PACKAGING & RECYCLING 2023

Packaging & Recycling 2023 is the forum for packaging and recycling companies, an event that industry operators cannot absolutely miss. Now at its sixth edition, Packaging & Recycling 2023 is dedicated to plastics packaging and its lifecycle, from design to post-consumer recycling. In a context in which plastic packaging has come under the scrutiny of the public opinion and the media, Packaging & Recycling 2023 will stand out for the quality of its contents. In this field, the ability to keep pace with times plays a decisive role for packaging manufacturers, recyclers and technology suppliers looking for new solutions capable of combining high performance with respect for the environment.

Packaging & Recycling 2023 will see the participation of top figures from the world of research, universities and major brand owners who will illustrate their strategies in the field of packaging and the evolution of consumer preferences. In the past editions, a number of leading companies took part in the event such as Coop, Ferrarelle, Ferrero, Galbani, Heinz, Henkel & Nestlè.

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21 GIUGNO

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22 GIUGNO

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Participants who register as free attendants to the conference will have to pay for the lunch.
On 22 May it will be possible for them to have lunch at the Ristorante Caffè Alfa Romeo, choosing between the menu of the Bar (sandwiches and hamburgers) or the Lunch Buffet. It is recommended to buy the lunch ticket by booking it directly at the Ristorante Caffè of the Museum already from the morning of 22 May,
starting at 9:30 am, to avoid queues at the cash desks.

