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The general interest of the pharma is to reduce their emissions, the upcoming plastic packaging waste regulation and changes in the extended producer responsablilities are just some drivers for the current change. <br><br>The webinar should provide insights on this change towards sustainable alternatives and the value of collaboration between the different value chain partners (e.g. resin supplier, machine builder, plastic film manufacturer, printer, pharmaceutical company etc.)</p> <div class="h-rule"> </div> <h3 style="font-family: poppins, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; color: #006bba; line-height: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong>Learning Objectives</strong></h3> <ol> <li>Why do pharmaceutical and nutritional supplements companies search for sustainable alternatives to the current blister packaging materials?</li> <li>Why should value chain partners cooperate for a change of packaging materials?</li> <li>Why is Polypropylene an interesting alternative?</li> <li>How can the sustainability performance further be improved?</li> </ol> <p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size:14px;"><strong><a href="https://webapp.spotme.com/login/eventspace/sudpack_11_3_25" target="_blank"><span style="color:#fff;"><span style="background-color:#006bba;padding: 10px 10px;border-radius:5px;border: 1px solid #006bba; ">Register to attend</span></span></a></strong></span></p> <div class="h-rule"> </div> <div class="factfile"> <div class="inline_image inline_image_right image_size_small" data-attachment="16325" data-sequence="2"> <p class="picture"><img alt="marcus" src="https://d2wrwj382xgrci.cloudfront.net/Pictures/280xAny/3/2/5/16325_marcus_949476.png" srcset="https://d2wrwj382xgrci.cloudfront.net/Pictures/280xAny/3/2/5/16325_marcus_949476.png 280w" loading="lazy" class="lazyloaded" width="400" height="400"></p> </div> <h3 style="font-family: poppins, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px; color: #006bba; line-height: 120%; text-align: left;"><strong>Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid</strong></h3> <p>Institute Director<br><strong><strong><strong>Hochschule Albstadt - Sigmaringen</strong></strong></strong></p> <p>Prof. Dr. Markus Schmid studied food technology and food processing at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and completed his doctorate at the Chair of Food Packaging Technology at the Technical University of Munich. He worked as a project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising. Since March 2018, he has been a professor at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the Sigmaringen site. 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