatives and their green impact. A four-pillared structure comprising tools such as lifecycle assessment, integrated packaging

Four-pillared structure for sustainable logistics

Integrated packaging model

Integrated SCM

Packaging-logistics approach

Lifecycle assessment

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models, packaging logistics approach and integrated supply chain management can be used for collaboration in order to attain continuous improvement.

In an integrated packaging model, the number of products per trade unit or logistics unit can be optimised to reduce the overall packaging materials used. The packaging logistics approach involves reviewing packaging as an integral part of the logistics costs. This calls for the development of infrastructure for transportation, handling & storage, standardisation of trucks, pallets or warehouses & establishing reverse logistics across supply chains and organisations. Integrated supply chain management will aim at bringing all the participants in a supply chain from basic raw materials to the finished products on a common platform. Reduction of yield losses, optimisation at design stages, increased efficiencies and sharing of infrastructure are the initiatives that need to evolve. Lifecycle assessment, on the other hand, would help in studying the environmental impacts of packaging from ‘cradle-to-grave’ and back.

The challenge, however, lies in bringing all the stakeholders on a common platform to create and implement a joint action plan. Various participants such as service providers, recyclers and even consumers should be educated about the need for and benefits of sustainable approaches. The government can contribute at a policy level with tax concessions for relevant equipment and R&D.

Towards a greener futurePackaging sustainability will be the key to the success of a business model and put industrial development on the ‘green route’. It will become a reality by way of environment-friendly strategies and successful & profitable customer-manufacturer-packaging company partnerships including reducing packaging bulk with lighter and stronger materials, unitising, packaging materials recycling, among others.

As a first step, the issue needs to be addressed at source – at manufacturer’s level – with a four-point green initiative agenda. One must take up a base level green lifecycle impact analysis; second is to plan a packaging and logistics re-engineering review; third is to look at possibilities for feasible green products from post-customer packaging waste by reviewing the recycling technologies/supply chain. Last, it is essential to reduce the usage of wood for pallets/boxes and focus on returnable packaging. All these initiatives will lead to sustainable packaging alternatives, thereby resolving packaging-related problems.

Premjeet Gaikwad and Parul Saxena are with Supply Chain & Sustainability Services at ITW India Ltd, which has implemented numerous sustainability initiatives across industries. ITW Signode is committed to introducing wood replacement products and recycling services to provide greater impetus to the `green’ movement. Email: [email protected]

P V Narayanan

A well-designed package acts as a catalyst in packaging innovations. The development of a functional and aesthetic

design calls for a more deep rooted approach and should cater to various interests. Such packages encompass certain specifics in terms of concepts & technologies, and contribute to education, marketing and promotion. The designs highlight new materials or forms, technology and product package relationship. In marketing parlance, a package highlights the

concept of physical & graphic design to meet the given point of purchase (POP) needs and how best the package could be made retail- and consumer-friendly. Well-designed packages highlight the skill of a packaging technologist & designer and their ability to understand consumers’ needs, reactions and other dynamics. This is the core of a successful package.

Package per se is a significant tool to curb waste and ensure product availability – seasonal or processed – at uniform quality & price throughout the year. The responsibility is evenly distributed among all channels from

A niche for retailingInnovative packaging

Packaging has become extremely interesting and challenging as it encompasses every conceivable product, material and technology. It is creating awareness among the common masses between the relationship of a product & package on hygiene, quality & quantity assurance and price stability. Cost-effective and market-friendly packaging has now become a major influencing criterion in every business.


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the point of processing/fabricating to ultimate sale and consumption. In a agri/horti-based economy where a large quantum of products are sold loose, the myth that processing and packaging adds cost, reduces taste, flavour and nourishment needs to be broken. The fact that packaging preserves and adds value has to be spread, which will be catalytic to package promotion.

Packaging: The concept Packages form a part and parcel of everyone’s life, be it toothpaste or tea/coffee pack – small and big made of various materials or material combinations and in different shapes, attractive or intricate. Packaging involves a blend of traditional and modern capabilities of preparing goods for market and sale. It is a means of ensuring safe delivery of a product to the ultimate user in sound condition at a minimum overall cost. All the attributes of a package can best be summed up as a co-ordinated system of preparing goods for transport, distribution, storage, retailing and end use. The package must contain and maintain product quality to the satisfaction of the user – value for the price. The retail packThe package at the retail end, be it a kiosk or a high value departmental store, is for a unit quantity as is depicted by its size & volume to satisfy a one-time need or short period consumption requirement. This retail pack embodies many functional responsibilities – usage value, information value, statutory value, economic value and promotional value.

Usage valuePrimary responsibility arises from the product-package compatibility to coexist safely during the shelf/market-life period. Structural design is influenced by productivity needs, stability for display on the shelf, see through for product visibility, product

dispensing like need for sprinklers, dosage use, automised spray of the perfume, etc to control product quantity dispensing. The structural features also cover a dimensional marriage between the package and the display shelf to facilitate full main panel view of print for the benefit of the potential customer. Its occupancy in terms of shelf area and volume is of significance on the display space rentals.

The reuse concept of the pack is always an incentive to retailer for attracting buyers, and to a buyer as an added container for use at home. A tumbler pack for coffee, tea or confectionery can be a good depiction. A collection of these often makes a set that adds value to a buyer’s decision perception. Product visibility, ease of product dispensability, and reduced chance of breakage all add to usage value. A housewife aims to cash in on the used container/pack instead of disposing as garbage. The material and type of pack, thus becomes an earner.

Information valueThe print on the pack or label contributes to user knowledge on products – product life, product use and benefits. The print details could be general and statutory. The latter is the need for conformity of laws & regulations, which every retailer should be conscious of. Simple facets like expiry date, MRP etc are significant to the common consumer. The print language also has relevance in a country with people belonging to diverse cultures and interacting through different languages.

The general information on storage condition of the pack, for instance ‘keep in cool place’; ‘do not expose to sunlight,’ – serve as guidelines that ensure product safety and claimed shelf-life. Guideline information like ‘do not puncture’ on an aerosol can have higher significance of safety and aims at avoiding accidents & disasters. Retailers could be good sources & resources to share the above specifics

with the customers – particularly the illiterate people and those with language barriers.

Statutory valueCertain products and package marketing is governed by statutory regulations in the interest of public health and safety. By legislation, the details become part of the label on the pack or print on the pack. Placement of products that can cause discomfort or harm, if handled and used improperly, in the retailers’ shelf should be given proper consideration. Such products, which include poisonous products, pesticides, acids, some cleansing liquids, specific drugs, aerosol sprays are hazardous, flammable and corrosive. The packs should carry relevant, adequate, clear, illustrations and such tangible inputs so that the consumer is made aware of the use & storage pattern and disposal norms. Retailers have a specific responsibility to market only genuine products and avoid spurious & adulterated ones.

Economic valueThe retailer is often concerned about the cost factor as the consumer group is essentially a mix of different income groups. Societal ego is an inbuilt factor and usage pattern of a household also vary. All these have a direct bearing on the type of package a consumer looks for. Notwithstanding all these, the fact remains that in a developing economy, the purchase is economy-driven, and hence the cost of package per se cannot be a source of added cost. The concept that package adds value and reflects brand & quality is still to be driven home. The package types available at the retail should therefore be a mix of varieties to suit the economic blend of purchasing community.

Promotional valuePackaging today has probably become the most effective means of promoting a product. This is best achieved through

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a judicious mix of structural and graphic design. A well - designed and strategically placed package takes a minimal time to catch the attention of a consumer, and if the pack and product ‘clicks to his/her taste’, the consumer not only stays with the product but also promotes it. This promotion is probably much more effective and economical than any ad campaign.

While the structural design is specific to the user segment, the aesthetics has more prominence in a display system. The aesthetics is indeed the right mix of graphics consisting of copy matter, colour scheme, trademark, logo and illustrations. While on one hand some of these are governed by corporate strategy, most others are governed by the POP needs and consumer orientation that is a blend of social, societal, religious, national, economical and political factors. Packaging has become a revolution bringing in fundamental changes with exponential development in the context of socio-economic and technological changes. At the retail end, the package motivates customers and becomes the source of message – sales message to vendors and highlights product image. The package today has assumed a significant role from traditional utilitarian & service to promotional, communicative and symbolic. It embodies within itself the integrated function of product protection & promotion and has become more

expressive than functional. The consumer has changed over the years and is more ego-centric, careful and different. Package design conveys messages, product nature, product quality and product value; describes contents; and provides usage details and illustrations. Between the design and copy, they attract attention and communicate information. The colour differentiates objects to the eye and has an association with products and psychology. To illustrate a few, red is powerful, orange is subtle, yellow is light, green is refreshing and blue cool & subdued. Similarly, colour often denotes certain products like milk – blue/white, spices – green and grey, coffee – brown and gold, etc.

