Packaging Talks

The increasing pollution of aquatic and terrestrial environments by plastics has fuelled discussions on the potential of using biodegradable instead of conventional, nonbiodegradable plastics in packaging to mitigate this pollution problem.

In this Episode of Packaging Talks, Prof Ramani Narayan provides a masterclass on biodegradability of polymers and specifies the paramaters which need to be looked into while making while making this material choice. Join this episode to join a rigorous discussion on plastics and its biodegradability !

About Dr Ramani Narayan

Dr. Ramani Narayan is University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of chemical engineering & materials science. He is Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Fellow of ASTM International.200+ refereed publications in leading journals, 32 issued patents and graduated 22 Ph.D. and 23 Master’s students. Commercialized several biobased andbiodegradable-compostable technologies. Active in Standards development at ASTM and ISO for biobased and biodegradable-compostable plastics. Technical advisor to Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), USDA BioPreferred program, and EU certification groups.

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In this episode of Packaging Talks, it is our pleasure to host a global expert in flexible packaging with over three decades of experience - Mr Stefan Glimm. In his conversation with Dr. Rangaprasad,shares deep insight on critical factors which need to be considered, when dealing with sustainability and circularity of flexible packaging materials.

Mr. Glimm believes that "the first job of any packaging material or combination of materials, is to extend shelf life, offer barrier protection to the content and minimize food waste. In our quest to develop sustainable materials, functionality must not be compromised".

About Stefan Glimm

Stefan Glimm is an economist with over 35 years of work experience in national, European and global organizations. Today he serves as Director General of the Global Aluminium Foil Roller Initiative (GLAFRI), which was founded under his leadership in 2015. Before he was Executive Director of the European Aluminium Foil Association and Flexible Packaging Europe for decades. Stefan started his career mid of the 80's with a focus on sustainability, energy policy and public relations in national and international organizations such as the European Aluminium Asscociaton, UNEP, CEFLEX and more.

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Sustainable approaches to living in a modern society that reduce the rate of consumption of resources and the consequential impact on the planet are the need of the hour. We are now witnessing the impact of plastics in oceans and we need to respond with urgency. We need to Catch Plastics on land.

Recycling of materials such as plastics and packaging is a key way to achieve this important mission. The development of new innovations that enable recycling businesses to recover materials at higher purity and quality with lower costs are vital to boosting the recovery these valuable materials.

Prof. Edward Koisor in this Episode of Packaging Talks in coversation with Dr Rangaprasad addresses many key issues connected with recycling technologies, including use of AI & NIR for efficient processing of waste streams. He adds that brand owners will promote use of higher recycled content in packaging structures & that consumers have already started accepting these in many countries.

About Prof. Edward Koisor.

Edward has over 40 years’ experience in plastics and rubber. He has worked globally with many government and commercial organisations. Prof. Koisor is Founder & Managing Direcotr of Nextek, a consultancy services company specialising in the recycling of plastics packaging (PET, HDPE, PP) from waste up to food grade quality as well as developing solutions for very difficult polymer materials and waste.

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On this Episode of Packaging Talks powered by HP Indigo, Devansh Parasrampuria, Founder, Pink Harvest Farms shares how upping his Packaging game with digital printing has helped him grow his business exponentially and respond quickly to market dynamics.

Pink Harvest Farms was founded with a simple idea, of making superfoods accessible to the general population. As the foods are novel, communication and customer education are extremely important. This is where packaging comes in, it is the first level of interaction between brand and customer.

Tune in to find out how Pink Harvest Farms has reaped the benefits of HP Indigo technology in this process.

About Devansh Parasrampuria

Devansh Parasrampuria is the founder of Pink Harvest Farms. Devansh is passionate about building brands and good design. Through Pink Harvest Farms, he's achieving his goal of democratizing healthy foods. When not on the run, Devansh can be found on his Alibaug farm - working remotely and enjoying nature. 

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In this episode of Packaging Talks powered by Packaging 360, Vivek Chougule in his conversation with Dr. Rangaprasad, explains the relevance & importance of Modified Atmosphere Packaging technology, for enhancing the shelf-life of packaged foods including ethnic Indian foods. 

About Vivek Chougule

Vivek brings over 20 years of advanced food packaging and processing technology experience. He has significant commercial know-how in the areas of innovative packaging technologies as well as thermal & non-thermal food processing. Focus of his work has been in the area of shelf life extension for broad range of products. Vivek’s experience includes working with Printpack & Eka Global for over 14yrs with first six years in US and then in Asia. In his current role at Eka Global, he is responsible for growing India business, developing new applications and commercializing new technologies across Asia markets. Vivek obtained his MBA from the College of William & Mary (USA) and he has masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering & Packaging Science from Clemson University (USA).

