Alcan Packaging has successfully completed its first International Alcan Packaging University (APU) seminar, which took place on March 5th and 6th in Überlingen, Germany.

The event gathered participants representing both current and prospective customers from different countries around the world. "Originally launched in 2006 on a European level, the highly favourable response received from customers led us to extend our pharmaceutical packaging seminar to an international audience," said Michael Rubenstein, President, Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packaging.

The goal of this educational seminar is to create a better understanding of customers' expectations in terms of packaging innovation. This knowledge helps drive Alcan's efforts to provide continuously improved products and services. In developing new multimaterial packaging products, the Alcan Pharmaceutical innovation team works with universities, institutes and their own R&D centres in Europe and the US.

"We believe that a company that is truly innovative behaves like a University," said Lionel Lob, president, Alcan Pharmaceutical Packaging – Europe. "It aims to provide a bridge between the theory and practice of packaging solutions both for today and tomorrow," he added.

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