Companies constantly innovate with technology and redesign their packaging to get better performance, improve marketability and enhance sustainability. Here’s a look at six recent packaging product launches or redesigns on Packaging Dive’s radar.
Making a transition
Champagne Telmont is working with glassmaker Verallia to launch its “193,000 shades of green” campaign to highlight its work toward more sustainable glass wine bottles. It will use the glass produced during the transition between two different color shades for its bottles, which will sport a variety of hues. Telmont says using this glass will save resources, such as energy, compared with producing conventional colored wine bottles.
“During a conventional color transition in a glass maker's furnace, a certain amount of glass does not match chromatic standards. It's this part of the production that Telmont has decided to use,” the company said in a news release.
To start, 193,000 bottles will be released annually in a range of shades from green to cinnamon. “Each of our bottles, reflecting through its hue a nuance of our terroir, now tells a story — the story of our innovative ecological transition,” the news release said.
Breakdown
DavidsTea is introducing industrially compostable pouches for its Garden to Cup line of loose leaf teas. This advancement builds on the company’s work to reduce waste and use regenerative or compostable materials, according to a news release. It adds that the printed tea packaging is 100% recyclable and tea sachets are plastic-free.
“Tea is naturally compostable, and it’s our goal to leave nothing behind. That’s why it’s important to us to find innovative solutions and test new materials, but without compromising on our high standards for quality and freshness—that’s where the new compostable packaging for our Garden to Cup teas comes in,” Sarah Segal, CEO and Chief Brand Officer, said in the release.
The new teal 50-gram and 100-gram bags will begin rolling out in the U.S. and Canada in the coming months.
Boarded up
Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee partnered with Graphic Packaging International to create a new fiber container specifically designed for its coffee products. GPI said in a news release that this is the latest version of its Boardio rigid paperboard canister. It’s recyclable, is at least 80% fiberboard and contains at least 50% less plastic than Mother Parkers’ previous bag packaging, according to a news release. These canisters also result in improved transportation efficiency and reduced emissions compared with pre-formed containers, because they’re shipped flat, according to GPI.
The fiber canisters reportedly offer the same level of food freshness and safety as plastic, glass and metal containers. Mother Parkers will begin packing coffee in the new containers late this year.
It’s a gas
Packaging and garment accessories company Rudholm Group partnered with plastic film producer Charter Next Generation to create a new e-commerce poly mailer bag that incorporates material made from greenhouse gas emissions. The mailer contains at least 20% PCR. It incorporates Newlight Technologies’ Aircarbon, a GHG-based biomaterial. The Carbon Trust verified that producing Aircarbon “contributes to more carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas (CO2e) being diverted from the air than emitted,” according to a news release.
The companies partnered for a year to develop a mailer that has the decarbonization benefits while maintaining the durability of polyethylene.
Forcing out foam for fiber
Ranpak has launched two fiber products in North America: its climaliner Plus temperature-protective paper liners for cold chain shipping and naturemaile eco-friendly padded mailers. Both fiber-based products are curbside recyclable, according to a company news release.
The liners offer up to 72 hours of thermal protection and can be used for shipping temperature-controlled food, beverages and healthcare products, among other applications. Custom printing is available.
The padded mailers incorporate a “unique honeycomb paper material to provide a strong layer of protection” while eliminating the need for foam or poly interiors, the release said. The mailers are available in five sizes.
Wrapped up in paper
Orlandi introduced EcoPro Paper-Wrap as a recyclable packaging option that does not contain plastic, film or foil. The high-barrier, coated, heat-sealable fiber material is an alternative to plastic film or foil pouches, and it costs less than folding cartons, according to a news release. The barrier protects products against oxygen, water vapor and grease.
EcoPro is suitable for wrapping most hard-good products that currently are wrapped in film, including applications for e-commerce, shelf displays and point-of-purchase. EcoPro also has “exceptional printing capabilities, allowing for high-end, full graphic content on the packaging,” the release said.
