BOBST Calls Roadshow a Big Success

Published: October 23, 2014

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND | The first Asian Conference of the BOBST and Partners’ 2014 World Roadshow in August 2014 in Indonesia was deemed a big success. Held at the Shangri-la hotel in Jakarta over two days dedicated to flexible packaging and folding carton packaging respectively, the event welcomed 273 guests from the local industry.

“The level of interest and participation of Indonesia’s printing and converting industry surpassed our expectations,” says Eric Pavone, business director of BOBST Business Unit Web-fed. “This speaks volumes about it becoming a premier industry event where technology updates meet networking.”

The focus of day one was on the latest innovations in flexible packaging converting solutions from raw materials to finished products. These were presented by BOBST and Partners: Atlas Converting, Daetwyler Graphics, Daetwyler SwissTec, Kodak, Macchi, Rossini, and Schmid-Rhyner. The event was co-hosted by Rotokemas Indonesia, and Felix Hamidjaya, chairman of the association that groups the country’s flexible packaging companies, delivered a welcome address.

“The flexible packaging market is one of the most dynamic in Indonesia” explained Laurence Dy, zone business director SEA, BOBST BU Web-fed. “The higher disposable income of Indonesian consumers’ fuels demands for better quality packaging and different packaging formats. This relates to both the food industry, as well as other segments that are rapidly growing in popularity such as beauty and personal care and pet food, where flexible packaging solutions are on the increase.”

The enhancement of carton packaging through value-added processes was covered on the second day of the Roadshow by BOBST and partners IST, Schmid-Rhyner, and Sun Chemical, with industry and product insights from Nestlé Indonesia.

Indonesia being the 5th largest tobacco market in the world, the morning sessions were dedicated to this premier segment of the packaging industry.

The agenda included various aspects of off-line converting solutions, keeping in mind technical complexities of multistep processes as well as viability of investments in the context of developing economies.

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