President of Meat Union of Russia, Musheg Mamikonian: "We and the World: the balance of the interests"
Modern Russian economy in general, and meat and meat products market in particular, can develop only under condition of active co-operation with the global market. The choice of development strategy should account for the changing global environment and vary with the global trends. President of Meat Union of Russia, Musheg Mamikonian – concerning global and Russian features of meat market and factors influencing its development in nearest few years.
Stephan De Loecker, CEO Nestle Russia: "We want to be closer to the consumer"
Last year, despite the economic downturn, the global food producer Nestle strengthened its position in Russia: in 2009 company sales volumes increased by 12% in comparison with 2008 and reached 57 billion roubles. In an interview with Adam Smith Conferences, Stephan De Loecker, CEO Nestle Russia, discusses local consumers, company strategy for the future, and the key lessons of the crisis for food producers.
Unilever aims for sustainability through package innovation
Packaging Digest had the opportunity to talk with Humberto Garcia, packaging manager for environmental sustainability at Unilever, a major packaged goods company serving a global market. In the discussion, Garcia shares his views on sustainability and how it impacts Unilever.
Wal-Mart speaks on the Packaging Scorecard
Sam’s Club director of packaging Amy Zettlemoyer-Lazar speaks with Packaging World in an exclusive interview on the eve of the official launch of Wal-Mart’s much debated Packaging Scorecard. Discussed are lessons learned over the past year, Wal-Mart’s progress and expectations, and criticisms of the scorecard.
"Der russische Markt ist fuer die deutschen Unternehmen ein sehr wichtiger Markt"
The simultaneous Upakovka/UpakItalia and Interplastica-2008 trade fair closed in Moscow. As usual participant the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) for Food Processing and Packaging Equipment attended the exhibition representing national machine producers. Possibly the most active division of the Federation in Russia – Food Processing and Packaging Machinery – organized some events during the fair time. Vera Fritsche responsible for exhibition business and marketing research reported about VDMA activities and duties to the readers of Unipack.Ru. The interview was recorded in German.
Views of a contract drug packager
Andrew Billington, operations manager at Brecon Pharmaceuticals in Wales, addresses recent trends in packaging.
Reflections on package design research
For better package design research, you should use two categories of methodologies: those that rely on verbal or written responses and those that rely on behavior. Integrate them such that one verifies the other.
Bioplastics are an evolving material
As an increasing number of brand owners begin to evaluate their product packaging for sustainability—whether to meet mandatory retail initiatives or to reap some of the rewards associated with greater environmental stewardship—one area of great interest is the use of bioplastics as a replacement for traditional, petroleum-based polymer packaging. But what exactly constitutes a bioplastic?
Interview – John Hartner, DEK International
DEK Printing Machines has led the printing industry for the best part of 30 years. Through the many revolutions that have epitomized the electronics manufacturing industry, DEK has always positioned itself at the leading edge of the product performance curve. Trevor Galbraith talked with DEK CEO John Hartner about product development, competition and going forward into 2008
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