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AEROSOL FORUM – Expert Meeting on Aerosol Innovation
Monday 08. December 2008 - The international meeting of aerosols experts will take place in Paris on the 10th and 11th March, 2009, at the la Cité des Sciences de lIndustrie.
This 3rd edition will bring together:
– The packaging managers (innovation, development, purchases, R&D and marketing) of brands in the aerosols trade: cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, agri-business, hygiene, industries, etc.
– Co-packers
– And packaging, technology and service providers
This meeting of aerosol packaging experts is organized around an exhibition that features leading world experts in :
– Materials (metals and plastics), surface treatments, colorants, ingredients, additives, etc.
– Forming and assembly technologies
– Artwork and finishing techniques
– Dispensing systems and spray technology : valves, BOV, pumps and components, propellants
– Packaging systems and quality control
– Co-packers
– Service providers: consultancy, safety, etc.
And, a conference programme given by experts will take stock of innovations in addition to topical technical, scientific and regulatory issues in the area. The exhibition, the lectures and breaks take place in the same human scaled area. This layout is particularly conducive to exchanges among participants to « boost innovation ».
Programme for Tuesday, 10th March, 2009
The first session « Aerosols and the Environment: concrete actions » will be chaired by Charles Duclaux, Packaging & Environment Manager, DGO – Packaging L’ORÉAL. His opening statement on issues linked to « Carbon labelling » will be followed by:
– « Product life-cycle analysis » by Henri-Marc de Montalembert, Secretary General, CFA (French Aerosols Committee), France. This lecture will inform us about work carried out and underway and will summarise perspectives in an area that regularly features in the news;
– Virginie Fourneau, Development & Application Manager, AVANTEC S.A. Groupe Dehon, France, will explain the implementation of REACH in the aerosol industry. She will take stock of pre-registration, candidate substances, supply chain communication, issues linked to exposure scenarios and substitutes;
– Tim Martinez, President-CEO, Koenig & Vits, USA, will address the formulation of aluminium alloys, the use of recycled materials and matters pertaining to respect for the environment.
After the morning break, Emmanuel Perret, Managing Director, and Dirk Schwung, Aerosols Commercial Director, BOXAL, will discuss sustainable development and respect for the environment : closed circuit material recyclability, the energy efficiency of aluminium can manufacturing processes, in particular, and the use of environmentally neutral components.
– Henri Léonard Mylne, Business Development Manager, Power Container Corp. European Office, France, will take stock of bag-on-valve technologies and their impacts on the environment ;
– René Bommer, pharmAccel Consulting, Germany, a world renowned expert in Dispensing Systems, will share his vision of alternative technologies for the dispensing of liquid formulations.
After these lectures, an activity in the exhibition area will illustrate the use of aerosols in hair-dressing. Lunch will then be a privileged moment for meetings. The layout of the area is particularly suitable for visiting booths for exchanges and supplementary information from exhibitors and speakers.
The afternoon session will focus on « Design, eco-design and aerosol artwork techniques ». It will be chaired by Jay Gouliard, VP Packaging Design & Development, Unilever, The Netherlands, who will describe his vision of « Sustainability, a new space for innovation ». Statements will then take stock of artwork techniques:
– Leopold Werdich, TUBEX GMBH, Germany, will use concrete examples to share his experience of innovative packaging that focuses on drawing the consumers eye to products on the shelf, seduction, practicality, environmental compatibility;
– Emmanuel Perret, Managing Director, BOXAL group, will address new artwork techniques: high definition digital printing, fight against counterfeit, printed artwork and integral forming, etc.
– Franck Flécheux, R&D Director, Aerocan, France, will take stock of aerosol design, in particular combining appearance and respect for the environment. He will describe consumer expectations in terms of practicality, aesthetics and performance. This lecture will highlight process innovations and thus constitute an opportunity to address the technological state-of-the-art;
– Mike Brown, Leading Edge Labels and Packaging, UK, an expert in the manufacturing of labels, will describe their use in Europe and share his view and experience of the benefits of this technology in aerosol decoration ;
– Philippe Morel, Commercial Director, Sleever International, will discuss sleeves for aerosols and the ultimate customisation this represents for marketing teams and the supply chain.
