About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics

Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation. P&SP is one of the world’s largest producers of polyethylene resins, functional polymers, and adhesives, and enabled by Pack Studios, is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain on sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle design for plastics. www.dow.com/packaging

 

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com

 

Growing Responsibly lies at the heart of our business strategy to drive value accretive growth, sustainably. The Growing Responsibly model applies to all our operations group-wide. It is designed to clearly articulate the focus and value of our sustainability commitments to our business and our stakeholders.

The model comprises 10 Action Areas, which reflect the aspects of sustainability that are most relevant to Mondi and our stakeholders. Within these Action Areas, we have made 16 public commitments running to the end of 2020, along with an updated carbon emissions commitment that runs to 2050. It enables us to measure, improve and communicate our sustainability performance across the value chain. Our long-term success depends on working openly and transparently with our stakeholders. Responsible governance of our operations is fundamental to building a resilient and effective business. We operate as a responsible organisation, delivering against our sustainability commitments. We manage the risks and opportunities related to our impacts and dependencies, through robust policies, standards and management systems.

Norner is a global market leader of industrial R&D services in Polymers - by exploring opportunities and discover sustainable solutions. We continue a success story that started more than 40 years ago as a world leading polymer R&D centre

PYREG is a systems manufacturer and solution provider for the recycling of residuals, using environmentally friendly carbonization systems.

The company based in Germany, is the market leader in the carbonization of biomass into valuable biochar – at the same time generating bioenergy.

For non-refinable residuals (hazardous waste) the PYREG-technology provides the advantage of hygienisation, as well as mass reduction of up to 90% and more.

With this future-orientated and sustainable technique, PYREG closes material cycles, solves industrial disposal issues in a cost-effective way and simultaneously contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions (carbon footprint).

With the creation of Tembo, a new name has been set on the horizon. From now on, fourteen different companies will be proud to claim they are a Tembo company. But Tembo is more than just a new name.

Following companies are Tembo companies: ITM, SCM/TDC, GTS/SCM (including PMP Dominicana), Tembo Paper, PMP Poland, Imatec, SPI Developments, TAM, Gemba Solutions, Tricas, EME Engel, RNT Machinery, GreenProducts, De Olifant and De Eenhoorn.

At these companies, we do different things, based on our outstanding expertise and capabilities. Some of us design machines, others design products. We are specialists in paper products or in glue, or experts in producing precise machine parts. And we work for customers in different industries.

A New Name for 125 Years of Packaging Excellence

While our name is new, our quality, expertise and capabilities remain. Formed by the merger of industry leaders Exal Corporation and Ardagh's Global Food & Speciality business, Trivium Packaging offers customers around the world innovative and sustainable packaging solutions supported by scalable production and outstanding customer service.

APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, is a federation of the four major producers of steel for packaging (ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein, U.S. Steel Košice). Founded in 1986, APEAL represents today about 95% of the total European production of steel for packaging.

A permanent material that is fully and endlessly recyclable without loss of quality, steel packaging was effectively recycled at 80.5% in EU in 2017.

Strong, formable and long-lasting, steel offers numerous benefits for the safe packaging of a wide variety of products.

Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE: AVY) is a global materials science and manufacturing company specializing in the design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials. The company’s products, which are used in nearly every major industry, include pressure-sensitive materials for labels and graphic applications; tapes and other bonding solutions for industrial, medical and retail applications; tags, labels and embellishments for apparel; and radio-frequency identification (RFID) solutions serving retail apparel and other markets.

Not everyone looks at metal packaging with the passion and purpose that Ball does. We bring a wealth of experience and an incomparable track record of industry advances to every project. Starting with the aluminum can, one of our largest products manufactured, we can further benefit your brand by adding performance and sustainability. But we don’t just sell a catalog of what’s already commercially available.  When you come to us with a challenge, we take the extra time to determine the right solution for your needs.

Bockatech EcoCore® plastic moulding manufacturing technology is helping brands and converters to provide more cost-effective packaging to meet new environmental targets and regulatory requirements around the world.

The innovative technology makes packaging with skin-foam-skin walls in an instant. It is used for reusable and single-use packaging that is low-cost, lightweight and recyclable within many sectors from food service and FMCG to industrial.

EcoCore® is easy to use and works with existing injection moulding machines as well as tried and trusted polypropylene plastic. The unique foamtech is patent protected and available for use under licence.

Innovation catalyst for a true circular economy of plastics

Carbios, a green chemistry company in industrial development stage with a focus on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses to reinvent the lifecycle of plastics.

Smart Science to Improve Lives™

Croda is headquartered in Cowick, UK, and has sales offices in more than 60 countries around the world. The business has grown in recent years to secure its status as a leader in the global supply of naturally based specialty chemicals for the polymer industry.