Consumerism is bound to grow due to changing patterns in consumer eating habits, fast diminishing family sizes, consumer mobility and shift from monolithic to mosaic pattern, etc. Customers look for changes and choices. This has paved way or possibly created demands for brands and value-added products & packages.

Eco valueWhile consciousness of health and hygiene has created the need for branded and value - added packages resulting in considerable increase in packaging material consumption, this has in its wake also brought certain environmental issues by way of post-consumer waste. The package therefore demands a new dimension in its selection, use and disposal. It includes source reduction – use of less materials with improved container design, which is a case with success. Design container has to be such that it can be reused and materials that can be easily reprocessed & recycled should be used.

The retailer and POPPackaging has to fulfill a more complex role today. It has to function as a part of the highly discriminating and competitive marketing & retailing world. After market research, promotion and distribution,

the product arrives in the market – on the shelf. The final step from shelf to shopping is significantly influenced by the product packaging.

The retail outlets considerably vary from traditional street corner kiosks to well-designed multistoried departmental stores. With retail chain activities steadily increasing and more self-service retail outlets being set up there is more demand on packaging. Besides, the acumen of the retailer on the mode of display is also tested. It is estimated that on an average, a consumer has nearly 10,000 products in his/her view at one visit to the departmental store. Every individual is a profit centre to the retail. The retailers are thus conscious to have inventory of the products in considerably varying types of packages and different capacities. A stock out position will veer away the customer to the retailer’s loss or change the brand affecting that company. Hence, this results in multiplicities of inventories. A retailer is also generally aware of ‘what the shopping bag contains - when the customer leaves the counter’. In this scenario, the creativity in design adds value, increases market volume, functions as a market mover, and adds market dimension.

Accelerating retailPackaging will become more dominant with the progress of time. The trends will be both technology-driven and economy-driven, but market-driven in niche areas. Package developments will see more of R&D, as only innovations will provide the answers to many socio-economic, environmental and regulatory issues. The motivating factor will be the consumer who will drive retail and retailing.

P V Narayanan is the Chairman of Cognizance Packaging. He is also the Secretary General - IPMMI, and Chief Executive

- PFFCA. He is a recognised UNIDO, ITC, and CFTC (UK) expert consultant in the field of packaging. Email: [email protected]


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Bhargav Mistry

The screen printing process has three main components among others: the screen that is the image carrier (considered the

‘heart of screen printing’), the ink, and squeegee (the ‘heart of the screen printing machine’).

The screen-making process should be executed only under yellow light condition, which prevents pre-exposures, in a clean, air tight set-up, free of sunlight.

Artwork to positive output: The first step: Once the artwork has been approved by the customer, it is important to output the film that is used to make the screen. All the artwork films printed are then

pre-registered & checked for detail and quality.

Tips: Do not accept ready films from

customers Get files in AI, CDR, TIFF, PDF, EPS,

JPG format The resolution of image to be printed

should be twice than the desired LPI. For example, with (image) document size:

Resolution should be 170 (pixels/inch); and maximum printable LPI is 85

Resolution of the computer screen is measured in pixels per inch (ppi)

Resolution of an image file is also measured in pixels per inch

Pixel ÷ PPI = Image size (Example: 6800 ÷ 170 = 40”)

Mastering the art and scienceScreen printing fundamentals

The wide applications of screen printing call for setting proper process parameters in terms of production. Here is a short description on the screen-making stage – a pre-screen printing activity, which has to be executed meticulously to achieve the desired quality results.

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Screen preparation This stage mainly involves fabric stretching; fabric preparation/degreasing for emulsion coating also called stencil making; emulsion drying; screen exposing; screen developing (washing); finally screen inspection/touch up for pinholes.

Fabric stretching: The requirements include fabric with appropriate mesh count as per application, glue, stretching machine, tension metre, aluminium frame as per printing size requirement.

In screen printing, it is important to maintain 6” margin between screen frame Inner Dimension (ID) and print area to achieve close tolerance registration. For maintaining 6” margin on all four sides of the print area, the frame size in ID should be bigger by 12” from the print area in total. For example, the screen frame size for print area 20” x 30” should be 32” x 42” ID. But while ordering the screen frame, it is advisable to order in Outer Dimension (OD) keeping in mind the screen frame holder design of the machine specified by the manufacturer.

Screen printers even print with screen, maintaining only 4” margin on all four sides to optimally utilise the print area. But this is possible when high-tension, low-elongation polyester mesh is used to make the screens and stretched on an automatic pneumatic fabric stretcher, stretched at high tension. The requirements of the frame are rigidity to support high tensions; chemical resistance; accepting bond surface; hermetically sealed; and durability. For high quality printing, it is advisable to use good quality aluminium frames only.

Tips: Maintain a reasonable gap between

the squeegee edge and inside of the frame

Short gap will negatively affect print quality, performance, uniformity of ink deposit; and it also shortens the life of the stencil, fabric & squeegee

Squeegee should be only 2” bigger than the print area, ie for printing 30” wide squeegee should be 32” only

Keep ends of the squeegee rounded to get good registration and uniform ink deposit

Always maintain sharp squeegee while printing and use squeegee sharpener regularly

Storage of squeegees is also important. It is advisable to store the squeegees vertically (squeegee rubber side up) and ensure no objects are in contact during storage

Good air circulation is also recommended to keep the squeegee dry after cleaning with solvents

Do not use aggressive solvents to clean the squeegees

Do not wipe the ink from the squeegee after printing with any sharp metal or hard materials. This can damage the edge of the squeegee

Do not print squeegees with one edge for longer period, always use both edges after few hours or impressions to maintain the edge sharpness and parallelism

Fabric/mesh selection: A screen is made of finely woven fabric called mesh, which is available in different mesh counts, for eg, 110, 120, 140, 180 per cm (even less than 100) with various numbers in between (multiply these numbers with 2.54 to get mesh count in inches). The lower the mesh count, the less detail one can print; and the thicker it is, the ink lays down. Mesh of different count is used depending on the job to be printed and ink deposition requirement – thin layer or heavy.

Mesh is mostly available in either yellow or white colour (nylon and polyester). It is always advisable to use

yellow polyester mesh for making high quality screen. Polyester mesh is the best for high quality close tolerance screen printing, but in some cases screen printers use nylon for printing on curve/uneven substrates like containers, moulded parts because of the elastic characteristics of nylon. Even nylon has one major advantage of preventing ink choking because nylon absorbs water and keeps the mesh wet.

StretchingA mesh is stretched tightly over an aluminium frame. While stretching and before finalising the frame, it is necessary to ensure proper tension in the frame for accurate registration. The mesh is then glued with certain special adhesives to make it tightly stick onto the frame. To determine the maximum tension level, one must consider the type of mesh; mesh specification; frame size & strength; and tensioning system. Mesh tensioning enables to stretch mesh in two directions; consistent thread direction; pre-bow frame; and accurate distribution of pressure.

Tensioning systems These include mechanical tensioning and pneumatic tensioning systems. In pneumatic system, the mesh tension is held constant; timed tension with flow control, and optimal stretching conditions.

Tips: Corner softening amount depends

on frame size & tension level Use a tension meter to ensure

consistent tension across the entire frame

Place tension meter square to mesh, not at an angle

The functions of mesh tension include stiffening the fabric and providing snap back needed for ink transfer. The tension on a screen will determine off-contact distance; reproduction accuracy; registration accuracy; and printing speeds.

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By automating screen coating, it is possible to realise real-time savings, and reduce

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Tips: Angling mesh reduces saw tooth and increases durability. Optimal angles include:

7º - Process work 15º - Line work 22.5º - Line work (highly

recommended)It is also important not to use newly stretched screen the same day because every fabric after stretching requires minimum 72 hours for stabilisation. In case of limited screens if one wants to use it for production, never use newly stretched screens for close tolerance printing. In fact, all newly stretched screens should be first used for printing jobs where registration accuracy is not so important (single colour etc).

Pre-coat washScreens must be thoroughly degreased prior to applying emulsion. The screen is cleaned with a soft sponge using water and a degreaser. This prepares the surface so that the stencil adheres well; cleans the mesh of impurities or other contaminants; acts like a dish soap and removes oil & grease.

