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

 

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.

PRO FOOD is the product group within the Federazione Gomma Plastica, which brings together Italian companies producing plastic containers for the packaging, distribution and consumption of food and beverages.

All the companies of the group invest significant resources in order to increase the sustainability of the sites, of the production processes and of the products themselves. In particular, as regards a series of rigid containers intended to contain fresh food, the group has launched a voluntary process of certification of the product's environmental footprint, based on the international standard ISO 14040 and guaranteed by the independent body Accredia.

Tembo provides global brands with world-class technology to meet market dynamics and to achieve their goals for sustainable consumer products. As one of our subsidiaries, Tembo Paper specializes in high-speed, high accuracy paper straw machinery to end the use of plastic straws.

Highest quality biodegradable paper straws
The Tembo Paper platform produces the highest quality and most sustainable, biodegradable paper straws available, worldwide. The platform is equipped for production in high volume with high precision. The Tembo Paper spiraling technology guarantees the most cost effective and zero-failure output.

Buy large quantities of white label paper straws
To eliminate the use of plastic straws, Tembo builds its own high-quality biodegradable paper straw production sites. Companies in the food service industry and other bulk straw-consuming companies can order paper straws in their own design.

Tembo Paper also embraces the circular economy concept. We are producing white-label paper straws with minimum waste and by minimizing the use of glue and paper. Our production facilities are powered by sustainable energy, sourced for example by solar panels on the roof.

Your own paper straw production line
To speed up the production of paper straws, we are building partnerships with companies that have strong logistic systems or networks. As a partner, Tembo Paper will supply the paper straw production line to your site and offers its know-how in paper straws. Together we can provide as many biodegradable paper straws as needed to replace the use of plastic straws completely.

Contact us
Martin Grandjean
Mobile:                 + 44 7899 993595
Email:                    martin.grandjean@tembo.eu

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.

Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and forerunner in sustainability. We produce premium lightweight folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners for consumer goods packaging as well as retail-ready and food service applications. We work together with our customers on a global scale to innovate solutions for better consumer experiences with less environmental impact. The pure fresh fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable resource, traceable to origin in sustainably managed northern forests. We aim for completely fossil-free mills and raw materials by 2030.

The Compliance Map specialises in the development of next generation product and reverse supply chain compliance solutions. We help manage and automate due diligence obligations arising from Extended Producer Responsibility directives such as Packaging, WEEE and Batteries. To reduce the significant cost and resources of managing EPR obligations, Compliance Map offers a robust and automatic solution to build and publish scheme reports each period of the waste placed on the market with little to no user intervention needed. Combined with our Data Exchange solutions, Compliance Map provides you with a complete product environmental compliance solution.

Ball Corporation is the largest producer of infinitely recyclable aluminium beverage cans in the world. Throughout our business, we share the vision to make the can the most sustainable package in the beverage supply chain.
Innovation is at our core – working with our customers to help accomplish their goals, through technical know-how and expertise, and meet the continually evolving needs of both customers and consumers.
Aluminium cans recycle forever, keep the beverage fresh, are easy to chill and provide portion control. Infinitely recyclable and economically valuable, aluminium unlocks the full potential of all your packaging needs to build brands, inspire consumers and more.

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.

To catalyse zero plastic waste leadership, the 3R Initiative (3RI) is developing a market-based approach that will scale up recovery and recycling activities and increase accountability for plastic waste reduction efforts around the world. The 3RI supports a market for plastic credits, which will transparently and sustainably increase the value of plastic and beverage carton waste, and incentivise new activities that support the circular 
economy.

Members: BVRio, Verra, Nestle, Danone, Tetra Pak, Veolia, Lloyd’s Register, South Pole, Systemiq, Natural Capital Partners, Conservation International, McKinsey.org.

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.

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

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https://www.kuraray-poval.com/applications/barrier-films

The Kuraray Group consists of over 100 companies, employing around 11,115 people around the world. The world's largest producer of PVOH and EVOH resins and films, Kuraray operates production sites in Japan, the USA, Europe and Singapore. As a leader in high gas barrier technology and development, Kuraray established fully-owned subsidiary EVAL Europe N.V. in Antwerp, Belgium for the production and sales of its EVAL™ EVOH barrier.

Kuraray has been manufacturing and marketing ethylene vinyl-alcohol copolymers (EVOH) under the name EVAL™ since 1972, and remains the world leader in EVOH production and market development. EVAL™ can help, providing valuable function to everyday life applications while helping to reduce the amount of food, packaging and energy waste. As a result, impact on the environment can be reduced throughout the entire life-cycle of the product.

Polyvinyl alcohol – an excellent barrier against oxygen and grease

Our polyvinyl alcohol product portfolio includes the following grades KURARAY POVAL™, ELVANOL™ & EXCEVAL™ manufactured globally at a number of production plants. There is a strong pull from the market to develop sustainable, novel and convenient packaging for extended shelf-life foods. At the same time there is an industry drive to increase the functionality of the flexible/rigid paper/board packaging and through that adding commercial value. There is therefore an opportunity to develop new aqueous barrier coatings for paper and board packaging.

For Flexible and Rigid Packaging Kuraray has worked extensively to develop water-based barrier coatings for the packaging sector and our KURARAY POVAL™ and EXCEVAL™ are already used in applications where an oxygen barrier or a grease / mineral oil barrier is needed.

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.

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

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 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.

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Is redefining packaging at the core of your strategy? UPM Specialty Papers creates sustainable alternatives for packaging. Our papers are recyclable, even biodegradable. Best of all? Each product can be traced back to the sustainably managed forests where they grew. Boost your business, maximize your efficiency and enjoy uninterrupted supply of paper with the help of UPM Specialty Papers’ over 2,000 experts and global network of world-class mills. To learn more about our Renewable, Recyclable and Remarkable solutions, visit: upmspecialtypapers.com

About WestRock

Our vision is to be the premier partner and unrivalled provider of winning solutions for our customers.
WestRock connects people to products. Our customers value our differentiated portfolio of paper and packaging solutions, but it is our team member’s passion and dedication that make them an extension of our customers’ brands.

Every day, our 50.000 team members combine practical innovations and rigorous execution across hundreds of operating and business facilities around the world to connect people to products.

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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.