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Sabic to Showcase Sabic Purecares & Trucircle Polymer Solutions for Hygiene Products at Index 23 in Geneva

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Sabic to Showcase Sabic Purecares & Trucircle Polymer Solutions for Hygiene Products at Index 23 in Geneva

  • Sabic Purecares solutions for nonwoven structures combining enhanced consumer convenience and comfort, safety and functionality with greater sustainability and cost efficiency
  • High-purity Trucircle PP and PE polymers for nonwoven and hygiene films based on certified circular feedstock from advanced recycling of mixed and used plastic
  • Selected hygiene and healthcare applications on display at Booth 1140, including innovative facemasks developed in collaboration with market leading partners

Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, will present its portfolio of Sabic Purecares and Trucircle materials for the healthcare and hygiene market at Index23 from April 18 to 21 in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme of ‘Collaborating for sustainability and innovative solutions’.

Abdullah Al-Otaibi, General Manager, ETP & Market Solutions at Sabic says; “The hygiene industry is a very demanding market for fabrics and films providing technical performance, wearability and efficient manufacturability for soft, loft, pure and moisture absorbing applications in personal care.” He added: “As brand owners and suppliers are constantly seeking advanced material solutions to help them push the limits of safety and convenience, function, sustainability and cost control, we welcome the opportunity of the Index show to highlight our innovative material technology designed to drive performance, enhance sustainability and optimize consumer comfort in this dynamic business environment.”

At Index, Sabic will highlight a joint project with two market leaders, using certified circular polymers from the Trucircle portfolio in recyclable films for feminine hygiene, baby care and disposable medical applications. In all of these cases from diapers to surgical drapes and medical gowns, the sustainable materials can serve as direct drop-in alternatives with no compromise in production efficiency and product performance.

Further examples on display at the company’s booth will feature Trucircle solutions for facemasks, including an N95 design that localizes the value chain with Sabic Purecares PP spunbond and meltblown polymers in Saudi Arabia. Sabic provides complete solutions for facemask production as part of its localization strategy and has been a key enabler of the Saudi Made initiative. Also shown will be a closed-loop facemask developed in collaboration with industrial and research partners in Europe

“Industrial partnerships through the value chain with brand owners, converters and institutes are instrumental in implementing technically and economically feasible solutions to close the loop on materials. Such collaborations will accelerate the industry’s journey towards circularity with high added value for safe and functional hygiene applications,” adds Hans Pierik, Global Hygiene and Healthcare Leader at Sabic.

Index is the largest global venue of the nonwovens market. As the name implies, Sabic’s Purecares solutions for nonwovens and hygiene films combine high purity and care – two of the most important considerations when it comes to personal hygiene products. Importantly, Sabic Purecares polyolefin products are based on technologies free of both tris (nonylphenyl) phosphite (TNPP) and phthalates. Consumer comfort is achieved by using Sabic polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) polymers for bi-component fibers to answer multiple needs for soft and loft handfeel nonwovens, enabling easy lamination to other building blocks on medical nonwovens or absorbent hygiene applications.

In addition, the company produces Trucircle certified circular polymers for Sabic Purecares PP and PE portfolio with feedstock based on advanced recycling of mixed and used plastic that would otherwise typically not be suitable for mechanical recycling processes. These more sustainable solutions can be adopted in downstream processes as direct drop-in alternatives to incumbent materials with no compromise in production efficiency, purity and product performance. Moreover, they meet with global megatrends to extend the circular plastics economy also to the market of personal hygiene products and increase efficiency by creating value from used materials that would otherwise end up as waste in landfill sites or incineration plants.

Read more about Sabic’s hygiene and healthcare industry solutions presented at recent exhibitions and visit Sabic at Booth 1140 during Index to learn more about these and other hygiene and healthcare solutions. With their expertise, the Sabic team will be delighted to discuss your specific needs in this rapidly growing global market. Detailed product information is also available for download at Personal & Professional Hygiene.

www.sabic.com

 

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B.I.G. Acquires Australian B2B Flooring Wholesaler Signature Floors, Strengthening its Position in the Australian and New Zealand Market

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B.I.G. Acquires Australian B2B Flooring Wholesaler Signature Floors, Strengthening its Position in the Australian and New Zealand Market

With this statement, B.I.G. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Australian B2B flooring wholesaler to acquire its complete range of activities. Through this acquisition, both companies will strengthen their growth opportunities in both soft, resilient and hard flooring in Australia and New Zealand.

