High Performance Lidding Films

Recyclable Lidding Films – AR Packaging offers a range of lidding films with tailored barrier properties and high mechanical strength for the forming of food packaging. The product range includes Ecotop®, EcoLite® and Fibrecote®, each with different properties to meet sealing and recyclability requirements as the materials are mono plastic, PET or paper. The films are suitable for[...]

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Fibrecote

Flexible Paper Barrier Packaging – Fibrecote from AR Packaging combines the look and feel of real paper with strong barrier properties. The material consists of natural kraft paper, which is made from over 85% renewable plant fibers, and is used for lids, pre-made bags, flow wrapping applications and as an unformed bottom film. It is available in a wide[...]

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Transofoil®

Cook-in-the-Pouch solution – GBfoods and AR Packaging Flexibles have jointly developed a cook-in-the-pouch solution that offers high consumer convenience thanks to the wide opening and markings on the inside of the pack for easy dosing. Blå Band is a well-known GBfoods brand with a wide range of dry and ready meals. Their expedition meals are complete freeze-dried[...]

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Repaq

Zero-waste film packaging – Nature has its own recycling process that produces only recyclables: composting. Repaq wants to integrate packaging into this ecological cycle and is developing materials for this purpose that are decomposed within a very short time by microorganisms, fungi, insects and mollusks into water and carbon dioxide. This is possible because Repaq uses its own[...]

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EcoFLEXY

Bio-Cellulose Materials – CELLUGY is a Denmark-based startup company that develops sustainable materials through biotransformation. The company has developed EcoFLEXY – a water-based nanocellulose suspension obtained by fermentation of sugar by specific microorganisms. The material does not come from fossil sources and is fully biodegradable and compostable (at room temperature). Compared to its fossil-based alternatives, it has[...]

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Twist-Loc®

Recyclable plastic packaging cup – Charpak has been a leader in the design and manufacture of sustainable packaging for over 30 years. The latest patented innovation, Twist-Loc®, was developed to replace injection molded PP (pure polypropylene) packaging with lightweight, largely recyclable solutions. The packaging is made from at least 75% existing recycled material and can be reused and recycled[...]

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Sentinel™

Renewable ice cream carton – Plant-based packaging solutions provider Evergreen Packaging is helping Oatly Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert extend its commitment to sustainability and responsible sourcing with the renewable Sentinel™ ice cream carton. This is an environmentally friendly paper-based packaging that is coated with a renewable coating. Sugarcane-based polyethylene was used for this, making the board completely renewable because both[...]

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Green Banana Paper

Banana-Fiber Paper – Green Banana Paper produces sustainable vegan products from agricultural banana waste in Kosrae (Micronesia). All products are made of banana fiber paper – a naturally beautiful and strong plant-based material. The manufactory obtains the fibers from sustainably grown banana trees from local farms directly on Kosrae. In the papermaking process, the fibers fuse together[...]

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ProActive Kerbsafe

Tamper-Evident Kerbside Delivery Bag – ProAmpac’s tamper-evident home delivery bag, KerbSafe, is designed to ensure that food and goods arrive safely and intact. The bag features a sealed top for product intrusion protection and an easy open tear strip for consumer convenience. Vent holes at the top allow steam from hot food to escape. KerbSafe can be made from[...]

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Entour

Fully Recyclable Stand-Up Pouch – The Bear Naked granola brand, a Kellogg Company product, produces a fully recyclable stand-up pouch. In developing the Bear Naked bag, the goal was not only to produce a recyclable bag, but also to produce it efficiently while maintaining the same customer experience. Although these packages are light and thin, there are actually many[...]

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NatureFlex™

Natural film made from renewable raw materials – It may be amazing, but the foil in which the VIVANI chocolates are packaged is actually not plastic – although it looks the same. This is a NatureFlex™ film made from renewable raw materials, more precisely cellulose from sustainably controlled cultivation. A real packaging innovation that offers higher aroma protection than conventional plastic film[...]

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Paper bag for freezer

One recyclable
TK paper bag
– The Special Packaging Award of the German Sustainability Award went to food manufacturer Frosta in December 2020 for its paper bag for frozen vegetables. With this special award for more sustainable product packaging ideas, the German Sustainability Award Foundation (together with REWE Group) honored packaging that does not require any plastic coating or film[...]

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