REThink Packaging: Sustainable Solutions for Packaging

As a leader in adhesive technologies, Henkel understands how adhesives and coatings can impact the sustainability of packaging and consumer goods. Henkel believes there is value in everything, and this value can be captured by RETHINKing processes, product design and use of resources. Henkel is committed to enable customers to reach their sustainability targets as well as current packaging design trends via three different pillars: Carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, health & safety. This presentation will share different solutions for flexible packaging and specific examples of laminating adhesives and coatings that can make a sustainable difference.

Henkel partnered with Sustainability in Packaging Asia 2021

Henkel was the Sustainability in Asia 2021 key sponsor this year. In this event, Henkel, as the pioneer, delivered and showcased our adhesives technologies on the impact of adhesives and coatings on the sustainability of packaging and consumer goods. Henkel believes that everything has a value that can be represented by RETHINKing process, product design, and resource usages. Carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, health and safety are the three key pillars of Henkel’s commitment to empowering our customers to achieve the current packaging design trends and sustainability goals.

More than 200 attendees joined the session including Henkel’s key customers and large organizations in which they showed positive responses and Alexander provided profound and useful information during the Q&A session regarding Henkel’s approach towards regulations, legislation, and Henkel’s key applications as inquired by the attendees.

Henkel Key Speaker

Alexander Bockisch (Global Head of Market Strategy – Flexible Packaging at Henkel)

Alexander has 10 years of experience in the packaging & consumer goods industry in different marketing roles. In his current role, he has a strong focus on developing sustainable solutions through laminating adhesives and coatings in flexible packaging by reducing the carbon footprint, enabling better recyclability or use of safer chemicals.

Presentation Topic: REThink Packaging – Sustainable Solutions for Packaging

Key Focus

Henkel strongly focus on sustainability solutions by offering the product to customer to reach their sustainability targets as well as current packaging design trends via three different pillars: Carbon footprint reduction, circular economy, health & safety at the same time we could easily generate sales, make more profitability as well as increase awareness of our sustainability products as follows;

  • Heat seal coatings that eliminate laminating step to redesign PET trays
  • Coatings that reduce footprint in production
  • Adhesives for mono-material pouches optimized for mechanical recycling
  • Certified recyclable coatings for paper that enable mono-material packaging designs
  • De-bondable labeling adhesives for optimized PET recycling
  • Functional & sustainable EPIX technology to replace foil, wax, and non-recyclable coatings
  • Adhesives based on safer chemicals with lower migration potential

Henkel believes that our sustainability approach is the right foundation to develop future technologies and solutions for the packaging industry. We strive to support brands & converters to reduce their packaging footprint, enable better recyclability and enhance health & safety during production and end-use.

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