Paper Packaging

• Collaboration led to top prizes at prestigious French packaging awards
• Packaging producer Mondi developed the recyclable functional barrier paper allowing Les Crudettes to save 137 tonnes of plastic per year, the equivalent weight of one blue whale
• Machine supplier IMA Ilapak developed new solutions on their range of vertical baggers ''Vegatronic'' to handle paper-based materials at high speed
• French vegetable producer Les Crudettes uses the new paper packaging to replace plastic packaging for its ready to eat salads in France

Mondi rated as Triple A for the second time, one of only 14 companies worldwide in this year’s review
CDP’s annual disclosure and scoring process of nearly 12,000 companies is widely recognised as the gold standard of corporate transparency
Score acknowledges Mondi’s clear ambitions and best-practice approach to sustainability and transparent reporting

The laboratory, certified by the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA), complements Mondi’s service offering for high-performance corrugated packaging
Its latest testing equipment allows simulations of typical impacts of packed goods
Customers can rely on Mondi for everything from innovative and sustainable packaging design through to testing and box production

Smurfit Kappa, a leading company in the production of paper-based packaging, has completed a two-phase upgrade of its facilities at the Barranquilla Paper Mill in Colombia. The 7.5 million USD investment saw the implementation of a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) with state-of-the-art anaerobic technology, which reduces water intake from the nearby Magdalena River and improves the quality of water returned to it.

A metalized bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film for packaging applications

New Delhi, 23, 2021: Cosmo Films Ltd., a global leader in specialty films for flexible packaging, labeling and lamination applications as well as synthetic paper, has launched Enhanced Barrier Metalized BOPP Film specially designed for packaging applications with very high moisture and good oxygen barrier properties and high metal bond. 

A sustainable alternative to traditional plastic bubble mailers, company’s Hexcel’ope™ is ideal for the e-commerce market.

Bristol, CT – HexcelPack, a developer of eco-friendly, paper-based protective cushioning solutions to replace bubble packaging and other plastic or foam-based materials, has introduced Hexcel’ope™, an innovative, 100% paper-based protective mailer. Developed as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to the traditional plastic bubble mailers commonly used throughout the e-commerce supply chain, Hexcel’ope™ is curbside recyclable and fully biodegradable.