News 2009

May 2009

alesco participates initiative "Fair Company"

alesco joined in May the initiative „Fair Company" (((LINK http://www.karriere.de/fair-company))) from the Handelsblatt publishing house. Members commit themselves voluntarily, in the use of interns in the company to meet minimum standards.

This means for alesco:

- no replacing of full-time positions with interns,

- no false promise for applicants to full-time jobs with an internship,

- no false announcing of full-time jobs for trainees,

- to offer the Internships primarily for orientation and training during the training phase as well as,

- to compensate the work of the trainees adequately!

"Here at alesco, these standards have long been traditional, but with the accession to the" Fair Company "initiative, we would like to make these standards transparent and verifiable," says managing director Philipp Depiereux. Interns at alesco and other  Fair Companies  will be asked after the internship, to prepare and to send the report to the initiative, and thereby the compliance with the regulations will be reviewed.

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May 2009

First issue of our alesco newsletter released

Our customers are our partners. And in order to inform our partners supperiorly about the actual state of affairs and certainly about our products, we have released today the first issue of our brandnew alesco newsletter.

In this first issue you find out more about...
... our environmental strategy
... our new carbon neutral products
... all kinds of news concerning alesco

You get the first issue of our alesco newsletter after a short registration here directly to your email postbox.

April 2009

alesco's Philipp Depiereux joins European Bioplastics' Board

alesco's managing director Philipp Depiereux has been elected to the board of the industy association European Bioplastics. Andy Sweetman has been appointed as board's new chairman. Depiereux stated after the election: „It must be our key goal to strengthen the bioplastics' awareness and its position in the market. That's the only way to ensure that environmental claims on biodegradability and compostability, renewability and sustainability will be communicated effectively.

Furthermore Francesco Degli-Innocenti (Novamont), Jöran Reske (Interseroh), Jens Hamprecht (BASF), Erika Mink (Tetra Pak) and Hans van der Pol (Purac) have been elected to the board as well. Former chairman Harald Kaeb will hold the position of Secretary General within the association. Two permanent working groups, "Bioplastics and the Environment" and "Waste and Recovery" have been established.

March 2009

alesco's Keynote at the AGRION conference on sustainable packaging solutions

On March 26, alesco's CEO Philipp Depiereux will deliver a keynote at Frankfurt's conference on sustainable packaging solutions speaking about eco-friendly film packaging: "Green future strategies with and for film packaging: Saving resources, preventing emissions, reducing and compensating of CO2 output" - is the topic of his presentation.

The conference targets decision makers from food, cosmetics and pharma industries as well as from the packaging sector giving them a platform to discuss about sustainable and eco-friendly packaging soultions.

During his presentation Mr. Depiereux will comment on the above mentioned topics from alesco's point of view and demonstrate solutions. In addition to the environmental protection measures in the field of production and development of density-reduced products, especially the climate neutral packaging products from alesco, which are available since February, are in the spotlight.

Conference host AGRION is a business network that brings together companies involved in energy, raw material, and sustainable development.

Event: Conference on sustainable packaging
solutions
Date: March 26 2009
Time: 14:00 Uhr - 17:00 Uhr
Place: IHK Frankfort (Main)
Information & Registration: http://www.agrion.org/de/Frankfurt/index.php#4

March 2009

alesco's presentation at the Conference on sustainable packaging

"Green future strategies with and for film packaging: Saving resources, preventing emissions, reducing and compensating of CO2 output" - is the topic of the presentation by alesco's CEO Philipp Depiereux at the Conference on sustainable packaging. The conference will take place on the 12th of March 2009 in the course of Anuga FoodTec in Cologne.

Environmental protection, recycling and resource shortages - these three topics have enhanced the discussion regarding sustainable packaging solutions within the last few years. The conference would like to provide an up-to-date overview of the political frameworks, market developments, influencing factors, new options and ecological assessments.

During his presentation Mr. Philipp Depiereux will comment on the above mentioned topics from alesco's point of view and demonstrate solutions. In addition to the environmental protection measures in the field of production and development of density-reduced products especially the climate neutral packaging products from alesco, which are available since February, are in the spotlight.