CoatingModern stencils are created photographically. Emulsion can be used under a yellow light, so that the UV light is filtered out so as not to affect the emulsion, thereby avoiding premature exposure. One can pour emulsion into the scoop coater and place it on a vertical screen. Pressing up against the screen and pulling up, one can lay a thin ‘photo-finish’ layer of emulsion on the outside of the screen and turn the screen around and do the same for the inside of the screen. While coating blank screens or applying first coat the emulsion tends to develop thickness on the opposite side. Since the thickness is required on the print side, it is advisable to coat on the print side once and thereafter on the squeegee side and keep it in the screen dryer for drying the wet emulsion for 30 to 40 minutes at 40ºC. Drying over 40ºC makes screen washing difficult or sometimes impossible. Always

dry the screen horizontally after applying each coat. Face coats are required after drying the first coat mainly on the print side to improve the smoothness (to achieve lower Rz value) of the emulsion and to achieve film type quality. Number of face coats depends on the type of job and application. Lower Rz value, ie higher smoothness by multiple face coats, results in fine edge definition, thereby avoiding saw tooth edges.

Fully automatic emulsion coating machines are now available to make things convenient and also avoid skilled and experienced manpower. It requires a screen prepared with a light-sensitive coating, a film positive and a light source that will enable to transfer the images onto the positive of the light-sensitive screen that has been prepared.

Tips: Always avoid dichromate-based

emulsions For halftone screen printing it is

always advisable to use dual-cure photopolymer emulsions

For fine and quick exposure single pot photopolymer emulsion is highly recommended

Use higher emulsions, which have higher solid contents to minimise the number of coats and face coats where high emulsion thickness is desired

ExposeOnce the emulsion dries, the screen is exposed with the help of an exposure unit. To expose photopolymer emulsions metal halide lamps are the best source of light to achieve proper and faster exposure. To expose a screen, the film positive in screen printing should have emulsion side with the right reading up; in offset printing emulsion is down. Then the dried screen should be placed on the glass top and the film’s positive below it with the emulsion side of the positive touching the stencil. The exposing machine should have a good vacuum system to ensure proper contact between the emulsion and the positive to achieve a fine and sharp edge.

The length of time will depend on the emulsion and light source. To know the exact exposing time it is recommended to use exposure calculators that are available with all emulsion manufacturers. Every mesh count with different coating thickness requires specific exposure time.

Tips: Use proper vacuum blanket exposing

system instead of keeping weights to get contact between positive and emulsion

Expose screen using metal halide lamps with light integrator to avoid over/under exposure, which happens due to voltage fluctuations or due to ageing of lamps

DryingThe screen is washed off thoroughly. The areas of emulsion that were not exposed to light dissolve and wash away, leaving a negative stencil of the image on the mesh. In an area away from light and heat, set the screen to dry horizontally. This will provide the most even, flat ‘film’ on the underside of the screen. Create a smooth, even thin coating by applying face coats and repeat the drying process away from excess heat and light. Once the sensitised screen is dry, it must remain in a dark area, until it is ready to be exposed.

WashingOnce the image is exposed, both sides of the screen should be lightly sprayed with water in a special washout booth. Spray on the outside of the frame, or the side that was touching the film. The inside will naturally be softer because the light had to pass through the emulsion to get to that side. Now the image on the screen becomes visible. It is important to let the screen dry before transferring the ready-to-use screen to printing department.

Bhargav Mistry is the Director of DMI, and MD of Grafica Flectronica, manufacturer of fully automatic and semi-automatic screen printing machines.


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Southeastern Container Inc was formed in 1982 as a privately owned company under the ownership of a group of Coca-

Cola® Bottling companies. Today, the company operates as a manufacturing co-op with ten locations that produce plastic bottles. It handles nearly 70 per cent of the bottle production for Coca-Cola in the US and also works with bottle manufacturers outside of the co-operative. The company focusses on quality & service and continuous improvement.

The challengeWith roots in the southeastern US, Southeastern Container now has manufacturing facilities across the East Coast, Illinois and Wisconsin. At the company’s three injection moulding facilities, bottle blanks

called preforms are manufactured. The plastic preforms are blown into bottles at its blow moulding facilities as well as bottle manufacturers outside of the co-operative.

The preforms are shipped to bottle manufacturing plants in cardboard containers or existing plastic bins. Ideally, these containers are returned empty to the injection moulding facilities to repeat the cycle. However, problems with this return process were costing Southeastern Container thousands of dollars each year.

Some containers were lost or damaged in transit and had to be replaced. In addition, the design of containers prohibited the company from maximising the capacity of shipping trailers, resulting in the company paying for shipments of each load. Finally, cardboard containers are

Ensuring a smooth flow

RFID asset tracking

Southeastern Container Inc collaborated with Motorola and DecisionPoint Systems Inc for RFID asset tracking, which delivered thousands of dollars in annual savings and a two-year ROI. The company employed Motorola barcode scanners as well as fixed and handheld RFID readers for carrying out several functions.

Motorola fixed & handheld readers and Motorola antennas for effective & accurate inventory control

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often pre-assembled to save time, and the fully assembled containers take up warehouse floor space. In the process of shipping billions of preforms, these issues add up.

Southeastern Container planned to address these problems by replacing the existing containers with a new version – a specialised returnable plastic bin. While the new folding bins are designed to significantly reduce costs and increase efficiency, each of them is nearly ten times the cost of a cardboard container. Thus, cycle counting would be introduced to track bin lifetimes against the number of cycles guaranteed by the manufacturer.

“We decided to cycle count for inventory control, traceability, and to validate bin lifetime. For this purpose, we chose RFID tracking as the most effective method,” says John Underwood, Engineering Manager, Southeastern Container.

“We already use barcoding extensively, and have adopted RFID

on a number of occasions over the years. RFID was the right choice now because it was affordable and the technology was at a point where it could provide the reliability and accuracy we needed,” Underwood explains.

The solutionSoutheastern Container worked with its partner, DecisionPoint Systems, to architect an entire end-to-end solution to tackle this challenge. The system implementation started with a pilot RFID system for cycle counting the new bins. The solution included Motorola XR440 industrial-class fixed RFID readers, Motorola AN400 RFID antennas, Motorola MC9090-G RFID rugged handheld readers, and OATSystems’ Oat Asset Track software. In addition, Southeastern Container relies on the Motorola Service from the Start program for repair coverage for its Motorola RFID handheld readers. “We

worked hard to analyse the RFID tag selection with the Motorola devices to maximise successful reads for both full and empty bins,” says Gary Lemay, Senior Solutions Architect, DecisionPoint Systems.

“We also had huge success customising the OATSystems’ software to update both the SQL Server database and provide a web service connection to Southeastern Container’s warehouse system,” Lemay further adds.

The pilot at one injection moulding facility was successful, and the company is proceeding with a phased rollout across its operations. When the system is fully deployed, each of the approximately 30,000 bins will be permanently identified with an RFID tag and tracked using Motorola XR440 fixed RFID readers.

“We use Motorola barcode scanners for several functions at Southeastern Container and we have been impressed by them, so choosing

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Motorola fixed and handheld RFID readers was a natural progression,” Underwood states.

“In a separate project, pertaining to bottle production, we are also utilising Motorola’s Mobility Services Platform (MSP). With the MSP, we will save time and IT resources by supporting the handhelds from a central location,” he adds.

For the RFID project, DecisionPoint Systems helped Southeastern Container in the process of choosing the correct products for the system. Ultimately, Underwood chose the MC9090-G handheld RFID reader because it is rugged, reliable, and has the flexibility to capture data from both barcodes and RFID tags. “We are confident the MC9090s hold up in our demanding environment,” Underwood says.

“Each RFID tag identifies a single bin for a lifetime, which we are targeting at about five years,” he informs. “But we continue to use barcodes to identify contents – the product, such as ‘20-ounce contour clear,’ for example, and this varies per cycle, so the

multi-function aspect of the MC9090 is ideal,” he emphasises.

In addition to using the handheld RFID readers at Southeastern Container, the company also supplies them to the bin manufacturer. As bins are produced, the manufacturer captures the barcode and RFID tag information for each one, enabling Southeastern Container to link the two for warranty tracking and vendor certification. When the project is complete, the powerful MC9090 will run the Oat Asset Tracking application at the bin manufacturer just as the software runs on the Motorola XR440 fixed RFID readers at the Southeastern Container facilities.

“DecisionPoint tested and installed the Motorola XR440 fixed RFID reader for the pilot, and it was basically plug and play,” Underwood says. “They set it up and it worked. Even with all kinds of metal conveyers around, the reader and the Motorola AN400 antenna are outstanding on the plastic bins. We can read the bins in any orientation, up to 20 feet away if we choose,” he adds.

The AN400s are four-watt antennas, and at a little more than one watt, there is good control and reliable reads. This will surely go smoothly as the project is expanded across other facilities.

