FOREWORD W elcome to the January issue of Manufacturing Global magazine . Our cover star this month is developing sustainable packaging solutions capable of increasing revenue without impacting the environment . Huhtamaki ’ s Chi Lu , Head of Sourcing , Food Services in Asia and Oceania , insists : “ In terms of changing from plastic to a more sustainable alternative , there is no challenge – it simply must be done .”
Pushing the boundaries for Industry 4.0 , we learn how Fictiv is democratising access to manufacturing , and transforming the way hardware teams design , develop and deliver physical products , with a virtual distributed manufacturing platform . “ Companies that had traditionally run their own factories or workshops , even for prototyping , are now looking at how they can reduce those capital costs and move that
process beyond the company walls ,” explains Mike Geyer , Head of Business Development at Fictiv .
Elsewhere in the issue , Euler Hermes ( backed by Allianz ) predicts trade and credit risk to give companies confidence in tomorrow . Its manufacturing specialist and Assistant Head of Risk Underwriting examines the last 12 months and charts the risks for manufacturing in his outlook for 2020 .
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