First Day: Tuesday 7 of May 11 am -12 pm. ‘American and international (r)PET markets’…Read more
1. Slot: ICIS
Ms Emily Friedman, Recycled Plastics Senior Editor at ICIS
CV: Emily Friedman is an experienced sustainability leader and market editor, driven by a passion for people and the planet. In her current role, she exposes market trends and provides thought leadership for the North American recycled plastics industry. Prior to ICIS, she was a corrosion expert and reliability engineer at ExxonMobil, serving both refining and petrochemical operations. Friedman has been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers for her extraordinary commitment to inclusion and diversity.
Topic: A market in transition- key drivers of the US rPET industry
2. Slot: Erema
Mr Christoph Wöss, Business Development Manager – Application bottle at Erema
CV: After working as an engineer in the automotive industry he joined Erema in 2001 and was responsible for automatization of large, mainly PET- Recycling plants. All along more and more Polyester sparks his interests and so he assumed control of the PET recycling plants, the so called Vacurema in the year 2007 as Product Manager. Since then, he was responsible for product development, technical sales and customer care in this application field. Meanwhile, with more than 20 years of experience in the plastic industry he is member of PETCORE (PET Container Recycling) Europe since 2007 and represents the Recycler’s interests in the Board of PETCORE since 2011. In 2014 Erema- Group introduced the new Business Development Department where Christoph strategically steers in total 7 companies / Business Units in his Application “Bottle”.
Topic: Latest PET recycling technology from Erema for the US and international plastic recycling industry
3. Slot: Sipa
Mr Paolo De Nardi, Product Manager Stretch-Blow Moulding at Sipa
CV: Paolo De Nardi received a degree in Materials Engineering in Padua University in 2003. He joined SIPA in the same year. He has over 18 years’ experience in packaging development and machine development in industrial goods production. His functional experience includes R&D, product development as well as sales and marketing. In his current position as product manager, he manages new developments on both linear and rotary stretch blow moulding. As well he manages the packaging development team, to optimise beverage bottles and innovate special containers.
Topic: Key solutions for challenging packaging: Since about 40 years, Sipa is leading the market of packaging production equipments as one-stop-shop solution player. Sipa’s booth at the NPE 2024 will showcase the unique expertise in design and manufacturing, emphasizing economic viability and sustainability. Highlighted solutions at NPE address critical parameters such as weight reduction, container behavior, and cost-effectiveness while delivering attractive bottles and optimizing production costs.