We have then scheduled Arno Melchior, Global Packaging Director, RECKITT & BENCKISER, UK, to give a paper on innovations in terms of design, spray and sustainable development.
As we felt a lecture on « Innovation processes and protection of intellectual property (IP) » was important, we have called on Christian Derambure, a leading IP expert, who runs the Industrial Property consultancy firm DERAMBURE Conseil; as a European Patent, Trademark & Design Attorney, he leads the DERAMBURE MORELLE & BARDOU, DMB-IP-Network, and is also President of the CNCPI (Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle). In this fascinating paper, he will address:
– Innovating, for a company, as a necessity in a competitive environment, but a necessity that entails a cost.
– Innovating also as an industrial and legal risk: risk of violating the intellectual property rights of competitors or of being copied by a competitor.
A cocktail party in the exhibition area will follow this rewarding programme of lectures. It will enable attendees to continue their discussion before a “Parisian” evening.
Wednesday morning, 11th March, 2009
This second day will focus on the art of spray and foam. Lectures in the morning will be chaired by Thibaud de Maillard, President of SOPPEC, France. In his opening address, he will share his vision of aerosols as « modern » packaging, technologies used to comply with safety and environmental concerns and new « technical applications » markets. His statement will be followed by:
– Emmanuel Perret, General Manager, and Dirk Schwung, Aerosols Commercial Director, BOXAL, who will address aluminium materials and alloys, the developments to be expected from foundries, aluminium can forming techniques (extrusion – DWI) and prospects for steel (DWI, pre-coated materials), not to mention new types of internal and external coatings;
– Adalberto GEIER, Technical Director, COSTER group, Italy, who will give a lecture on Costers Bags on Valve. After discussing initial developments, he will describe dual compartment bag aerosols and specific fuel cartridge developments. At the end of his presentation, he will highlight technical aspects linked to permeability, rolled multi-layer materials and permeability test techniques ;
– The next statement will be given by Alberto Pedemonte, NUSSBAUM & GUHL AG, on « Can-in-Can ». He will take stock of this technology and describe applications;
– Ric Berger, Sales Director, Clayton Valve Division, Clayton Corporation, USA, will give a paper on: Aerosol Valve Crimping (Clinching). This lecture will review crimping (clinching) an aerosol valve to a can. It will review the dimensional requirements and other considerations associated with obtaining a functional crimp.
– Keiichiro TERAMOTO, General Manager, R&D Dpt, DAIZO Aerosol Division, Japan, will share his experience of aerosol technologies. He will describe his vision of innovation and, in conclusion, will present aerosol packaged products viewed as innovative in Japan.
To wind up this first morning on the art of spray, François Boucher, Spraylogik, Canada, and Dr. Manel Torres, Managing Director, Fabrican Ltd., UK, will describe a number of particularly innovative achievements that reassure us about the future of aerosol packaging and the range of products that can benefit from the technical performances of this embedded energy packaging that protects the product.
AEROSOL 2009 AWARDS
The « Aerosol 2009 Awards » ceremony will end the morning, with a focus on aerosol packaged products selected by an independent jury of experts..
The Awards single out packaging innovations in products placed on the European market between the 1st January and the 31st December 2008. Applications can be sent in until the 9th January 2009.
After the lunch following this awards ceremony, Pierre Goffinet, President, IRFAQ, France, will continue this session on the art of spray with a lecture on formulation and its link with the quality of the « spray ».
Dr. Matthias Prox, Managing Director, Fennel Cosmed, Germany, will then highlight the development and applications of their « Self-sealing System”;
To close these two days, which promise to be particularly rich in terms of innovations, Aerocan, Grant Coupland, ColepCCL, Germany, and Alain Maroncle, Lindal, France, will take us to the leading edge of the art of spray!
We would be happy to provide any further information. Feel free to contact us for an invitation!