Packaging has more to offer than protecting and branding products. It can help reduce a product’s climate impact by offering a low carbon packaging with waste management instructions. With new IoT technologies we can engage, encourage,and instruct consumers how to recycle.

As the backlash against single-use plastic packaging grows, the market for paper packaging is increasing—but the demand for paper also means more logging, some of which still happens in old-growth forests.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s Cristal™ transparent packaging papers have recently achieved BPI® compostability certification and Cristal™ heat sealable papers have additionally received a How2Recycle® label.

A long-term collaboration between Finnish startup The Paper Lid Company and Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has led to the development of a 100% recyclable paperboard lid for use with takeaway cups.

The desire for portion control in a packaging solution has been a common theme with brand owners and manufacturers alike.

The new Fusion Nature Plus paper and the successful Fusion Topliner transform many corrugated board packages, such as those used in e-commerce, into real eye-catchers. 

September 23, 2021 - Continuing its focus on global sustainability leadership and aligned with its ‘from Plastic to Purpose’ campaign, Ahlstrom-Munksjö has released a pioneering mono-material oxygen barrier technology made of 100% cellulose fibers.

Elopak is today announcing the more environmentally friendly aseptic carton – the Pure-Pak® eSense.

Paboco together with P&G unveils the first paper bottle for Lenor, announcing a pilot for Western Europe in 2022. The trial rollout will form the basis of a test and learn strategy to scale up paper packaging and incorporate it more widely across P&G’s portfolio.

HKScan introduces renewable-based plastic in packaging in collaboration with Wipak and Woodly

The corrugated business is an industry always in development. After five years of looking into the corrugated industry and how Exilva can be applied to different glue recipes, we have seen elevating results at more than 70 corrugators around the world.

Holmen Iggesund launches paperboard coated with Bio E, a barrier coating solution made from 75 percent renewable raw materials and approved for industrial composting.

WhatPackaging? case-study about Adeera Pack's eco-friendly alternative - and what brands can achieve

A new generation of products aims to shrink the carbon footprint of wine, spirits, and beer for a more sustainable future

An innovative corrugated bin for face masks by Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has been awarded a ScanStar in a Nordic packaging design competition organised by the Scandinavian Packaging Association.

With pride we present our latest packaging innovation: the plastic-free topseal packaging: 'Seal-me'. We have already presented this on Empack and Packaging Innovations as our latest packaging innovation development project.

Smart paper with embedded RFID tags opens up new business opportunities

At DS Smith, we're exploring how seaweed fibres can be used as a raw material in paper and packaging products amid increasing demand for sustainable goods from customers and consumers alike

VPF GmbH & Co. KG is expanding its successful sustainability product portfolio to include the self-adhesive material made of silphie paper. This consists of at least 35 percent silphie fibres and impresses with its high-quality appearance and regional character.

Södra continues to invest in circular solutions to reduce carbon footprint. Now implementing our Loop packaging specifically made for the forest industry with 30 percent recycled material, resulting in a 23% lower carbon footprint compared to virgin-material-based packaging.

For the first time, Securikett produces security seals with color change from paper.