rePAPER’s Eco-Friendly Paper Coating Solution Coming to The Fore at ALL4PACK, Paris
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With the theme of this year’s ALL4PACK, “Lead the Revolution,” the director of ALL4PACK Emballage Paris, Guillaume Schaeffer, said ‘The 2022 edition of ALL4PACK Emballage Paris will open the era of revolutions for this French trade show, which has become an international benchmark for the entire packaging and intralogistics ecosystem. We want to be the forerunner of new packaging solutions as well as the production chain.” Schaeffer also emphasized that the coremind of this exhibition is to go beyond business creation that will open the door to build a wider range of innovation in each field and develop various contents.
Lead the Revolution, a market that is going through a period of transition
The exhibition was divided into four sections: processing, packaging, logistics and printing, which about 320 companies participated in packaging section. Although various materials such as wood and paper materials can replace plastic materials, it seemed that a solution for mass production and profitability was still insufficient. It was quite difficult to find sustainable eco-friendly products, especially for packaging containers, and unlike what the organizer anticipated, exhibitors seemed more focused on the variousness of the product.
(Products with various materials)
Amongst this, rePAPER was proudly located in the center of the exhibition, introducing ‘eco-friendly paper coating solution’ and had a constant flow of visitors from all over the globe that all of rePAPER staffs, including CEO Cheol Yoon, had no time to rest but to consult visitors.
Though some visitors showed interest in RP-SERIES, rePAPER’s eco-friendly aqueous dispersion coatings, due to the nature of the exhibition, most of the consulting focused on conversion. The visitors are from all over the countries including France, and other European countries such as Italy, Greece, Poland, Finland and the UK; African countries such as South Africa and Benin; Middle Eastern countries such as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates; and South American countries such as Colombia and Mexico; and even from countries that we were not familiar with. Just looking at the diversity of the visitors, the attention and needs for eco-friendly packaging are one of the most critical international issues. This realization became more evident by the fact that more than 95% of the visitors to rePAPER’s booth applied for an in-depts consultation.
In fact, regulations on plastic packaging materials in Europe are already put into action, but there are still divided views over SUP DIRECTIVE which confuses the related market. The regulatory standards were expected to become more segmented and precise, but it was confirmed that there was an actual demand for eco-friendly packaging materials that could be resource circulatable
RETURN TO PAPER! It’s just a first step
One thing for sure is that the suitable alternative for the market is yet to be found. But rePAPER proudly declared its intention into the market. Particularly through this exhibition rePAPER had a huge accomplishment because we had an opportunity to introduce our solution to the converting companies around the world that are in close contact with the final consumers.
Brochures explaining RP-SERIES, rePAPER’s aqueous dispersion eco-friendly coatings, and applied products ran short even before the exhibition was over, and sample kits for the visitors, which includes both cold and hot cups, paper straw and sample sheet, was a big hit. Innumerable visitors stopped by the rePAPER’s booth until the last day of the exhibition that CEO Yoon and rePAPER staff responded to the visitors with all their heart.
Practical and thoughtful events
During the exhibition, there was a space called “Objective Zero Impact Area”, where it brings together 30 innovative start-ups which aims to solve and overcome the environment problems, reduce carbon emission and promote circular economy, along with solutions such as eco-design, recycling, deposit refund system, Green Tech and packaging. On one side, there was an award ceremony for the exhibitors that featured the most outstanding new products and innovations among 90 competitors in five innovation related categories. In addition, more than 30 conferences involving experts in the industry were held, which heated up the event.
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An exhibition that drives each other and the world we dream of
If participating at the international exhibition two or three years ago, which was before COVID-19, was a time to be recognized by potential clients, observe the trends of related companies in the upcoming market and understand the position of rePAPER, participating at this year’s ALL4PACK was a time to witness the direction and speed of the market, as well as gave rePAPER the assurance of the steps we took were not in vain and the time finally has come for rePAPER to shine.
If you ever wonder about the latest or future trends of any field, going to the related exhibition will give you the best outlook. And ALL4PACK Emballage Paris 2022 was no different. ALL4PACK, which was held at the Hall 4 and 5 of the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, was the place to encounter both familiar and unfamiliar facilities and jaw dropping, and compelling equipment related to processing and logistics. However, there are many products that are still in the stage of plastic coating and greenwashing that there is a definite urgency for constant and active development of packaging materials that are eco-friendly and circulatable, which gave rePAPER an inspiration and motive to expand our concept of R&D.
rePAPER’s technology may not be able to transform the entire world environmentally friendly, but we believe that this technology can contribute, even if it’s the small part, to protect the environment and ecology.
RETURN TO PAPER, rePAPER
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