GLAFRI REPRESENTATIVES

5th Global AluminiumFoil Roller Conference

23 - 25 JANUARY 2019

Dubai, UAE

Conference Language: English – Chinese simultaneous translation

Programme

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V Hotel Dubai, Curio Collection by HiltonAl Habtoor City, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

T: +971 4 43 66666

Stefan GlimmDirector General

Dong Chunming Coordinator China

The Global Aluminium Foil Roller Initiative(GLAFRI) is the global associationcoordinating actions on sustainability inorder to support foil market growth andpromote innovative development.

Adopting a ‘One Voice’ approach, GLAFRIactively supports sustainability as THEanswer to the growing demand and limitedresources, as well as foil packaging being asolution provider to avoid food waste.

With foil consumption increasing in variousregions worldwide, GLAFRI is also workingto support that foil market growth throughregional actions. Sharing best practices onfoil promotion and innovation, advising onfurther enhancements for recovery/recycling and communicating the foilbenefits in technical applications.

Through this philosophy GLAFRI aims toincrease efficiencies for all members bysharing general foil ‘marketing’ costs andprovide Members with global foil marketanalysis to assists these efforts.

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

FOIL ROLLERS:• Alnan (CN)

• AL INVEST (CZ)

• Alcomet (BG)

• Aludium (ES)

• Amcor Flexibles (DE)

• Arconic (BR)

• ASAS (TR)

• Assan Alüminyum (TR)

• Carcano Antonio (IT)

• CBA (BR)

• China Winbo Industrial Development(Weiqiao Group) (CN)

• Chinalco Henan Luoyang Foil (CN)

• Constantia Flexibles (AT)

• Constellium (DE, FR)

• Dare / Danyang (CN)

• Dingsheng (CN)

• Dongwon (KR)

• Eurofoil (FR, LU)

• Gränges (CN, SE)

• Gränges (Americas)

• Hindalco (IN)

• Hulamin (ZA)

• Hydro (DE, NO)

• Iberfoil (ES)

• Impol (SI)

• Jindal (India) (IN)

• Konin (Impexmetal) (PL)

• Kunshan (CN)

• Laminazione Sottile (IT)

• Lotte (KR)

• Luoyang Longding (CN)

• Luoyang Wanji (CN)

• North China Aluminium (CN)

• Novelis (DE)

• Oman Aluminium RollingCompany (OM)

• Panda (TR)

• Raviraj Foils (IN)

• Reynolds (US)

• SAM-A (KR)

• Shandong Deli AluminiumTechnology (CN)

• Shanghai Shenhuo (CN)

• Slim (IT)

• SNTO (CN)

• Symetal (GR)

• Toyo (JP)

• UACJ Foil (JP/MY)

• UC Rusal (RU)

• Xiashun (CN)

• Yantai Donghai / Nanshan (CN)

• Yunnan Haoxin Foil (CN)

SUPPLIERS:• Achenbach (DE)

• Actega (DE)

• Guizhou Chalco (CN)

• Herkules Machine-tools (DE)

• Kampf (DE)

• IAI (UK)

• Novelis PAE (FR)

• Otto Junker (DE)

• Thiel & Hoche (DE)

GLAFRI MEMBERS

The conference is exclusively forrepresentatives of aluminium foil

manufacturers (up to 200 microns)

www.global-alufoil.org

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Dubai, UAE

SPONSORS

Global Aluminium Foil Rolling Initiative (GLAFRI) | Mörsenbroicher Weg 200 | 40470 Düsseldorf | Germany Phone: +49 211 387 326 02 | Email: enquiries@global-alufoil.org | www.global-alufoil.org

09:00 -13:00 Morning SessionChaired by:Zhang Jilin (Vice Chairman and Secretary General,China Nonferrous Metals Fabrication IndustryAssociation) and Simon Chan (GLAFRI Vice-President)

09:00 Opening of the Conference

09:10 ComplianceJohann Brück, (Attorney, Hermanns Wagner Brück)

09:20 The Future of Global Foil Markets –Challenges and OpportunitiesGöksal Güngör (GLAFRI President)

09:30 Global Aluminium and Foil Markets OutlookPaul Williams (Research Manager, CRU Analysis)

10:15 Coffee Break

10:45 Customer Views:

Trends and Future of Foil in High BarrierFlexible PackagingNitin Sankhe (Vice President Middle East & Africa, Huhtamaki)

Aluminium for packaging can only besustainable, from bauxite to binAlexander Leutwiler (Procurement Director, Nespresso)

Consumer Education as Part of GrowingFoil Consumption in ChinaAaron Zhang (President, Wohler)

Supporting growth potential of globalalufoil container marketsPeter Wallach (SVP Sales Food Europe, Processed Meat & Alufoil-Container, Constantia Flexibles) Chairman EAFA Container Group

12:45 Lunch Break

14:15 - 16:00 Afternoon SessionChaired by:Bruno Rea (President, European Aluminium FoilAssociation)

Foil Markets around the Globe

China:Dong Chunming (CEO, Sunlight Metal)