As part of B.I.G.’s corporate strategy, the group is actively investing in strategic business segments and geographies.

B.I.G. acquires Australian B2B flooring wholesaler Signature Floors, strengthening its position in the Australian and New Zealand market.

CEO Pol Deturck comments: “This acquisition will provide great opportunities for all our stakeholders, especially our customers, suppliers and employees. Both B.I.G. and Signature have solid positions as leaders in the flooring industry and a shared commitment to sustainability, product innovation, design and customer service.”

Signature Floors is an Australian B2B flooring wholesaler serving retailers, commercial contractors, architect-designers and end-users in Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 1989, the company has 120 employees and is owned by 2 family shareholders which are both active in the company. Signature has offices, warehouses and showrooms in Melbourne and Auckland spread over 3 locations.

B.I.G. acquires Australian B2B flooring wholesaler Signature Floors, strengthening its position in the Australian and New Zealand market.

Signature CEO Richard Braic adds: “Joining B.I.G. is an exciting opportunity for Signature Floors. With their global resources to support us, we will continue to create sustainable and innovative products tailored to the needs of our local market. We look forward to seeing how our synergies can drive future growth.”

Together, B.I.G. and Signature will integrate their sales and business activities over the coming months, ensuring business continuity for customers, partners, suppliers and employees.

B.I.G. acquires Australian B2B flooring wholesaler Signature Floors, strengthening its position in the Australian and New Zealand market.

www.signaturefloors.com.au

 

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Circular Packaging Based on Perstorp’s Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 Announced as an Endorsed Solutions in Europe

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Circular Packaging Based on Perstorp’s Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 Announced as an Endorsed Solutions in Europe

The Technical Committee of the Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) of PETCORE Europe has officially endorsed the use of Akestra 100 and Akestra 110, products manufactured by leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp, for the production of heat-resistant PET trays. Furthermore, the committee has recognized that the use of Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 do not have a negative impact on current European PET recycling streams.

The Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) is a voluntary European industry initiative that provides PET thermoforms design guidelines for recycling, evaluates thermoform packaging solutions and technologies, and facilitates understanding of the effects of new PET thermoforms innovations on the recycling process. The TCEP initiative fully supports the economic and environmental sustainability of the European PET value chain.

Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 are a high-performance products that enable customers to enhance recycled PET by adding heat resistance capabilities and also achieve sustainability targets by increasing recycled material content and enabling design for circularity. With this endorsement, Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 are established to enable a circular packaging solutions with high post-consumer content (high PCR), and for being recyclable in existing recycling streams for tray-to-tray. Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 are hereby confirmed in Europe as replacement of fossil based, linear traditional packaging made of polystyrene or polypropylene.

“We are thrilled to receive this endorsement from PETCORE Europe. To help our food value chain partners to design improved circularity in food packaging has been a missing piece in the puzzle. Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 can help to close the material loop in hot-fill applications to enable circular packaging solutions and a massive saving of fossil raw material and CO2 emissions over time. This is a true example of our long term vision and mission”, says Patrice Pinsard, EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation at Perstorp.

Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 enable

  • Design of circular thin wall food packaging solutions for hot-fill applications
  • Glass-like transparency and heat resistance up to 100°C
  • Tunable performance characteristics

Post-consumer recycling of tray packaging solutions with Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 have been verified at commercial scale.

www.perstorp.com

 

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Clariant Launches ‘The Joyologist’ Concept With Inspiring Formulations to Brighten Your Skin and Mood

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Clariant Launches ‘The Joyologist’ Concept With Inspiring Formulations to Brighten Your Skin and Mood

  • “Feel-Good Magic Stick” and “Forget-It-All Relaxing Mask”, two natural formulations under Clariant’s new “The Joyologist” concept
  • Products complement daily routine, bringing joy to the skin and mood
  • New formulations contain Clariant’s exciting active ingredients – Rootness Mood+ and Beracare CBA
  • The Joyologist helps consumers with natural solutions that can enhance wellness and happiness

Today, the search for holistic wellness is flourishing as consumers focus on mental health and solutions that can help inspire them to relax and feel happy. As part of this growing trend, Clariant Actives and Natural Origins has created two formulations to promote inner wellness.

