06/06/2006
St. Paul Packaging Forum
September 26-28, 2006
Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A..
The 2nd annual Sustainable Packaging Forum will deliver comprehensive and unbiased analysis of the three tenets of sustainability " economic, social, environment " and their impact on sustainable operations and their bottom-line impact on sustainable package production.
Presentations, panels, and open-forum discussions will target theoretical, practical, technical tools, and processes retailers, CPGs, and packaging suppliers must know and use to create and maintain economically profitable, ecologically regenerative, and socially empowering activities is the areas of corporate sustainability and sustainable packaging practices.
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Since 1998, nearly 1,100 global pouch technology innovation providers
have trusted the Global Pouch Forum to connect and help them
move market share for more than 215 brand-owners.
“This event creates industry momentum. What the Global Pouch Forum has
done for the pouch and retort pouch markets – to educate, to teach –
enables us as an industry to understand what we need to do next.
Dean Hoss, President
The Pyramid Group
Kraft’s patented stand-up
pouch for CapriSun is the
single-most successful
pouch in the world – period.
The technology and
application ushered in
“The Dawn of the Age of
Acceptance” for all pouch types
and pouched products in the
North American marketplace.
Packaging Strategies will present Kraft with the
Gateway Pouch Technology Award, in recognition
of its global marketplace vision and technology
innovation leadership.
The Gateway Pouch Technology Award
AGENDA
Tuesday, June 6
1 – 5 pm ASTM Int’l /NCFST Working Group Meetings
See bottom of next page for details.
1:30 - 6 pm Aseptic Pouch Showroom Demonstration
See bottom of this page for details.
3 - 7 pm Registration & Hospitality
6 - 7:30 pm Global Pouch Innovation Welcome Reception
Wednesday, June 7
8:30 am Opening Remarks
David Luttenberger, CPP, Director, Packaging Strategies
Forces of Change Driving The Future of Pouches
Consumer/Brand Owner Trends: Lynn Dornblaser, Director, Custom Solutions Group, Mintel Int’l
Technologies & Best Practices: Joe Pryweller, Managing Editor, Packaging Strategies
Best-In-Class Pouch Converters: Tom Blaige, CEO/Managing Partner, Blaige & Co.
Brand-owner Perspective: Matt Ingemi, VP, Contract Operations, The Jel-Sert Co.
Learning Objectives & Takeaways
• Forecasts for consumer and brand-owner pouch usage
• Identification of structures, materials, & components that will enable converters
and brand owners to get ahead of the pouch market power curve
• Traits of best-in-class flexible packaging/pouch converter
10 – 10:30 am Networking & Refreshment Break
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Mining New Pouch Customers, Creating Innovation Opportunities,
& Driving Profits Through Collaborative Development
Brian Wagner, VP, Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions
Benefit to Brand-owners
• Discover how/when to bring pouch material, component, machinery OEMs into your new product/pouch development efforts
• Learn to clearly communicate your technology, innovation and to-market needs
• Identify methods to champion and sell your pouch innovation ideas internally
• Streamline R&D to focus on opportunities that guarantee success
Benefit To Suppliers/Converters/Service Providers
• Best practice tactics for mining new pouch customers
• Learn to reach key decision-makers at brand-owner companies
• Discover how to uncover the “right” opportunity vs. any opportunity
12:30 pm Networking Lunch & Gateway Pouch Technology Award Presentation
Award Presentation and Interview Featuring Kraft’s John Cieslak, Section Manager/Refreshment Beverages
2:15 pm The Barrier Pouch Revolution
Sharon P. Derbyshire, Contract Market Research
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• How oxygen, moisture, UV light, aroma, flavor, solvent and chemical barrier
requirements are being met with standup pouch materials
• Material performance and selection guides, including metallized and coated
films, barrier resins, nanocomposites, and how they compare to foil
• Future opportunities for barrier films, foils, and paper in standup pouches
Pre-conference Aseptic Showroom
Extended Working
Session
You’re Invited…To The Aseptic Pouch Showroom
Start your Global Pouch Forum pre-conference experience on a
high note by spending the afternoon with a world leader in aseptic
pouch filling technologies and packaging processes.
Hosted by Volpak GM Mr. Jordi Jordana, and joined by Amcor
Flexibles Schupback, Telstar, and Steris, the group will present the
Aseptic Pouch Technologies Showroom.