Polymer Additives by Croda Smart Materials provide multiple performance and sustainability benefits to packaging, including: anti-fog, anti-static, mold release, pigment dispersion, slip & anti-block, torque release, & speciality plasticisers. Croda’s brands for these products are: Atmer, Crodamide, IncroMax, Incroslip, IncroMold, Ionphase & Syncroflex.

Extensive technical assistance is offered to our customers, supported by our purpose-built plastics applications laboratory. With over 40 years’ experience of additives for the plastics industry, our technical service team can offer you advice on selecting the most effective additive and dosage for your plastics application.

Croda takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and has in recent years achieved significant reductions in its carbon footprint, energy consumption and water consumption.

Continued growth both organically and through acquisition has enabled Croda to extend their range of products and integrate these with the existing range. Several manufacturing sites with modern equipment mean many products can be sourced from multiple sites. The complete range is available through our network of dedicated sales offices, ensuring continuity of supply.

Food Contact Center S.r.l. was founded by Marinella Vitulli in 2016. The Center has grown very quickly and today many important brands are relying on this reality.

The Company is composed by a highly qualified team; our technicians intervene in various technical meetings, providing technical and scientific contributions.

Our services are various: tailored testing plans, risk assessment based on materials, production process, intended use and target markets for distribution, problem solving, GMP Reg 2023:2006 system implementation, web pages with customized regulatory matrix, newsletters.

We are specialized in Nias testing, cooperating with Instruments producers on libraries and database.

Global packaging producer, INDEVCO Group, has developed Sanita Natura® Eco-Friendly Coated Paper Foodservice Packaging to replace unrecyclable foodservice packaging. Sanita Natura uses sustainably-sourced, water-based coated paper as an alternative to PE and wax liners. Developed in collaboration with Napco National and INDEVCO North America, the line includes hot and cold cups, lids, straws, sandwich wrap, bowls, cutlery, bags, and boxes.

For over 60 years, INDEVCO has been guided by our corporate philosophy: “What is good for the community is good for the company”. In addition to paper packaging, we are committed to a circular economy of plastics, as we produce recyclable plastic packaging and mineral fillers, collect and recycle plastic waste from our suppliers and customers, and regenerate the waste into recycled resins and new recycled products.

ISRA VISION AG is one of the world’s top companies for industrial image processing and a global leader in surface inspection of web materials and 3D machine vision applications. Within its Print product segment, the company offers high-performance inline inspection systems used for the complete and reliable detection of printed products. ISRA’s systems contribute significantly to improving quality, optimizing processes and increasing profit and they comprise a large number of inspection tasks. ISRA’s experience and technological competence are proven in the thousands of successfully installed systems worldwide.

Thanks to its comprehensive portfolio, ISRA offers the right inspection solution for the entire value chain of printed products. Thanks to innovative web-viewing, ISRA enables a reliable defect detection even when faced with the fastest web speeds, thus ensuring a cost-effective, timely and profitable production.

KOCH Pac-Systeme is the quality brand for customized machinery and systems partner for international customers for package design and packaging technology from one single source. Modular packaging technology made by KOCH serves applications ranging from medical products, contact lenses, consumer products and services. The machine portfolio reaches from individual solutions to the highly automated KOCH packaging Line. All perfectly complemented by K 4.0, KOCH’s tailor-made digital services package

Kuraray was founded in 1926 for the purpose of commercializing synthetic rayon, which was a cutting-edge technology at the time. Following the Second World War, in 1950 we were first in the world to commercialize polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber, under the brand name KURALON™. It was the first synthetic fiber invented in Japan, and led the early phase of Japan’s synthetic fiber industry.

Mayr-Melnhof Karton is the world’s leading manufacturer of coated recycled cartonboard with an increasingly strong position in the production of recycled liner and virgin fibre cartonboard.

Passion to produce innovative packaging solutions is what drives us every day. Our competence and technical know-how foster our ability to develop product safe and sustainable solutions. Variety and performance describe MM Karton’s virgin and recycled product range for all packaging demands. Standard qualities and specialties with migration, moisture, grease, and fungicide barriers make MM Karton a strong partner in the effort to enhance the use of natural, ecologically sustainable packaging solutions.

Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium paperboards including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. Our lightweight paperboards based on pure fresh fibres are developed as the perfect fit for consumer goods, retail-ready and food service packaging. Our focus is on creating even lighter and better paperboard solutions for brands of the future. Together with our customers we innovate solutions that are not only better for consumers but are better for the world as well.

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), with 2019 revenues of $2.9 billion, is a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions. The company adds value to global customers and improves sustainability through formulating materials, such as:

• Barrier technologies that preserve the shelf-life and quality of food, beverages, medicine and other perishable goods through high-performance materials that require less plastic
• Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation
• Breakthrough technologies that minimize wastewater and improve the recyclability of materials and packaging across a spectrum of end uses

PolyOne employs approximately 5,600 associates, is certified ACC Responsible Care® and Great Place to Work®, and is a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.