The Feel-Good Magic Stick and Forget-It-All Relaxing Mask are formulations developed as part of Clariant’s new “The Joyologist” concept, focused on delivering a multi-sensory experience to consumers for mood enhancement and relaxation. Both formulations complement a daily routine.

“Based on a Beautystreams report titled Joyology 2021-2026, consumers believe that beauty care can help them feel happier and more confident. Among 29 potential sources of happiness measured, 55% of people across the world said they are most likely to derive “the greatest happiness” from health and physical wellbeing. This inner wellness can further increase if personal care products are also aligned with their concerns for safety and the conservation of nature,” said Flávia Igreja, Global Marketing and Formulation Manager for Actives and Natural Origins.

The “Feel-Good Magic Stick” is a water-based facial skin stick that provides a relaxing, fresh effect at any moment of the day for a well-being push. Aqueous gels provide cooling sensations to the skin thanks to their water-based formulation and the gel in the “Feel-Good Magic Stick” has a lightweight, non-greasy texture that absorbs quickly into the skin, leaving it feeling soft and hydrated.

The formulation is based on Clariant’s new active ingredient Rootness Mood+ that reproduces the natural benefits of light to revitalize the skin and enhance the mood. Sourced from Sanguisorba officinalis, a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine, it is derived from environmentally friendly plant-milking technology.

As an ideal complement to the Feel-Good Magic Stick, the “Forget-It-All Relaxing Mask” is applied to the skin at the end of the day. Offered in a multi-sensorial relaxation set, which includes a scented candle and relaxing playlist, the facial care mask has a soft texture that leaves skin feeling relaxed and soothed.

Its key active ingredient is Beracare CBA, a complex blend in which copaiba oil’s tremendous potential is boosted by passion fruit oil. Beracare CBA, which is sourced responsibly from renewable resources in the Amazon, offers an alternative to Cannabidiol (CBD), soothing sensitive skin by targeting the skin’s endocannabinoid system.

www.clariant.com

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Milliken’s Broad Portfolio and Expertise Help Enable a More Circular Plastics Economy

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Milliken’s Broad Portfolio and Expertise Help Enable a More Circular Plastics Economy

Leverage the ‘Reduce – Reuse – Recycle – Replace’ approach to advance the plastics circular economy

Milliken & Company, a globally recognized leader in polymer additives and colorants, has the expertise and technology to help brand owners and converters achieve their sustainability objectives.

Milliken’s Chemical Business manufactures a range of packaging optimization solutions focused on enhancing clarity, reducing weight, utilizing mono-materials, improving recyclability, providing UV protection and ensuring food safety. The company draws from the 4 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Replace) to guide its sustainability efforts in the market, an emphasis that mirrors Milliken’s overarching corporate sustainability goals.

“At Milliken, we see the impact sustainability can have on our communities now and in the future,” says Cindy Boiter, president of Milliken’s Chemical Business. “That’s why we’re dedicated to being a partner to the industry on this journey.”

Milliken’s technology-driven additive portfolio will be on full display at Interpack 2023 (Hall 10/Stand C32) in Düsseldorf from 4-10 May. Attendees can stop by throughout the show to preview Milliken’s additive solutions and discuss potential product collaborations.

Hyperform HPN performance additives for recycled polypropylene.

“We aim to provide innovative solutions that help our customers achieve their sustainability objectives,” adds Wim Van De Velde, Global Vice President, Plastic Additives for Milliken. “Interpack 2023 offers attendees time to preview our portfolio, explore opportunities to collaborate, experience Techtalks and interact with our product offerings.”

A broad portfolio

Milliken specializes in optimizing the performance of polypropylene (PP) and recycled polypropylene (rPP), helping to make durable, lightweight resins a viable alternative to other, less-sustainable materials.

