Inno-Meeting Europe

Dr. Günter Schubert

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Studied chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. Since 1989 employed at Vereinigte Aluminium Werke in R&D (then Light Metal Research Institute, LFI). Established and managed the lacquer and plastics laboratory of VAW Research & Development.Numerous development projects in the field of extrusion coating and lamination for VAW Flexible Packaging. Since 2002 project manager for "foil finishing and applications" at Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH in Bonn with topics in the field of optimisation of aluminium foil for finishing as well as numerous projects in the field of plastic coating on aluminium.

Kenntnisse

Aluminium foils in packagings Interaction of filling material - packaging Adhesion Barrier Extrusion coating and lamination, adhesive lamination Multi-layer composite pipes

Lieblingsthemen

Sealing processes

Sprachen

Native language German English, French, Italian

Ewald Rempel

Werdegang / Qualifikation

- 29 years in printing ink industry - international experience in leading technical roles in Asia, North-/South-America and several European countries

Kenntnisse

printing inks technology (development and application technology)

Sprachen

german, spanish, english, french

Dr. Daniele Borin

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Daniele Borin got his Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Padua (Italy) and then the PhD in Nanotechnology at the University of Trieste (Italy). Here, he then spent a 4-years postdoc in the Material’s and Chemical Engineering department, studying mechanical properties of biological materials. He worked as Packaging Technologist in Reckitt Benckiser (Venice, Italy) for almost one year and in March 2019 he joined Taghleef Industries at the Italian site of San Giorgio di Nogaro, where he is currently working as Product Manager in the Flexibles Packaging Business Unit. He is particularly focused in the EXTENDO® brand, which represents PP-based high barrier films that offer product protection in a recyclable solution, in line with the principles of the Circular Economy.

Kenntnisse

Flexible packaging film production Barrier films Materials properties

Lieblingsthemen

Sustainability in flexible packaging Recyclability of packaging Mono-material barrier solutions

Sabrina Schmidt

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Sabrina Schmidt, M. Sc., is a research assistant in the research field "Companies, value chains and consumption" at the IÖW. She previously studied psychology in her Bachelor's degree and Management & Organisation Studies in her Master's degree at Chemnitz University of Technology. Her work at the IÖW focuses on sustainable corporate structures and processes, diffusion of sustainable innovations, sustainability management as well as sustainable business models.

Dr. Andrey Charkovskiy

Werdegang / Qualifikation

2014-2018 PhD in Technical Chemistry , ITMC RWTH Aachen 2018-2022 Customer Application Development Engineer, ExxonMobil Chemical 2022- Senior Business Partner Recycling and Polymers, Siegwerk

Kenntnisse

Extrusion Packaging design Recycling Deinking

Lieblingsthemen

Sustainability Technologies DeFi

Sprachen

Russian English German

Ton Knipscheer

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Ton Knipscheer is the Global Sales Director for watttron. He held senior positions in the packaging industry, including the Weidenhammer Packaging Group, being responsible for the Pringles cans. Now at watttron, Ton is setting up a commercial structure for the digital heating devices of the German company. Next to international sales, Ton has a broad experience with packaging development for both food and B-to-B packaging. Ton is an active member of the Dutch Packaging Professionals Association (VNV), a member of the advisory committee of the most important Benelux packaging magazine, VerpakkingsManagement and on the board of the European Co-Packers Association, ECPA

Alexander Bockisch

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Alexander Bockisch is an industrial engineer with 10 years of experience in the packaging industry. In 2013, he joined Henkel's Packaging & Consumer Goods Adhesives division and held different positions in marketing and sales. Since 2019, he leads the global marketing for Henkel's flexible packaging segment. He supports packaging manufacturers & brand owners in the development of sustainable solutions. For this, he works on developing from a material producer to adesign partner, for example by introducing a range of adhesives and coatings for better recyclability (RE Range) and expanding Henkel's service offering. He lives in Dusseldorf with his wife and two daughters.

Kenntnisse

Market analysis Strategy development Innovation New product introduction Sustainable packaging

Lieblingsthemen

Sustainability Mono material packaging New packaging materials

Sprachen

German English

Thomas Kahl

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Thomas Kahl studied economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach. He has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the European flexible packaging industry. His functional experience includes sales, marketing and project management. Since 2018, he has been leading the EcoSolutions project at Mondi, which focuses on sustainable packaging under the heading "paper where possible and plastic when useful". His professional career is as follows: Mondi, Vienna, Austria, 2005 until today Key Account Mgr, Regional Manager DACH and project manager EcoSolutions From various roles in sales and sales management, he moved into the role of EcoSolutions project manager for sustainable packaging solutions last year. Huhtamaki, Ronsberg, Germany, 2000 until 2004, Sales Manager Confectionery He led sales for several multinational FMCGs in the chocolate and confectionery industry. Amcor Viersen, Germany, 1989 until 1999 Responsible for customer service and Key Account Management for customer in the confectionery sector.

