SINGLE-SERVE CAPSULES USA 2018 | EVENT PREVIEW
serve coffee. The final paper of the day is given by Dave Zurlinden, Western US Sales Manager at ICA USA Packaging Machines in the US, who talks about how single-serve capsules can in fact be considered “green” and sustainable. To round off the day’s proceedings, a network-
ing drinks reception will be held in the exhibition area, where delegates and speakers debate the conference and attendees have the opportunity to network with industry peers. Day two of Single-Serve Capsules 2018 starts
with Daniel Ephraim, President of Modern Process Equipment in the US, who focuses on grinding as one of the critical elements in capsule and pod manufacturing.
Material innovations and sustainability Dave Burke, Business Development: PLM-Food, Consumer Products Division at Berry Global Group in the US, begins the fourth session of the conference with a talk on how to navigate the polypropylene transition within the single-serve capsules market in the US. This is followed by a discussion about achieving performance and compostability in a single-serve coffee capsule from Flavio Di Marcotullio, Performance Packag- ing, Business Development Manager at Nature- works in the US. Following the morning refreshment break and networking session, a case study is then delivered by Michael Schick, Market Development Com- postable Packaging at BASF in Germany, which looks at state-of-the-art bio-polymer based compostable coffee capsules with barrier proper- ties. The fourth paper in the session provides an insight into a consumer-friendly approach to capsules recycling and sustainability from John
From left: Speakers at Single-Serve USA include: Rachelle Meyeres, a Scientist at MOCON; Rüdiger Grings, Key Account Manager at Greiner Packaging; Thierry Fabozzi, President and CEO of Plastic Technologies and Nino Zehnder, Head of Sales at Beck-Automation
Brown, Vice President, Global Marketing, at the Selig Group in the US. Fabien Resweber, VP Sales & Marketing at PTT MCC Biochem Company in Thailand, brings the session to a close with a closer look at compostable single-serve capsules and how new possibilities are opening-up with bio- based polybutylene succinate.
Production optimization and QA The final session begins with a look at high-speed takeout and in-mould labelling (IML) automation for high cavitation single-serve capsule systems from Nino Zehnder, Head of Sales at Beck-Auto- mation in Switzerland. Rachelle Meyeres, a Scientist at MOCON in the US, then questions whether oxygen permeation is a “barrier” to achiev- ing cost reduction and sustainability goals. Dr Irl Duling, Director of Terahertz Business Develop- ment at TeraMetrix, a division of LUNA, in the US, focuses on pulsed terahertz for multi-layer thick- ness measurement. Closing the conference is Marcel Fenner, Technical Manager and President at Priamus System Technologies in the US, who examines automatic hot runner balancing and barrier layer detection for multi cavity moulds.
About Single Serve Capsules USA 2018
Single Serve Capsules USA takes place on 19-20 June 2018 at The Westin Chicago North Shore, Chicago, USA. AMI is launching this conference in the US following the success of the equivalent event held in Europe in 2017. The US confer- ence is sponsored by Cobelplast and Polytype OMV. Single-Serve Capsules in Chicago provides an international forum for all companies, through the entire value chain of plastic and metal capsules in the US, to come together and engage with each other over two days - be they end users, capsule fillers, coffee roasters, capsule moulders, material suppliers, technology and machinery suppliers or converters. Register before April 27, 2018 and pay $1,090 saving $300 on the full price $1,390. There are additional discounts for group bookings. The registration fee includes attendance at all conference sessions, the Networking Cocktail Reception, lunch and refreshment breaks on both days and a set of conference proceedings. For further information about attending the event, taking a table top exhibition space or sponsoring the conference with one of our unique marketing packages click here, or please contact the organiser Agata Swietek: Email
agata.swietek@ami.international; Tel: +44 (0) 117 314 8111.
https://www.ami.international/events/event?Code=C0926
Identifying opportunities and overcoming obstacles in the single-serve capsules industry
June 19 - 20, 2018 The Westin Chicago North Shore, Wheeling, Illinois, USA
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