The benefitsThe pilot was smooth, and the system has proved to be reliable. Once this is fully rolled out, it is expected to offer better ROI in less than two years. The initial impetus for the RFID project was to perform cycle counts to track bin lifetimes against the manufacturer’s guaranteed number of cycles. “This is going to work well for cycle counting and traceability in the event of loss or damage, but those are just some of the reasons for this project,” Underwood says.

Other valuable benefits include more effective and accurate

warehouse and inventory control in the future. It is possible to know how many bins are with customers, how many have come back, and what the contents were. So it will help to manage not only the assets – the bins – but also manage product inventory in the warehouse.

The scalability of the Motorola solution and OAT Asset Track software offers opportunities for a wide range of additional asset tracking across the Southeastern Container enterprise in the future.

“In our future endeavours, we are considering a similar RFID system for real-time tracking of outbound shipments and return dunnage,” says Underwood.

Some other benefits of the RFID solution include:

Saving thousands of dollars a year in transportation costs

Reducing container loss and ensuring traceability

Achieving ROI within two years of full implementation

Providing accurate data on bin lifetimes for warranty contracts

Establishing a successful use case with RFID technology to leverage a wide range of future warehouse and inventory control efforts

Partner DecisionPoint Systems Inc and MotoralaMotorola’s premier solution partner DecisionPoint Systems Inc delivers improved productivity and operational advantages to its clients by helping them move their business decision points closer to their customers.

DecisionPoint uses all the latest wireless, mobility and RFID technologies to make enterprise software applications accessible to the front-line worker anytime and anywhere. Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications.

Courtesy: Motorola Motorola fixed readers are housed in industrial boxes


The plastics industry in India has grown significantly in the last two decades. To meet the ever-increasing demand, there is a

growing need for products made from plastics to cater to the requirements of various sectors such as agriculture, automobiles, building & construction, processed foods, consumer durables, pipes & conduits for water management, gas distribution, electricals and healthcare. PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011, one of the largest exhibitions for the plastics industry, offers opportunities for market leaders to explore this booming market by providing an ideal networking platform for both manufacturers and visitors.

Show factsSince plastics play an important role in everyday life, the All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association, popularly known as AIPMA, will be organising the 8th PLASTIVISION INDIA from January 20 to 24, 2011, at Goregaon, Mumbai. Over 1,100 domestic & international exhibitors will showcase their products over a sprawling area of approximately 55,000 sq m. Large-scale international

participation is expected from countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Europe, UAE, Japan, UK, USA, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland and The Netherlands.

Event at a glance PLASTIVISION INDIA is held every three years as an international event to promote the Indian plastics industry. The upcoming edition will not only highlight the industry’s progress, but also prove India’s potential as an emerging market for plastics and machinery. It is also expected to provide Indian entrepreneurs with considerable opportunities to consolidate and strengthen their trade globally.

PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011 will showcase products such as plastic packaging machinery & technology, raw materials, chemicals & auxiliaries, machines & equipment for recycling, machinery & plant for processing, post-processing machines, moulds & dies, ancillary equipment, semi-finished products, technical parts & reinforced plastics and finished plastic products.

From the visitors’ point of view, PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011 would

Towards global opportunities, glorious futurePLASTIVISION INDIA 2011, one of the largest exhibitions for the plastics industry, is all set to ring in opportunities for the industry at the onset of 2011. This event is expected to attract a large number of overseas participants, thereby providing a platform to grasp industry trends, meet potential suppliers and strategic partners among others. A preview…

CURTAIN RA ISER

Showcasing the best

Technology for the future

Seizing the opportunities

A glimpse of the previous edition

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Key factors driving this event Overall, India is becoming a hub for

the plastics industry, especially in the areas of automobiles, white goods, and other goods that are directly or indirectly connected to plastics. Also, the world is becoming more aware of India’s capability to develop new technology. PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011 is a platform for manufacturers and visitors looking for new technologies. Besides, this year we are expecting huge foreign participation along with increased response from local manufacturers and visitors.

AIPMA’s goal Our goal is to provide maximum

opportunities by promoting exhibitions and creating a platform for buyers and manufacturers.

International participation International participation has

been growing steadily in the last few exhibitions because foreign manufacturers have realised that the market in India is growing significantly. Also, such exhibitions facilitate exchange of knowledge and information. So, people do not have to go abroad to know about emerging trends worldwide in a particular field, as these exhibitions offer a good platform to exchange information with our foreign counterparts.

be beneficial for marketing managers, technical experts, traders, distributors, dealers/retailers, manufacturers and suppliers among others.

This year there are two dedicated events that will focus on conserving energy and reusing waste: PLASTICA and the Green Pavilion.

PLASTICAA dedicated pavilion earmarked for various applications of plastics is the brainchild of AIPMA to enable manufacturers to showcase various plastic products used in the field of agriculture, eg plastic pipes in sprinkler irrigation systems, plastic films in green houses, plastic nets in horticulture, heavy duty flexible membrane lines for canal lining that prevents water seepage. In addition, this pavilion will exhibit a range of automobile plastic-moulded components used in automobile industry. It will also feature consumer products such as houseware, thermoware, toys, sporting goods, fridges and washing machines. PLASTICA will also focus on energy conservation and recycling.

Green PavilionIn present times, the effective management of waste is gaining prominence and is a cause for great concern. It affects all households, corporations and public authorities everywhere. Waste management should be closely monitored and regulated. Disposal methods are becoming increasingly costlier as landfill space decreases. “The Green Pavilion is expected to demonstrate and educate the general public about environmental issues,” says Yogesh P Shah, President, AIPMA. People will learn about improving the environment through ‘reuse of waste’. Simply put, reuse means using an object or material again and again, either for its original purpose or for a similar purpose. However, reuse is not recycling, because recycling alters the physical form of an object or material. Reuse prevents objects and materials from becoming

waste. Some items are specifically designed to be reused, eg rechargeable batteries or ‘real nappies’. PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011 is expected to team up with local manufacturers to educate people on ‘reusing waste’. It will also enable NGOs and municipal bodies to ensure that information and knowledge about ‘reusing waste’ is spread across the country.

This year there is also a dedicated pavilion for raw materials, polymers

& resins, additives & colourants manufacturers. Ajay Desai, Chairman, PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011, asserts, “We have made an attempt to ensure hall-wise participation to provide visitors with focussed spectrum exhibitors and better business options. Hall 1 & 7 will house machinery, moulds & accessories; Hall 2 – PLASTICA and Vibrant Gujarat, Hall 5 – raw materials, polymers & resins, additives & colourants manufacturers; Hall 6 – international exhibitors.

A glimpse into the pastPLASTIVISION INDIA 2007 was spread over an area of 45,000 sq m and witnessed more than 850 global participants. AIPMA is also the founder of the Plastindia Foundation, established in 1987, to jointly promote the interest of the Indian plastics industry at an international level. AIPMA has representations at various Union & State Government Ministries to voice concerns and difficulties faced by the industry, budgetary structure recommendations and monitor uniformity in government regulations for the plastics industry.

What next?Through PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011, AIPMA intends to make India a hub for the global plastics industry. Going forward, it intends to establish polytechnic colleges, which will impart knowledge and skills to people so that India will have all the skills to manufacture machinery, thereby placing India on par with China. “We will then have a skilled labour force that will be able to compete with China and the rest of the world. Skilled manpower will help improve conditions in the industry and accelerate its growth prospects,” adds Shah.

A promising platform to build business alliances and increase channels to better expand one’s prospects in this region, PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011, will serve as a timely event for professionals involved in this dynamic sector.

