博禄：“农场到餐桌”论食品安全的环境与发展——访博禄公司包装部副总裁 Laurence Jones 先生

博禄：“农场到餐桌”论食品安全的环境与发展

——访博禄公司包装部副总裁 Laurence Jones 先生 

食品包装在软质包装市场占有很大的比例。博禄公司在食品包装领域一直做着很大努力，在雅式橡塑展期间，中国塑膜网与博禄公司做了一次深入对话。禄公司包装部副总裁 Laurence Jones 先生 幽默谈吐以及对包装市场的信心感染我们。

PFC: Food packaging accounts for a large portion of the flexible packaging market. How is Borouge 's current state of operation/situation in the food packaging area ? What are your long-term plans ?
 

塑膜网: 食品包装在软质包装市场占有很大的比例。博禄公司在食品包装领域目前的经营状况如何？又有什么长远计划？

Laurence Jones ：Late last year and early this year we started up our Borouge 3 complex which increases our overall capacity from 2 million tonnes to 4.5 million tonnes per year. This increased capacity allows us to keep pace with the rapidly increasing flexible and rigid packaging markets. In addition to increasing capacity for products made with our unique Borstar® technology, we have now introduced high pressure LDPE into our product mix.

But we are not standing still. We are continuously upgrading our product mix with application focused developments and incorporating the latest manufacturing technologies to bring the next generation of Borstar® based materials to market.

Laurence Jones ：去年年底和今年年初我们开始了博禄三期的投产和供应，我们的整体能力从200万吨增加到450万吨。这些增加的产能力使我们能够更好地跟上软质包装和硬质包装快速增长的市场步伐。值得一提的是：博禄三期除了增加我们独特的北星Borstar®双峰聚合技术的生产和供应之外，还增加了高压聚乙烯的生产和供应，这使我们的聚烯烃产品线更加完整。

但是我们并不满足于此。我们不断提升我们的产品组合，坚持各种以应用为重点的创新和研发工作，结合了最新的聚合技术为中国市场带来新一代Borstar®双峰材料。

PFC: What kind of food packaging are Borouge products are target at? Can you share some of your specific success stories?
 

塑膜网：博禄公司的产品主要针对哪些食品包装？可以具体分享一些成功例子吗？

Laurence Jones ：This is a long list from beverages to frozen foods to microwaveable meals. But let’s talk about an interesting development that’s occurring right now in China.

China is leading the world in its rapid growth of e commerce, which has triggered a huge growth in the use of courier packages. Where this links to the discussion in food packaging is the new requirement for frozen food ordered on line and delivered to your door in high performance plastic packaging. Our Borstar® PE products are uniquely positioned to provide high package integrity at low temperatures, while allowing the courier service to downguage the film for sustainability reasons. Who would have believed this possible just a few years ago?

Laurence Jones ：博禄有一长串食品包装的成功案例，从饮料，零食，冷冻食品，到微波炉餐，覆盖食品包装的各个领域。但是，让我们讨论一下现在发生在中国另一个有趣的市场和应用。

中国已经处于世界领先的市场地位。这给快递行业带来无限商机，也使快递包装需求出现井喷。回到我们关于食品包装的讨论中，生鲜产品的网上下单、交付到门的快递服务，需要冷链运输，也对薄膜和快递包装在低温环境的性能提出更高的要求。我们的Borstar®双峰聚乙烯具有独特的性能，在较低的温度下仍能保持很好的韧性、包装的完整性，同时Borstar®双峰聚乙烯生产的快递包装可以减薄，减少包装物的使用量，减少碳排放，保持可持续性发展。几年前谁会相信快递行业发展会这么快，快递包装的要求会这么高呢？

PFC: With improvements in living standards , there are more functional requirements for food packaging. Can you share with us what are the market trends in food packaging ?