Event Schedule

WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE 2023
13:20 REGISTRATION
14:05 Opening speech:
Paolo Spinelli, Editor-in-Chief PLAST
14:15 ETICPACK: SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING FOR COSMETICS
Marco Scatto, Technology Transfer Expert / Polymer Scientist - MARCO SCATTO
14:30 COMPLETE PATENTED SYSTEMS FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Davide Bolzonello, Sales Manager Recycling and Filtration - MAAG ITALY
14:45 INNOVATION AND EVOLUTION IN THE RECYCLING OF POLYLAMINATE PACKAGING
Stefano Richaud, CEO - ECOPLASTEAM
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 BREAK DUO: HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONSTANT PRESSURE FILTRATION SYSTEM
Alessandro Sartori, Chief Technology Officer - BREAK MACHINERY
15:45 GREEN ECONOMY & INNOVATION: BENEFITS OF CIMBRIA OPTICAL SORTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLYOLEFINS AND POLYSTYRENE PROCESSING AT FOREVER PLAST SPA
Lorenzo Tinti, Italy Sales Manager - CIMBRIA
16:00 A NEW PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN REGULATION ON PACKAGING: LATEST UPDATES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR EUROPEAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS
Eleonora Pasetti, EU Policy Manager - PLASTICS EUROPE
16:15 TRAY-TO-TRAY FOR BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
Swan Cecatto, ESG Manager - AMB; Emmanuele Bianchini, General Plant Manager - Benevento B.For Pet Srl Società Benefit; Riccardo Parrini, CEO - PLASTIC FINDER
16:30 PANEL DISCUSSION:
THE EVOLUTION OF PACKAGING IN THE LIGHT OF THE EUROPEAN REGULATION ON PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE
  • Marco Balbiano, Plant Director & CIO, Acqua Sant’Anna
  • Raffaele Bombardieri, Responsabile R&D Packaging, Granarolo
  • Enzo Favoino, Coordinatore scientifico campagna “A Buon Rendere”
  • Luigi Garavaglia, Quality Assurance - R&D Manager, Ilpa;
    Presidente PET Sheet Europe
  • Eleonora Pasetti, EU Policy Manager, Plastics Europe
  • Massimo Centonze, CEO – ITP e presidente - AIMFLEX
17:30 END OF DAY ONE
THURSDAY, 22 GIUGNO 2023
9:00 REGISTRATION
09:30 Opening speech:
Paolo Spinelli, Editor-in-Chief PLAST
09:45 RECYCLASS: THE EUROPEAN METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE RECYCLABILITY OF PLASTIC PACKAGING AND CALCULATING RECYCLED PLASTIC CONTENT
Fabrizio Di Gregorio, Technical Director - PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE/ Head - RECYCLASS
THURSDAY, 22 GIUGNO 2023
10:00 BANDERA RECYCLING, STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH-QUALITY MATERIALS - SUCCESS STORIES
Pietro Zanotto , Area Sales Manager - COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE LUIGI BANDERA
10:15 Speech by:
Giovanni Albetti, Director - Coripet - CORIPET
10:30 THE IMPORTANCE OF FLATNESS IN THE PRODUCTION OF BUBBLE FILMS
Matteo Mogno, Area Manager - CONTREX
10:45 GREENSIDE: SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION IN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Ludovico Tomasi, R&D Specialist - CROCCO
11:00 Coffee break
11:45 STEP CHANGE IN THIN WALL PACKAGING WITH RPET
Gabriele Spina, PAC Sales Manager - ENGEL Italia
Tiziano Andreini, Managing Director - ALPLA ITALIA e PLASCO
12:00 SUSTAINABILITY, CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND POST-CONSUMER MATERIALS: GREEN SOLUTIONS FROM THE UNION GROUP
Alberto Colnago, Sales Manager - COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE TECOM
12:15 POINT PLASTIC’S SOLUTION FOR A CORRECT CIRCULAR RECYCLING OF A-PET TRAYS
Tonino Severini, CEO - POINT PLASTIC
12:30 CIRCULARITY ACCORDING TO FAERCH: MAPET II® AND WRAPET® SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Simone Tirelli, Project Manager – Tech. Dept - FAERCH
12:45 Lunch
14:15 RECYCLED PLASTICS AS A SOLUTION TO PACKAGING PRODUCTION PROBLEMS
Pavel Andrushchuk, Division Manager – Recycling - PIOVAN
14:30 50% LESS PLASTIC WASTE AND 100% PERFORMANCE TRIPLE BUBBLE® ENABLES RECYCLING
Erhan Haykircan, Sales Manager e
Heiko Schenck, Project If - KUHNE
14:45 ALIPLAST, A CIRCULAR APPROACH TO PACKAGING FOR OVER 40 YEARS
Paolo Glerean, Sales Manager - ALIPLAST
15:00 CLEANCHANGER: CONTINUOUS INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY
Sebastiano Lodi, R&D and Technical Department Manager - BD PLAST FILTERING SYSTEMS
15:15 BOFROST*, HOW TO HANDLE PLASTIC PACKAGING
Michele Muner, Packaging Manager - BOFROST* ITALIA
15:30 END OF CONFERENCE
15:45 Visit to Museo Storico Alfa Romeo

The leading players:

  • Producers of polymer raw materials (PE, PP, PET, PS, EPS, biopolymers, masterbatches, additives etc.) and plastic recyclers.
  • Manufacturers of food and non-food packaging.
  • Manufacturers of plants and equipment for the production of multi-layer film and rigid and flexible plastic packaging (film, sheet and plate extrusion lines, thermoforming machines, container blow moulding machines, automation, components, etc.).
  • Suppliers of post-consumer packaging recycling plants and systems.
  • Trade associations and other industry bodies
  • Brand owners that use food and non-food packaging

Speakers

BANDERA

Pietro Zanotto
Area Sales Manager



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    BANDERA RECYCLING, ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS – SUCCESSFUL STORIES.

    Bandera Recycling technology is able to process post-processing materials industrial and/or post-consumer to obtain a recycled polymer of quality and purity comparable to virgin with the possibility of including special characteristics such as mineral fillers or the inclusion of fibers. No longer recycle what can be recycled for secondary applications, but recycle with precise targets for the real needs of the market. Recycling becomes a new raw material. In this talk we will discover, in three different case studies, how Twin Screw Bandera technology can transform the plastic recycling market.

