Eef de Ferrante is the managing director, Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA). Based in Utrecht, Holland, the AIPIA has more than 450 members, including brand owners, major end users from food, beverage and pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as blue chip packaging companies and specialists in the development of A&IP technologies and services.
While the focus for flexible packaging suppliers has been firmly on sustainability issues as much as performance in recent years, a new generation of packaging technologists is looking at new, and potentially ground breaking, nanomaterials and coatings to create new products.