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In this episode of Packaging Talks powered by HP Indigo, Mr. Louis Francis, Managing Director, Xpress Labels Pvt Ltd speaks to Dr. Rangaprasad about the interesting journey of Xpress Labels Pvt Ltd in the digital printing space.

Xpress labels have been able to leverage HP Indigo technology to offer solutions with mass customization and increased speed to market capability to a number of clients in South India. Xpress Labels have been able to provide substantial cost savings to their clientele who range from FMCG, Spices to Ayurveda-based brands. 

Xpress Labels were also successful in providing substantial cost savings to their clients by providing labels printed by digital printing. Xpress Labels realize that there are many more challenges to be overcome & have ambitious plans to carve a niche in this space.

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When it comes to packaging, everybody knows the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. But what about the plastic packaging that escapes collection and ends up in the environment. 

In this episode of Packaging Talks, Bruno Pereira in conversation with Dr. Rangaprasad, points out that there should be a 4th R: REMEDIATE. Remediation efforts exist like beach clean-ups, floating barriers to name a few but unfortunately they do not measure up to the scale of the problem.

Bruno mentions that there is a need to scale up remediation by empowering nature to take care of the excess wastage via Bioremediation. Bruno also proposes and discusses bout the concept of of EBT: Embedded Bioremediation Triggers wherein mainstream resins (PE, PP and PS) can enable micro-organisms to harvest their energy via biodegradation.

About Bruno Pereira

Bruno Pereira is an Environmental Activist and Chief Sustainability Officer at Biologiq, São Paulo, Brazil. Bruno works from within companies to making plastics better. Experienced Sustainability and New Business Development Leader. Currently focused on collaborating for scientific progress pertaining to biobased thermoplastics, recycling and biodegradation. 

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In this episode of Packaging Talks we catch up with Paul Jenkins, Managing Director of ThePackHub, a leading packaging innovation consultancy helping brand owners, retailers, and packaging suppliers deliver a range of packaging innovation services. 

In this conversation with Dr Rangaprasad, Paul emphasizes that in packaging, balancing sustainability & innovations is very critical both from a manufacturer & consumer point of view. He cites cheese packaging & luxury packaging, as examples to illustrate his point.

About Paul Jenkins

Paul Jenkins is Managing Director of ThePackHub, a leading packaging innovation consultancy helping brand owners, retailers, and packaging suppliers deliver a range of packaging innovation services. ThePackHub are experts in understanding packaging trends and run a packaging innovation database with over 4,800 initiatives from around the world. ThePackHub also host packaging conferences, publish packaging reports and offer technical packaging support. Paul is an internationally-renowned packaging trends expert.

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On this Episode of Packaging Talks - The key to achieving Sustainable Packaging Solutions, we are excited to be in conversation with Ravi Mody, An Innovator with 20 years of experience and track record of delivering breakthrough consumer packaging & enabling technologies for Food & Beverage Industry.

In his conversation with Dr Rangaprasad, Ravi captures the key developments in packaging in North America and shares deep insights into the emerging solutions like paper bottle, biodegradable polymers like PEF. He enumerates the technological & supply chain challenges for these alternatives.

Ravi also emphasizes the fact that every supply chain stakeholder needs to contribute to arrive at sustainable packaging solutions & move forward towards establishing circular economy

About Ravi Mody

Ravi Mody, President of Ceves Packaging, a consulting practice dedicated to providing end-to-end packaging services has business acumen and technical credibility as a result of 20 + years of career progression in technical and management roles with fortune companies like Amcor and The Coca-Cola Company. His strong business acumen & deep technical strength enables him to uniquely frame business opportunities & influence adoption with key decision-makers for significant impact.

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In this exclusive conversation with Dr.Rangaprasad, Mr.Jeevaraj Pillai, Joint President, Packaging Business & New Product Development U Flex Ltd, provides insights about the current technology for recycling and reusing multilayer packaging waste, shares details about the initiatives by U Flex to tackle multi-layer packaging waste. 

He also talks about the potential applications and markets for recycled MLP waste and throws light on how AI and ML technologies are being used to create robust systems to recycle and re-use MLP waste 

About Jeevaraj Pillai 

Jeevaraj Pillai comes with a background of Mechanical Engineering and is a post graduate in Business administration. He is currently the Joint President, Packaging Business and New Product Development at U Flex Ltd and brings over 34 years of experience in the Packaging industry which covers the entire spectrum of packaging technology. Sustainability is a topic close to his heart and he has been working for the past 10 years on addressing the issue of the damage caused to the Environment by plastic-litter, by implementing various measures including Recycling of Multi-Layer Plastics. He is as speaker at various global and Indian forums where he presents his views on Sustainability, Plastic Packaging and the Environment, Circular Economy, Application of E-beam Technology, Anti-counterfeiting options and Anti-Microbial Films to name a few. 

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