Absolut has successfully trialled an industry-first paper-based cap and bottle duo as part of the company’s ongoing vision to create a fully biobased bottle. The cap is a collaboration with Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), a Swedish start-up that has formed a pioneer community to reduce plastics through fibre packaging innovation. The bottle and cap completed its first trial at an event in May, being put to the test by a community of bartenders.

DS Smith, an International Paper company, and leading provider of fibre-based sustainable packaging solutions worldwide, announce their collaboration with the Matas Group, a Danish based company with a portfolio of health, beauty, and pharmacy stores and other brands in the wellbeing sector in Denmark.

The companies have introduced the paper based Wavebag envelopes as a sustainable solution for e-commerce customers and as a solution to provide protection for fragile consumer goods including beauty products, sunglasses, and pharmaceuticals during transportation.

Key Takeaways

• Generation Food Rural Partners (GFRP), managed by Big Idea Ventures, announces merger of TerraSafe Materials and DisSolves
• The combined company will operate under the TerraSafe brand, offering a broad portfolio of bio-based, edible, and home compostable packaging solutions
• Merger aims to accelerate commercialization of sustainable materials for food and household sectors
• TerraSafe’s platform and DisSolves’ edible film technologies will be integrated to support next-generation, plastic-free applications
• The move supp

Auto components major Motherson on Friday said it has entered into a joint venture with Japan's Sanko, a player in material handling sector to provide sustainable packaging solutions in India and Europe.

The joint venture (JV) will contribute to greater efficiencies in material handling with cost reduction in overall logistics spending, Motherson said in a statement.

This partnership with Sanko is a strategic, synergistic diversification for the group, Motherson Chairman Vivek Chaand Sehgal said.

All three key raw materials of the packaging material come from certified responsible sources via mass-balance systems: paperboard is from FSC™-certified forests and other controlled sources; forest-based renewable polymers are certified according to ISCC PLUS; and an ultra-thin layer of aluminum which protects against light and oxygen is covered by ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative) certification.