BD PLAST FILTERING SYSTEMS

Sebastiano Lodi
R&D and Technical Department Manager
BD PLAST FILTERING SYSTEMS


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    CLEANCHANGER: CONTINUOUS CYCLE INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY

    CleanChanger is an innovative self-cleaning, continuous flow screen changer by BD Plast Filtering Systems. This product has been developed to meet the needs of extrusion lines working with recycled polymers, which require constant filter cleaning to ensure the quality of the final product. CleanChanger uses an automatic cleaning process for the filtering elements that does not require stopping the extruder, thus ensuring uninterrupted production. The system is easy to install and use, allowing users to save time and increase production efficiency.

BOFROST

Michele Muner
Packaging Manager
BOFROST* ITALIA


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    BOFROST, HOW TO HANDLE PLASTIC PACKAGING?

    Bofrost* Italia was born in 1990 in San Vito al Tagliamento (Pordenone). Bofrost is today the leading company in the European and Italian market of frozen products in door-to-door sales with a turnover of 1.5 billion euros, of which 350 million in Italy. bofrost also uses plastic packaging for its products. A material that has allowed over time to increase the shelf life of food products and therefore to give greater possibilities of using food and having less waste. Bofrost has always used a milky white LDPE mono film. We also have situations, around 30%, of plastic packaging with polylaminates of different materials. We find these situations exclusively at the factories of our production partners. Bofrost* Italy has 2 objectives for the next 3 years: 1–Make all plastic packaging mono-material and 100% recyclable. 2–Reduce the weight of plastic materials. Subsequently Use the recycled film for your own packaging (possibly the plastic of your own packaging).

BREAK MACHINERY

Alessandro Sartori
Chief Technology Officer
BREAK MACHINERY


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    BREAK DUO: HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONSTANT PRESSURE FILTERING SYSTEM

    Break Machinery is an Italian company that designs and manufactures innovative filter changers for plastic filtration and recycling. After ONE - a traditional filtration system with a discharge valve - Break designed the new DUO - an innovative filter with a double filtering surface and discharge screw. This new system allows working with constant outlet pressures and in continuous mode. It is also suitable for processing highly contaminated materials. DUO makes it possible to reduce waste and increase line productivity. With DUO, routine maintenance operations are quick and easy.

CIMBRIA

Lorenzo Tinti
Sales Manager Italy
CIMBRIA SRL


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    GREEN ECONOMY & INNOVATION: BENEFITS OF CIMBRIA OPTICAL SORTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLYOLEFINS AND POLYSTYRENE PROCESSING AT FOREVER PLAST SPA.

    As a proof of the constant commitment to support the green economy, Cimbria has recently installed an innovative optical processing plant at Forever Plast SpA.
    The plant represents a flagship, as its flexibility allows to alternate the sorting of post-consumer polyolefins and polystyrene and industrial waste.
    The industry requires ever higher quality standards and the Cimbria plant is designed to maximize the effectiveness of the diagram, with a sequence of cutting-edge machinery in the sector.

CORIPET

Giovanni Albetti
Generale Director,
CORIPET


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    HOW MUCH IS CIRCULAR PET? THE CORIPET RECYCLING SCHEME

    A recent report, commissioned to Eunomia, reported an analysis of the current state of circularity of PET bottles in Europe. To date, according to the spread European collection and recycling scheme, only a 17% of Recycled PET is effectively put into new bottles, a data quite far from the ambitious European targets for the use of the RPET, valid from 2025. Coripet, which has developed an integrated selective PET liquid container collection system, has set up a recycling scheme in accordance with Reg. UE 2022/1616 with the possibility of obtaining a high quality RPET traced from waste to be a bottle again.

CROCCO

Ludovico Tomasi
R&D Specialist
CROCCO


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    GREENSIDE: SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING.

