Long-term customers and new users of EVALENE^® film grades in the flexible packaging industry gathered on October 6 to attend part two of the “Optimize, Maximize and Discover New Opportunities with EVALENE^®: A Discussion on Films” seminar held at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Ortigas, Quezon City.

A total of 51 participants including business owners, company executives and technical personnel from 26 flexible packaging converter companies attended the seminar. Five speakers from international partners in the flexible packaging sector including printing equipment and technology provider Windmoeller & Hoelscher; barrier film supplier Nippon Gohsei, extrusion coating and metallizing equipment vendor Normeccanica, and coextruded film extrusion machine manufacturers Macchi and Reifenhauser shared their time and expertise to talk about emerging trends and new technologies in flexible packaging.

Featured presentations were “EVALENE^® LF08262 – Strength in Flexible Packaging” wherein Mr. Rolando Marasigan Jr., Manager of JGSPC’s Customer Technical Services and Applications Research Department, presented the many applications where premium C6 LLDPE LF08262 barefoot grade can be used, and “A Deeper Look at Polyethylene” by Mr. Antonio Senador Jr., Manager of JGSPC’s Product Research and Development Department where he explained the science behind LLDPE.

Buffet lunch was hosted after the program which offered an opportunity for all guests and speakers for further networking together with the JGSPC Sales, Credit and Collection, Technical Service and Marketing Teams.