UniNATURE Packaging Inks with High Bio Renewable Content
Siegwerk (Germany)

Siegwerk have created a new generation of water-based inks with up to 50% renewable carbon content. This represents an alternative to conventional inks without impacting the recyclability of paper and board packaging, taking a step towards reducing the microplastics which can be found in inks.

SealPPeel Packaging
Vandemoortele & MCC Verstraete

SealPPeel is a heat seal die-cut lidding innovation made from PP, which allows PP packs to become fully mono-material. According to the company, this solution ‘drastically increases the chances of the packaging getting recycled into valuable rPP; while simultaneously increasing the shelf appeal thanks to superior print quality’.

CO2 AI by BCG
Boston Consulting Group (France)

An end-to-end, ready-to-deploy, AI-powered digital solution that corporations from all industries can use to quantify emissions accurately and find solutions to reduce them at scale. According to one of the company’s clients: “CO2 AI is the most comprehensive E2E tool for sustainability on the market and most advanced decision support tool”.

Technomelt® Supra ECO Carbon-Negative Packaging Hot Melt
Henkel (Germany)

The first carbon-negative hot melt adhesive helps to move to a negative carbon footprint for the same adhesive consumption. Technomelt® Supra ECO is an adhesive made from 81% bio-based material, providing full traceability of its carbon footprint and sustainable sourcing of raw materials.

R-Cycle Digital Product Passport for Sustainable Plastics
R-Cycle (Germany)

As a platform for all stakeholders along the packaging lifecycle, this solution automatically collects and provides recycling-relevant data in an open standard format during packaging production and makes it accessible for improved waste sorting and further applications to improve sustainability.

Future Pump
Aptar (Italy)

Aptar’s ’future’ pump combines eco-design principles with cutting-edge innovation: mono-PE, fully recyclable, and e-commerce ISTA6-compliant. Aptar’s easy-to-use pump features an incorporated on/off locking system with a 360°-degree rotator and is available in two dosages and neck sizes, suitable for a large range of viscosities and PCR FDA capable.

Cyclone C4+ Can Printing
Tonejet Ltd (UK)

Cyclone C4+ is a direct digital can printing system which replaces pressure sensitive labels and shrink sleeves for short run beverage can decoration. The system prints directly onto the can which stays 100% recyclable. Brewers will cut costs, save time and no longer need to wrap cans in plastic!

AmSky™ Blister System
Amcor (USA)

AmSky is a recycle ready, High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)-based pharmaceutical and nutraceutical blister packaging system that is designed to be a drop-in replacement for existing thermoformed blister packaging applications that currently use PVC/Foil (which is one of the least sustainable packaging combinations in all of packaging).

UniNATURE Packaging Inks with High Bio Renewable Content
Siegwerk (Germany)

Siegwerk have created a new generation of water-based inks with up to 50% renewable carbon content. This represents an alternative to conventional inks without impacting the recyclability of paper and board packaging, taking a step towards reducing the microplastics which can be found in inks.

ColorSensing
ColorSensing

ColorSensing helps food packing companies and retailers cut down food waste thanks to a digital, multiparametric and cost-effective smart label to check possible package leaks, cold chain breaks, and the real freshness of the product. As a result, they ensure the quality and safety of their products while improving their profitability.

Flexpenser
Flexpenser;

A technological breakthrough for sustainable storage and consumption of liquids and semi-liquid for households and industries, Flexspenser is a container which remains sealed while in use, aiming to extend home-life, retain the original quality and control the dispensing of liquids and semi-liquids for households and industries.

polycirQ Deinking Process
polycirQ and Siegwerk Druckfarben

polycirQ and Siegwerk Druckfarben came together to develop the polycirQ deinking process, an advanced mechanical recycling process that removes printing inks from LDPE and PP films to prevent downcycling of valuable plastic resources.

PP-Based Barrier Sachet
Taghleef Industries & Gerosa Group

This PP based, high barrier four-side sealed sachet sets out to replace multi-material structures made of PET/Alu/PE or PET/metPET/PE. The most common applications are dry powder products or dressing sauces.

Barley Packaging
Anheuser-Busch InBev and Sustainable Fiber Technologies

AB InBev have developed a new technology from leftover barley straw, using straw pulping developed by Sustainable Fiber Technologies in combination with fully recycled wood fibres to create a high-resistance six-pack box.