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Competitive advantages through intelligent packaging

The 8th Pro Carton Congress spans the bridge between sustainability, efficiency, creativity and promotional power. "Promoting brand values with sustainable packaging" is the credo for all those involved in the value chain.
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Fit for the Future

How to promote the advance of sustainable packaging innovation? Numerous top experts will supply answers to this question at the 8th Pro Carton Trade Congress.

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The Global Village

The global village is becoming more and more of an economic and ecological reality. It is virtually impossible to do anything without affecting many others in the process. Therefore, industry and trade intend to cooperate more closely in future to improve sustainability and respond faster to customers' needs.
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Invitation to the Future

Communications and sustainability will determine our future. But how to create new products and develop successful business in practice? How can we "Promote brand values with sustainable packaging?" This is the main topic at the 8th Pro Carton Congress on the 25th and 26th November 2009 at the Congress Center Düsseldorf (Germany).
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Folding Box – an Experience

"Magnum" is the absolute premium ice cream of the Unilver company. Since its inception some 20 years ago, the product has been promoted continuously at the highest value possible. The logical consequence: a folding box.
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Revolution of the Authentic

Simonetta Carbonaro is creating quite a stir at the present, her ideas turning traditional marketing inside out. In search of values of the consumer society today she has discovered honesty, authenticity and diversity. Does not sound too new – and yet it is!
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The Global Village

The global village is becoming more and more of an economic and ecological reality. It is virtually impossible to do anything without affecting many others in the process. Therefore, industry and trade intend to cooperate more closely in future to improve sustainability and respond faster to customers' needs.
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Carton is here to stay!

Franz Rappold, Board Member at MM Board & Paper and President of CEPI Cartonboard (European Association of Cartonboard Manufacterers), and Per Lundeen, President and CEO at A&R Carton and President of ECMA (European Cartonmakers Association), both looked confidently into the future in our interview. Dynamic innovations in both the supply chain and the products, as well as superior sustainability, will continue to give carton and cartons competitive market advantages in the future. More ...

A Festival for the Environment

In the UK, Nestlé have replaced plastic packaging for 80% of their Easter eggs with cardboard - in the shape of small Easter baskets. Nestlé lead the way - a success for the brand and a major boost for the environment. More...

Limbic Study – Emotional Packaging Sells! 6th March 2009

The "BrainPacs" Study conducted by Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult AG and commissioned by Pro Carton was published in German in 2008. The English version of the groundbreaking results is now available from Pro Carton: People make their decisions based on emotions. And significant for marketing: There are different emotional clusters one can (and should) choose from.  More...