An ideal platform for Knowledge Sharing and Networking – The Speciality Film and Flexible Packaging Global Summit

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Nidhi Verma, Founder and MD ElitePlus Business Services

The 9th Speciality Film and Flexible Packaging Global Summit by ElitePlus Business Services was held on 5th, 6th September 2022 at Mumbai. The theme of this year’s Summit was “Flexible Packaging ~ moving to a Sustainable Reincarnation”. A large part of the Summit’s agenda was devoted to sustainability and included eminent Speakers and Leaders from across the World.

The Summit attracted over 1600 delegates representing 680  companies from 18 countries, making it the Largest Packaging Summit of the World.

 

Nidhi Verma, Founder and MD ElitePlus Business Services welcomed the delegates. The Keynote speakers included  Peter Steinbeck, CEO & Managing Partner, Windmöller & Hölscher, Ashok Chaturvedi, CMD Uflex Group , Sudhir Sitapati, Managing Director and CEO, Godrej Consumer Products, Dr. R. S. Sodhi, Managing Director, GCMMF , (AMUL), Nilesh Shah, Group President & MD, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management.

Mr Steinbeck spoke on Sustainability – more than just a Circular Economy,

Sh Chaturvedi highlighted the Perfect Solution for Sustainability and Circular Economy for the Planet. Godrej CEO topic was The Growth Story of India:FMCG and Sustainability esp. packaging. Dr Sodhi spoke on  Amul’s role in the growth of food industry in India and the path ahead. Nilesh Shah shared very positive outlook on The Indian Economic Landscape.Abheek Singhi, MD Boston Consulting Group, India gave an overview of the Emerging Global Trends and how Sustainable packaging influence consumer purchase behaviours. Himanshu Dodeja, MD Blackstone highlighted India’s Role of M&A in consolidation and evaluating takeover opportunities and risks in Flexible Packaging Industry.

Ajit Singh, Chairman, ACG , chaired the session having 3 Veterans sharing their outlook. Role of Private Equity in sparking  growth explosion in Flexible Packaging Industry by R.Senguttuvan,Operating Partner, Premji Invest, Suresh Gupta  on what companies need to do, to be successful in the Volatile times & Somnath Chatterjee, Head – Supply Chain, ITC, spoke on  Growth in the FMCG sector and The impact on packaging

Oriented Films Session was Chaired by  Global Plastics Sustainability Lead – Hindustan Unilever . Achieving Recyclability and Sustainability in a Circular Economy was addressed by Pankaj Poddar, Group CEO, Cosmo First . K Manohar, CEO, Max Speciality Films spoke on  New gen cast films and barrier film developments .

Safety of Packaging Materials for Food Contact Application  was addressed by Dr. T K Srinivasa Gopal, Chairperson -Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

Converters perspective Session Chaired by  V.K.Taparia, ED Supreme Industries had Prof. Dr. Achim Grefenstein, Global Head of R&D, Constantia Flexibles, Germany          speak on Global Megatrends and the Impact on Packaging.

 Global vs Indian Flexible Packaging Industry – A SWOT analysis was presented by Mohammed Nadeem, CEO, Paharpur 3P. K Bajaj, Jupitor Laminators speak on Aluminium foil .

The Summit had a Key Note and  2  panel discussions relevant to sustainability.

Surendra Patawari, Founder and Chairman, Gemini Corporation, Belgium gave Keynote Address on Recycling – an excellent arbitrage opportunity for the investor community

An overview on R-Cycle Europe was outlined by Bernd Reifenhäuser – Reifenhäuser Group, Germany with a panel by  Esa-Matti Aalto – Olbrich Group, Germany& Richard Sandbrook – Bobst, UK

Second Panel Discussion  on  Ground Realities – Environment issues, EPR and Sustainability and PWM  was Moderated  by : Jeevaraj Pillai, Joint President – Uflex with panellists including  Dr. Ashok Kumar Tyagi – Haldiram , Mani Vajipey – Banyan Nation, Dr. Vijay Habbu – ICT , Aditya Dalmia – Dalmia Polypro& Srikrishna Balachandran – Recykal.

Panel Discussion on Brand Owners Perspective was moderated  by  Willem Uijen, Executive Director – Supply Chain, Hindustan Unilever  and had eminent panellists -Barun Banerjee – Nestle, Sanjay Gupta – Dharampal Satyapal Group, Paul E Prakash – Pidilite Industries & Kajal Debnath – DFM Foods.

Latest Trends in Machinery and trends and innovations in Technology were addressed by Giovanni Caprioglio, Sales Director Coating, Bobst, Italy, Francesco Peccetti, Sales Manager,  Colines, Italy , Vladislav Smirnov & Benjamin Pott – Reifenhäuser,Dr. Holger Niemeier, Executive Vice President, Hosokawa Alpine, Germany.

Session on Advancements in Raw Material for Sustainable Packaging, chaired by  Unmesh Nayak, Sr. Vice President – Polymers, Reliance Industries had speakers including Matt Loach, Global Marketing Manager – Polyethylene, ExxonMobil, USA, Dr. Apostolos Krallis, Vice President Innovation, Borouge, UAE, Rakhma Febriani, Product Application Development – APAC, LyondellBasell, Indonesia & Arne Jost, Senior Manager Circularity Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Germany

Business session on Printing was addressed by  Jan Scharfenberg, Business Leader ,DuPont Electronics & Industrial, Germany, Pau Xifra, Chief Transformation Officer, Comexi, Spain, Anan Hiyasat, IMEA Region Manager, Uteco Converting S.p.A., Italy ,  Dr. Dipshikha Banerjee, Head of UV & EB laboratory, Flexible Packaging EMEA Siegwerk, Germany& Yash and Vasu Shrimanker, Directors, Pelican Rotoflex, India

Business Session on Printing&  Slitting Solutions had speeches by

Biku Kohli, Managing Director, SP Ultraflex, Reinhard Priller, Sales Director, Brückner Maschinenbau Germany & Tobias Lanksweirt, Managing Director GOEBEL IMS, Germany

Bernhard Lang, MD , LANG LASER-System Germany and Fabrizio Imarisio, VP DEC Impianti, Italy shared increasing efficiency with ancillaries .

All major Associations and Media bodies extended their support to the summit and were prestigious partners. The major USP of the Summit was the high participation of the Brand Owners . The interactive Q and A with delegates of the speakers was  very successful. The Gala Dinner was the key highlight where all industry members networked and met physically after a gap of almost 3 years.

The ElitePlus Packaging Summit has emerged as the Most Popular Summit not only in numbers but also in terms of content and value to the participants and partners.