The event is open to all Global Pouch Forum attendees. It will
feature technical presentations, practical demonstrations, and a
special dinner event.
RSVP: Volpak would appreciate your confirmation of attendance by
May 6. Contact Volpak directly via email: sales@volpak.com
Tuesday, June 6, 1:30 pm – 6 pm
Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Working Groups Co-locate With GPF06
” Options and Economics for Clear High-Barrier Pouch Materials
Dhuanne Dodrill, President, Rollprint Packaging Products
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Use and application of SiOx, Al2O3, PVOH, PVdC, EVOH, pCTFE, and COC passive barrier films and coatings
• Cost analysis of SiOx and Al2O3 composites compared to foil composites
• Comparative performance and economics of clear barrier materials
• Emerging clear barrier materials that outperform aluminum foil
• Active pouch material advances
• Best-in-class barrier material optimization evaluations
Buying and Selling the Advantages of Paper-based Barrier Pouch Materials
Dawn Soucek, Business Innovations Manager – Barrier Papers, Stora Enso Global Speciality Papers
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Advances in wet strength, metallization, flurochemical-free, and oil- and grease-resistant paper coatings
• Using biopolymers to build sustainable pouch materials and structures
• Advantages to brand-owners of paper-based pouch materials
• Forecasts for paper-based pouch packaging applications
Nanocomposite-coated Gas-barrier PET Film for Pouches
Gary Wooddell, Director of Marketing, EVAL Americas
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Technical data illustrating the process and market advantages of Kurarister™ C nanotechnology pouch materials, including:
Resistance to high-temp pressure sterilization at 135C for 60 minutes
High gas barrier after retort treatment: less than 1 cc/m2/day/atm
Resistance to cracking during processing and market distribution
Ease of processing for lamination and printing
4:30 - 7 pm Global Pouch Technology Expo & Networking Reception
Thursday, June 8
8:30 am Shaken, Not Stirred: A Retort Process Innovation for Pouches
John D. Emanuel, Chairman, UTEK Europe Ltd (UK), Vice President, UTEK Corporation (US)
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Exclusive public discussion of the Shaka™ process details and commercialization in the U.S. and Europe
• Quality and technology comparison to static and rotational retorting
• Marketing advantages and opportunities for brand-owners
• Market prospects for 2006 and 2007
Laminated Retort Pouch Decoration & Converting Breakthrough
Russ Gehrke, Gehrke, Kaas & Associates, Lithotype Project Manager
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Patent-holder-approved disclosure of the Surfprint™ process
• Why Surfprint™ lends itself to laminations for retort-capable pouch materials and constructions
• Technology performance and VOC/2CFR documentation
• The value to brand-owners of Surfprint™ in the retort market
Global Pouch Forum Provides The Venue, Lends Support
To Retort & Barrier Pouch Education & Standards
As part of its continuing support of barrier
pouch and retort technology, The Global Pouch
Forum will host working group meetings of
ASTM’s F2 Subcommittee on Flexible Food
Packaging, and the National Center for Food
Safety & Technology’s (NCFST) Packaging
Platform Subcommittee on Tuesday, June 6,
2006, at the Intercontinental Buckhead.
The leadership of these subcommittees and
task forces will present an update on their
groups’ efforts as part of Thursday’s
Global Pouch Forum conference.
Pouch Performance Testing & Standards
Chris True, Packaging Technology Fellow,
PepsiCo Beverages & Foods
Hal Miller, ASTM Int’l F2 Committee Chairman
George Sadler, PhD, Platform Coordinator,
National Center for Food Safety & Technology
Steve Franks, Executive Vice President,
TM Electronics, Inc.
For information on joining these
pre-conference working groups,
contact Chris True at 1-847-304-2377;
e-mail: christopher_true@quakeroats.com
Key Learning Points & Takeaways:
• Understanding why burst and seal-integrity tests
and standards are critical to barrier/retort pouch
growth
• Learn how pouch testing and standards will drive
innovation and applications across medical, food,
beverage, and emerging high-growth markets
• Exclusive updates by ASTM’s F2 Committee on
Flexible Barrier Packaging
• Learn what leak detection efforts by the NCFST
means to pouch quality, safety, and standards
“We learned where new opportunities are for us in pouches.
