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Supporting growing demand for sustainable packaging alternatives, Coveris- a leading European packaging company that manufactures flexible packaging solutions for some of the world’s most respected brands, has teamed up with Austrian paper manu- facturer, Brigl & Bergmeister to deliver their latest innovation, PaperBarrier Seal.
This fully recyclable, sustainably sourced packaging material offers the same functionality and product safe- ty as existing packaging alternatives, whilst minimizing both packaging and product waste in support of the manu- facturers leading NO WASTE strategy. PaperBarrier Seal made an exclusively launch at Fachpack 2021, where both companies’ experts were available to share details of this unique partner- ship.
“With the launch of PaperBarrier Seal, Coveris expands its portfolio to another sustainable packaging alter- native applicable for a wide variety of dried fruits, cereals, sweets, snacks and even chocolate products. This new development was also a logical step in Coveris’ NO WASTE strategy, which
(Source: Coveris/ Brigl & Bergmeister)
focuses on eliminating product waste from production and operations, en- forcing recycling and second life ap- proaches”, explains Jakob A. Mosser, CEO of Coveris Group.
A more sustainable alternative
The innovative paper-based pack- aging material is made unique by its special paper coating which enables sealability whilst still remaining fully recyclable in existing paper streams. The material is available in three ver- sions offering different barrier prop- erties, including moisture, oxygen, grease, and mineral oils. Offering the same product protection as plastic al- ternatives, PaperBarrier Seal addition- ally ensures comparable production efficiencies as standard packaging so- lutions.
“Thanks to the support of our col- leagues at Coveris’ Pack Innovation Centre in Halle, we successfully tested the new paper material on standard VFFS and HFFS packaging lines and confirmed a production speed up to 200 products per minute. This proves that the new PaperBarrier Seal solu- tion can add real value to food brands
looking for sustainable packaging al- ternatives that boost their product vis- ibility on the shelves”, added Bernhard Mumelter, Group Innovation Manager at Coveris.
A perfect partner is the key
The product development of Paper- Barrier Seal has taken over two years to deliver due to extensive validation and testing, requiring a very close and transparent partnership between Cov- eris and Brigl & Bergmeister. Both the partners agree that the results of their partnership exceeds their expectations and is all set to revolutionize the food market in Europe.
“We are extremely proud of our lat- est invention and believe that Paper- Barrier Seal is the optimal packaging solution that food brands have been waiting for years. It wouldn’t be pos- sible to achieve this success in such a short time without the combination of paper and converting know-how of both companies, which should be a good practice for future develop- ments”, summarized Thomas Fabian, Director Global Business Development at Brigl & Bergmeister.
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