Dr. Annett Kaeding-Koppers

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Studies in polymer chemistry, TU Clausthal (doctorate 1998) 1998-2000: Wolff Walsrode, R&D project manager (films from renewable raw materials) 2000-2003: Wipak Walsrode, Laboratory Manager Film Analysis and Quality Control Film 2003-2006: Wipak Walsrode, Plant Manager Film Extrusion and Adhesive Lamination 2006-2007: Wipak Walsrode, Team Leader Market Development 2007-2011: Wipak Central, Innovation Manager Packaging Films (Food) / Coordinator R&D Europe 2011-2015: Wipak Group, Sustainability Manager (Products, Productions in Europe) 2015-2016: Alupak, CH, Technical Key Account Manager Nespresso and Innovation Manager (Al capsule) Studies/CAS Change & Innovation Management, University of St. Gallen, CH (2017) 2017-2018: Brückner Maschinenbau, Development of the innovation area "Circular Economy 2018: Start-up foundation akk-innovation / consulting and project management for the development of sustainable packaging innovations for the circular economy 2018-2019: Collaboration with Ceflex Since 2019: Development and management of the project consortium PrintCYC ("Printed films for mechanical recycling")

Kenntnisse

Consortium management / Sustainability projects

Lieblingsthemen

Sustainable packaging innovations for a functioning circular economy

Sprachen

German, English

Prof. Markus Schmid

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid is a trained master butcher and business economist in the trades. He studied food technology and food processing at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda and earned his doctorate at the Chair of Food Packaging Technology at the Technical University of Munich. He worked as a project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising. Since March 2018, he has been a professor at the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the Sigmaringen site. There he manages the Sustainable Packaging Institute SPI. Contact: schmid@hs-albsig.de www.hs-albsig.de/spi

Kenntnisse

Sustainable packaging conceptsProcess technology and process designFood packaging technologyFood technologyBiopolymers in paper and film applications

Lieblingsthemen

Sustainable packaging concepts for the Life Science Industry

Sprachen

German, English

Ralf U. Meyer

Werdegang / Qualifikation

After studying at business school in Zurich and some experience in commodity trading started to work with TPL Transparent Paper Ltd. in 2020 active. Today part of the management team with the owner family. TPL is running today major distribution business as sales and marketing partner of leading global manufacturers such as Polyplex for BOPET films but also engaged for BOPA and BOPP films as well as Aluminum Foil and paper. Our main strategy in providing solutions for the challenges of tomorrow became in relation with sustainability a much strong topic and asset.

Kenntnisse

General Management with key focus on Sales and Business Development

Lieblingsthemen

Challenges

Sprachen

German, English, French, (Spanish)

Mike Landwehr

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Mike Landwehr (Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing.) graduated from the Private University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Technology (FHWT) in Vechta with a degree in industrial engineering in combination with an apprenticeship at Pöppelmann. After a subsequent trainee programme, he started in 2002 in the project planning department of the FAMAC business division.He is currently project manager for various development and series projects in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.This also includes the development and distribution of the FAMAC standard range of "weld-in spouts and caps for film pouches".

Kenntnisse

Project manager in the FAMAC business division Support of the product range of weld-in spouts and caps for stand-up pouches worldwide Support of customers and projects for functional parts and packaging in the food, cosmetics, medical and pharmaceutical sectors

Lieblingsthemen

Development and realisation of innovative spouting and packaging systems for film pouches with spouts

Sprachen

deutsch, englisch

Fernando Gordillo

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Bachelor in Chemistry, University of Barcelona Working for Multinational Chemical companies like ICI and Akzo Nobel in the Packaging industry since 1993, in different EMEA roles like Technical Service, R&D, Regulatory, Technical Manager, Sales, and Product Manager. Joined HP in 2016 as EMEA Solutions Consultant Flexible Packaging and in 2020 moved to EMEA Business Development and Labels & Packaging Sustainability Lead roles.

Kenntnisse

Conventional and digital printing Adhesives & coatings for the Packaging industry Substrates

Sprachen

Spanish & catalan English Italian

Karsten Schröder

Werdegang / Qualifikation

Karsten Schröder studierte Werkstofftechnik. Anschließend sammelte er rund 10 Jahre Erfahrungen bei Bischof und Klein GmbH & Co., Lengerich in der produktionsnahen Produktentwicklung. Als Projektleiter konnte er zahlreiche neue Lebensmittel- und Konsumgüterverpackungslösungen etablieren. Im Jahr 1998 gründete er die Innoform GmbH und im Jahr 2000 zusammen mit Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Behringer den Innoform Testservice. Im Jahr 2004 gründete er mit seiner Frau Kerstin die Innoform Coaching GbR, die seitdem öffentliche Seminare und Konferenzen anbietet. Zusammen mit Dr. Rainer Brandsch und Klaus Behringer gründete er 2010 die Innoform Consulting GmbH. Als Initiator von InnoNET-partners legte er 2008 den Grundstein für projektorientiertes Arbeiten in virtuellen Teams von hochspezialisierten Experten unterschiedlicher Disziplinen. Unter Inno-Impuls hält er mit Kollegen Fachvorträge (Keynotes) rund um das Thema Gesellschaft und Verpackung und moderiert Firmenveranstaltungen. 2020 entwickelte er mit www.eveema.com das Format www.inno-talk.de. Hier wird Wissen für Flexpack-Enthusiasten kostenlos geteilt. Dazu gehört auch der beliebte Podcast: https://www.inno-talk.de/podcast/ Heute moderiert und organisiert er hauptsächlich Konferenzen und Firmenevents. Außerdem führt er mit seiner Frau Kerstin die Innoform Coaching GbR.

Kenntnisse

Folienherstellung und Verarbeitung (Schwerpunkt Standbeutel) Barrierefolien Spezifikationswesen

Lieblingsthemen

Geschäftsmodelle mit Verpackungen Moderation und Organisation von Tagungen Interviews mit Branchenteilnehmern

Sprachen

Deutsch, Englisch, Spanisch (Grundkenntnisse)