From April 23 to 25, 2024, as a major event in the plastic packaging industry, AMI Plastics’ 20th European Stretch and Shrink Film Industry Seminar was held at the Westin Hotel in Valencia, Spain.
pic | Conference site
This conference not only brings together the global vision and cutting-edge research of a number of experts and scholars in the industry, but also attracts packaging companies, material suppliers, and technology vendors from all over the world for in-depth exchanges.
The conference integrates the current development trend of packaging sustainability and is based on the urgent demand for recyclable packaging in the global market. It discusses packaging solutions that reduces environmental impact from aspects such as plastic regulations, source design, material innovation, technological breakthroughs, and sustainable packaging practices, solutions to inject new impetus into the sound and sustainable development of the plastics industry.
Speed up for the first exhibition in 2024
As a professional manufacturer of polyolefins with more than 30 years of history, Mingca Packing has accumulated of rich experience and made precise efforts. General Manager Liu Kun went to Spain to participate in the exhibition with team representatives. At the exhibition, the Non-crosslinked Recyclable PEF Shrink Film, a cross-generation product jointly launched by Mingca Packing and ExxonMobil, also made its debut. This trip to Spain is an important milestone for Mingca. It is not only the first exhibition in 2024, but also Mingca Packing's new journey towards sustainable development.
pic | Group photo of Mingca team
At the meeting, Minca Packing Sales Manager Jorge delivered an English keynote speech on "Exploring the Future of Double-Bubble PE Shrink Film (PEF) Packaging", focusing on Mingca Packing's response strategies in the context of circular economy, that is, with the help of Both sides of the value chain and technological innovation advantages will carry out manufacturing transformation to promote the development of lightweight, green and recyclable packaging.
Pic | Mingca Sales Manager Jorge gives a speech
Forseeing trends and new products unveiled
In line with global calls and development trends in the general environment, the sustainability process of the plastic packaging industry is consecutively advancing with the development of the times. Especially in the past two years, the standardized development of the plastic packaging industry has ushered in a milestone breakthrough.
Since the promulgation of plastic restriction orders in various countries at home and abroad, the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), "Plastics Convention Zero Draft", "Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations" PPWR, "General Principles for the Evaluation of Plastic Products' Easily Recyclable and Renewable Design", CGF Gold A number of new international regulations such as design principles have also been formulated to promote the development of the entire plastic packaging industry into a healthier trend.
Among them, the latest revised PPWR by the European Parliament clearly proposes to increase the reduction target of plastic packaging, reducing it by 5% by 2030, 10% by 2035, and 15% by 2040; and the target for reducing plastic packaging is even more stringent. Harsh, reduce by 10% by 2030, 15% by 2035, and 20% by 2040, and emphasize that by 2030 all packaging (regardless of the material used) can be recycled. The plastics industry chain may be about to undergo tremendous changes, but it also fully proves that recyclable and recyclable packaging will be the mainstream direction in the future.
So, under the guidance of mainstream policies, how can the plastic packaging industry use new products, new technologies, and new dimensions to tell a more sustainable new story? At this seminar, Mingca Packing also gave the answer.
pic | Non-crosslinked Recyclable PEF Shrink Film
Jorge said at the meeting that the current market has a very strong demand for recyclable packaging. Mingca Packing has joined hands with ExxonMobil to develop targeted and innovative film solutions based on environmental protection concerns. This is in response to increasingly stringent regulatory changes and film packaging requirements, and provides a relatively mild medium and long term plan transitional plan for sustainable recycling development of plastic products under the currently contentious EU PPWR regulations.
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Keep ramping up for new opportunities
"Amid the last three decades, the global world has developed in fast pace with rough growing pattern. We believe that PEF shrink film will make a significant contribution to the plastics industry, provide new impetus for industry development, and open the gate to potential cost-saving opportunity, in line of the recyclable economy and the ideology of sustainable development.”
pic | Group photo of all AMI participants
Concentrated, professional and focus on taking root in the industry, implementing strategies, promoting the sustainable development of the plastic packaging industry as our vision and mission, and bringing more value to society, the market and consumers. We believe that PEF is bringing a new trend to the plastics industry, and we also believe that sustainable packaging will have a wide impact. Please stay tuned!
