“Throwing our knowledge into a pot.”
“The award is a great affirmation of our many months of hard work,” says Packaging Developer for Metal Packaging, Klaus-Peter Stange. His colleague Peter Steidle, Packaging Development responsible for NIVEA MEN as a brand expert adds, “The foundation of our success was our high-functioning team.” This core team consisted of ten people from various disciplines like Formula Development, Supply Chain, Marketing, Quality Assurance and the involved production site Beiersdorf Manufacturing Hamburg (BMH). “We are grateful that we were able to overcome so many challenges together.”
And in fact, a whole series laid in wait for the packaging experts: it began with an ambitious timetable. “We have managed it to realize a challenging timing, says Peter Steidle. Usually such kind of projects take up to more year more time. The overall timing was reduced due to the fact that quite a few project steps ran in parallel and because the involved risks were managed professionally. The developers also brought in external partners like the family company Desjardin. The French company is specialized in metal packaging. Together they translated the design concept into a technologically feasible solution. The affiliate Beiersdorf Manufacturing Hamburg (BMH) also played an important role in collaboration with the department of Technology Development. The company contributed its many years of experience in automated filling of NIVEA Creme in large quantities. “We all literally threw our knowledge into a pot,” says Klaus-Peter Stange, “so we were also able to develop new knowledge.”