PureCycle’s PureFive HPP15S ultra-pure recycled resin.
  • DeltaMax performance modifiers and DeltaFlow viscosity modifiers improve key aspects of PP impact copolymers and recycled PP. DeltaMax enhances the physical and flow properties of rPP, thereby enabling the use of more recycled content while also allowing converters to save energy. DeltaFlow, meanwhile, helps recyclers increase the melt flow rate of pre- and post-consumer rPP, thereby reducing energy use and advancing circularity.
  • Hyperform HPN additives help maximize the stiffness of pre- and post-consumer rPP without sacrificing impact. At the same time, Hyperform HPN additives help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions during production, enabling users to display the much-desired UL eco-label on thin-wall injection molded products.
  • Millad NX 8000 ECO clarifying agent helps produce the durable, fully transparent, highly recyclable material known as NX UltraClear PP. Injection molders using the material can save both energy and money due to lower processing temperatures and faster cycle times than resin formulated using traditional clarifiers. This, in turn, boosts productivity and reduces carbon emissions, helping converters lower their overall carbon footprint while displaying the UL eco-label on their finished parts.
Millad NX 8000 ECO clarifying agent for polypropylene.

Milliken’s portfolio extends beyond polypropylene innovations. For example, UltraGuard Solutions increase barrier properties in polyethylene (PE), allowing converters to downgauge and enabling the use of more recyclable, mono-material PE package constructions.

Interpack attendees can also preview Milliken innovation in action by participating in one of its planned TechTalks during the expo.

Partnership & collaboration

Milliken’s commitment to a sustainable future for the packaging industry is seen outside its product innovations as well. In addition to partnering with PureCycle, Milliken participates in various industry initiatives, including:

  • Achieving a Gold Rating on its 2022 EcoVadis sustainability assessment;
  • Creating approved, science-based short- and long-term net-zero targets as informed by the U.N.-backed Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI); and
  • Participating in the HolyGrail 2.0 digital watermarks initiative to enhance recycling.
UltraGuard Solutions for high-density polyethylene tubes.

Milliken is a trusted expert, an innovative creator and a purposeful collaborator with a keen eye on making a positive impact. Throughout Interpack 2023, attendees can discuss how Milliken solutions improve performance, sustainability and business returns.

www.milliken.com

 

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Henkel Offers Comprehensive Approach for Assembly Solutions

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Henkel Offers Comprehensive Approach for Assembly Solutions

Successful assembly tasks rely on several key aspects: the equipment, automation expertise the knowledge about adhesives and their application as well as on available professional support. Based on its longstanding expertise and its range of leading high-performance products and services under the well-known Loctite brand Henkel offers total assembly solutions that help customers to increase productivity, improve reliability and simplify design.

The Henkel portfolio includes comprehensive equipment for dispensing, light curing and robotics as well as a broad range of adhesive solutions focusing on bonding, sealing and coating. The company also offers extensive global support, technical expertise, on-site or remote training, and a full range of services. These services extend from integration and start-up support, through to calibration, field service, spare parts and consumables (needles, tips and nozzles), warranty support and a rebuild exchange program. Based on this holistic approach Henkel enables its customers to unlock new potentials in the global assembly market.

Over the past 30 years, the company has designed, built, and integrated advanced equipment solutions for uncountable customers. Regardless of the challenge – from water-thin liquids to high-viscosity pastes – Loctite equipment is capable of dispensing and curing a wide variety of adhesives, sealants and other industrial fluids, including acrylics, anaerobics, cyanoacrylates, epoxies, hot-melts, greases, inks, solvents and more.

Available dispensing systems include anaerobic, bottle, cartridge, syringe and volumetric types, alongside dispense valves, and controllers and dispense reservoirs. The latest-generation reservoirs, for example, provide the effective dispensing of single-component Loctite adhesives at workstations, laboratories, and industrial installations. These units typically feature a dispensing valve for manual and benchtop applications, and a Loctite controller for semi- and fully automated processes. The compact design provides two independent digital timing channels that allow for the control of two pneumatic outputs to control dispense valves or any other pneumatic device. Loctite integrated dispensers also offer enhanced digital connectivity and precision pressure control for low viscosity dispensing applications.

Henkel offers comprehensive approach for assembly solutions.

