The Future of Food Packaging
Monday 21 October 2019
CAFRE Loughry Campus, Cookstown BT80 9AA
This event aims to aid packaging and food manufacturers in preparing for changing customer, consumer and legal demands. Organised jointly by CAFRE and Invest NI, a selection of industry experts will outline changing consumer and retailer demands, an update on Plastics Pact 2025 and advise on how firms can prepare in an ever changing market. Real world case studies will demonstrate how to overcome innovation barriers and how supply chain collaboration can be successfully delivered.
The keynote speaker will be Kevin Vyse, Head of Technical for RAP,
previously a Senior Packaging Technologist at Marks & Spencer, where
for six years he was responsible for fresh food packaging innovation,
governance, and strategic implementation. Kevin’s career has spanned
three decades in packaging design and development. He has worked for
many of the best known brands in the UK and Europe as well as for
manufacturers and retailers. He also wrote the Plastic Packaging
Strategy for Plan A – an initiative by Marks & Spencer that called
for plastic to become a circular industrial resource, rather than
exportable waste or environmental pollution. As well as being on the
board of the On–Pack Recycling Label – a non–profit UK–wide recycling
scheme that helps consumers recycle more material correctly and more
often, Kevin has also contributed to numerous advisory boards and
committees on packaging. He is also a member of the UK government’s
Advisory Committee on Packaging.
