Separated by materials below:

Fiber - 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.

  • Fiber-based multipacks and multi-cycle reusable carton packaging.

Fiber - Other Areas of Interest:

  • Carton coatings to extend shelf life without disrupting recycling streams.
  • Secondary & tertiary packaging : Developing stretch paper fiber as alternative to plastic for grouping solutions

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Plastic - Top Priorities:

  • Food-grade recycled plastics (rPP, rPE) and food contact plastics with >10% recycled content. Require a high moisture barrier.

  • 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.

Plastic - Other Areas of Interest:

  • Alternatives to disposable plastic cups and multilayer pouches to ensure recyclability.
  • PET bottle ultra-lightweighting, focused on optimization beyond simple gram reduction. Beyond simple weight reduction, focusing on optimization to minimize material usage by technology / process & material properties.
  • Shrink-wrap alternatives.
  • Replacements for non-recyclable components, including Plastic blister packaging.
  • 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. If it is focused on the liner of the crown corks, otherwise we do not have plastics that are in direct contact with food.
  • Shrink alternatives: alternatives that are not made from plastic.
  • HDPE Bottle Ultra-Light Weighting: Beyond simple weight reduction, focusing on optimization to minimize material usage by technology / process & material properties.

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Metal (Aluminum/Steel) - Top Priorities:

  • 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.

Metal (Aluminum/Steel) - Other Areas of Interest:

  • 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.

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Glass - Top Priorities:

  • Anti-scuff coatings for returnable bottles to extend bottle life.

  • Glass strengthening technologies that enable super lightweighting.

Glass - Other Areas of Interest:

  • Decarbonated glass material: Glass containers (water & dairy) will have a positive impact on CO2 footprint by using new technology / process & material properties.

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Other Top Priorities:

  • Palletization improvements, including stretch film alternatives while maintaining load stability.

  • eCommerce-ready packaging that reduces overpacking and uses high recycled content [protective packaging that prevent melting/keeps product cool].

  • Label-free visual branding technologies, such as multi-color, high-contrast direct digital printing and laser marking.

  • Use of novel materials and technologies (aluminum, steel, glass, paper, polymer, glue) to enable lightweighting and material reduction.

Other Areas of Interest:

  • Recycled/recyclable secondary and tertiary packaging materials.
  • Aluminium Foil Replacement Materials that maintain high moisture barrier and dead-fold properties. [Must be designed for recycling]
  • Systems – sorting, collection and recycling systems.
  • Pouches: Monolayer film for water (PET) & dairy products advancing recyclability and biodegradability/compostability.
  • AI for recycling (sorting, control, characterization, valorization potential)
  • Dissolution recycling technology.
  • Alternatives for plastic for flexible packaging like sachets and pouches (including ink.
  • Food contact barrier, fiber, ink, adhesives, sealants and outside barrier.
  • Label Alternatives & Multi-Colors/High Contrast Solutions: Exploring label-free packaging options. Beyond traditional labeling, using technologies like direct digital printing and laser marking.
  • Alternatives to dairy pots: Technology allows low plastic & low carbon solution as an alternative to dairy classic pots.
  • Simulation and analysis of packaging material performance and transportation conditions.