Innovations & New Products

The new design swaps the single-rim format for a revised rim, necessitating equipment and tooling changes, addressing a mechanical need that grows as fibre-based packaging gains ground in fresh protein.

PureNil 0: food-contact safe, microplastic-free water dispersion; used in beauty/personal care/F&B; billed as first 100% plastic-free flexible substrate.

Designed for household paper recycling and safe biodegradation in nature, the sachet tackles paper’s toughest challenge, liquids, said Kelpi CEO Hugo Adams, making the launch significant.

The new pump’s cartridge, made from polypropylene and polyethylene, can be recycled in PET and PE streams when combined with HDPE, PP, or PET bottles.

Using NatureFlex cellulose film from Futamura and Bio4life’s BioTAK compostable adhesive, the label, for apples, citrus, avocados, and kiwis, is certified across home and industrial composting pathways.

With EU PPWR curbing PFAS in food-contact packaging, UPM’s Asendo 80 meets demand from converters, such as olive oil packagers, for high-performance, PFAS-free label papers.

The AI-enabled system responds to spoilage by releasing antimicrobials, alerting users, or optimising logistics, and the team plans to refine its recommendations by tracking each food’s spoilage compounds for pattern learning.

Suberin, a natural plant-cell-wall substance that guards birch bark against moisture, oils, and environmental stress, yields a barrier coating with moisture/grease resistance, hydrophobic properties, adhesion, and durability, usable solo or combined.

Addressing wet pet food can issues like broken pull rings, sharp edges, and trapped food, the pack uses a PP cup, top lidding film, and bottom seal film.

Described by Stahl as cost-effective and recyclable, the range replaces hot foil stamping and cold foil, simplifying production while achieving a mirror-like finish minus separate foiling.