13 June 2025
Date: 22nd May 2025
Kapag is a Swiss company known for its coating and laminating process of paper and paperboard. Whereas, Sappi Limited, a South African pulp and paper industry limited company, is known for its global operations. These two specialized companies are coming together with a solution to the food packaging sector. It is a contribution to the food packaging market. The collaborative initiative strengthens the company's base and expands intellectual ideas across companies and regions.
Kapag and Sappi merged their companies’ expertise to promote a recyclable mono-material solution for food products. The motive for pursuing this solution is to eliminate the use of plastic-based packaging and contribute to a greener future for the next generation. Kapag has introduced a dynamic brand for laminated paperboard products to remove them from the packaging process. The ‘FachPack’ solution is considered for the utilization of the lamination process of the company. This will merge Sappi’s fusion topliner or Algro-designed paperboard with the company’s AvantGuard high-volume barrier paper.
The FachPack noticed the grease barrier because of the Berliner doughnuts packaged. Kapag believes that the same concept can enable an environmentally friendly alternative. It protects the aroma and consists of oxygen barriers, water vapor barriers, and also against other contaminants. This approach will secure printing and give a transitional shift to the performance of Sappi’s paperboard.
The Sappi’s fusion and algro products feature visibility to the outer layer, which gives remarkable printing and finishing results to the packaging. Whereas, the AvantGuard barrier papers enable protection to functional elements. Kapag’s lamination potential to achieve end-to-end process materials, including the width from 5 cm to 250 cm. It can also finish sheet formats up to 360 cm long.
Further, the Kapag company is providing a merger of different materials from laminated papers with a thickness of 5 mm, adding less than 150 microns to it. The partnership is opening possibilities and opportunities to several industries, such as cosmetics, food, healthcare, household, and pet food products.
The paperboard packaging industry, Graphic Packaging International, introduced the portfolio of paperboard sushi packaging. This supports foodservice operators in meeting the expectations of the European packaging legislation.
Elopak launched a new paperboard this month. To preserve fresh liquids in the frozen distribution chains. It consists of a 14% carbon footprint reduction. In comparison to standard board cartons, this new paperboard minimizes the carbon emissions. Elopak’s new board has similar quality protection and functionality as the standard white board, but with the addition of a reduction in carbon emission volume. The new launch is an environmentally friendly approach.
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
13 June 2025
13 June 2025