Packaging matters - Get in the Loop

Prof Dr. hab.inz. Artur Bartkowiak

Director of the Center for Bio immobilization and Innovative Packaging Materials, Faculty of Food and Fisheries Sciences, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, specialization: chemical technology, specialization: biopolymer and packaging technology. Chairman of the Council of the Scientific Discipline of Food and Nutrition Technology.

Peter Ragaert

Peter Ragaert obtained in 2001 the degree of bioscience engineer chemistry at Ghent University, Belgium. After his PhD in 2005 on shelf-life and packaging of fruits and vegetables, Peter stayed in the packaging field as project manager in the organization Pack4Food. Currently, Peter is leading, together with An Vermeulen, this organization which is a collaboration platform between the food and packaging industry, research institutes and other stakeholders in food packaging.

Marta Krawczyk

Marta Krawczyk has worked for the Packaging Recovery Organization Rekopol SA for 10 years. Expert on ecodesign of packaging and recyclability. Trainer and educator on segregation and management of packaging waste, auditor of recycling plants. Expert of the Climate Leadership UNEP Grid program. Graduate of Environmental Protection at UAM and postgraduate studies in Total Design Management at the Business School of Warsaw University of Technology and the Institute of Industrial Design. Guest lecturer at Leon Koźmiński Academy and Collegium Civitas. President of the Polish Forum ISO
14000 Club Association.

Chara Psoraki

Chara Psoraki, Business Process Manager of AV Flexologic and Tech Sleeves, is an expert in Lean Manufacturing implementation. Through her expertise in automation, she eliminates waste and drives efficiency in the industry. Chara's focus on sustainability drives her interest in new technologies and automation, making her a leading voice in the future of flexo packaging.

Christian Apenberg

Christian Apenberg is the Regional Marketing Manager EMEA & AP at DuPont Cyrel®️ Solutions.He joined DuPont in 2006 and held several roles in Technical Service, R&D application development, sales and technical management before transitioning into his current assignment.

Christian is holding a degree in Print and Media Technology from Stuttgart University.

Giuseppe Ciriello

Giuseppe Ciriello, Head of Technical Competence Center Gecko Europe, is responsible for the laboratory team for Gecko product line: TCL (Technical Center Lab ) new product development, product portfolio implementation, new raw material research, TS (Technical Service) Q.C.(quality control), C.M (color management).

His task involves the coordination of the TCC Europe Laboratory which deals with solvent based liquid inks for industrial and food flexible packaging, as well as the responsibility of each European Lab located in Poland,Turkey, Spain, and supporting the Export Markets including North Africa, Russia ,USA, South-Central-North America

Dr. Björn Ewig

Dr. Björn Ewig is chemist by education, PhD in Cologne, Joined Siegwerk in 1999 and spend all his professional career in the company.

Different roles in Technology - from product development to customer service - and in Purchasing (Global Led Buyer Pigments & Head of Purchasing CUSA, 2008-2015). In current role since 2020.

Marcin Kraus

CEO of KRAUS FOLIE has been working for the family company KRAUS FOLIE since 2001. Since its beginning, he has been responsible for the areas of strategic customer acquisition, technology and management of the production process and investments in machinery as well as building quality systems and its control. Also directly responsible for directing the company and product development strategy. For more than eight years, he has been responsible for managing the entire company but is still actively involved in technological areas.

He specializes in film extrusion processes and film solutions designed for the circular economy.

Tomek Kropiński

Tomek Kropiński has 6 years of experience in the flexo industry, of which 5 years he specialized in tapes for mounting photopolymers, and recently he has been consulting in the field of equipment for the production of photopolymers and photopolymers themselves.

Lukasz Lepiarczyk

Sales Director, Poland. A graduate of the Faculty of Management at the University of Silesia, he holds an IMBA St. Gallen Business School. He is also a certified coach of Erickson Coaching International and the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He has many years of experience in building sales strategies and company structures for the small and medium-sized enterprise sector. Passionate specialist in the field of human resource management processes in organizations.

Michel VANHEMS

Michel Vanhems is heading the special effects, laser marking and functional portfolio for EMEA at Sun Chemical. Michel went through various roles in business, technical and product management throughout his career. He is working for Sun Chemical since 2001, after working in Total Group in thermal stabilizers for plastics. He was global sustainability leader at Sun for 6 years before taking over the functional coatings portfolio of products, which has a strong focus towards improved environmental credentials solutions.

Artur Podolski

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER at PDO.

Graduate of Poznan University of Technology, majoring in mechanical engineering with a specialization in Mechatronics. He gained knowledge related to printing at the University of Szczecin.

For nine years he has been associated with PDO. During this time, in the role of project manager, he has implemented many programs that gradually built up the machine park and expanded the technological capabilities of the company. Currently, he is focused on development projects aimed at implementing both product and process innovations, as well as optimizing the production process. Artur is also one of the teachers at the Jan Szatowski Non-Public School Complex in Janowiec Wlkp. where he educates young staff of Printing Process Technicians.

He loves accepting ambitious challenges without an obvious solution and challenging the status quo in search of new opportunities for growth.

Przemysław Lubryczyński

Przemysław Lubryczyński – Dyrektor Regionu, Graduate of Management Studies, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management. For more than 15 years, he has successfully represented Windmöller & Hölscher in Poland. He is a Project Manager and actively sells blow and cast film extrusion machines, flexographic printers, rotogravure and converting machines.