塑膜网：随着生活水平的提高，对食品包装的功能要求越来越多。劳伦斯先生可否分享一下食品包装的市场发展趋势？

Laurence Jones ：There are many trends in food packaging from basic aesthetics, where the appeal of the package to consumers becomes a major driver of the purchasing decision; to the latest developments in smart packaging that can tell you if the food inside the package is still good to eat. At the end of the day, the over-riding function of the package is to preserve the goods inside with zero wastage. So, whatever we do in new packaging development, this is still the core principle that will never go away. At Borouge, we are working with many concepts for improving packaging integrity while reducing the amount of polymer used and making the package re-usable and/or recyclable. This is real sustainability in action – preserving valuable food resources while reducing the impact on the world’s other resources.

Laurence Jones ：食品包装有许多趋势，大部分是基本美学的角度，包装对消费者的吸引力直接决定了产品销量。智能包装是另一个的最新发展方向，包装可以告诉消费者内在的产品是否仍然新鲜、仍然美味。总有一天，包装能够更完美地保护内在的产品，实现食物零浪费。所以，无论我们在包装上如何创新，都离不开这些核心原则，永远不会。在博禄，我们不断致力于改善包装的完整性从而减少塑料的使用量；使塑料包装可以重复使用或易于回收再生。这是真正的可持续性的行动，保护宝贵的粮食资源，同时提高包装的使用效率减少因为塑料包装的生产而对世界其他资源带来的影响。

PFC: The "farm to table" concept has been a hot topic in China. The core of this concept refers to the stages of food production: cultivation, harvesting, processing, storage and transportation, retail and the consumer – and how to ensure efficient food processing and food safety in each stage. How Borouge products help ensure this?

塑膜网：“农场到餐桌”是近期国内一直热炒的主题概念。其核心是指食品的生产阶段：种植、收获、加工、贮藏运输、零售和消费各个环节，如何保证食品的处理的效率和食品安全。博禄公司产品如何做到？

Laurence Jones ：As you look around our stand here at Chinaplas, you will see the positive impacts we have at each stage of the food value chain.

It starts at the farm. By using Borstar® based polyethylene greenhouse film with its unique diffuse lighting capability, coupled with Aquility® irrigation pipes to manage the watering and fertilization of the plants, you start to remove significant risks from food production - by controlling the growing environment. In this way you can increase food yields significantly.

Once the food is produced, it needs to be preserved in the transportation and retail areas of the value chain. Here Borstar® based packaging materials play their important role.

However, for the packaging we should not consider the chain stops at the table. How we dispose of the packaging waste is of vital importance for the environment. This is why we work with brand owners to develop re-usable and recyclable packaging – regardless of whether it is rigid or flexible. We at Borouge truly believe that our responsibility does not end when we sell plastic pellets to a converter. We believe we have an obligation to build real sustainability into every product we develop and sell. This has been a core pillar of Borouge’s strategy from the day the company was formed in 1998 and is even more valid today than it was then…

Laurence Jones ：环视博禄公司在中国塑料展的展台，你会看到我们在食物供应链每个阶段都发挥着积极的影响。

博禄公司的产品从农场开始，利用Borstar®双峰聚乙烯独特的漫散射光性能而生产的温室大棚膜，再加上Aquility®管道灌溉系统对植物进行浇水和施肥，这些性能卓越的产品有效地控制了生长环境，大大消除了食物（食品）生产过程中的风险，显著地增加粮食产量。

食物在长成和收获之后，它们需要被有效的保存、运输，并通过产业链各个阶段包括零售最终到达消费者手中。Borstar®双峰包装材料在这个过程中起到非常　重要的作用。

农场到餐桌，餐桌不应该是食品包装在产业链上的终点。不管软质包装还是硬质包装，如何处理包装废弃物对环境保护的重要性。这就是为什么博禄与品牌商展开各种合作，共同开发可重复使用和可回收再生的包装原因。博禄，真的以可持续性发展为自己的使命。当我们将塑料粒子销售给薄膜生产商之后，我们的责任并没有结束。我们相信我们有义务将真正的可持续性融入到产品开发和销售中。这是博禄的核心战略，从公司于1998成立的那天开始从未改变，至此不渝……