News 2008
July 2008
Eco-power makes the alesco biofilms even more eco-friendly
alesco relies on CO2-neutral eco-power when producing the new compostable biofilms: As of now the company only uses renewable energies for the production of the compostable biofilms. Beside the protection of the environment alesco offers its customers an additional marketing instrument. alesco has already bought the power quantity and the certificate needed for the production of biofilms in 2008 at RWE, which also guarantees the energy's CO2 free production.
"We as a company are responsible for our environment and our descendants. For this reason we pondered on how to produce our compostable biofilms as resource-protecting as possible", says Philipp Depiereux, alesco manager.
With the exclusive use of CO2-neutral eco power during the production of biofilms this approach is consequently pursued when purchasing energy. Beside the compostability of the films which are certified with the seedling according to standard EN 13432 the use of C02-neutral eco power is another sales argument for the eco friendly packaging solutions at the point-of-sale.
Click here to find the certificat for "clima an energy" of the TÜV SOUTH Industrie Service GmbH. (436.62 KB, PDF)
July 2008
alesco biofilms for brochures start with a staff magazine of a Dutch oil giant.
Positive performance for alesco: The film manufacturer from Langerwehe tests its new compostable biofilms for brochures under real production conditions for the first time. The eco-friendly film received its premiere as an outer packaging of the new staff magazine of a Dutch oil company. „Sustainability is a very important headword when choosing our films", says Philipp Depiereux, alesco managing director. The Dutch packaging specialist BrinkOmega was delighted with the first test run of the 20 µm thin film, too.
The whole conception of the staff magazine banks on sustainable economy - so biofilms for brochures from alesco are a good match. 18,000 magazines are posted eco-friendly and safely to the employees' homes ten times a year.
After the presentation of the compostable bio bags made of renewable raw materials at the interpack 2008 in Düsseldorf the biofilms for brochures is another application of biofilms presented by the packaging specialist from Langerwehe. Further products of this new packaging area will follow in the coming months.
June 2008
alesco informs its customers in good time: raw material prices go up
As of 1 July, 2008 the raw material suppliers increase their prices again. alesco informs its customers about this negative situation in good time. As a manufacturer of flexible packagings alesco is dependent on the raw material suppliers. alesco has to pass on these price increases to its customers.
Sabic, one of alesco's largest raw material suppliers announced via press release (www.sabic.eu/news-media-relations/news/_en/sabiceuropeto_005.htm) that the prices for all PE-granulate materials will be increased by € 200 per ton as of 1 July, 2008. This stands for an increase of roughly 15 percent. On request we meanwhile got informed that the other suppliers of raw material are also going to follow suit.
The reason for the continuous and currently jumpy rise in price is the zooming price of oil. That increases the prices of the intermediate products naphtha and monomers which lead to an increased price of polymer. Eventually, the manufacturers of granulate materials have to adjust their prices to the situation in the market (please click here (588.89 KB, JPG) to see a graphic concerning the reasons).
Additionally, Europe is confronted with an unfavourable situation in the world market: The worldwide pricing pressure leads to an increased demand. Quantities which cannot be sold in Europe are exported to the regions of growth, such as Asia and the ones of the United States of America - at the same prices.
We sincerely regret the negative development of prices for us and our customers. "By no means the quality of our products will suffer", manager Karl Heinz Thielen says. alesco individually informs its customers about the development and the particular price rises.
