Clarify opportunities & where you should focus your R&D efforts by reviewing most impacting innovations in barrier technology: active PLA, selectively breathable films, retort EVOH...

1. Food Packaging: Latest Barrier Solutions
A 90-min online short course by Donald Rosato
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Don Rosato has been following very closely latest advances in barrier solutions for the food
packaging industry and he will present and share his expert view on most significant 2011
developments.).
Clarify opportunities & where you should focus your R&D efforts by reviewing most impacting
innovations in barrier technology: active PLA, selectively breathable films, retort EVOH...
Independent expert Dr. Rosato will share his insight on a selection of new materials and technologies
for enhanced fresh-cut produce shelf-life, easier recycling, transparency...
Why you should attend:
1. Save time with a synthetic & neutral overview of latest innovations helping improve
barrier performance against oxygen, light and water vapour.
2. Feed your creativity by seeing how others are addressing food packaging challenges:
biodegradable PGA, crinkle control, high UV barrier, active packaging.
3. Anticipate the future of EVOH, PP, PE, PA, EVA, PLA & PVDC by clarifying how latest barrier
solutions change the food packaging landscape.
Who is it for?
R&D & Marketing professionals with a need to keep aware of latest advances in barrier
technologies in the food packaging industry – from raw material producers to designers.
Outline
1. Barrier Solutions for Food Packaging
• Market Drivers for Barrier Food Packaging
• Barrier Food Packaging Technology Trends At the end
of the training
2. Plastic Barrier Material Advances
• Barrier Resin Developments
there will be a
• Compostable/Sustainable Films Q&A Session where you
• High Barrier Coatings and Nanomaterials can pose questions to
• Scavenger/Active Packaging Materials Donald Rosato.
3. Developments in Barrier Packaging A transcript of all the questions
• High Barrier Flexible Film & answers will be made
• High Barrier Rigid Packaging available after the event.
• Rigid PET Mono and Multilayer
4. Latest in Food Packaging Barrier Applications
• Flexible Barrier Packaging
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2. • Rigid PET Barrier Packaging
• Other Rigid Barrier Packaging
5. The Future in Food Packaging Barrier Technologies
6. Major Barrier Food Packaging Players/References
Presented by Donald Rosato
Dr. Donald V. Rosato is internationally recognized as a leader in plastics technology,
business, and marketing. Serves as President of PlastiSource, Inc. a prototype
manufacturing, technology development, and marketing advisory firm, located in
Concord, Massachusetts, USA.
He has extensive technical and marketing, plastic industry business experience from
laboratory testing, through production to marketing, having worked for Northrop Grumman, Owens-
Illinois/Graham, DuPont/Conoco, Celanese/Ticona, and Borg Warner/G.E. Plastics.
Dr. Rosato has authored or edited numerous papers, including articles published in the Encyclopedia
of Polymer Science and Engineering, and major books, including the Concise Encyclopedia of
Plastics, Injection Molding Handbook , Plastic Product Material and Process Selection Handbook ,
Reinforced Plastics Handbook , Extruding Plastics: Practical Processing Handbook , Blow Molding
Handbook , Designing with Plastics and Advanced Composites, Plastics Processing Data Handbook ,
and Plastics Institute of America Plastics Engineering, Manufacturing and Data Handbook .
He has developed numerous patents within the polymer related industries, is a participating member
of many trade and industry groups, such as SPE, SPI, PIA, CPPIA and SAMPE. Among many
accolades, has been named Engineer of the Year by the Society of Plastics Engineers.
He received his BS in Chemistry from Boston College, MBA at Northeastern University, M.S. Plastics
Engineering from University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Ph.D. Business Administration at
University of California, Berkeley.
Past attendees feedback
Content: Technical Level: Speaker: (147 evaluations)
Didier H. , from EVAL Europe:
"Nice Philipp N. , from DuPont:
"Very great review of the innovation that are in their infancy for barrier pack aging!"
Leonard D. , from Sun Chemical:
"The course gives a good overview of new and competing barrier technologies for food pack aging. "
Steven de B. , from SABIC:
"The broad overview of developments that are b eing commercialized today was useful to me."
Didier H. , from EVAL Europe:
"Nice overview of barrier pack aging innovations. Time gain for us to do the same search. Thank s "
Kevin H. , from Avery Dennison:
"Excellent overview of multiple barrier pack aging technologies and the companies that supply the
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3. services."
Douglas B. , from Dow:
"Very Good! Provided an external perspective on food barrier solutions. "
Past attendees profile
 R&D-Applied/Formulation/Prod.
dev. - 56%
 Tech. Service/Customer Asst - 8%
 Basic Research - 15%
 Product Design / Engineering - 5%
 Marketing / Sales – 8%
 Corporate management – 6%
 Other - 2%
Dow Chemical, Kraft Foods, BASF, Avery
Denison, DuPont, Bayer, Akzo Nobe,
DSM, Bostik, Pepsi co, Polyplex, RTI
International, Nypro Inc, Tetra Pak,
Hollister, Milliken & Company, plastopil …
Next session: Thu. April 18, 2013 at 11 a.m. ET / 4 p.m. CET - Your local time
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