From the Board

e start the first quarter of 2011 with a new format for the CCMA newsletter. Although 2010 was an uneven year for business, CCMA had a solid list of accomplishments:

Redesigned Website

Beyond a cleaner look and easier content management, features include online registration for CCMA events, and user-friendly purchasing capability.

“It’s All About the Packaging”

For those who attended the CCMA Annual Conference & Meeting in October 2010, feedback indicated that the event content and networking far exceeded their expectations.

Sustainability Committee

One of the recurring topics of the conference was the challenge we face in cap recycling. As a result, January 18, 2011 marked the first meeting of our Sustainability Steering Committee to address this issue.

This is an exciting opportunity for CCMA members to sit at the table with CPGs, Environmental Organizations, Waste Management, University Leaders and Government Representatives to solve the issue of caps recycling. Watch your email for the meeting schedule and get involved. Roy Robinson CCMA Chairman VP Business Development Portola Packaging

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

From the Board 1

October Conference 2

Husky Sustainability 3

Portola 4

Sustainability Report 6

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CCMA Quarterly Newsletter MARCH 2011

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The Closure and Container Manufacturers Association Annual Conference and Meeting in October 2010, was a successful summit of expert presentations and networking. The agenda featured a powerful lineup of presentations; new models reshaping consumer packaging goods companies strategies and products, as driven by their customers and the consumer; sustainability strategies from corporate responsibility leaders, and the implication for sales and marketing strategies; and “the drivers of change” consumer and packaging goods customers; global regulations and legislation; and emerging material availability and pricing. Patrick Yanahan, CEO of USA Strategies set the stage in the morning session by challenging companies to spend time defining sustainability, and more specifically, to define packaging sustainability. Rich Scamehorn, Chief Research Officer InContext Solutions questioned how much time consumers spend reading labels with regard to sustainability? To what extent are consumers driving the sustainability movement? Greg Edwards, Chief Executive Officer Cows In Trees felt that consumers don’t understand what “green” really is and many don’t think green products really work. Yet, in the future – he felt that new business should be based on sustainability and that existing businesses will have to go green. Rob Weick, VP Packaging and Sustainability Research, Quality and Innovation at Con Agra Foods talked about their focus on market drivers as well as their recycling solutions. He stressed their packaging concerns and said that all materials must improve value streams and recovery rates. Both Steven Kline, Director of Purchasing at PepsiCo and David Frame, Manager of Recycling, Strategic Accounts at Coca Cola discussed their initiatives for recycling. Both companies have well developed strategies for educating the consumer on recycling and decreasing the number of drink containers in our landfills. Although ConAgra, PepsiCo and Coca Cola discussed their own unique corporate initiatives on sustainability, they all agreed that there is a unique opportunity for CCMA to shape closure recycling standards. Closure and Container companies need to bring the group to the table and define which packaging containers and closures are recyclable before it gets regulated. CCMA is the best group to do this by bringing a cross functional team to the table, creating a standard and getting the message out.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PACKAGING

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One company that has a firm grasp on “going green” is Envision Plastics. Tamson Ettefagh, VP Sales & Purchasing at Envision presented an overview of the company explaining their capacity for the recycling of many types of plastics including polypropylene and rigid plastics. She also discussed the concept of”greenwashing” – the use of green PR or green marketing to promote a misleading perception that a company's policies or products (such as goods or services) are environmentally friendly. Companies are being scrutinized so don’t say you are green if you are not. Erin Paul, Partner, Strategy & Account Service, Soulsight and Candace Walters Package Design Project Director Miller Coors gave a unique presentation on all of the different ways to think about packaging innovation. Susan Michalets, Marketing Development Manager, Personal Care N.A. for the Aptar Group gave a summary of the Aptar sustainability program. The company has an Employee Day” each month where they can bring in TVs, cell phones, computers etc. to be recycled. Money collected is donated to charity. Susan called on CCMA to take the lead in defining sustainability for closures. She felt we should research present industry standards, then see if we can align with others and their definitions. Finally, giving us a global perspective, Howard Rappaport, Global Business Director, Plastic at Chemical Market Associates, Inc. gave us some eye-opening statistics on resin demand and pricing all over the world. Jeffrey Graber, Senior International Trade Specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce provided an interesting look at exports and global standards as exports continue to grow. Closing remarks by Roy Robinson, VP Business Development at Portola Packaging and Rob Weick ,VP Packaging and Sustainability Research, Quality and Innovation at Con Agra Foods underscored the need for CCMA to create an industry call- to-action for the recycling of closures. Those who attended the 2010 CCMA Annual Conference & Meeting feedback and evaluations indicated the event content and networking far exceeded their expectations and value received ranked among the best conferences they have ever attended.

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SUSTAINABILITY AT HUSKY

As the beverage packaging market continues to

evolve, manufacturers are paying more attention to sustainability. Husky Injection Molding Systems is committed to providing customers with innovative solutions that help support this goal.

Rising resin and transportation costs, growing environmental awareness and consumer demand are creating an ever-increasing need for lighter weight closures. It is out of this need that the popularity of one-piece closures has developed. Manufactured from HDPE, one-piece closures are typically lightweight and require less resin to manufacture, making them not only more cost-effective, but also more sustainable.