Yogesh P ShahPresident, AIPMA

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Print Pack India 2011With the aim of disseminating information on the state of the technology, market perspectives and various developments taking place across the world relevant to the Indian printing packaging and allied industries, IPAMA is hosting the Print Pack India 2011; January 16-21,2011; at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

For details contact: Indian Printing Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers Association (IPAMA)Plot No C - 54, Sector 62, Institutional AreaNoida 201307Tel: 0120-2400110, Fax: 0120-2400109 Email: [email protected]: www.ipama.org

PLASTIVISION INDIA 2011This event is being designed to help exhibitors and visitors discover potential markets. It will be the 8th in the series of national exhibitions and seminars organised by AIPMA; January 20-24, 2011; at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

For details contact:Sanjivini KothareAll India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association MumbaiTel: 022-2821 7324/7325Fax: 022-2821 6390Email: [email protected]: www.aipma.net

Intelpack 2011Intelpack is among the longest running packaging exhibitions in India. This international trade fair will prove to be an ideal platform, which brings both exhibitors and visitors together under one roof; February 16-18, 2011; at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai

For details contact: Intel Trade Fairs and Expositions Pvt Ltd113, New Sonal Link Industrial Estate Building No.2, Link Road Malad (W), MumbaiTel: 022-28803977, Fax: 022-28819008E-mail: [email protected]: www.intelexpo.com

FOOD PACK INDIA 2011This is a leading exhibition on the food packaging industry; February 25-27, 2011; NSIC Trade Centre, Hyderabad

For details contact: Business Live9G, RR FlatsBharathi Nagar 1st Street(Off) North Usman Road, Opp.B.B.C.Plaza T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017Tel: 044-28344851 / 28344853Fax: 044-28344852Mob: 9940075606E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]: www.businesslive.in

Compack Expo 2011An exhibition & conference for the packaging and processing industries; November 4-6, 2011; Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

For details contact: Smart ExposT-6, Agarwal Court - K G Plaza41-44, General Patters RoadChennai 600 002Tel: 044-28603086/28604087Email: [email protected]

PackPlus South 2011The total packaging, processing and supply chain event with display of packaging machines and equipment like coding and on-line printing machines, foiling, capsuling, feeding & labelling machines, packaging containers, packaging materials, software, etc; July 1-4, 2011; HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad

For details contact: Neetu AroraPrint-Packaging.com Pvt Ltd F 101, Tower No. 71st FloorInternational Infotech Park Vashi Railway Station, Vashi Navi Mumbai 400 705 Tel: 022-27812093, 022-27812619Fax: 022-27812578Website: www.packplussouth.in

National

India’s premier industrial trade fair on products and technologies related to Machine Tools, Hydraulics & Pneumactics, Process Machinery & Equipment, Automation Instrumentation, Packaging & Auxiliaries, IT Products, Electrical & Electronics, Material Handling and Safety Equipment.

For details contact:

Infomedia 18 Ltd, Infomedia 18 Ltd, Ruby House, 1st Floor, J K Sawant

Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai 400 028. Tel: 022 3003 4651 Fax: 022 3003 4499


IndoreMadhya Pradesh

Jan 7-10, 2011Poddar Plaza, Near Gandhi Hall, M G Road

Chennai Tamil Nadu

Mar 11-13, 2011Chennai Trade Centre

Mumbai Maharashtra

February 17-19, 2011Bombay Exhibition Centre

One of the largest advanced design and manufacturing events in India featuring Machine

Tools, Hydraulics & Pneumactics, Process Machinery & Equipment, Automation & Instrumentation, Packaging

& Auxiliaries, IT Products, Electrical & Electronics, Material Handling and Safety Equipment.

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VERPACKUNG NORD 2011This event will offer a chance to find innovative materials and solutions for future packaging needs. It will be an interactive platform for the packaging industry of Northern Germany and beyond; January 26-27, 2011; at Hamburg Messe, Hamburg, Germany

For details contact:Charlotte BösslEasy Fairs-Munich, Hilblestrasse- 5480636 Munich, GermanyTel: +49 (0)89 127 165 161 Fax: +49 (0)89 127 165 111Email: [email protected]: www.easyfairs.com/verpackung-hamburg-2011

WestPack 2011The event will focus on materials’ efficiency in packaging through emphasis on new equipment, technology, custom automation equipment, package design and printing, robotics, software; February 08-11, 2011; Anaheim Convention Centre, Anaheim, California, US For details contact:UBM Canon11444 W. Olympic BoulevardLos AngelesCalifornia-90064-1549, USTel: 310/445-4200 Fax: 310/996-9499Email: [email protected]: www.canontradeshows.com/expo/wpack11

PACKTECH 2011This event will be a platform for key budget holders and influencers to come together to source solutions & operational efficiency in packaging machinery & systems, end-of-line equipment, transit packaging, printing and converting machinery; February 16-17,2011; at NEC, Birmingham, UK

For details contact:David Fergus easyFairs UK Ltd, 3rd Floor, Regal House70 London RoadTwickenham TW1 3QS, UKTel: +44 (0) 20 8622 4417

Fax: +44 (0)20 86 22 4412Email: [email protected]: www.easyfairs.com/events_216/packaging-innovations-2011

Convertech Japan 2011This will be an exhibition of sophisticated converting machinery and functional materials for packaging applications. A new dimension to this event will be its emphasis on electrical circuits and solar cells in printing technologies for producing flexible substrates; February 16-18, 2011; at Tokyo Big Sight Hall, Japan

For details contact:Converting Technical InstituteIwamotocho-Takahashi Building3-4-6, Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 101-0032, JapanTel: +81-3-3861-3858Fax: +81-3-3861-3894Email: [email protected]: www.convertechjapan.com

Package Design & Development SummitThis will bring together the package design and development professionals seeking the latest trends, tools and technologies for creative competitive packaging; March 1-3, 2011; at Renaissance Vinoy, St. Petersburg, Florida, US

For details contact:Packaging Strategies600 Willowbrook Lane, Suite 610West Chester, PA 19382, USTel: 1-610-436-4220Fax: 1-610-436-6277Email: [email protected]: www.packagedesignanddevelopment.com

SINO-PACK 2011This will be an ideal platform for the Asian packaging industry to showcase its upcoming technologies & innovations in raw materials and machinery. It will serve as an interactive environment for international investors and suppliers of the packaging sector; March 9-11, 2011; at China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex Pazhou, Guangzhou, China

For details contact:Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd 6/F, No 321 Java RoadNorth PointHong Kong Tel: +852 2811 8897 Email: [email protected] Website: www.chinasinopack.com

Gulf Print & Pack 2011This will be an opportunity to discover the latest technology in the Middle East printing industry. There will be a huge cross section of exciting and cutting edge exhibits on display from across the globe; March 14-17, 2011; at Airport Expo, Dubai

For details contact:Lina Alousta Tarsus Group Limited9th Flr, Metro Building1 Butterwick, London W6 8DLThe United KingdomTel: +44 (0)20 8846 2738Fax: +44 (0)20 8846 2801Email: [email protected]: www.gulfprintpack.com

AUSPACK PLUS 2011This will be Australasia’s premier event for showcasing the latest developments in packaging, processing, plastics machinery, materials and associated technologies. It will be an ideal platform for industry professionals to showcase their solutions as well; March 22-25, 2011; at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center, Melbourne, Australia

For details contact:Rob KeenEvent DirectorExhibitions and Trade Fairs Pvt LtdTel: +61 2 9556 7988 Email: [email protected]: www.auspack.com.au

International

The information published in this section is as per the details furnished by the

respective organiser. In any case, it does not represent the views of

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Beverley Lewis

The growing demand for food processing and packaging machinery has led to an increasing need for state-of-

the-art machinery. This was highlighted at the International Packtech India and Drink Technology India held from November 18-20, 2010, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, which attracted scores of exhibitors as well as potential customers.

The demand for packaged food and beverages is increasing significantly in India. Despite a considerable rise in the supply provided by India’s industry for

packaging machinery, there is a high demand for foreign machinery. Between 2005 and 2009, the import of food processing & packaging machinery in India doubled and reached a volume of

347 million in 2009.

State-of-the-art machineryThe demand for sophisticated food processing & packaging machinery from Germany is high and German manufacturers offer powerful partnerships for the expansion of India’s packaging industry. At the International Packtech India and Drink Technology India, 31 German companies presented various advanced technical solutions and products that guaranteed hygienic & economic production and packaging processes. They also offered machinery for the whole value chain including food processing, beverage & liquid food as well as packaging and logistics.

A unique platform in IndiaInternational Packtech India and Drink Technology India organised by Messe Düsseldorf and Messe Munich aimed at establishing a platform for the food processing and beverage industry in India. The event proved to be mutually beneficial for both exhibitors as well as visitors alike by creating an ideal trade platform for the food and beverage industry in India.

Showcasing power-packed technologies

International Packtech India 2010

Courtesy: xxx

With a population of 1.1 billion people, India is one of the largest markets for food & beverages and the demand for packaged food products is rising. In this backdrop, the recently held International Packtech India and Drink Technology India provided a platform for industry players to explore the latest technologies and products as well as strengthen their economic performance.

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Mahua Roy

Convenience is the buzzword in the food industry today. The growth of food processing sector has nearly doubled to 13.7

per cent during the last four years. The growing percentage of the middle class, liberalisation and organised retail sector are the catalysts to growth in packaging. Thus, the Indian packaging industry is growing at the rate of 22-25 per cent per annum. In the next five years, the sector is expected to triple to around $ 60 billion. In this backdrop, a trade show dedicated to the packaging industry was bound to be coveted by the food processing and packaging industry.

A trade forumThe exhibition showcased latest technological innovations from the industry and provided a business platform to the visitors who had the

provision of a one-to-one interaction with the senior personnel from the companies. According to the organsiers, there were several ‘on the spot sold’ machines.