Loctite LED light-curing equipment includes flood-curing systems, spot-curing and handheld systems, as well as process control and monitoring systems. New-generation solutions provide high power, portability, continuous duty, and long life. These light sources offer optimal curing for the extensive Loctite line of UV/visible light-curing adhesive products, providing customers with a best-practice solution for their process needs.

Another important element of Henkel’s total assembly solutions proposition is the Loctite range of automated robotic dispensing systems. These innovative systems simplify the dispensing of adhesives and sealants on to complex surface configurations, improving process efficiency, minimizing material waste and reducing manufacturing costs.

Based on the holistic approach Henkel offers the know-how and expertise for total assembly solutions that create value for its global customer base.

Equipment extends from manual to automatic and robotic, from off-the-shelf units through to bespoke, turnkey systems, for dispensing and curing a wide variety of adhesives, sealants and coatings.

www.henkel.com

 

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LANXESS and Advent International Complete Foundation of Industry Leading Engineering Materials Joint Venture

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LANXESS and Advent International Complete Foundation of Industry Leading Engineering Materials Joint Venture

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS and private equity investor Advent International (“Advent”) have completed the formation of their engineering materials joint venture effective April 1, 2023. The new joint venture is the result of the combination of DSM’s Engineering Materials business and LANXESS’s former High Performance Materials business.

LANXESS holds about 40 percent of the joint venture, Advent about 60 percent. LANXESS also received a cash payment of around EUR 1.3 billion on March 31. LANXESS is using this mainly to reduce its debt and thus to strengthen its balance sheet.

As financial support for the joint venture, LANXESS will be providing a loan of EUR 200 million.

 

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Constantia Flexibles Acquires Lászlópack

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Constantia Flexibles Acquires Lászlópack

Constantia Flexibles, a leading manufacturer in the flexible packaging industry, is excited to announce the completion of its acquisition of Lászlópack Kft., a Hungarian flexible packaging producer specializing in flexo printing.

Constantia Flexibles is taking an opportunity to extend its European flexo printing platform through this acquisition. Pim Vervaat, CEO of Constantia Flexibles, expressed excitement over the newest addition to the Group, “We are growing with Lászlópack! We share a common vision to serve our customers with more eco-friendly, innovative packaging solutions. This acquisition further seizes new growth opportunities for Lászlópack to grow outside of Hungary as well as for us to support their customers with our more sustainable product offerings.” Lászlópack is a local champion in its domestic flexible packaging market and has shown a strong track record of growth. Over the recent years, Constantia Flexibles was able to expand its European flexo printing platform through the international acquisitions of Propak in Turkey, FFP Packaging Solutions in Great Britain, Drukpol in Poland, and now Lászlópack in Hungary.

Established in 1998, Lászlópack was founded by the László family, where Szabolcs László is serving as the CEO, “Our partnership with Constantia Flexibles marks a significant milestone in our growth journey. It’s a strategic collaboration rooted in our mutual dedication to offering the finest flexible packaging solutions. We can now serve more customers around the world and make a significant impact in developing more eco-friendly packaging options. Customers will benefit from an expanded portfolio of products and services fueled by the cooperation with Constantia Flexibles.”

Lászlópack Kft. operates a plant in Komarom, about 100km northwest of Budapest. Around 87 employees mainly serve food applications to the local market and selected export countries. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

www.cflex.com

 

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Covestro Shows the Wonder of Materials Research in the ‘Wonder Matter(s)’ Exhibition

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Covestro Shows the Wonder of Materials Research in the ‘Wonder Matter(s)’ Exhibition

The company presents three special installations based on the inherent properties of plastics

Making the impossible possible, creating a forest in the heart of Milan, housing an unforgettable memory: these and many other wonders will be staged by Covestro, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of polymer materials and raw materials used in them, during the Wonder Matter(s) exhibition as part of Milan Design Week 2023.

The exhibition will be hosted at Superstudio Più by Materially, a consultancy firm that helps companies develop and spread innovation and sustainability based on materials. Wonder Matter(s) aims to explore wonder through a sensory, exploratory and narrative journey, while deepening the qualities of materials with competence, rationality and concreteness.

