Verallia North America Sponsors Green Wine Summit
For the third year, Verallia North America was a Gold Level Sponsor of the Green Wine Summit held recently in Santa Rosa, California. This event is a comprehensive forum to explore sustainability in the wine industry, from soil to marketplace.
At the supplier showcase, Verallia highlighted its efforts in sustainable development, with a focus on glass as an ideal packaging material, eco-conceived glass products, and sustainable manufacturing. This included showing off its expanding line of ECO Series™ wine bottles. And Doug Hesche, VP Market Development, Verallia, participated in a panel discussion on "Green Sales & Marketing: Packaging" with other packaging suppliers, focusing on the life-cycle assessment of glass, bottle recycling, and green packaging.
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About the institute
The Glass Packaging Institute (GPI) is the trade association representing the North American glass container industry. Through GPI, glass container manufacturers speak with one voice to advocate industry standards, promote sound environmental policies and educate packaging professionals. GPI member companies manufacture glass containers for food, beverage, cosmetic and many other products. GPI also has associate members that represent a broad range of suppliers and closure manufacturers.
