Print Innovation Asia
- Apr 17, 2017

Asian Packaging Conference 2017 announces speaker lineup

Set to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 27 to 28 April 2017, the conference promises a diverse range of speakers that covers all areas of the packaging industry.

Organisers have confirmed the speaker lineup for the two-day event, now in its 15th year. The speakers include brand owners, design and pre-press houses, and end-users and suppliers.

A highlight at the conference will be a Brand Owners Discussion Panel, which facilitates active question-and-answer session. The panel will be hosted by brands such Nestle, Combiphar, Friesan Flag, Unilever, P&G, amongst others.

The conference will also include presentations by suppliers on the latest technologies and developments, and application trends. Speakers from this spectrum include Bent Serritslev from Xeikon Asia Pacific; Nick Price from Hewlett Packard; Andrew Brown from DIC Inks; Supachai Theravithayangkura from Flint Group; Alfred ULLI from Bobst Group; Svend Brix from Flexo Wash; Andreas Friedrich from KBA; William Li from Eastman Kodak; Ray Cheydleur from X-Rite Pantone; Kaspar Walter.

Speaker Line Up - Customer/Brand Presenters

Edric Chandra - Product Group Manager, PT. Gelora Djaja (Wismilak)

“What does Your Customer Really Want?”

Wismilak is a renowned Indonesia cigarette company that produces around three billion sticks of hand-rolled kretek cigarettes, machine-made kretek cigarettes and cigars. Established in 1962, Wismilak currently has 20 branches, 4 stock points and 29 agents that are spread throughout Indonesia.

Geoffery Yong - Capitol Gravure

“Collaboration between brand owners and vendors”

Capitol was established since 1969, with more than 46 years of industry presence in Asia Pacific region. It has a head office in Singapore and two manufacturing facilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company specialises in the manufacturing of the complete range of high end products and big brand names like Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, National Label Company, Amcor Group, New Toyo Group, Bentoel Indonesia and Sampoerna Indonesia.

Oka Yulianto - General Manager, PT Alegria Arti Kreatif

“How to maximize design output to help reach the expected production result in label and packaging medium”

Alegria Arti Kreatif is a Jakarta-based branding company specializing in packaging design.

Joshua Jimmy Kai - Manager Operations Communication and Development, PT HM Sampoerna Tbk

“Embrace the Change”

PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk. (Sampoerna) is the leading tobacco company in Indonesia.

Eric Tollemer – Cosfibel Group.

“Trends in Luxury Packaging”

Cosfibel Premium serves the promotional packaging and gift needs of luxury brands, mostly in the Beauty and Spirits industries. In his presentation Eric Tollemer will give an abstract of the trends shaping luxury packaging today from a design and production perspective.

Daniel Kwintner - Ingenious Design

“The rise of the SME brands beating the majors”

Ingenious Design is born from a Japanese Design Firm called IDA co. ltd. and was set up in 2010 in Singapore. Initially created to bring the strong expertise of Japanese Brand packaging in the APAC region. Ingenious Design dissociate itself by integrating the best of the 2 worlds, the Japanese quality in Design and attention of details and the rich multi-cultural heritage of Singapore and role in the region to act as a knowledge platform.

Iman Permana - Cylinder Making Manager, PT Supernova Flexible Packaging

“Minimizing downtime of printing due to proof print on the spot”

Over the past three decades, Supernova has grown from one factory in Ancol to becoming a significant player in the flexible packaging converting industry in South East Asia today. The successes that Supernova has enjoyed today can be attributed to our corporate philosophy of “Market Oriented, Professionalism, and Constructive Teamwork”. Supernova makes packaging for many of the world’s favorite brands, helping to shape the experience of all kinds of products that consumers choose to use, and depend on everyday.

Graeme Kirk - Kirk Group

Kirk's have evolved over 40 years from an engineering company producing gravure cylinders and flexographic plates for the packaging industry into today being a leading company in engineering end-to-end digital production solutions for the FMCG industry.