Red Tape: Pure Nuisance or Driver of New Business Models?
The packaging machinery industry, like the rest of industry, is constantly confronted with new legal requirements, whether they come from Brussels or Berlin. This topic is so powerful that the Packaging Machinery Conference is dedicating a separate block of topics to it at the start of the second day of the event:
Last year, the participants of the Packaging Machinery Conference were presented with the study by IFM Bonn, commissioned by the VDMA, on the burden of bureaucracy on mechanical engineering.
It is therefore all the more gratifying that Dr. Annette Icks, project manager at IFM Bonn, is presenting the update of this study, which is currently being prepared, and new developments at the Packaging Machinery Conference.
The affected companies have recognised that the CSRD presents them with major challenges because a lot of data has to be collected and evaluated for this. What many are not yet aware of is that this data can be used not only to fulfil the reporting requirement, but also to generate real added value in many cases. Tabea Hosak, Sustainability & Decarbonisation Specialist at Tanso, explains how.
When it comes to the question of how sustainability goals or regulations such as the PPWR can be implemented, the focus is usually on packaging manufacturers. However, the packaging machinery industry plays a crucial role here – it is the ‘enabler’ of the circular economy, according to Matthias Giebel, partner and authorised signatory at Berndt+Partner Consultants, probably the most important management consultancy in the packaging industry.
Germany: World Export Champion Today – and Tomorrow?
The German packaging machine industry is heavily dependent on exports – this will be taken into account at the Packaging Machinery Conference with the topic block ‘Globalisation’:
Matt Sieverding will get things started. The CEO of Kiefel will focus on the USA, which continues to be the most important sales market for packaging machines from Germany. As a true expert on the country and its people – Sieverding lived and worked in the States – he provides important insights.
Conference participants can also expect insights into the most exciting sales markets of the future. And not just from the perspective of a machine manufacturer, but including insights from the inside: the Indian Consul General, Shatrughna Sinha, has announced his attendance at the Packaging Machinery Conference and will provide valuable information for anyone looking to gain a foothold in what is arguably the most important emerging market.
The coronavirus pandemic and, even more so, the incident in the Suez Canal clearly showed that global supply chains were extremely fragile. So what now? Cristian Reiter, CTO & Managing Director at Uhlmann Pac-Systeme, talks about lessons learned in mechanical engineering and what modern risk management for supply chains looks like today. So that packaging machines always arrive on time at the customer's premises – no matter where in the world they are to be delivered.
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A guest article by Philip Bittermann.