Polysack Flexible Packaging Ltd is a worldwide leader, with 45 years of experience, in the development and manufacturing of MDO (Machine Direction Orientation) PE films for a variety of applications, such as pouches, high shrink labels and candy wrappers.

Driven by innovation, Polysack’s “One Polymer” concept leads the development of sustainable packaging solutions, enabling 100% recyclable PE-PE packaging.

Polysack is working closely with partners throughout the entire flexible packaging supply chain - converters, machine manufacturers and brand owners – to continuously address their specific requirements and ongoing challenges.

SCG is a leading raw material producer of both paper and polymers for packaging with dedicated commitment towards sustainability. We actively utilise open innovation with key technology providers and brand owners worldwide to be in the forefront. We invite for collaboration to make the difference in circular economy together! 

Smithers provides world-class packaging expertise you can trust. We can help you develop safe, compliant and high-performance packaging whilst overcoming environmental and supply chain challenges. Our market experts will help solve your strategic and business challenges with incisive market intelligence, consulting and global conferences.

Our ISO 17025 accredited independent laboratories provide comprehensive support for every packaging challenge. We test to a wide variety of International Standards including ISO, ASTM, Tappi, BS and ISTA, and are also part of the Amazon APASS accreditation scheme. Our experts will help you comply with regulatory requirements, resolve packaging issues, optimise performance and meet specifications.

Services include:

• Packaging materials selection and evaluation
• Primary pack testing
• Print quality and durability
• Specification checks
• Food contact compliance
• Failure and technical investigations
• Distribution testing
• Support with sustainability and use of recycled materials

This is Stora Enso

Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper. We employ some 25 000 people in more than 30 countries and our shares are listed on the Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R) stock exchanges.

Our fiber-based materials are renewable, recyclable and fossil free. Our solutions offer low-carbon alternatives to products based on finite resources. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow.

Syntegon Technology is a leading global process and packaging technology provider. Formerly the packaging division of the Bosch Group, the company, headquartered in Waiblingen (Germany), has been offering complete solutions for the pharmaceutical and food industries for over 50 years. More than 6,100 employees at 30 locations in more than 15 countries generated a total revenue of 1.3 billion euros in 2019. The portfolio of intelligent and sustainable technologies includes stand-alone machines, as well as complete systems and services. Fields of application in the pharmaceutical industry are the production, processing, filling, inspection and packaging of liquid and solid pharmaceuticals (e.g. syringes and capsules). In the food industry, the portfolio includes process technology for confectionery as well as packaging solutions for dry foods (e.g. bars, bakery products and coffee), frozen foods and dairy products.

UPM Biofuels produces renewable and sustainable products for the transport and petrochemicals industries. We offer our customers ways to replace fossil raw materials and reduce their carbon footprint. UPM's innovative, bio-based products are frontrunners in quality, usability and sustainability. In addition to renewable diesel, the UPM Lappeenranta Biorefinery produces renewable naphtha - an excellent raw material for plastics, film materials or glues. 

UPM Raflatac is leading in sustainable labeling through our innovative self-adhesive label materials and services. We offer high-quality paper and film label stock for branding and promotion, informational labels, and labels with functionality. We operate a global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices. Our company employs around 3,000 people and made sales of EUR 1.6 billion (USD 1.8 billion) in 2019. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM. Find out how we are labeling a smarter future beyond fossils at www.upmraflatac.com

UPM Specialty Papers produces labelling and packaging materials to global markets and fine papers to Asian markets. Its main customers are paper converters, distributors, retailers and printers. UPM Specialty Papers is an industry leader in sustainable development. Its high performance papers are produced in Finland and China. UPM Specialty Papers employs approximately 1,700 people globally

Our vision is to be the premier partner and unrivalled provider of winning solutions for our customers.

50+ years in supplying premium paperboard to our customers throughout Europe.
Thanks to our sales development professionals located in-market, dedicated European customer service representatives and technical support centralised in Vienna, Austria, as well as our unique Service Center in Venlo, the Netherlands, the ability to serve the market with our premium paperboard brands is stronger than ever.

At our Service Center Venlo (NL) we hold a complete range of our market-leading brands, with a comprehensive reel stock range supporting sheeting on demand.

YUPO has been offering high quality synthetic papers for 50 years and is always creating new products to follow customer demands and market trends.

YUPO IML is designed for a circular economy and will help brand owners to reach their sustainability goals. The synthetic papers manufactured by YUPO combine the best print quality of premium papers with the high durability and strength of plastic films.

YUPO materials are used for many different applications:
In-Mold Labels, tags, adhesion film without glue, Self-adhesive face stock, material for commercial print applications such as maps, catalogues, menus, manuals and more.