Eco Flexibles Launches Recyclable Packaging Northamptonshire, United Kingdom-headquar- tered sustainable flexible packaging business, Eco Flexibles, has supported bakery product supplier to the retail, wholesale and foodservice sectors, Lantmännen Unibake, with the development of re- cyclable flexible packaging for its Schulstad Bake at Home range of products. As sustainable packaging continues to dominate commercial food and drink product development, Lantmännen sought to create fully recyclable pack- aging to both communicate the quality of the prod- uct and support its environmental agenda. In close collaboration, the Eco Flexibles team devel- oped and supplied a high-performing surface print- ed monopolymer film, despite the pressures of tight turnaround times and Covid-19 supply challenges. The Schulstad Bake at Home range of packaging was developed and printed with Asahi AWP water washable plates, which reportedly eliminate VOC solvent washout from the prepress process. Aiming to dispel sustainable packaging myths, Eco Flexibles seeks to show how sustainable pack- aging isn’t a compromise or concession — and can be aligned with the performance demands of to- day’s high-volume packaging. Klöckner Pentaplast Grows Sustainable Operations Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a global supplier of re- cycled content products and high-barrier protec- tive packaging, has chosen its production facility in Beaver, West Virgina, for its multi-million dollar production expansion, adding post-consumer recy- cled content (PCR) PET capacity in North America. This expansion will further grow kp’s sustainable offering in consumer health, pharmaceutical, and food packaging markets through the addition of an extrusion line and two thermoformers, deliv- ering a total of 15,000 metric tons of new rPET/ PET capacity. More than 20 percent of Klöckner Pentaplast’s volume is made from PCR material, the company states. The installation will add 60 jobs to the West Vir- ginia facility, with commercialization beginning at the end of 2022 for the first thermoform line. The extrusion addition will be completed in mid- 2023. The completion of the second thermoform line and new production hall, which will be capable of additional capacity expansions in the future, is scheduled for the end of the fourth quarter of 2023.
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