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forward the virtues of corrugated. Dirk Ockerman, the President of the corrugated Bene- lux association (CBA), the hosting country, kicked off the conference. Climate neutrality and sustainability matters were addressed by Ilkka Leppävuori (Bain & Company). Then Alex Manisty, Chairman of FEFCO’s climate neutral- ity steering committee, presented FEFCO’s project and shared the first results of the carbon neutrality roadmap. “We believe that the corrugated industry can reduce its footprint by 30 percent by 2030 and can reach net zero by 2050 if the whole supply chain works together,” he said. The session continued with several examples of the climate and sustainability work from the sector by Maija
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SUN Automation Group is the global leader in providing innovative solutions to the corrugated industry. SUN engi- neers and builds the SUN625 Rotary Die Cutter, provides sales, service and support in North and Central America for Latitude Machinery Corporation, manufacturer of Mini to Jumbo FFG and RDCs. Additionally, SUN is the North Amer- ican, UK and Ireland sales and service provider for Para Machinery’s line of equipment, and is the North American sales provider for Highcon. SUN also powers the corrugat- ed industry’s premier IIoT platform, Helios, and is the OEM source for Langston/Staley equipment parts and service. THACKER INDUSTRIAL SERVICE COMPANY www.thackerindustrial.com Specializing in corrugated machinery, T.I.S.CO. offers quali- ty-made products, support services, and more. T.I.S.CO. has a reputation of dependability, not only in the product, but in service and support. With more than 25 years’ experience, T.I.S.CO. installs equipment and machinery, moves or sets up entire plants, rewires and rebuilds - all over the world. VT GROUP www.vtgrouponline.com VT offers prepress services for the POP display and corru- gated shipping container industry including graphic design, optimized digitally imaged printing plates and innovative pre-mounting solutions. Our large-format digital printing fa- cility (Digital Impact) is a leading short-run manufacturer of distinctive POP displays and signage where litho-like graph-
Pohjakallio (Metsä Group) who shared the company’s vi- sion for circular and collaborative fibre-based innovations, and by Flavio Deganutti (Klabin in Brazil) who described how the industry can build for the future, from sustainable forests to packaging. Speakers from retail shared their views on sustainabil- ity where Marion Beugelsdijk (Albert Heijn) underlined amongst others the need to address over-packaging, re- use, recyclability, and the need of high recycled content. In his keynote speech, Magdi Batato (Executive Vice President, Nestlé) emphasized the importance of inno- vation and collaboration within the value chain. Saverio Mayer (CEO Europe, Smurfit Kappa) echoed this and in- vited the industry to cooperate with the supply chain, he concluded that reaching climate neutrality will be a game changer for our industry. Michael Lafave (Kruger Packag- ing) added that sustainability is and will remain at the core of any business nowadays. On the second day Diederik Samsom (Head of Cab- inet of EU Vice-president Timmermans), highlighted that the Green Deal is the new growth strategy for Europe
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