{"id":163099,"date":"2025-05-21T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=163099"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:35:08","slug":"metsa-group-and-amcor-partner-to-develop-recyclable-food-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/metsa-group-and-amcor-partner-to-develop-recyclable-food-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u00e4 Group and Amcor partner to develop recyclable food packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9<\/strong> Mets\u00e4 Group<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Forestry industry company Mets\u00e4 Group and Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced a strategic collaboration to develop three-dimensional moulded fibre packaging solutions with lidding and liner for a variety of food applications. The collaboration aims to leverage both companies’ expertise in innovative packaging technologies to create cycle-ready products that meet the growing demand for sustainable alternatives. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the collaboration, Muoto\u2122, a wood-based moulded fibre packaging solution developed by Mets\u00e4 Spring, Mets\u00e4 Group\u2019s innovation company, will be combined with Amcor\u2019s advanced high-barrier film liner and lidding technology. Joining forces, the companies aim to deliver an innovative fibre-based food packaging that protects perishable food products and extends shelf life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Made from locally sourced pulp coming from traceable Nordic forests, Muoto is a renewable and recyclable alternative to plastic packaging. By integrating Amcor\u2019s laminated film, Muoto gains enhanced functionality. The fibre package jointly developed by the companies can be sealed with a heat-sealed lid structure, which is central to a certain type of food packaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jarkko Tuominen<\/strong>, Vice President, Projects, Mets\u00e4 Spring<\/strong>, said, \u201cOur collaboration with Amcor represents a significant step forward in more sustainable packaging innovation. Mets\u00e4 Group and Amcor have a longstanding relationship built on a shared commitment to reducing our environmental impact. Together, we are redefining the future of food packaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Amcor offers a variety of fibre-based packaging solutions across its AmFiber\u2122 global portfolio and specialty cartons products. Amcor\u2019s AmFiber\u2122 products are currently on store shelves across the globe and are available for a wide range of applications including snacks and confectionary, dry culinary and beverage, meat, dairy and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ilya Syshchikov<\/strong>, Amcor\u2019s Vice President, Fiber<\/strong>, said, \u201cI am excited about this collaboration with our good partner Mets\u00e4. Both parties bring a wealth of materials, packaging and market knowledge to deliver more sustainable solutions to our customers with exceptional quality, functionality and efficiency.\u201c <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The full solution will be recyclable in the paper stream in most markets with CEPI recyclability score of over 80%. In the longer term, the ambition is to develop a fully compostable solution. The first products from this partnership are expected to be commercially available in Europe this year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mets\u00e4 Group manufactures Muoto products at a demo plant located in \u00c4\u00e4nekoski. The company is currently conducting a pre-engineering project, the results of which will be used to evaluate the investment in the first commercial-scale factory.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forestry industry company Mets\u00e4 Group and Amcor, a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, announced a strategic collaboration to develop three-dimensional moulded fibre packaging solutions with lidding and liner for a variety of food applications. The collaboration aims to leverage both companies’ expertise in innovative packaging technologies to create cycle-ready products that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":163101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The collaboration aims to leverage both companies' expertise in innovative packaging technologies to create cycle-ready products that meet the growing demand for sustainable alternatives","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,11786,10416,7105,13222,15390,12679,17337],"supplier":[559,1630,4348,15041],"class_list":["post-163099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biofibres","tag-circulareconomy","tag-packaging","tag-paper","tag-pulp","tag-recyclability","tag-woodbased","supplier-amcor-ltd","supplier-confederation-of-european-paper-industries-cepi","supplier-metsae-group","supplier-metsaespring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163099"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=163099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}