Mr. Tom Serpell

Member of the Industrial Council

Council Member Biography

Tom Serpell is a Partner at Obsidian Consulting, specializing in competitiveness and the packaging supply chain. Mr. Serpell is responsible for Ad Hoc research and process evaluation. He has over 40 years of experience in managing sales and marketing operations in the packaging industry and consulting for it. He was a Board Member of The Packaging Society, one of the leading member organizations in UK's packaging industry and founder of www.packagingpeople.org.uk, an online social network for the sector's individuals. Prior to this, Mr. Serpell was responsible for global product strategy for the Elopak Group and the Director of Paclinc Europe. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2004 - Unspecified: Partner, Obsidian Consulting LLP
1998 - 2004: Director, PacLinc (Europe) Ltd.
1996 - 1997: Group Systems Director, ELOPAK AS

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Bio-plastics SHOULD become important

July 30, 2010

Analysis of:Food Packaging Goes Green | online.wsj.com

There has been much activity on the supply side of bio-plastics for packaging but rather less on the demand side in Europe. Forecasts for early potential of up to 5% penetration may be influenced from suppliers and must be regarded with suspicion, until prices become closer to those of oil-based materials or the drivers for uptake are stronger.

International perspective

February 2, 2007

Analysis of:US Corn: Plastic to the Rescue | www.corpwatch.org

High US corn and other seed demand and consequent price rises should increase planting in USA and Europe.

High demand for bio-fuel may reduce materials available and raise prices for bio-plastics, which may temporarily slow down their uptake.

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GLG Study Groups with Tom Serpell(?)

Study Group Name	No. Members
Container and Packaging Industry Experts in GLG Member Programs	343
Metal Packaging Experts	128
Council Members Knowledgeable on Bi-axially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) Films	71
Flexible Plastic Packaging Experts (EU)	46
Paperboard Packaging Experts (EU)	26

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Recent Seminars

April 10, 2008 | London

GLG Seminar: (London) Macro Perspective on the Drivers of the Packaging Industry