About this event
For packaging converters, PPWR is not only a compliance challenge. It is an operational and economic one.
New packaging requirements can mean changes to materials, structures, artwork, production processes and order profiles. At the same time, converters must protect margins, maintain productivity and decide where to invest for the future.
The central question is:
How can converters absorb the cost and complexity of PPWR while remaining competitive?
Join packaging converters and technology specialists for a practical debate about investment, efficiency, adaptability and the business impact of packaging change.
Meet the customer panelists
Bohdan Holona – Prepress Director, Colognia Press
A representative from ACM Plastic, SIT Group
Together with specialists from Esko, Asahi Photoproducts and Siegwerk, the panelists will explore how converters can operationalize PPWR without undermining efficiency and profitability.
What will you take away?
Explore how converters can prepare for PPWR through:
- More adaptable production processes
- Faster responses to customer and regulatory change
- Smarter investment decisions
- Greater efficiency across shorter and more varied runs
- Technologies that support new materials and structures
- A stronger balance between sustainability and profitability
Join the conversation
Hear directly from converters facing these decisions and from technology specialists working across flexographic printing, plates, inks and workflow solutions.
Bring your questions and contribute to a debate focused on the real economics of putting PPWR into practice.
Will the future belong to the most sustainable converters, or the most adaptable?
Hosted by
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Team member
Jan De Roeck Marketing Director @ EskoT
Jan De Roeck is highly respected and trusted for his insight in the graphic arts industry and his level of understanding of customer workflows and market requirements. He is a frequently asked speaker at industry events and represents Esko at different professional trade associations.
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External speaker
Bohdan Holona Prepress Director @ Colognia PressE
Bohdan Holona is Prepress Director at Colognia press, a Czech label and packaging converter. His work covers prepress workflows, including CTP, as well as flexographic, digital and hybrid label production, automation and colour management. He has a strong interest in the practical implementation of new technologies and in making production workflows simpler, more stable and more efficient.
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External speaker
Dieter Niederstadt Technical Marketing Manager @ Asahi Photoproducts EuropeE
Dieter brings more than 35 years of experience in flexographic printing and photopolymer plate technologies for the label and flexible packaging industry and is a regular conference speaker to the FTA and industry trade organizations.
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External speaker
Stefan Busse Regional Director Application Technology @ SiegwerkE
Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in the printing inks and coatings industry, Stefan brings a unique combination of expertise in food packaging compliance, solutions for flexible and rigid packaging technologies, and the respective recyclability requirements arising from the PPWR.
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External speaker
Markus Gehler Global Account and Ecosystem Partner Manager @ EskoE
With more than 40 years of experience in the graphic arts and packaging industry, Markus has held a variety of roles in product management, business development, and sales. Today, he is responsible for a global strategic account and leads the Esko Flexo Ecosystem initiative, working closely with press manufacturers and partners to drive innovation and sustainable growth across the flexographic printing industry.
Esko
Automate, Connect, and Accelerate the Entire Packaging Go-to-Market ProcessEsko is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods.
For each stakeholder in the process, Esko solutions enable them to work efficiently and deliver right-first-time packaging and marketing content on time, every time.