The Impossible

In the playground designed by Materially, the centerpiece of Wonder Matter(s), Covestro will present “The Impossible” installation dedicated to Arfinio. This revolutionary material is the result of a new technology that combines high-performance liquid polymers and unique minerals with reaction-based injection molding. It is a lightweight and durable solid surface material that allows complex projects to be completed easily and quickly in a single operation, and can be easily repaired and recycled.

Arfinio combines the advantages of aliphatic polyurethane chemistry with those of reaction injection molding and solid surfaces: a combination that was considered unfeasible for decades, but is now a reality thanks to Covestro and its partner Arcesso Dynamics, resulting in Wonder Matter(s). The exhibition shows in practical terms what it means today to invent and give shape to something that did not exist before: The Impossible.

Unexpected Green Forest

Unexpected Green Forest is the name of Covestro’s exhibition dedicated to the unique polycarbonates manufactured with renewable raw materials. This material surprisingly creates a real forest within Wonder Matter(S) in which the plastic proves to be circular, recyclable and durable. It is Makrolon RE, a renewable polycarbonate made with raw materials derived from organic waste rather than fossil fuels. Thanks to this origin and its inherent properties, the plastic supports sustainability goals and offers enormous creative possibilities in terms of color, shape and decoration, allowing the creation of monomaterial or modular, reusable and long-lasting objects and projects.

A Selfie Garden

Selfie Garden, the playful installation by Covestro and its thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), offers a memorable backdrop for a souvenir photo. TPU from Covestro has a broad performance spectrum, which includes a high level of flexibility over а wide array of temperatures. It also covers an extensive structural range, from hard and rigid, to soft and elastic, making it an excellent material for single-material design. Its high degree of adaptability and multiple application opportunities are the inspiration for this imaginary garden – ideal for framing a lasting memory at Milan Design Week.

www.covestro.com

 

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Packaging Giant Yash Pakka Firms Expansion in America, Enters Guatemala to Build the World’s Largest Compostable Flexible Packaging and Moulded Fibre Facility

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Packaging Giant Yash Pakka Firms Expansion in America, Enters Guatemala to Build the World’s Largest Compostable Flexible Packaging and Moulded Fibre Facility

The company has signed MoU with sugar companies in Guatemala for raw material to kickstart the development of the 400 TPD facility.

Yash Pakka Limited (YPL), a pioneer in the compostable packaging industry, has kickstarted the development of its first overseas plant in the Central American country Guatemala. The new plant is expected to be the world’s largest compostable flexible packaging and moulded fibre facility. As the first big step in this direction, Pakka has signed MoU with the country’s major sugar companies to procure sugarcane residue, also known as bagasse, which is the primary raw material used by the company for its products.

Pakka explored various geographies, including Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Brazil and Peru, among others, to set up their first factory outside India. The primary market that they are willing to cater to is North America. The company chose Guatemala due to the widespread availability of sugarcane in the country, as well as the positive response they received from Guatemala authorities and sugar companies. The upcoming plant is expected to be operational by mid-2025 with a production capacity of 400 tonnes per day.

In its bid to find alternatives for single-use plastic, Pakka has been developing compostable packaging solutions for more than 4 decades. For Pakka, pioneers in the packaging space, compostable flexible packaging seems like the natural progression as it is expected to have a big impact on the industry that is moving towards sustainability. Development of flexible packaging has been in the works, and rigorous R&D has been conducted over the last couple of years by the company’s innovations team. The company has also been offering compostable moulded fibre products for food service in India through its brand Chuk. The new plant at Guatemala will produce flexible packaging and moulded fibre products as its primary offerings. While these will be the focus, information about other products that will be manufactured in the Guatemala plant will be shared in due course of time.

Pakka’s work has been towards developing alternate solutions for single-use plastic, which is aligned with the company’s vision of a cleaner planet. This is a step in that direction, and is expected to have a widespread impact.

Ved Krishna, Strategy Lead, Yash Pakka Ltd., said, “We are delighted to partner with the Guatemalan sugar industry to start the process of setting up the world’s largest compostable packaging and moulded fibre facility. The idea is to work towards developing better bio-materials for food packaging and service”

www.yashpakka.com

 

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