ENGEL

Gabriele Spina
PAC Sales Manager ENGEL

Tiziano Andreini
Managing Director ALPLA ITALIA e PLASCO


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    Thanks to an innovative technology, thin-walled containers made of PET can be produced in a single injection moulding process step. PET offers the benefit of a close recycling loop already being in place, and it can be processed as a recycled material on an industrial scale to create food packaging. The process that will be presented paves the way for removing the need to downcycle packaging products other than bottles, and opens up an opportunity for recycling or even upcycling. This would substantially extend the range of uses for PET and rPET. In addition to the bottle-to-bottle cycle, this also means that the establishment of bottle-to-cup or even a cup-to-bottle recycling is conceivable.

FAERCH

Simone Tirelli
Group Project Manager Recycling – Europe
FAERCH


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    MAPET II® and WRAPET®: Solutions for sustainable packaging
    For Faerch, circularity is the expression of "concrete" sustainability. We start from designing our containers using the logics of ecodesign: taking into consideration both the entire life of the product and the processes that make it play a lead role up to the end-of-life impacts. Recycling and production technologies (as recently implemented in the innovative Castelbeforte plant) are the new challenges Faerch Italy will be facing regarding PET. This also thanks to the Group's important know-how in the selection and recycling processes used in Cirrec, our advanced plant in the Netherlands, whose model will be soon replicated in other areas of Europe as well. MAPET II and WRAPET are the example!

KUHNE

Erhan Haykircan
Sales Manager e Heiko Schenck - Project If
KUHNE


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    50% LESS PLASTIC WASTE AND 100% PERFORMANCE TRIPLE BUBBLE® ENABLES RECYCLING
    The recycling targets in Europe are well known by now. Plenty of new concepts enabling circular economy have been shown already at K’19 and K’22. Still the challenge remains to cut plastic waste without any compromise on the performance of food packaging. One key additional requirement is still lightweight as the main steering tool are EPR fees (Italy is a good example) or even weight-based plastic taxes by governments. The main stakeholders, brand owners as well and retailers (with private labels), need to keep the performance level of packaging to reduce the food waste to a minimum, which would have a tremendous impact on the GHG footprint. At the same time packaging should be as lightweight as possible to keep fees as low as possible. Among the many applications KUHNE AB covers, we highlight the latest innovation on thermoforming. Basically, all typical polymers like PP or polyolefines, PET or PA can be processed as mono materials. The machine concept developed allows around 50% down-gauging without any impact on the properties. This applies for the forming web as well as for the lidding film, which are both produced on one and the same machine.

MAAG ITALY

Davide Bolzonello
Sales Manager Recycling and Filtration
MAAG ITALY


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MARCO SCATTO

Marco Scatto
Technology Transfer Expert / Polymer Scientist
MARCO SCATTO


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    ETICPACK: A SUSTAINABLE COSMETIC PACKAGING

    Eticpack represents a circular economy model applied to cosmetic packaging. The project consists in the use of a recycled polymer which allows to create a totally recyclable packaging. The material used to make the packaging is Ecoallene®, which comes from the post-consumer recycling of Tetra Pack polylaminates. Packaging made with this material can be recycled and used packaging, being recyclable, allows us to obtain post-consumer polymer that can be used for the creation of "new" cosmetic packaging.

MORETTO

Matteo Mogno
Area Manager
CONTREX


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    THE IMPORTANCE OF FLATNESS IN BLOWN FILM PRODUCTION

    In packaging sector, processors are constantly engaged in searching high-performance solutions able to control the thickness of the film produced in a uniform and constant way guaranteeing a consistent flatness. This is essential to avoid any inconvenience in the subsequent processing phases to produce an optimal and defect-free finished product. It therefore becomes fundamental to use high technological and connected systems able to interact with the production plant and correctly manage the process parameters in real time. CONTREX, a Moretto brand, is the ideal partner for all rigid and flexible packaging manufacturers. The company designs and develops gravimetric dosing systems, film thickness reading and control systems, process parameters analysis and supervision systems with OPC-UA communication protocols.

