Plastics Caps & Closures 2011
More than 200 participants converged at the Westin Atlanta Airport last Sept. 12-14 for the inaugural North America Plastics Caps & Closures conference and collocated Closure & Container Manufacturers Association (CCMA) Annual Conference & Meeting.
Stephanie Baker of KW Plastics addresses the CCMA group on Sept. 12. Baker was one of a dozen expert presenters at the CCMA event.
An attendee asks a question during the CCMA Annual Conference, which focused on recycling and sustainability with regard to caps and closures.
A joint Plastics News & CCMA networking reception, sponsored by Dow Chemical, was held on the evening of Sept. 12.
Attendees had the chance to network with speakers from both the CCMA and Plastics Caps & Closures conferences at the Sept. 12 joint evening reception.
Jeff Resnick of Freedonia Custom Research was the lead presenter for the two-day Plastics Caps & Closures 2011 conference that followed the one-day CCMA event. He spoke about materials usage and cap & closure end-market trends.
Tamsin Ettefagh, VP of Envision Plastics, and Ryan Schuelke, sales director of Enercon Industries Corp., discussed recycling trends. Schuelke presented the results from CCMA's North American Recycling & Sustainability survey.
Stephen Wilkins, senior parter at UK-based Wilkins & Wilkins Co. Ltd., speaks on child-resistant closures & openability standards, testing and regulatory trends in North America and Europe.
Dr. Greg Fisher of Plastic Technologies Inc. discussed how tandem testing of containers and closures can improve product performance.
During a session on Colors, Additives & Regulations, Mark McManus (left), senior engineer at Ampacet Corp., and Wylie Royce, managing partner of Royce Associates, fielded questions from the audience.
Attendees assemble for the afternoon speaker sessions after breaking for a networking lunch.
Nova Chemicals' industry dynamics manager Chris Gick talks about the factors impacting global polyolefin resin markets.
High-powered panel (L-R): Berry Plastics' Curt Begle, Universal Closures' Rodney Druitt and CSI Closures' Marshall White answer questions about design and development.
The Plastics Caps & Closures 2011 keynote address was given by Curt Begle, president of the rigid closed top division of Berry Plastics Corp. He spoke on package optimization and the role of the closure.
(L-R): Plante & Moran's John Hart leads a panel on M&A trends with Berry Plastics' Brett Bauer and Cranial Capital's Tim Burns.
Attendee Rohit Thawani, Coca-Cola's global strategic procurement manager for packaging, poses a question during a Q&A session.
Caps & Closures conference attendees networked among 25 exhibits during breakfasts, breaks, lunches and evening receptions. Here, Wim Van de Velde (center), global market manager with Milliken Chemical, engages in conversation at his company's exhibit.
Mark Malloy of Progressive Components (right) speaks to an attendee during a networking break. In addition to exhibiting, Progressive also sponsored an evening reception on Sept. 13.
During one of the event's Conversation Station sessions, Darlene Putz (right), director of sales and marketing for Innovative Digital Solutions LLC, discusses digital decoration and integration with a conference attendee. Conversation Stations, which are set up around the periphery of the conference venue, give attendees the opportunity to speak informally with discussion leaders who are industry experts.
Presenters Tamsin Ettefagh (left) of Envision Plastics and Dave Clark (center) of Amcor Rigid Plastics participate in a Conversation Station on recycling and sustainability trends.