Husky has responded to this demand by developing HyCAP, a complete system designed for high output manufacturing of lightweight one-piece beverage closures. HyCAP is the result of refinements to the entire system that maximize speed, reliability and efficiency. Specific modifications have been made to accommodate the requirements of HDPE closure resin grades, which are often viscous and challenging to mold.

Using HyCAP as the foundation, all aspects of the workcell have been seamlessly integrated as a complete solution to deliver aggressive results.

Looking at the complete beverage package, Husky also offers solutions for preform lightweighting. One example is Husky’s EcoBase preform design. By modifying the base, EcoBase preforms are up to 2.5% lighter than other lightweight preforms, allowing molders to reduce resin consumption.

For many years, Husky has also demonstrated its ability to help customers lightweight parts and deliver faster cycles through improvements to machine performance. As a single source supplier, Husky has made system level improvements to its new HyPET HPP system that optimize management of the melt stream from pellet to part, resulting in higher preform quality and a significantly improved ability to mold thinwall preforms.

Husky's EcoBase preform with matching 500ml

water bottle and lightweight, one-piece closure

Manufactured from HDPE, one-piece closures are typically lightweight and require less resin to manufacture, making them not only more cost-effective, but also more sustainable.

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lders are faced with many challenges from their key stakeholders - consumers and brand owners. One of the biggest hurdles molders face is how to produce closures that are more sustainable while retaining the same high standards of product safety, closure performance and organoleptic requirements demanded by consumers. One way molders can meet the sustainability demands is by lightweighting the closure, but this often leads to a reduction in part performance. Now there is a new product on the market that can help molders with their sustainability requirements without sacrificing any of the properties found in bulkier caps and closures. NOVA Chemicals’ signature caps and closures product, SURPASS IGs153-A is a high purity performance polyethylene resin with superior organoleptic properties and excellent processibility for bottled water and beverage applications. Closures made with SURPASS IGs153-A resin provide brand owners a more sustainable, lighter weight alternative to closures made with traditional resins. They support short-height industry bottle finishes allowing molders and brand owners to realize a resin reduction of up to 40% compared to standard designs. This material reduction equates to lower energy consumption by the molder and substantial carbon footprint savings while reducing costs throughout the supply chain. NOVA Chemicals works closely with customers to clearly understand their needs – developing a resin that delivers a cost-effective, sustainable, high-performing packaging solution.

Learn more at www.surpassresins.com/caps_and_closures

NOVA Chemical

New Product Realizes 40% Resin Reduction

SURPASS IGs153-A

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Portola, known as a leading manufacturer of closures, is reporting a 10.5% reduction in energy usage in 2010, compared to 2009. The significant decrease is a result of conservation efforts at the company’s eight North American manufacturing facilities.

In addition to energy reduction, Portola plants recycled in excess of 2 million pounds of material—including plastic regrind, corrugated, paper, aluminum and steel. An additional 500,000 pounds of paper were recycled from its various North American offices, bringing the overall company total to more than 2.5 million pounds.

“Portola’s goal is to minimize its environmental impact by creating sustainable, value-added manufacturing and product solutions. We believe in using natural resources responsibly to manage energy use and reduce waste wherever possible. We also believe in partnering with our customers and communities to help make that happen,” said Kevin Kwilinski, president and chief executive officer, Portola.

Portola’s material recycling efforts included production scrap/regrind (mostly high-density polyethylene and polypropylene), corrugated shippers, hydraulic oil waste, scrap metal, aluminum cans, paper, etc.

The company also is investigating alternative packaging approaches which would enable between 30 - 35% more closures per truckload, reducing fuel and packaging material costs by more than $1 million annually.

“At Portola, we believe that good environmental stewardship is an ongoing process. As such, we have engaged all of our employees in the process to reuse, reduce and recycle. We encourage all of our team members to generate new, environmentally-sound ideas so that we can continue on this path,” Kwilinski said.

Portola Packaging, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of stock and custom tamper-evident plastic closures and containers for dairy, juice and other food segments. The company is known for its superior product integrity, technical capability, global manufacturing footprint and speed-to-market. For more info: www.portpack.com.

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Recent EPA studies conclude that every year 31 million tons of plastics is newly introduced into the municipal waste stream, and the amount is growing. Less than 7% of plastics are recycled. Chroma Corporation is offering a new masterbatch that allow plastics to biodegrade. This technology initiates a natural process to return plastics to nature.

The new master batch is formulated for use in

polypropylene, polyethylene and PET. The

concentrates can be used at 1% to 4% based on the thickness of the part. This masterbatch is made with ingredients that are FDA sanctioned and RoHS directive compliant.

Color should have no effect on the degradation process. The masterbatch has a six month shelf life. Molded parts shelf life is dependent on exposure environment and amount of masterbatch used.

Biodegradable Concentrates lower the molecular weight of Polymer compounds to allow quicker oxidative bonding. Uses naturally occurring elements, such as sunlight or heat and oxygen to initiate the oxidative degradation of high molecular weight polymer chains into low molecular weight compounds that can be further aerobically degraded in the natural environment to produce water, carbon dioxide and biomass.

It’s an epidemic.

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