Sustainability Session
Nigel Pritchard , Petainer - Peterborough, United Kingdom PE1 2TN
ABSTRACT: This presentation explores the consumption of
the world’s resources from two perspectives, highlighting that we can
live and work in a sustainable way. It reviews the key drivers for
change and discusses the part that innovation in PET packaging and the
development of new products and systems can and should play in
sustainable development. It uses the examples of the PET keg and
refillable bottle systems, highlighting that success will only come with
the support, co-operation, and involvement of the whole supply chain,
including the consumer.
Nigel Pritchard is group chief
executive of Petainer UK Holdings, which acquired Rexam plc’s Petainer
business in late 2009, backed by private equity companies Next Wave
Partners, WHEB Partners, and KBC Private Equity. Petainer is a
specialist plastics packaging technology business, an innovator in the
design and manufacture of PET containers. Nigel has extensive experience
with more than 20 years in the packaging industry, including holding
senior positions in a number of sectors encompassing industrial
plastics, custom molding, high-performance films, glass, and PET, one of
the most exciting sectors within the packaging industry, with
tremendous opportunity to shape the future and improve the
sustainability and environmental performance of the segments it serves.