Subodh Kant Sahai, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, shared growth figures of the industry and encouraged the stakeholders to come up with development proposals.

The next editionWith the success of the 2010 edition, organisers of PackPlus 2010 have already geared themselves up for the Southern edition, to be held from July, 01-04, 2011, at HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad.

PackPlus will be back with its 2011 edition from December 07-10, 2011 at NSIC Exhibition Centre, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi. The special section of ‘converting zone’ will be a part of an entirely separate event to be held during Mumbai in November 2011.

Encapsulating some of the best technologies

Print-packaging.com and industry associations from the packaging & food processing industries came together to put forward a comprehensive trade exhibition from December 03-06, 2010, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Satisfied experiences of visitors, exhibitors and organisers speak volumes about the success of this event.

PackPlus 2010

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The F&S award function was organised on December 6, 2010 to give due recognition to deserving performers from

diverse sectors. These lumainaries belonged to industries such as food ingredients, specialty chemicals, bioplastics, high-performance fibres, protective equipment, etc. The event recognised and acclaimed their contribution towards ameliorating India’s economic position.

On this occasion, F&S recognised 27 exemplary organisations that have showcased unparalleled innovation. “In the CMF markets, we are seeing rapid innovations and new players. There was a definite need to identify these innovations and bring them forth on a common forum. This will not only help organisations that are driving these innovations but also others in the competition to find out what they need to do to thrive in the market. Further, from a consumer’s perspective,

this also enables to identify the best and the most progressive of the lot. At F&S, we regularly collaborate with companies in accelerating their growth and help them identify strategic partners,” said Mamta Wadhwa, Senior Director - CMF, South Asia and Middle East, F&S.

The selection processThe Voice of Customer Award Series involved a multi-tier process wherein excellence in the industry was gauged through ratings provided by end-user companies. The jury’s awards were based on the premise of nominations from industry experts belonging to various sectors of the CMF industry.

Parameters of excellenceThe awards recognised the distinction of products & services with respect to customer value, competence, features & functionality, customer focus, etc, alongwith a host of other crucial factors such as leadership, strategy, growth, innovation, integration and reliability. The nominees and award recipients were identified through a diligent process, taking into consideration perspectives from customers, experts and thought leaders within the industry, along with F&S’s expertise.

“The award recipients were identified through a thorough research process. Keeping in mind the industry feedback, F&S would like this forum to be a regular feature and at the same time become a benchmark for the industry to look up to in the future,” added Wadhwa.

Inspiring performance, imparting knowledgeIn a unique award ceremony held recently, Frost and Sullivan (F&S) recognised and rewarded the top performers in the fields of Chemicals, Materials and Food (CMF) with honours. Identifying the top players in each of the designated 27 categories, F&S India Excellence in Chemicals, Materials and Food Awards painted a consolidated picture of the industry.

Frost & Sullivan 2010 India Excellence in Chemicals,

Materials and Food Awards

Award recipients lead the way...

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advanced memory, speed and processing capabilities for a wide range of control demands, from high-performance logic & motion to information-intensive process applications. These new PACs have enhanced memory and processing capabilities that help improve production rates, boost overall equipment effectiveness, and provide more timely data for improved decision-making capabilities. For complex, high-performance motion applications, the ControlLogix L73 and L75 PACs interface seamlessly with motion drives through EtherNet/IP and SERCOS network interfaces. The controllers are capable of supporting as many as 100 axes, further simplifying synchronisation of complex motion applications. These controllers lower the lifecycle costs and total cost of ownership for manufacturers by enabling a multidiscipline control system. The 1 GB secure digital card, that is shipped with each controller, provides improved data integrity and reads & writes faster than the previous CompactFlash technology.

Rockwell Automation India LtdNoida - Uttar PradeshTel: 0120-289 5245, Fax: 0120-421 7929Email: [email protected]

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Vacuum packaging machine

Monarch Appliances offers a vacuum packaging machine, which is used to pack food products. The vacuum packaging increases the shelf life of products. The machine vacuums the product and the shape of the product itself comes out with the

pack. The advantage of a chamber machine is that even the space surrounding the product outside the package is vacuumed. Vacuum chamber machines can also be used to pack products with a modified atmosphere. Very low residual oxygen figures can be obtained by first pulling a vacuum before the injection of gas. Vacuum packaging machine is useful for packing cheese, meat, fish, dairy products, peanuts, dry fruits, sea foods, coffee beans, pillows, PCBs, spices, instant food, bakery products, chemicals, electric components, pharma products, etc.

Monarch AppliancesRajkot - GujaratTel: 0281-301 7420, Fax: 0281-301 9788Email: [email protected]

Hot-melt coating machine

Shanghai Huadi Machinery Co offers RT-20 hot-melt medical plaster coating machine, which used for produce medical plaster,

band-aid, medical spring bandage, non-woven fabric glue sticker and other products. It adopts slot die, can-coating 100-1,000 g/m² with the width between 200-800 mm and the speed is 20 m/min. The uniformity is controlled within

5 per cent. The machine adopts servo motor drive, can setting and adjusting precisely with steady speed. Other important advantages include: realises low-tension control of the elastic substrate; manufactured by stainless steel as per the usage standard in medicine industry; and realises precise metering, dosing, double-screw mixing and coating.

Shanghai Huadi Machinery Co LtdShanghai - ChinaTel: +86-21-5779 4228, Fax: +86-21-5779 4222Email: [email protected]

Programmable automation controllers

Rockwell Automation offers Allen-Bradley ControlLogix L73 and L75 programmable automation controllers (PACs). These provide

Cleaning and washing system

Scanvik Packaging offers a wide range of Flexo Wash cleaning/washing systems for anilox rolls, gravure cylinders, printing plates and parts for both narrow web and wide web presses. Flexo Wash uses a safe and gentle cleaning method that does not harm even the most delicate rolls. With this system one can both deep clean the rolls and wash them on a daily basis without harming even the finest rolls. Simply place the roll in the anilox roll/plates in the cleaning machine and press start. The whole cleaning process starting with liquid spraying, rinsing with high-pressure water and at the end drying by means of air will run through automatically in one cycle. There is no need to do manual cleaning or drying thus ensuring minimum manual handling of rolls/plates. The quick and gentle system is fully automatic and leaves the anilox roll/cylinder/plates 100 per cent clean & dry ready for use in a very short time.

Scanvik PackagingMumbai - MaharashtraTel: 022-4010 6327, Mob: 09820428338Email: [email protected]

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Temperature controllerProcon Technologies offers PXR series temperature controller from Fuji Electric. This 1/16 DIN temperature controller comes with a LED display that is 1.6 times larger than other previous models with dust-proof front display and operational section that is waterproof and conforms to NEMA-4X (IP66). It is available in 24 x 48 mm, 48 x 48 mm, 48 x 96 mm and 96 x 96 mm sizes. Fuzzy control is a standard feature suppressing overshoot without lengthy start-up time and improving the response to external disturbances by quickly reverting to set points. It is provided with 16-segment ramp/soak & menu driven auto/manual mode of operation. By using the digital input option, the operator can change between two set points using a remote, start/stop the control action, start/reset the ramp/soak, start/stop the auto tuning, cancel the alarm latch or start the incorporated timer.

Procon Technologies Pvt LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2749 2566, Fax: 079-2743 2871Email: [email protected]

Industrial glue gunsSumitron Exports offers industrial glue guns from Homeease Industrial Co Ltd, Taiwan. These glue guns provide higher wattage & heating power to melt more glue faster and also allows more glue flow than regular size glue guns. Triggers are designed for easy

grip. Less effort required to push allows more glue output per stroke. The housing is heat resistant & the products are ideal for professional bonding such as carpeting or furnishing. Both manual and pneumatic models with normal to heavy duty ones (80-600 W) are available. These are compatible with 11-18 mm diameter of glue sticks and come with wide range of adapter nozzles. The company also offers glue sticks of EVA/polyimide material for general purposes, plastic, ceramic, lightweight metal, fabric, craft wood and paper.

Sumitron Exports Pvt LtdNew Delhi Tel: 011-4141 0631Fax: 011-4141 0494Email: [email protected]

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Plate making machineInnovative Flexotech offers photopolymer plate making machine for pharmaceutical batch printing. It performs exposure, washout, drying, and treatment in complete functions. The exposure unit comes with instant light-up Philips high-intensity lamps, unique digital timers for back/main exposure, good quality lamps cooling/exhausting system, and quick vacuum draw down pump with indicator. Features of washout unit include: easy access design, special bristle good for all kinds of plates washout, suitable for Perc+NBA & green chemicals, and good result for 175 LPI one per cent reproduction. Drying unit comes with features including: drying drawer with uniform heat distribution, temperature adjustable by a precise controller, unique air circulation and exhaustion design, and over-heat sensor for safety and protection. Features of treatment unit are: chemical-free operation; digital timer for light finishing control; and Philips UVC high-intensity lamps equipped with powerful air exhausting for big size models.