Europe (incl. Russia):Olaf Müller (Head of Product Area Foil, BU Global Products, Hydro)

North America:Brad Thomas (GVP Strategy & Automotive, Gränges Americas)

South America:Fernando Varella (Downstream Business Unit Director, CBA)

Japan and other Asia: Sotaro Akiyama (Laboratory Manager,Toyo Aluminium)

South Korea:Nam Hee Hahn (President, Sam-A Aluminium)

India:Gerald Francis (Head of Sales, Foil & Packaging, Hindalco)

Middle East/Turkey/Africa:Yavuz Arkun (Director, Strategy & Marketing, Assan)

Q&A SessionSummary and Conclusions from the Chair

16:00 Coffee Break

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME– Thursday 24th January 2019 –

DELEGATE ARRIVAL AND INTRODUCTION TO EVENT– Wednesday 23rd January 2019 –

Welcome Speeches:– Göksal Güngör GLAFRI PresidentOn Behalf of all Sponsors:– Axel E. Barten, President, Achenbach Buschhütten

The 5th Global Aluminium Foil RollerConference, organised by the GlobalAluminium Foil Roller Initiative (GLAFRI),will once again be providing an invaluablearena for many exciting and interestingdebates, stimulated by a wide range ofpresentations on global issues facing thealuminium foil industry.

GLAFRI, now in its third year as anindependent association, represents agrowing membership. With currently 57companies from 25 countries and 5continents, this equates to 55% of globalaluminium foil markets up to 200µm.

So, for all those attending, there will also beunprecedented networking opportunitieswith fellow aluminium foil manufacturesworldwide.

GLAFRI’s Board members look forward toyour attending and conveys theirappreciation to all sponsors and speakersfor making this event possible.

Welcome to the 5th Global Aluminium Foil Roller Conference

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME– Friday 25th January 2019 –

09:00 – 12:30 Morning SessionChaired by:Patrick Lawlor (GLAFRI Vice-President)

09:00 Supplier SpeechesAndré Barten (CEO, Achenbach Buschhütten) Michael Strathmann (General Manager Sales & Communication, Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik)

09:30 Aluminium foil and thin strip for future vehicle applicationsYoo Chang Yeol (Senior Research Engineer, Materials Development Center,Hyundai Motor Company)

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 Sustainability and Circular Economy

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI): reviewing its first year of operatingDr. Fiona Solomon (CEO, ASI)

Collection as first step to further increasethe Resource Efficiency of Alufoil based PackagingHans-Jürgen Schmidt (Head of Ecology, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products)

Aluminium Extraction from Mixed Packaging Waste and Sensor Based Sorting of Aluminium AlloysDr. Uwe Habich (CTO Steinert)

The Recovery of Aluminium via Pyrolysis from Mixed Packaging FractionsAndreas Reissner (COO / Board Member,Pyral AG Recovering Resources)

12:30 Lunch break

14:00 – 16:00 Afternoon SessionChaired by:Olaf Müller (GLAFRI Vice-President)

14:00 Aluminium Foil Outlook

Understanding and Responding to the Trends along the Value ChainThomas Reiner (CEO Bernd & Partner)

Alufoil's Future Role in Product Design –Insights of a project with Rutgers UniversityGuido Schmitz (Director Packaging Design Global, Bayer U.S.)

Future Applications for Aluminium FoilJürgen Hirsch (Prof. Dr.-Ing.)(Senior scientist – consultant for Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products)

15:30 Closing RemarksGöksal Güngör (GLAFRI President)Lutz Busch (CEO, Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik)

16:00 Conference Closing

17:30 Departure for Arabian Night

SOCIAL PROGRAMMEWednesday 23rd January 2019

10:00 – 16:00

Converter Plant Visit: Huhta-maki/Positive Packaging Ras AlKaima (optional)

19:00

Reception and Gala Dinner at V Hotel Dubai, Curio Collection by Hilton

Thursday 24th January 2019

19:30DinnerJumeirah Beach with panoramic viewof Burj al Arab

Friday 25th January 2019

17:30Excursion and DinnerDeparture for Arabian Night

Saturday 26th January 2019

08:30 – 13:30Optional social programmeExcursion to Emirate Sharjah (incl. visit of traditional fort andmuseum, followed by Arabian Lunch)

16:30 – 18:00 GLAFRI General Assembly(for GLAFRI member delegates and by separateinvitation only)

19:30 Dinner at Jumeirah Beach with panoramic view of Burj al Arab

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME– Thursday 24th January 2019 –

Continued

10:00 – 16:00 Converter Plant Visit: Huhtamaki/Positive Packaging Ras Al Kaima(optional)

19:00 Reception and Gala Dinner at V Hotel Dubai, Curio Collection by HiltonSimon ChanVice-President

Patrick LawlorVice-President

Olaf Müller Vice-President

Göksal GüngörPresident

The conference is exclusively forrepresentatives of aluminium foil

manufacturers (up to 200 microns)

www.global-alufoil.org

5th Global AluminiumFoil Roller Conference23 - 25 JANUARY 2019

Dubai, UAE