Top Priorities:

  • Dry molded fiber bottle coatings that maintain shelf life (high moisture barrier, grease resistance) and recyclability.

  • Barrier-forming fiber structures with moisture and oxygen resistance, compatible with fiber recycling.

  • Fiber primary packaging (bottles, pouches, pods, trays) that are recyclable or repulpable at scale with lower CO₂ footprint compared to existing options.

  • Sachet film technology for improved recyclability, biodegradability, compostability, as well as safe leakage to nature.

  • Replacements for non-recyclable components, including:

    • Nylon barriers in PET bottles and Bag-in-box bags.

    • Plastic blister packaging.

  • Alternatives to disposable plastic cups and multilayer pouches to ensure recyclability.

  • HDPE and/or PET bottle ultra-lightweighting: Beyond simple weight reduction, focusing on optimization to minimize material usage by technology / process & material properties.

  • Straw: Alternative to plastic & paper.

Other Areas of Interest:

  • Fiber-based multipacks and multi-cycle reusable carton packaging.
  • Carton coatings to extend shelf life without disrupting recycling streams.
  • Secondary & tertiary packaging: Developing stretch paper fiber as alternative to plastic for grouping solutions.
  • Shrink-wrap alternatives that are not made from plastic.
  • High PCR ring carriers or sustainable ring carrier material replacement.
  • Stretch film from recycled plastic (used for transport of pallets with finished SKUs).
  • Reusable packaging for SKU transportation: an alternative for stretch film or hoods that we can reuse when we transport our finished good SKUs to the customers.
  • Food-grade recycled plastics (rPP, rPE) and food contact plastics with >10% recycled content. Require a high moisture barrier, if it is focused on the liner of the crown corks, otherwise we do not have plastics that are in direct contact with food.
  • Returnable and refillable aluminum containers.
  • “Can of the future” — lid and body from the same alloy for seamless recycling and higher recycled content.
  • Aluminum purification technologies to improve recyclability and quality.
  • Decarbonated aluminum material: Beyond simple weight reduction, focusing on optimization to minimize material usage by technology / process & material properties.
  • Can format container: Alternative to aluminum considering the design for recycling (>70%) fit for aqua-drink and natural & mineral water.
  • Anti-scuff coatings for returnable bottles to extend bottle life.
  • Glass strengthening technologies that enable super lightweighting.
  • Decarbonated glass material: Glass containers (water & dairy) will have a positive impact on CO2 footprint by using new technology / process & material properties.