{"id":83933,"date":"2021-01-20T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T06:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=83933"},"modified":"2021-01-16T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T11:15:04","slug":"jabil-bolsters-sustainable-packaging-capabilities-with-acquisition-of-ecologic-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/jabil-bolsters-sustainable-packaging-capabilities-with-acquisition-of-ecologic-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Jabil Bolsters Sustainable Packaging Capabilities with Acquisition of Ecologic Brands\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) today announced the acquisition of Ecologic Brands, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable packaging specializing in paper bottle and paper-based packaging solutions. Ecologic\u2019s Manteca, California-based operation will join the Jabil Packaging Solutions division, significantly enhancing Jabil\u2019s sustainable packaging platform and offerings for consumer packaged goods (CPG) customers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBy fueling Ecologic\u2019s unique paper bottle technology with Jabil\u2019s advanced manufacturing solutions and global scale, we aim to help all consumer brands dramatically reduce plastics in packaging worldwide,\u201d said Jason Paladino, senior vice president of Jabil and CEO of Jabil Packaging Solutions. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be adding a talented team plus unique and innovative products that directly support our customer demands and Jabil\u2019s enterprise sustainability goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Ecologic, Jabil Packaging Solutions gains a commercially mature paper bottle solution enabled by deep material expertise and innovative manufacturing processes. Major CPG brands including L\u2019Or\u00e9al and Seventh Generation rely on Ecologic\u2019s eco.bottle\u00ae<\/sup><\/a> to significantly reduce plastic packaging and advance their sustainability goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cEcologic and L\u2019Oreal broke new ground when we incubated the world\u2019s first shower-safe paper bottle for the Seed Phytonutrients project. We\u2019re taking things a step further by bringing this innovative packaging solution to our market-leading Matrix and Redken Brands,\u201d said Shane Wolf, president worldwide, American Professional Brands, L\u2019Or\u00e9al Professional Products Division. \u201cJabil is synonymous with innovation, engineering, automation and scale, so we can only imagine the solutions that will emerge through its union with Ecologic Brands. The possibilities and accessibility for sustainable packaging options are now limitless.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEcologic has been a great partner over the past decade in helping us reimagine the laundry bottle and we\u2019re thrilled to see the acquisition by Jabil,\u201d said Joey Bergstein, CEO of Seventh Generation. \u201cThe world needs solutions at scale that reduce plastic waste and improve circularity. Jabil’s global scale and deep engineering expertise will propel Ecologic’s sustainable packaging solutions to a global footprint, in every category and format type. It\u2019s truly a win for customers, the planet and the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud that our paper bottle was the world\u2019s first breakthrough technology that helps solve the growing environmental challenges caused by plastic,\u201d said Julie Corbett, founder and CEO of Ecologic Brands. \u201cOur pioneering efforts created and validated market opportunity, and now, Jabil provides the ideal mix of global footprint, manufacturing excellence and a customer-first culture to fully pursue our vision of leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the team and operations will join Jabil, the company will continue to utilize the Ecologic name as its sustainable packaging product platform.<\/p>\n

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About Jabil<\/h3>\n

Jabil (NYSE: JBL) is a manufacturing solutions provider with over 260,000 employees across 100 locations in 30 countries. The world’s leading brands rely on Jabil’s unmatched breadth and depth of end-market experience, technical and design capabilities, manufacturing know-how, supply chain insights and global product management expertise. Driven by a common purpose, Jabil and its people are committed to making a positive impact on their local community and the environment.<\/p>\n

About Ecologic Brands<\/h3>\n

Ecologic Brands is dedicated to creating a more sustainable world through better packaging choices.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2008, we design and manufacture paper bottles made from recycled materials. Production of our eco.bottles\u00ae<\/sup> instead of plastic has resulted in: 350 tons of plastic diverted from landfills & oceans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) today announced the acquisition of Ecologic Brands, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable packaging specializing in paper bottle and paper-based packaging solutions. Ecologic\u2019s Manteca, California-based operation will join the Jabil Packaging Solutions division, significantly enhancing Jabil\u2019s sustainable packaging platform and offerings for consumer packaged goods (CPG) customers. \u201cBy fueling Ecologic\u2019s unique […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[11270,5838,7105,13222],"supplier":[18022,18023,14640],"class_list":["post-83933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biodegradability","tag-bioeconomy","tag-packaging","tag-paper","supplier-ecologic-brands","supplier-jabil-inc","supplier-loreal-new-zealand-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83933","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83933"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=83933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}