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Machinery builder weighs in on sustainability

If you really want disruptive solutions, you must include machinery builders in the conversation, says Dr. Carstens Weiss from Bosch Packaging Technology.

Bosch handed out this beautifully sculpted paper package featuring pine tree seeds at the event. Photo from www.nine.se
Bosch handed out this beautifully sculpted paper package featuring pine tree seeds at the event. Photo from www.nine.se

Fifth in a series of articles reporting from Sustainability in Packaging, Europe 2017, from Barcelona, Spain.

PMMI member company Bosch Packaging Technology was the only machinery builder on the agenda here in Barcelona, and out of a crowd of 200-plus attendees, only two or three hands went up when he asked if there were other machinery builders present. “My opinion, listening to all the presentations, at the end of the day, if you really want disruptive ideas, a machinery supplier is necessary," said Dr. Carstens Weiss of Bosch.

With only 14% of plastic packaging being recycled, and with one-third of all food produced lost or wasted, Bosch customers like Amazon, Walmart, Pepsico, Mars, and others, in both food and pharma, are putting the user experience first, while keeping in mind the health of the planet.

First you need a safe product, achieved with suitable packaging. There is not only a skills gap in designers who understand sustainable packaging, but there is also sometimes a gap in cooperation between industries.

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