About Avient
Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), with 2020 pro forma revenues of $3.8 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:

• Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation
• Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses

Avient employs approximately 8,400 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®.

ORBIS Europe engineers and manufactures durable plastic packaging solutions in Europe and the US. Using innovative processes, ORBIS produces foldable large containers (FLC), pallets and totes from recycled and recyclable plastics. The reusable plastic packaging solutions are used in different industries for long-term cost savings and CO2 reduction. ORBIS packaging experts analyse company’s logistics systems and design a customised solution that moves products in a fast, safe and cost-effective way.
 
At SustPack, ORBIS launches a new product innovation to the European FMCG market: the first reusable brown box replacement that is ideal for applications with closed supply chain loops, including inbound receiving and finished goods to co-pack. ORBIS’ packaging engineers have developed the product as a direct replacement for corrugated fiber boxes with identical functionality and enhanced features – for more sustainable and efficient supply chains.

Food Contact Center S.r.l. was founded by Marinella Vitulli in 2016. The Center has grown very quickly and today many important brands are relying on this reality.

The Company is composed by a highly qualified team; our technicians intervene in various technical meetings, providing technical and scientific contributions.

Our services are various: tailored testing plans, risk assessment based on materials, production process, intended use and target markets for distribution, problem solving, GMP Reg 2023:2006 system implementation, web pages with customized regulatory matrix, newsletters.

We are specialized in Nias testing, cooperating with Instruments producers on libraries and database.

Futamura operates six business divisions: Cellulose Films, Fibrous Casings, Plastic Films, Activated Carbon, Phenolic Sheets and Non Wovens from our headquarters in Japan and spanning the globe in a broad footprint. Our specialised expertise in the manufacture of our diverse range of products demonstartes Futamura's commitment to innovation and our it's mission to produce products that enhance the daily lives of the people who use them.

IMA DAIRY & FOOD offers solutions to the packaging challenges of the dairy and food industry with state-of-the-art form, fill and seal machines (FFS) for cups, portion packs, stick packs and sachets, fill and seal machines (FS) for pre-formed cups, tubs, and bottles.

Consumers’ expectations and regulations change, and manufacturers are confronted with a growing demand for more environmentally friendly and more sustainable packaging.

With the patented tools of the ZERO Technology range we offer the perfect solution for the use of mono-materials such as PET, PP and PLA which are perfectly adaptable to the FFS machines of our brands Erca, Hassia, and Intecma.
 

Mondi is a leading global packaging and paper group with a focus on being sustainable by design. We are contributing to a better world by making innovative solutions using paper where possible, plastic when useful. See our approach and how our purpose, strategy and culture all connect in The Mondi Way.

Carbonization drives sustainability and enables circularity

Upcycling is a process of transforming waste materials into products of a better quality or for
better envirnonmental value.

Using PYREG Technology, companies address the end-of-life concerns related to their products, transforming their waste into value added products, such as energy and biochar

A global market leader of Industrial R&D services in polymers - by exploring opportunities and discovering sustainable solutions. We continue a success story that started more than 40 years ago as a world leading polymer R&D centre.

From gas conversion to polymer modification and polymerisation, additives for polymers to the extrusion and end use of plastics, Norner will strive to make a difference for the industry.

Norner has a comprehensive scientific laboratory. The company competence and equipment covers a wide range of key technologies in the polymer and materials industry, which makes us capable of an intimate cooperation with companies in different levels of the value chain.

About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation. P&SP is one of the world’s largest producers of polyethylene resins, functional polymers, and adhesives, and enabled by Pack Studios, is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain on sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle design for plastics. www.dow.com/packaging

 

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com

 

SCG is a leading business conglomerate in the ASEAN region. We are committed to deliver plastic and paper raw materials and concepts for sustainable packaging solutions.
Our business is conducted in line with Environmental, Social and Governance standards to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
 
SCG collaborate with key technology providers and brand owners worldwide to be in the forefront in circular economy.

We have recently launched a portfolio of SCG GREEN POLYMERs based on the principles of design for recyclability,

scale-up plastic recycling including mechanical and chemical recycling and accelerate the development of bio-based plastics.

PragmatIC is a world leader in ultra-low-cost flexible electronics. Our flexible integrated circuits (FlexICs) are thinner than a human hair and can be invisibly embedded in objects, enabling innovators to create novel solutions to everyday problems that are not practical with conventional electronics.

Designers can create their own application-specific flexible devices using our FlexIC Foundry^® service at a fraction of the cost and time required for traditional silicon circuits, opening up multiple new markets.

We challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future BillerudKorsnäs provides packaging materials and solutions that challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future. We are a world- leading provider of primary fibre based packaging materials and have customers in over 100 countries.

Innovation is an important part of the corporate strategy at BillerudKorsnäs. Innovation is not just creativity, it is hard work. It is the capability to execute, all the way from idea to market. The end result is new packaging solutions and materials that create value for our customers and at the same time support organic and sustainable growth for BillerudKorsnäs.

Headquartered in Dubai, UAE, Taghleef Industries (Ti) is one of the world’s leading manufacturer of BOPP, CPP and BOPLA films for Flexible Packaging, Labels and Graphic Arts Application. Currently, Ti has (11) manufacturing sites across (6) continents.  

With its holistic approach to sustainability under it’s Dynamic Cycle™ initiative, Taghleef offers its partners access to the best range of existing sustainable and innovative films solutions in the market -from films that help protect products, avoid food waste, and improve hygiene to films with low carbon footprint and recycled content. Ti also helps customers to reDESIGN™ their packaging and switch from traditional to innovative structures.
 

At Tembo, we design high-end machine platforms that are future-proof, and sustainable products that meet the demands of a changing global marketplace. 