PIOVAN

Pavel Andrushchuk
Division Manager – Recycling
PIOVAN


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    SOLUTIONS TO PACKAGING PRODUCTION PROBLEMS WITH RECYCLED PLASTIC

    The challenges in using recycled plastics for packaging production involve, among other things, the degradation of Capex reducing the life cycle of the machines and increasing maintenance costs. Process instability, due first of all to the variability between batches of PCR material reduces product quality and increases waste. Contamination of the final product poses a health risk for the consumer and the risk of affecting brand awereness. Piovan automations overcome these challenges, maximising production, finished product quality and ensuring robust and traceable processes in an Industry 4.0 context.

PLASTICS EUROPE

Eleonora Pasetti
EU Policy Manager
PLASTICS EUROPE


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    THE EU REVISION OF THE PACKAGING LEGISLATION: THE LATEST UPDATES AND PERSPECTIVES OF EUROPEAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS

    • The presentation will address the current Proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation published by the European Commission on the 30th November 2022.
    • It will provide an overview of the key measures included in the proposal, looking in particular at recyclability, recycled content, reuse and compostable packaging.
    • The presentation will show the perspective of the EU plastics producers vis a vis these measures as well as any latest updates on the negotiations related to the proposal.

PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE

Fabrizio Di Gregorio
Technical Director
PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE/Head - RECYCLASS


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    RECYCLASS: THE EUROPEAN METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING PLASTIC PACKAGING RECYCLABILITY AND FOR THE CALCULATION OF RECYCLED PLASTIC

    The proposal for a PPWR by the European Commission released in 2022 aims to have all packaging recyclable and to include mandatory recycled plastics in plastic packaging by 2030. To support the plastic industry in this journey towards the circularity, RecyClass developed scientific-based design for recycling guidelines, recyclability and sorting testing protocols and a recyclability methodology to standardize the recyclability assessments for plastic packaging in the European single market. RecyClass developed certification schemes based on third party audits fully in line with the PPWR proposal, also proposing the calculation and verification of physical presence of recycled plastic in packaging.

COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE TECOM

Alberto Colnago
Responsabile Commerciale
COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE TECOM


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    SUSTAINABILITY, CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND POST-CONSUMER MATERIALS: THE GREEN SOLUTIONS OF UNION GROUP

    Sheet and Blown film coextrusion lines for processing 100% post-consumer recycled materials.



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EVENT LOCATION

The Museo Alfa Romeo tells the legendary story of the brand, via a project and an installation designed to reflect its values: historical presence, beauty and speed, an essential part of the Alfa Romeo Dna. As the visitors admire car after car, they travel through the company’s glorious history and also discover stories and curious facts with the help of videos, images and interactive access points, in a crescendo of emotions.

HOW TO GET TO THE MUSEUM

MUSEO STORICO ALFA ROMEO
viale Alfa Romeo, 20020 Arese (MI) - Italy - tel 02 444 255 11 - [email protected]

The Alfa Romeo Museum can be reached by several routes: from the Arese/Lainate exit from the A8/A9 Lainate-Como-Chiasso and Milan-Varese motorways to the lakes; from the A4 Turin-Milan-Venice motorway; from the western Milan ring road that continues southwards with the A1 Milan-Rome-Naples and A7 Milan-Genoa motorways.

  • BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

    The Museum is 15 km away from the city centre of Milan and can easily be reached by public transport.

    Take the train or metro line M1 until the station of Rho-Fiera, then take bus line 561 Airpullman, destination Arese, which stops right in front of the Museum (the bus service is active 7 days a week. Tickets can be bought at the station of Rho-Fiera or at the ticket machine)

    Download Bus Timetables in PDF (LINK https://www.museoalfaromeo.com/it-it/news/Documents/tabella.pdf)

  • BY CAR

    The Museum is close to the Lainate/Arese exit on highway A8.
    Alternatively, it can be reached from provincial road SP 233 Varesina and state road SS 33 del Sempione.

  • PARKING

    Free parking for conference participants (subject to availability)

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