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187        <h1>Barrier Coatings for Food Packaging</h1>
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189          28 May 2026
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191          Amsterdam
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201      <h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Barrier Coatings for Food Packaging: Brand New Event focusing on paper and plastic​</strong></h3>
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203<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Barrier coatings are a critical enabler of safe, high-performance, and sustainable food contact packaging. Demand for barrier coatings in food contact packaging is growing as brands and regulators seek to protect food safety and shelf life while reducing reliance on plastics and PFAS.</span><br />
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205<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Barrier coatings enable fibre-based and lightweight packaging to resist moisture, oxygen, grease, and contamination, supporting recyclability and circular economy goals. At the same time, stricter food-contact regulations, sustainability commitments, and the growth of convenience and takeaway foods are driving the need for high-performance, compliant, and future-proof packaging solutions.</span><br />
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207<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This event focuses on barrier coatings for food contact packaging with emphasis on plastic and paper. This event will be exploring raw materials, barrier performance and innovations, compliance, recycling and sustainability as well as key processing and technology updates. Food contact packaging issues will also be discussed in relation to testing, regulation and compliance.</span><br />
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209<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Why you should attend: </b></span><br />
210<span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This conference brings together industry experts across the value chain to explore the latest innovations, regulations, and sustainable solutions in barrier coatings. Attendees will gain <b>practical insights, expert guidance, and real-world case studies</b> to help them design, produce, and implement safe, high-performance, and future-proof food contact packaging.</span></span></span></p>
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213	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hear about the <b>latest market trends and developments</b></span></span></li>
214	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Explore real-world applications and innovative barrier coating solutions</b> in food contact packaging without compromising functionality or scalability</span></span></li>
215	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Attend to gain <b>critical insight into how barrier coatings</b> are enabling safe, compliant, and sustainable food contact packaging</span></span></li>
216	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Understand the latest regulatory developments</b>, PFAS-free and bio-based innovations, performance requirements, and recyclability challenges, supported by real-world case studies. </span></span></li>
217	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Networking &amp; business opportunities -</b> Explore partnerships and collaborations across the supply chain</span></span></li>
218	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Explore innovative barrier coating technologies</b> including PFAS-free, water-based, and bio-based solutions.</span></span></li>
219	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Thought leadership &amp; expert panels - </b>Shape the conversation around next-generation packaging solutions</span></span></li>
220	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Learn about best practices for reducing environmental impact without sacrificing performance</b></span></span></li>
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224<p><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This conference is the perfect platform for attendees and speakers to exchange ideas, explore opportunities, and network with key players across the supply chain.<br />
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226<b>Who should attend?</b></span></span></p>
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229	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Brand owners and food &amp; beverage manufacturers</b></span></span></li>
230	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Packaging converters and printers</b></span></span></li>
231	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Barrier coating developers and formulators</b></span></span></li>
232	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Raw material and chemical suppliers</b></span></span></li>
233	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Paper, board, and fibre-based packaging producers</b></span></span></li>
234	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Packaging machinery and coating equipment suppliers</b></span></span></li>
235	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Testing laboratories, certification bodies, and regulatory consultants</b></span></span></li>
236	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Recyclers, waste management companies, and circular economy specialists</b></span></span></li>
237	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Regulators, policy makers, industry bodies, and trade associations</b></span></span></li>
238	<li style="margin-left: 8px;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Research organisations, universities, and innovation centres</b></span></span></li>
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259          <span>Senior Scientist </span>
260          <span class="preposition">at</span>
261         Artemyn
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290      <h4 class="vip-name">Alexey Vishtal</h4>
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293          <span>Head of Cellulose</span>
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367                <span>Senior Scientist </span>
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369               Artemyn
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372            Janet Preston works for Artemyn minerals, and has previously worked in Imerys Minerals for over 30 years in the areas of coatings and minerals research, including paper coating, paper filling, paints and inks and in printing science.�<br />�<br />Whilst working at Imerys Janet graduated from University of Plymouth with an honours degree in Applied Chemistry.  She then gained a PhD in Chemistry with the Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, where she studied ink and coated paper interactions. Janet has over 100 publications in this area.  She is currently a senior scientist in Artemyn R&amp;D and is working in the areas of paper, board, pulp &amp; printing. �<br />�<br />In 2007 Janet was appointed as an Adjunct Professor (Docent) at Abo Akademi University in Finland.  She is a Chartered Chemist &amp; Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.  Janet has been awarded a position as a Tappi Fellow in 2024.
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389            <h5 class="vip-title">
390                <span>Technical Account Development Lead, Consumer Flexibles</span>
391                <span class="preposition">at</span>
392              Mondi Group
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395            Dirk Kaczmarek, Technical Account Development Lead at Consumer Flexibles, joined Mondi in 2012. He is passionate about food packaging and has more than 20 years of experience in FMCG packaging and has worked globally. At Mondi he has held various roles (Application Engineer, R&amp;D, Quality, Technical Account Manager) and also worked in Thailand for almost 3 years. Before Mondi, he gained experience at other international flexible packaging converting companies. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Duisburg/Essen, Germany, and the University of Manchester, UK. He also obtained a doctorate in engineering (Dr.Ing.) from the University of Duisburg/Essen.
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412            <h5 class="vip-title">
413                <span>Head of Cellulose</span>
414                <span class="preposition">at</span>
415               Capsul&#39;in Pro S.A.
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417          <p>
418            Alexey Vishtal is working at Capsul’in Pro as a Head of Cellulose development and focusing on bringing home-compostable pulp-based solutions for single-serve beverage systems to the market. He has more than 15 years of experience in various roles in FMCG, material and process development with a focus on packaging sustainability. His core abilities lie in the bringing novel innovative packaging concepts into industrial use, from idea conceptualization to CAPEX and operational excellence. He also has strong academic background in paper physics, barrier coatings, and packaging converting where he authored more than 20 peer-reviewed papers and hold 10+ international patents
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441            Dr Martin Klatt, PhD, has been a chemist with BASF since 1995. In his current role he is REACh Coordinator and Global Registration Coordinator of the Operating Division Dispersions and Resins.�<br />�<br />He has held multiple advocacy activities including President of dispersion producer’s association Europe (EPDLA), President of UVEB curable resins Europe (UVEB), Member of Board of ALIPA, Chair of Radtech HSE Committee (Radtech = Radiation curing technology value chain), Chair of Deutsche Bauchemie AK 6.10 “Polymere”, and Member of CARACAL Subgroup Polymers
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561<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Our vision is to provide our customers with the world&rsquo;s best MFC technology and support.</span></span></span><br />
562<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">FiberLean&rsquo;s proprietary grinding process allows the production of MFC from a wide range of pulps used in the paper, packaging, tissue, speciality and pulp-based product industries.</span></span></span><br />
563<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">This controlled milling approach results in a unique micro-structured network of cellulose fibrils which can be tailored to each application through adjustment of process parameters and selection of feed materials.</span></span></span><br />
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594<span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Kemira&rsquo;s barrier coatings portfolio accelerates paperization by providing high‑performance, recyclable, and machine‑compatible solutions for fiber‑based packaging. The coatings offer strong resistance to oil, grease, moisture and water while maintaining excellent converting properties and food‑contact compliance. They are designed to reduce dependency on plastics and support the shift toward more circular packaging. Alongside commercial solutions, Kemira is developing fully renewable and bio‑based barrier technologies that enhance dual end of life, recyclability and compostability and overall sustainability. Together, these innovations help brand owners, converters and paper manufacturers advance scalable, sustainable packaging solutions.</span></span></span></span>
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