Our product and machine development go hand in hand to help our customers become first in the market. From prototype to high-volume, and high accuracy manufacturing platforms. We are ready to optimize your output by improving and maintaining your manufacturing performance.

We apply our expertise on paper straw production, water-soluble foil application, biodegradable cigarette filters and more. On top of that, we offer on-site maintenance, relocation services, operator training, data monitoring, upgrades, and parts.

Tembo is a dynamic group of companies building long-term relationships with customers, suppliers, and other business partners around the world.

About APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging.
 
APEAL unites all producers of steel for packaging in Europe - Acciaierie d’Italia, ArcelorMittal, Liberty Liège-Dudelange, Tata Steel, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein and U.S. Steel Košice.

Together, these companies employ 200,000 workers in Europe, 15,000 directly to produce steel for packaging across 10 dedicated manufacturing sites.

Strong, formable and long-lasting, steel offers numerous benefits for the safe packaging of a wide variety of products.

84% of steel packaging is currently recycled in Europe. 100% of recycled steel is used for new steel products.

Circular by nature, steel recycles over and over again without loss of quality, contributing to a greener future for Europe.

The Compliance Map specialises in the development of next generation product and reverse supply chain compliance solutions. We help manage and automate due diligence obligations arising from Extended Producer Responsibility directives such as Packaging, WEEE and Batteries. To reduce the significant cost and resources of managing EPR obligations, Compliance Map offers a robust and automatic solution to build and publish scheme reports each period of the waste placed on the market with little to no user intervention needed. Combined with our Data Exchange solutions, Compliance Map provides you with a complete product environmental compliance solution.

Through its unique approach of combining enzymes and plastics, Carbios aims to address new consumer expectations and the challenges of a broader ecological transition by taking up a major challenge of our time: plastic and textile pollution.

Carbios provides an industrial solution to the recycling of PET plastics and textiles (the dominant polymer in bottles, trays, textiles made of polyester). The enzymatic recycling technology developed deconstructs any type of PET plastic waste into its basic components which can then be reused to produce new PET plastics of a quality equivalent to virgin ones.

Global packaging producer, INDEVCO Group, has developed Sanita Natura® Eco-Friendly Coated Paper Foodservice Packaging to replace unrecyclable foodservice packaging. Sanita Natura uses sustainably-sourced, water-based coated paper as an alternative to PE and wax liners. Developed in collaboration with Napco National and INDEVCO North America, the line includes hot and cold cups, lids, straws, sandwich wrap, bowls, cutlery, bags, and boxes.

For over 60 years, INDEVCO has been guided by our corporate philosophy: “What is good for the community is good for the company”. In addition to paper packaging, we are committed to a circular economy of plastics, as we produce recyclable plastic packaging and mineral fillers, collect and recycle plastic waste from our suppliers and customers, and regenerate the waste into recycled resins and new recycled products.

For over 50 years and with around 400 employees, KOCH Pac-Systeme has stood for individual blister packaging technologies of the highest quality and efficiency. Whether consumer goods , medical technology or contact lenses : Well-known companies worldwide rely on our leading know-how in the development and implementation of individual, modular blister machines and packaging lines.

In addition, comprehensive services guarantee you the smooth, efficient operation of your systems over the entire life cycle of the blister machines and packaging lines.

KOCH Pac-Systeme is a proud member of the Uhlmann Group. This gives us access to extensive know-how that flows directly into our (and your) blister machines and packaging lines. And that offers you a plus in performance, flexibility and efficiency. Worldwide!

MM BOARD & PAPER is Europe's largest cartonboard producer with a high-quality paper range.
 
As Europe's leading producer of sustainable packaging solutions, cartonboard and paper are the focus of our business activity. Our competence and technical know-how foster our ability to develop safe products and sustainable solutions. Standard qualities in addition to specialties with migration, moisture, grease, and fungicide barriers make MM BOARD & PAPER a strong partner in the effort to enhance the use of natural, ecologically sustainable packaging solutions.

While our name is new, our quality, expertise and capabilities remain. Formed by the merger of industry leaders Exal Corporation and Ardagh's Global Food & Speciality business, Trivium Packaging offers customers around the world innovative and sustainable packaging solutions supported by scalable production and outstanding customer service.

We offer a variety of metal packaging to the markets we serve with innovative shaping and opening solutions. We utilize a number of shaping technologies, including mechanical expansion and blow moulding, to develop standard and custom shapes based on product and brand requirements.

About WestRock

WestRock partners with our customers to provide differentiated, sustainable paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock’s team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. 

At WestRock, we connect people to products through sustainable packaging. We imagine a world where innovative, fibre-based packaging plays a central role in driving a more circular economy. We deliver innovations in materials science and automation to produce packaging that is recyclable, right-sized and made from renewable resources.

Building on a proud legacy in sustainable forestry and fibre management, we believe in the promise of a sustainable future, and we are committed to working with our customers and our communities to get there together. 

Our platform focuses on three areas: People and Communities: Serving the people we rely on, and those who rely on us; Innovating for our Customers and their Customers: Innovating to achieve a more circular economy through sustainable products and efficient operations; Bettering the Planet: Championing sustainable forestry and protecting the environment.

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YUPO has been offering high quality synthetic papers for 50 years and is always creating new products to follow customer demands and market trends.

YUPO IML is designed for a circular economy and will help brand owners to reach their sustainability goals. The synthetic papers manufactured by YUPO combine the best print quality of premium papers with the high durability and strength of plastic films.

YUPO materials are used for many different applications:
In-Mold Labels, tags, adhesion film without glue, Self-adhesive face stock, material for commercial print applications such as maps, catalogues, menus, manuals and more.