Innovative Flexotech Pvt LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2685 2439Email: [email protected]

Rotary coder

Bhavmark Systems offers RM-2, a compact rotary coder with instant dry thermo fusible ink. This coder can print date, batch number, price and other information. It is applicable to most soft and flexible packaging materials such as cellophane, PP, PE, aluminium, cardboard, etc. Maximum speed can be up to 35 m/min and maximum printing area 30 x 35 mm. It is easy to install on all types of continuous motion packaging machines such as flow pack units and form-fill-seal machines. Important features include: driven by high-speed stepping motor, self-test, quick configuration, automatic temperature control, LED display, and quick replacement of modules.

Bhavmark SystemsThane - MaharashtraTel: 022-2819 8722Fax: 022-2818 0455Email: [email protected]

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Packaging machine Bosch offers ‘Transwrap 1650’ packaging machine for food and non-food industry. This product with its wide range of packaging solutions is suited for a variety of packaging needs, styles and budgets. The array of packaging options includes package styles like pillow bags and side gusseted bags along with many other options pertaining to

heat sealing, polyethylene welding systems, anti- static devices, chain packages and hole punch devices. All these options can be activated through simple setting procedures via an intuitive human machine interface (HMI), offering user the flexibility which in turn shortens the changeover time. The machine is constructed of corrosion resistant material which extends the machine capability to pack aggressive products. It allows for easy integration of dosing devices (augers, weighers, and cup fillers), gas flushing devices, printers as well as check weighers along with various up and downstream equipment interfaces.

Bosch India Ltd Bengaluru - KarnatakaTel: 080-2299 9780, Fax: 080-2299 6189Email: [email protected]

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Auger fillerSaurabh Flexipack Systems offers Smart-EX auger filler. This vertical form-fill-seal machine is cost-effective and is designed for entrepreneur, mid-scale and large-scale manufacturer. It requires very little floor space. The machine is intelligent PLC-controlled, with pneumatic operations. It is suitable for packaging pouches of size ranging from 0.5 to 500 g with good speed and weight precision. The machine is good for free flowing fine powders like turmeric, mehandi, besan, atta, talcum powder, ground spices, herbal powder and all kinds of fine powders. Specifications of the machine include: filling capacity 0.5-500 g, filling speed 1,000-4,000 pouches/hr, PLC control, pneumatic mode of operation, weighing accuracy 0.5 per cent of set volume, weight of the machine 50 kg (approximate), dimension can be 1,000 x 950 x 2,450 (approximate), power requirement 220 V single-phase or 420 V three-phase, and compressed air requirement 6 CFM with pressure 6 bar. The machine is available in variety of models varying 0.5-10 g, 5-50 g, 10-100 g, 50-250 g, and 100-500 g. Packaging material used are laminated films.

Saurabh Flexipack Systems Pvt LtdPune - MaharashtraTel: 020-2749 2722, Fax: 020-2749 1347Email: [email protected]

Self-adhesive sticker labelling machine

Shree Bhagwati Pharma Machinery Company offers self-adhesive sticker labelling machine. This machine is apt for labelling self-adhesive stickers of different shapes, sizes and material such as glass and plastics. It dispenses labels for all types of self-adhesive stickered products, which are cylindrical in shape like cans, jars, containers, etc. The machine comes with user-friendly computer controller. This easy-to-operate machine has speed of about 15-20 units/min. It also saves time & money with a reduction of labour and cost per self-adhesive sticker. It is versatile as it applies pressure-sensitive labels made of plastic, paper, Mylar, etc. The machine is completely covered with stainless steel and change of parts is not required for different size and shape of the self-adhesive stickers. The machine helps in saving glue up to 50 per cent because of strip gluing system.

Shree Bhagwati Pharma Machinery Company Ahmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2277 0475Fax: 079-2276 2466Email: [email protected]

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Digital paper moisture meterCole-Parmer India offers the ‘Delmhorst P-2000’ digital paper moisture meter. This electrical resistance type moisture meter comes with three separate scales: paper, baled scrap paper and reference. The moisture scale range for paper is 4.3-18 per cent, for baled paper the range is 5-40 per cent, and for the reference scale it is 0-100. The meter measures through built-in pins and optional pin electrodes. The

contact pins mounted on top of the meter provide 0.8 cm (5/16’’) penetration for testing paper tubes or corrugated stock. The meter also features an audible out-of-range alarm, internal calibration check, 100 data point memory, and average/maximum readings. This meter is provided with a 9V battery and hard plastic carrying case. Optional and replacement electrodes & accessories are also available. The paper moisture meter is ideal for testing paper materials such as paperboard, corrugated stock and paper tubes. Hence, it finds applications in the print & paper, packaging, food & beverage and manufacturing industries.

Cole-Parmer IndiaMumbai - MaharashtraTel: 022-6716 2222, Fax: 022-6716 2211Email: [email protected]

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Vertical form-fill-seal machine

Wraptech Machines offers high-speed vertical form, fill and seal machine for producing centre-sealed pouches handling all types of free-flowing/non-free-flowing powders/granules/solids. The machine handles a single-reel film stock of maximum reel diameter 530 mm on 76 mm core. The machine has the facility to be provided with a variety of filling heads. Draw down of the film is through vacuum pressed draw down belts, controlled through a servo motor drive. The length of the bag is controlled by print registration system, which is PLC-based. For unprinted film, the bag length can be adjusted from a single-touch keypad provided on the front panel. Filling range of the machine is 25 to 2,000 g depending upon bulk density of products & fill weight the maximum pouch size can take. Output can be up to 120-140 packs/min depending on product flow properties, pack size, the kind, and quality & thickness of laminate being used.

Wraptech Machines Pvt LtdNavi Mumbai - MaharashtraTel: 022-2787 1743, Fax: 022-2761 2807Email: [email protected]

Vibratory bowl feeder

Elscint Automation offers a special vibratory bowl feeder for large caps having diameter of more than 100 mm. Plastic caps require feeding for automatic capping machines as well as other special pharmaceutical and consumer goods feeding machines. These caps have to be oriented in one particular direction, which can either be open side facing sky, open side facing ground or even the open side facing centre of the bowl or away from it. The feed rate achievable in case of such large caps is about 60 to 80 caps/min depending upon the size of the plastic cap. As most of the caps come out in ‘open side facing sky’ orientation, they need to be twisted to change the orientation to ‘open side facing ground’. A versatile tooling along with feeder can twist caps of any diameter in 180o or as required.

Elscint AutomationPune - MaharashtraTel: 020-2712 2059Fax: 020-2712 2994Email: [email protected]

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Powder filling machine

Ace Technologies offers semi-automatic powder filling machine. This is suitable for all powders and granules. The machine has high filling accuracy due to unique design feature. Wide table design helps accommodate more containers. It requires minimum change parts. All contact parts are of SS 316. Microprocessor-based control, zero dripping, and accurate slippage control are other important features.

Ace TechnologiesMumbai - MaharashtraTel: 022-2854 0743/0645Fax: 022-2870 0281Email: [email protected]

PTFE/Teflon-coated fibreglass adhesive tapesUrja Products offers UNITO brand PTFE/Teflon-coated f i b r e g l a s s a d h e s i v e tapes. These tapes have advantages such as: non-stick, self-lubricating, friction-free, non-toxic, non-flammable, non-wettable, non-brittle and resistance to atmospheric condition. Silicone pressure sensitive adhesive used for making these tapes can withstand wider temperature range of –200 to +300oC. The adhesive tapes ensure permanent heat-sealing thus making sure that heat-sealed packet is pilfer-proof. The adhesive tapes give excellent performance for expected life on any heat-sealer. Adhesive tapes typically find application in heat-sealing in packaging industry, chemical industry, HDPE woven sacks, printing industry, food industry, dairy milk pouches, etc. These tapes are available in width from 6 to 1,000 mm. These are widely consumed and recommended because of their longer life and desired performance.

