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Industry Executive Panel FPPA Conference. Bob Zoelle Sales Director – North America DuPont Cyrel ® Packaging Graphics. Yogi Berra once said: “ The future ain’t what it used to be” . Packaging Industry Trends. Globalization Emerging and low-cost markets impacting packaging
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Industry Executive PanelFPPA Conference Bob Zoelle Sales Director – North America DuPont Cyrel® Packaging Graphics
Yogi Berra once said: • “ The future ain’t what it used to be”
Packaging Industry Trends • Globalization • Emerging and low-cost markets impacting packaging • Regulatory issues • Sustainability • Retailer’s / CPG’s are leading the way to reduce environmental footprint • Consumers are buying with the environment in mind • Paper vs. Plastic • Each segment is trying to gain a competitive advantage • Environmental impact – which best addresses Wal*Mart’s 7 R’s and other metrics • Counterfeiting • A booming industry
Consumer Packaged Goods Companies are increasingly active in sustainable packaging Some of their initiatives around packaging : • Reduce packaging weight • Reduce Greenhouse gas emissions • Carbon Labeling • Biodegradable alternative to plastic (PLA…) • Maximizing the use of recycled materials • LCA studies to reduce the environmental burden • Add eco-labels on their packaging • Waste Management Printing is starting to be on their radar screen when thinking about green packaging
DuPont & the Packaging Market • Packaging cuts across many business units. • Cyrel® Packaging Graphics • Authentication • Ethylene Co-Polymers • DTF • Ti02 • Protein Technologies • DuPont Packaging >$2Bn revenues is strategic to DuPont (~9% of total revenues) • A global business infrastructure
Corrugated Market Trends • ReducedTurnaround time • Higher-end Graphics • Continues to rise in North America • Shift to digital technology • Printing plates / direct printing • Lighter weight liners • Cost is the biggest factor • Impact on printing • Lighter weight mounts • Safety and ease of handling are drivers
How Will Tradeshops Remain Competitive? • Improve productivity • Improve quality • Expand globally • Reduce waste • Environmental footprint
Where can DuPont help? • Deliver Productivity Advancements • Reduce mounting time with automated workflows • Shift to digital to improve workflow efficiencies • Provide Improved Plate Offering • Introducing several new solvent and thermal plates in 2008 • New solvent digital technology to reduce fluting • Improved solvent high ink transfer plate – Flex. Pkg. • Improve your environmental footprint • Convert customers to a new “low odor” solvent • New sheet corrugated plate that reduces solvent usage and stillbottom waste – a sheet “I” plate opportunity • Expand your business globally • Connect you with global DuPont packaging colleagues
Corrugated Specific • New Digital Technology to Reduce Fluting • Patents have been filed • First beta site - mid March • Commercial availability – June • Automated Workflow • Collaborating with Esko Artwork • In-position mounting and imaging – eliminate post mounting • Demonstrate technology at Drupa • Opportunity to use scrap digital polymer
What Will DuPont Do For You in the Future? • Continue our long history of inventing products for all flexo market segments • We will continue to get your input on what you need • Deliver a dry thermal In-The-Round solution • Offer a 52x80 Cyrel®FAST thermal processor • Explore returnable polymer program
Long Term Plans – Industry Specific • Collaborate with CPG’s/Retailers and other DuPont businesses regarding packaging & sustainability needs • Provide support for a Life Cycle Assessment within your own plants • Participate in industry conferences to promote flexo • Differentiate flexo printing as the environmentally-friendly solution to other printing processes • Improve corrugated board materials that benefit the CPG’s and flexo printing • Ti02 white pigments • Solae protein technology
Summary • DuPont has the breathe of products and resources needed to grow • The tradeshop segment is our largest customer base • Corrugated is a significant portion of the Cyrel® business • Continue to invest in R&D to deliver new offerings • New innovations for digital and mounting solutions • Sustainability will be a key factor for our future innovations • Promote flexo printing