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Metsä Board’s Better for Less Design Challenge judges revealed


Alissa Demorest


with Less Design Challenge. Last year more than 300


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packaging designs were entered for the competition by students and professional packaging practitioners from 38 countries to showcase their environmentally- friendly ideas. This year, the Better with Less Design Challenge will again have a world-class jury of renowned packaging design and branding experts: ● Alissa Demorest, editor in chief of luxury packaging magazine Formes de Luxe, has extensive experience in the luxury-goods sector from both a brand and supplier perspective.


● Andrew Gibbs, founder, chief executive and editor in chief


etsä Board has revealed the judges for its second Better


of Dieline has been called an “innovator in the world of design”.


● Charles Ng, founder and chief brand consultant of MCL Group Hong Kong/China, takes a holistic approach of brand design from brand auditing, brand analysis to brand strategy that provides creative works covering packaging, graphics, products, spatial and retail.


● Clark Goolsby, chief creative officer of Chase Design Group, emphasises the value of design,


Andrew Gibbs


and the lasting cultural and financial impact it can have for products and organizations.


● Stefan Junge, professor in packaging technology at Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, has more than 20 years of experience in the field of packaging technology, having for example held the position of corporate packaging manager at Sika and a number of positions at Nestlé. Competition jury chairman Ilkka Harju, packaging services


Charles Ng


director for the EMEA and APAC regions at Metsä Board, said “We are excited to have this multi-talented international jury of renowned packaging design experts involved in the Better with Less Design Challenge. Together we want to encourage packaging designers all over the world to create new, more environmentally-friendly solutions for everyday packaging.” Full details of the awards 2019-2020 will be announced in September.


Clark Goolsby Mondi Belcoat acquired by Walki Group


Finland-based Walki Group has agreed to acquire Mondi Belcoat NV, a Belgian extrusion-coating company that is part of the Mondi Group. Belcoat produces highly- specialised extrusion-coated


July/August 2019


products serving customers across protective clothing, imaging, automotive and other speciality products markets. Belcoat is operating a manufacturing facility in Duffel, Belgium and employs just over


100 staff. In 2018, Belcoat had annual sales of €37 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “This acquisition is in line with our strategy to expand our customer base and to strengthen our position in highly specialised


engineered materials,” says Leif Frilund, chief executive of Walki. The deal remains subject to


competition clearance and other customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2019.


Stefan Junge


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