Urja Products Pvt LtdAhmedabad - GujaratTel: 079-2287 2277/3434Fax: 079-2287 3223Email: [email protected]

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Acrylic bending machine ............................. 21

Air-cooled sealers ................................................ 29

Ammonia liquid chillers .......................................... 2

AS-interface systems ............................................. 17

Auger filler........................................................... 66

Automation.......................................................... 65

Automation & storage system................................ 17

Bearings ..................................................... 8B

Blade bending machine........................................ 21

Bulk milk cooler ..................................................... 2

Butterfly valve......................................................... 2

Cable carriers ............................................. 8B

Cable connectors................................................. 8B

Cables for bus systems ......................................... 17

Cables handling & processing systems .................. 17

Capacitive and magnetic sensors .......................... 17

Caps ..................................................................... 5

Cartoning machine .............................................. 53

Chains ................................................................ 8B

Cleaning and washing system............................... 62

Coating laminating machine................................. 67

Coding system ................................................. COC

Concrete block & paver machines......................... 53

Connector accessories.......................................... 17

Connectors .......................................................... 8B

Container filling lines ........................................... 53

Controllers........................................................... 65

Corrugated board ................................................ 61

Counters & power supplies ................................... 8A

Crimp contact & tools .......................................... 17

C-slot and T-slot pneumatic cylinders .................... 71

Custom-made cables ........................................... 17

Cutting machines ................................................. 21

Dairy machinery ........................................... 2

Data cables ......................................................... 17

Digital paper moisture meter ................................ 67

Digital temperature controller................................ 63

Drives...........................................................FIC, 63

Dual channel with modbus ................................... 63

Dynamic controller ............................................... 63

Encoders ..................................................... 8A

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Materials & Food Awards ..................................... 73

Exhibition - Engineering Expo......................40A, 56A

Exhibition - HiTech Manufacturing Show ............FIC-A

Expanded polyethylene capseals............................ 69

Expanded polyethylene seal liners ......................... 69

Extrusion laminating machine................................ 67

Factory automation.................................... BIC

Fibre optic controllers ........................................... 71

Fill and seal machines.......................................... 51

Flexible material................................................... 61

Flexible packaging material .................................. 51

Folding carton ..................................................... 61

Gaskets....................................................... 69

Horizontal FFS ............................................ 53

Hot-melt coating machine .................................... 62

Identification systems .................................. 17

Induction sealing machine .................................... 29

Inductive proximity sensors.................................... 17

Industrial connectors ............................................ 17

Industrial control & sensing devices ....................... 8A

Industrial glue guns.............................................. 63

Inspection machine .............................................. 67

Instrumentation-made cables ................................ 17

Invertor/variable frequency drives .......................... 8A

Labelling machines ........ COC, 13, 51, 67, BC

Laminating machine .......................................13, 67

Level controllers ................................................... 8A

Liners .................................................................. 69

Marking machines ...................................COC

Materials ............................................................. 73

Measuring & monitoring relay............................... 8A

Motion controls.................................................... 8A

Packaging machine ............................... 43, 65

Palletiser .............................................................. 53

Photoelectric sensors ......................................8A, 17

Plastic film & sheet ............................................... 51

Plate heat exchanger.............................................. 2

Plate making machine .......................................... 64

PLC...............................................................8A, 63

Plug valve.............................................................. 2

Pneumatic valve ..................................................... 2

Powder filling machine ......................................... 70

Pressure sensors for wet packaging applications..... 71

Printing machines ................................................. 43

Process tanks ......................................................... 2

Profile controller................................................... 63

Programmable automation controllers ................... 62

Programmable terminals ....................................... 8A

Protective-conduit system ...................................... 17

Proximity sensors .................................................. 8A

PTFE/Teflon-coated fibreglass adhesive tapes......... 70

Rail tankers................................................... 2

Refrigerant pumps .................................................. 2

Refrigeration .......................................................... 2

RFID.................................................................... 8A

Rotary coder ........................................................ 64

Rotary encoders ................................................... 17

Rotogravure coating machine ............................... 67

Rotogravure printing machine ............................... 67

Safety light curtains .................................... 8A

Screw compressor .................................................. 2

Sealers ................................................................ 29

Self-adhesive labelling machine ............................ 66

Sensors................................................................ 17

Servo motors ....................................................... 65

Shrink film .................................................... 51, BC

Shrink wrappers ................................................... 51

Skin wrapping machine ........................................BC

Slitting machine ................................................... 67

Software ................................................................ 1

Spiral cables ........................................................ 17

Switching relays.................................................... 8A

Tanks & silos ................................................. 2

Temperature controller....................................8A, 63

Timers ................................................................. 8A

Trade show .......................................................... 27

Tubular bag form ................................................. 51

Ultrasonic sensors ....................................... 17

Universal controller .............................................. 63

Vacuum packaging machine ....................... 62

Vertical form-fill-seal machine .........................53, 68

Vibratory bowl feeder ........................................... 68

Vision sensors ...................................................... 8A

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o Acrylic bending machine.....................................

o Air-cooled sealers ..............................................

o Ammonia liquid chillers ......................................

o AS-interface systems...........................................

o Auger filler ........................................................

o Automation .......................................................

o Automation & storage system..............................

o Bearings............................................................

o Blade bending machine......................................

o Bulk milk cooler.................................................

o Butterfly valve .....................................................

o Cable carriers....................................................

o Cable connectors...............................................

o Cables for bus systems .......................................

o Cables handling & processing systems.................

o Capacitive and magnetic sensors ........................

o Caps.................................................................

o Cartoning machine ............................................

o Chains ..............................................................

o Cleaning and washing system .............................

o Coating laminating machine...............................

o Coding system...................................................

o Concrete block & paver machines.......................

o Connector accessories........................................

o Connectors........................................................

o Container filling lines .........................................

o Controllers ........................................................

o Corrugated board..............................................

o Counters & power supplies .................................

o Crimp contact & tools ........................................

o C-slot and T-slot pneumatic cylinders ..................

o Custom-made cables .........................................

o Cutting machines...............................................

o Dairy machinery.................................................

o Data cables.......................................................

o Digital paper moisture meter...............................

o Digital temperature controller .............................

o Drives ...............................................................

o Dual channel with modbus .................................

o Dynamic controller.............................................

o Encoders ...........................................................

o Exhibition - 2010 India Excellence in Chemicals,\ .

Materials & Food Awards....................................

o Exhibition - Engineering Expo..............................

o Exhibition - HiTech Manufacturing Show ..............

o Expanded polyethylene capseals..........................

o Expanded polyethylene seal liners........................

o Extrusion laminating machine..............................

o Factory automation ............................................

o Fibre optic controllers.........................................

o Fill and seal machines ........................................

o Flexible material ................................................

o Flexible packaging material ................................

o Folding carton ...................................................

o Gaskets.............................................................

o Horizontal FFS ...................................................

o Hot-melt coating machine ..................................

o Identification systems..........................................

o Induction sealing machine ..................................

o Inductive proximity sensors..................................

o Industrial connectors ..........................................

o Industrial control & sensing devices .....................

o Industrial glue guns............................................

o Inspection machine ............................................

o Instrumentation-made cables ..............................

o Invertor/variable frequency drives ........................

o Labelling machines ............................................

o Laminating machine ...........................................

o Level controllers .................................................

o Liners ................................................................

o Marking machines .............................................

o Materials ...........................................................

o Measuring & monitoring relay.............................

o Motion controls .................................................

o Packaging machine............................................

o Palletiser............................................................

o Photoelectric sensors ..........................................

o Plastic film & sheet .............................................

o Plate heat exchanger..........................................

o Plate making machine ........................................

o PLC...................................................................

o Plug valve .........................................................

o Pneumatic valve.................................................

o Powder filling machine .......................................

o Pressure sensors for wet packaging applications ...

o Printing machines...............................................

o Process tanks .....................................................

o Profile controller.................................................

o Programmable automation controllers .................

o Programmable terminals.....................................

o Protective-conduit system ....................................

o Proximity sensors ................................................

o PTFE/Teflon-coated fibreglass adhesive tapes .......

o Rail tankers........................................................

o Refrigerant pumps..............................................

o Refrigeration......................................................

o RFID .................................................................

o Rotary coder ......................................................

o Rotary encoders .................................................

o Rotogravure coating machine .............................

o Rotogravure printing machine .............................

o Safety light curtains ............................................

o Screw compressor ..............................................

o Sealers ..............................................................

o Self-adhesive labelling machine ..........................

o Sensors .............................................................

o Servo motors .....................................................

o Shrink film .........................................................

o Shrink wrappers .................................................

o Skin wrapping machine ......................................

o Slitting machine .................................................

o Software............................................................

o Spiral cables......................................................

o Switching relays .................................................

o Tanks & silos......................................................

o Temperature controller........................................

o Timers...............................................................

o Trade show........................................................

o Tubular bag form ...............................................

o Ultrasonic sensors ..............................................

o Universal controller ............................................

o Vacuum packaging machine...............................

o Vertical form-fill-seal machine .............................

o Vibratory bowl feeder .........................................

o Vision sensors ....................................................

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