Plastipak
Solution used
3DEXPERIENCE® via the Digital Process Assessment
What is Plastipak ?
Plastipak was founded in 1967 in the USA. It was a family business that was initially specialised in water treatment, the idea came up to ease the transport of jars by developing lighter packaging. Plastipak began to produce soda bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Throughout its history, the company has continued to innovate without losing sight of sustainability and ecology.
“In 2020, we decided to reshape our IT solution landscape, moving to one centralized information management system for new packaging developments. We identified the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes"
Steve WINDELINCKX - Plastipak’s Packaging Design & Innovation Manager
Why did Plastipak choose 3DEXPERIENCE ?
Plastipak chose the 3DEXPERIENCE platform based on the Digital Process Assessment methodology, which provided the company with a clear roadmap to meet its needs and growth objectives.
Challenges
Plastipak had several challenges in designing its plastic packaging:
- Using new materials to develop new packaging and, of course, the extensive bottle recycling capability.
- Establishing an innovation process to develop smarter and faster-to-market packaging solutions: smarter production, increasing customer and consumer expectations and a growing number of development projects in various markets.
Solution
The 3DEXPERIENCE helped to :
- Provide a global view of project information and progress.
- Streamline multiple systems into one.
- Implement a scalable, step-by-step solution as part of the business process.
- Enable broader collaboration than today.
- Track approvals and change notices.
- Provide a 360-degree view of products and development projects.
Benefits
By using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Plastipak was able to roll out the use of 3DEXPERIENCE on several sites (Belgium, Czech Republic, UK, Italy) and eased the use of global development processes.
In addition, the platform has enabled intelligent document management and therefore efficient knowledge sharing. As a result, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform facilitated reporting and live visualisation of project progress (KPIs).
Video Testimony
At our Innovation Day 2021, we were honoured to interview Steve Windelinckx who spoke about the challenges Plastipak faced and how the adoption of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform has helped to overcome them.
