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Our sales team will present you our latest innovations and developpments of our vending and foodservice activity on stand D70 Hall4. 

The Macropak will take place from 5 - 8 October 2010 at Jaarbeurs Utrecht. Our sales team would be pleased to meet you at our stand N° A103 / Hall 8.

ARTH is the National Association of Healthcare Transport Management, whose members carry out management responsibilities in the field of heakthcare logistics.

About 200 participants worked under the following thematic :

• The transport & logistics manager, a strategist to serve hospital

Our commercial staff landed many targeted contacts, which allow Veriplast Flexible Solutions to strengthen and develop its positions in the healthcare industry.

Veriplast Flexible Solutions participated to the 31st edition of Interzoo, the leading international event for pet supply trade. During this trade fair, our commercial staff presented a wide range of packaging solutions to the manufacturers of animal feed and suppliers of veterinary products and services.

Veriplast Flexible Solutions took part in the 23rd edition of Hopital Expo Intermedica, the key-event that brings together all health players. 750 exhibitors attended this trade fair to present the latest health technologies and services.

Veriplast's commercial staff, which attended this 5 day fair presented our packaging solutions to many visitors, above all stockists (non-specialized ones, web-purchasing platforms...) and importing companies (Brazil, Lebanon...) with short/medium term projects.

All the products that have been presented during this fair were intended to the health sector, especially "Labio Air" envelopes, designed for air-conveying or "Labio Bag S" ones, developed to transport biological or medical samples.

Veriplast Solutions was present at the last exhibition of CFIA in Rennes, France. 

All our teams, from rigid and flexible packaging, were happy to present to the Food Industry our last innovations and the Veriplast Solutions multi-material multi-technology know-how:  extrusion, bag making, IML printing, sleeve forming, injection-moulding, thermoforming... 

VERIPLAST FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS : one of the first flexible packaging supplier who confirms its commitment in the control of its energy consumption

Indeed, since 2007, VERIPLAST FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS has been one of the first flexible packaging supplier who confirms its commitment in the Environmental Protection : 

• By doing its Carbon Footprint^TM : estimation of the Carbon used for all transport forms (material purchase, people transport -professional and personal to come to work-, delivery of goods), all its production, energy used, etc. ;
• By identifying the actions to limit Carbon emissions and follow-up to improve ;
• By communicating to its customers on its commitment in the Environmental Protection.

We have to act today before it is too late !

PRESS RELEASE

Veriplast Solutions is delighted to congratulate its partner Unilever on the winning of a 2008 Deutscher Verpackungs Preis (German Packaging Award ) and a WorldStar Packaging Award: “We are particularly satisfied that one of our key customers has won such a prestigious award with one of our recently introduced innovation concept; that testifies to the development capacity of our Group”, declared Thierry Tomasov, Veriplast Solutions’ CEO.

The winning Unilever 500 g Rama margarine tub uses Veriplast’s super-light injection moulding technology (SLIM). The SLIM concept has been developed at Veriplast Solutions’ Ravensburg facility in Germany. It combines the unique  Mucell ® simultaneous nitrogen and plastic injection technique, a Veriplast Solutions exclusive in Europe, and the Extra Slim Label, an innovative down-gauged in-mould label (IML). Extra Slim Label is produced at Veriplast Decorative Solutions in Angoulême, France.

On one hand, the SLIM ® technology involves pressurised gas expanding when the pressure is released during the injection moulding process. The gas replaces its equivalent volume of plastic, resulting in a reduction of up to 10% in packaging weight without any perceptible difference in the final tub quality.

On the other hand, the Extra Slim Label used in this tub is significantly thinner than the market standard and provides an additional environmental benefit by reducing the CO2 footprint by 30% compared to standard labels.

Those two exclusive Veriplast Solutions’ innovations combined in the unique SLIM concept provide outstanding benefits in terms of packaging weight reduction and carbon footprint optimisation.

About Veriplast
Veriplast Solutions operates in Rigid Packaging (extrusion, thermoforming, injection and in-mould labelling), in Food Service (disposable packaging, vending and manual cups, take away bowls and trays, …) and Flexible Packaging (primary, secondary and tertiary extruded films, laminated FFS reels, pouches and pre-made bags), with catalogue and bespoke products. Veriplast Solutions’ objective is the development of innovative packaging solutions particularly focusing on consumer convenience, food safety and carbon footprint optimisation. The Group has developed into a large and experienced European packaging Specialist with a turnover of approx. 350 million euros. It employs about 1600 people in Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, Spain, Bulgaria and Poland.

More information on www.veriplast.com
Press Contact : Alexandre Basson
Group Marketing Director
Veriplast Solutions
1, rue Lulli - 75002 Paris - France
Direct line: +33 (0)1 42 96 83 62
Mobile: +33 (0)6 59 39 95 26
www.veriplast.com

SLIM (Super Light Injection Moulding) is an innovative and patented process.

It combines simultaneous plastic and gas injection. Pressurised gas expands when the pressure is released during the injection process.

The gas replaces part of the plastic, which means a reduction of up to 10% in packaging weight without affecting the quality:

• SLIM keeps the same rigidity and resistance to breakage, and also maintains a perfect outer surface for printing.
• SLIM's advantages over injection and thermoformaing remain an excellent surface finish and greater rigidity.

SLIM packaging is better for the environment due to its reduced carbon footprint.

Thanks to SLIM, our customers can save money by reducing Eco Tax costs. For example, in Germany for a standard 15gr tub, the 10% weight reduction obtained thanks to SLIM is a € 200,000 saving in Eco Tax for every 100 million tubs.

The SLIM process can be used with our Extra Slim Label.

Extra Slim Labels can be printed in flexography or rotogravure. Strong technical knowledge and ability allows our process to ensure the label remains flat throughout the manufacturing process (printing and cutting) and during the IML process of our customers. This technological "breakthrough" allows Veriplast to maintain a consistently high printing definition which is very precise.

Reducing the label thickness to 38µ not only has a favourable impact on weight but also optimises:

• transport costs (increased leabels per pack).
• change over costs on injection machine (more labels on same height).
• Reduction of plastic consumption to meet our ISO 14001 commitment.