Valeria Garion, Packaging Engineer, The Clorox Company
Post-conference Experience
Barrier & Retort Pouch Performance Testing & Standards
Chris True, Packaging Technology Fellow, PepsiCo Beverages & Foods
Hal Miller, ASTM F2 Committee Chairman
George Sadler, PhD, Platform Coordinator, National Center for Food Safety & Technology
Steve Franks, Executive Vice President, TM Electronics, Inc
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Understand why burst and seal-integrity test methods and standards are critical to growth of barrier/retort pouches
• Learn how testing and standards will drive innovation for medical, food, beverage, and other high-growth markets
• Hear exclusive updates by ASTM & NCFST subcommittees on barrier pouch and retort test methods and standards
• Learn what impact the NCFST’s leak detection efforts mean to pouch quality, safety, and standards
10:30 – 10:45 am Abbreviated Networking & Refreshment Break
10:45 am Pouch Machinery Trends
Ben Miyares, VP, Industry Relations, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• 10-year vision for pouch equipment trends
• Pouch equipment capable of producing/handling hybrid pouches with cartons and thermoformed container features
• Informed opinion on machinery for FFS vs. pre-mades
• Advances in downstream equipment that touch pouches
• Learn why new case packing equipment engineered for pouches will advance
and challenge rigid containers in food, beverage, and healthcare
Aseptic Pouch Filling Machinery Innovation Advances & Comparative Economics
Gert Brinkman, PM/Ultraclean and Aseptic Equipment, Volpak Packaging Machines
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Aseptic pouch growth, end-use potential, and application opportunities
• Aseptic pouch characteristics that match consumer trends
• The application of aseptic filling technologies to pouch machines
• Comparative economics of aseptic pouch filling technologies vs. other process/filling methods
Applying Non-stop Productivity As A HFFS Production Profit Lever
Bill Rand, Director of Sales, Butler Automatic
Key Learning Points & Takeaways
• Learn how incremental productivity increases can yield dramatic profit gains
• Discover how non-stop pouch production can become a business asset to brand-owners and fillers
• See demonstrated and take home two plug-and-play payback/ROI models
12:30 pm Global Pouch Mega-Trends Luncheon
Top off two days of technology, innovation, and market trends intelligence with a pouch data feast. Hear the final word and
learn what to expect next among such exploding segments as stick pouches, sleeve-in-pouch, shaped pouches,
institutional/clubstore size pouches, fitments/reclosures, and renewable-resource flexible packaging.
Eric Mogensen, Product Manager, Allied Development Corp.
Pamela Hassell, Global Sales Manager-Fresh Lock Div., Alcoa Consumer Products
Geoff Campbell, President, Power Packaging, An Exel Company
David Luttenberger, CPP, Director, Packaging Strategies
PLUS: Every attendee at the Pouch Mega-Trends Luncheon will receive a CD packed
with pouch industry data forecasts presented in easy-to-read chart and table format
Friday, June 9
9 am & 11:00 am Georgia-Pacific “i2” Innovation Institute Tours
*A comprehensive description of each session can be viewed
at www.packstrat.com, then click on the GPF06 logo
GPF06 attendees will have the
opportunity to experience
Georgia-Pacific’s “i2” Innovation Institute.
During two available post-conference
tours, attendees can discover how the
thought-leaders at the i2 drive
collaborative package innovation to
change how the industry thinks about,
develops, and leverages opportunities to
achieve superior collaborative package
innovation and supply chain efficiencies.
• Discover the 5 steps that
generate innovation solutions
• Understand the 6 laws that
ignite shelf velocity
• Benefit from hearing the
9 focus areas that will
optimize your
packaging systems
15-minute ROI
Calculator Workshop
Experience Georgia-Pacific’s ‘i2’ Innovation Institute
For those planning to attend, email martinellij@bnpmedia.com.
Attendance subject to pre-approval by GP.
Tours are limited to 35 people per group and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
This session continues
Packaging Strategies’ Retort
Technology & Consumer
Awareness Initiative
introduced at the 2005
Global Pouch Forum
Call now to reserve your room
at the Intercontinental Buckhead
Hotel (1-800-327-0200 or
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Global Pouch Forum 2006 when
making your reservations to
receive the special negotiated
room rate of $175
single/double occupancy.
Or you can book your room
online at:
www.intercontinental.com/buckhead
and enter group booking code
“H25” to receive the Global
Pouch Forum discounted
attendee room rate.
Discounted rates are available
until May 11, 2006 on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Rooms are limited and
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