Event: Conference on sustainable packaging
Date: March 12th 2009
Time: 9:00 Uhr - 17:15 Uhr
Place: Messe Köln
Information & registration: http://www.sustainable-packaging.de/

March 2009

New website provides information about alesco's environmental protection engagement.

Today we at alesco are launching a new website which bundles the documentation of our commitment to environmental and climate protection in one place, at www.carbon-neutral-packaging.com. The topics covered by this new portal include environmental protection measures in manufacturing processes and the minimisation of CO2 emissions throughout the whole company.

Solvent recovery systems, bio-films and green electricity are just three of the many terms that we at alesco will be providing information about on our new portal at http://www.carbon-neutral-packaging.com/.

The portal focuses in particular on the new alesco carbon neutral packaging solutions and the projects and measures implemented in the company in order to ensure that production and administration operate in a more environmentally friendly manner.  However, the website also provides general background information about environmental and climate protection: What causes the Greenhouse Effect? What is a carbon footprint? What is the purpose of emission reduction certificates? You will find the answers to these and many more questions at http://www.carbon-neutral-packaging.com/.

February 2009

Carbon neutral packaging from alesco

From now on, and at no extra cost, all our compostable bio-film products made from sustainable raw materials will be supplied to customers as certified carbon neutral products. And customers wishing to acquire conventional polyethylene films in a carbon neutral form will simply pay the extra fee for acquiring the emission reduction certificates required for neutralisation.

We commissioned the consulting company ClimatePartner as an independent certifier of our carbon neutral production. Over the course of just six weeks, the Munich-based climate specialists analysed all the production-relevant processes at alesco and calculated a corresponding CO2 footprint. During this analysis, it was an important aspect for us that all the relevant processes, from the generation of raw materials through to the final delivery to the customer, were taken into account in order to obtain as resilient and accurate a CO2 balance for our products as possible.

This footprint serves as the basis for calculating the CO2 output per kilogram of film produced. If an order for film is to be produced carbon neutrally then we at alesco acquire, on behalf of the customer, the necessary emission reduction certificate. Only the actual price of such a certificate is invoiced as an extra charge to the customer. This fee then goes in its entirety to accredited environmental protection projects.

Find out more about carbon neutrality at alesco by visiting our website here.

February 2009

Fruit Logistica: alesco's carbon neutral trade fair stand

alesco will be showcasing its multitude of carbon neutral products at Fruit Logistica in Berlin (4

alesco will be showcasing its multitude of carbon neutral products at Fruit Logistica in Berlin (4th - 6th February, 2009), but that's not all: even the company's actual presence at the event will be carbon neutral. The entire trade fair stand (hall 8.2, stand B-03), as well as all the processes, production, work and transport associated with alesco's appearance at the trade fair, will have been rendered carbon neutral. "When we talk about the carbon neutrality of our products and the resulting environmental protection, then of course the presentation of this important topic must be carried out carbon neutrally", comments Marketing Managing Director Philipp Depiereux.

The proceeds from the emission reduction certificates (184.03 KB, PDF) acquired in order to ensure the carbon neutrality of the trade fair stand go to a good cause - in this case, alesco is supporting a project encouraging energy production from sustainable biomass sources in India.

Find out more about carbon neutrality at alesco by visiting our website here.

January 2009

Meet alesco in Berlin, Munich and Nuremberg

During 2009, alesco is going to present its flexible packaging solutions at three trade fairs. It starts with the FRUIT LOGISTICA from 4th to 6th of February in Berlin where alesco presents its new developments for the packaging of fruits and vegetables in Hall 8.2, Booth B-03. FRUIT LOGISTICA stand plan (871.03 KB, PDF)

Next comes the drinktec in Munich from 14th to 19th of September. There, the visitors can look forward to getting to know everything about flexible shrink films for PET-casks at alesco's booth.

And those who want to be informed about alesco's whole film product range should come to the FachPack in Nuremberg from 29th of September to 1st of October: The range of   exposed performances shows everything from extrusion of conventional and compostable films, our bright prints with up to eight colours and confectioning. And of course there will always be some interesting new developments...

You can look forward to three exciting fairs with us presenting there. We look forward to meeting you at alesco's booth in Berlin, Munich and Nuremberg.

* The boothnumbers for Drinktec and Fachpack are not fixed by now. As usually, you will get informed about them here on alesco.net.