{"id":87817,"date":"2021-05-06T07:29:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T05:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bio-based.eu\/?p=87817"},"modified":"2021-06-18T19:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T17:33:28","slug":"natureworks-and-ima-announce-new-strategic-partnership-for-the-compostable-coffee-pods-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/natureworks-and-ima-announce-new-strategic-partnership-for-the-compostable-coffee-pods-market\/","title":{"rendered":"NatureWorks and IMA Announce New Strategic Partnership for the Compostable Coffee Pods Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Coffee-Capsules_K-Cup_Ingeo_NatureWorks_jpg\"NatureWorks, the world\u2019s leading manufacturer of low-carbon Ingeo\u2122\ufe0f PLA biopolymers, and IMA Coffee, global market leader in coffee handling, processing, and packaging, today announced that they have entered into a joint strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the market for high performing K-Cup compatible compostable single-serve coffee pods in North America. The multi-year partnership brings together NatureWorks\u2019 decades of expertise with compostable materials, formulations, and processing technology with IMA\u2019s industry-leading competencies and application-specific know-how encompassing all stages of coffee handling, processing, and packaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The pressure on the single serve coffee market to make more meaningful progress towards a more sustainable packaging solution has grown significantly in recent years. Consumers appreciate single-serve capsules for the convenient and quality brewing experience but see the packaging waste associated with a capsule as a detriment. Compostable capsules create the opportunity to not only address consumer concerns and divert the packaging away from landfills, but, perhaps more importantly, to recover the used coffee grounds, enabling their processing at a compost facility where they deliver valuable nutrients to the final compost.<\/p>\n

Coffee capsules are complex structures where the capsule body, lidding, and filter must be precisely designed to deliver a consistently high-quality brewing experience. Before the capsules even reach consumers, it\u2019s critical that these components perform well during assembly and filling as well as on the shelf and during brewing. By bringing together NatureWorks\u2019 materials and applications knowledge with IMA\u2019s machinery expertise, the partnership aims to deliver a turn-key compostable coffee pod solution to the entire coffee industry making it simple to have a great cup of coffee and dispose of the used pod in the most sustainable way possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt NatureWorks, we\u2019ve seen tremendous interest in compostable single-serve pods,\u201d says Flavio Di Marcotullio, Global Industry Manager for NatureWorks. \u201cBrandowners and roasters are responding to both consumer demands for more sustainable packaging and to circular economy directives that specify compostable packaging as a key enabler of recovering food waste for compost. To continue supporting this growth, we saw the opportunity to partner with IMA as they have long helped the single-serve coffee market implement innovative new packaging technologies and have a long-term commitment towards sustainable solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

With this in mind, to give greater impetus to the topic and direct the production chain towards increasing environmental sustainability, in 2019 IMA launched IMA NoP \u2013 No Plastic Program. \u201cNOP (No-Plastic Program) means we promote eco-friendly plastic substitutes for the packages manufactured on IMA machines. Through the research and testing of alternative processes and materials, together with our partners, we foster plastic-free and sustainable, compostable packaging solutions. IMA has also established the Open Lab where Material Technologists study, develop, and test compostable and recyclable materials to be used on our packaging equipment,\u201d says Nicola Panzani, IMA Coffee Sales Manager and IMA Coffee Petroncini CEO.<\/p>\n

IMA\u2019s Open Lab is a network of technological laboratories and testing areas dedicated to the research on sustainable materials, technologies, and production optimization processes. \u201cThanks to the implementation of the most modern digital infrastructures,\u201d continues Panzani, \u201ctogether with think tank spaces, environments dedicated to new generation of ideas and the prototyping of materials, we aim to build a connection between knowledge and skills coming from machines, packaging manufacturers and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About NatureWorks<\/h3>\n

NatureWorks is an advanced materials company offering a broad portfolio of renewably sourced polymers and chemicals. With performance and economics that compete with oil-based materials, naturally advanced Ingeo\u2122 biomaterials are valued for their unique functional properties and used in products from coffee capsules and appliances to tea bags and 3D printing filament. NatureWorks is jointly owned by Thailand\u2019s largest ASEAN leading integrated petrochemical and refining company, PTT Global Chemical, and Cargill, which provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services to the world.<\/p>\n

About IMA<\/h3>\n

Founded in 1961, IMA is a world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.<\/p>\n

IMA\u2019s mission is to invest in technologies that will improve the quality of life on the planet, reduce food waste, increase access to more effective drugs and allow greater respect for the environment. Its position of leadership is the result of significant investment in R&D, regular and constructive dialogue with the end users in its sectors and the Group\u2019s ability to expand internationally, conquering new markets.<\/p>\n

IMA Coffee Hub is a cluster of specialists each providing a key slice of the experience and expertise needed to serve the coffee industry from A to Z. IMA has created the hub in an aim to leverage expertise at every step of coffee processing or packaging and be the one-stop answer to large and small coffee producers worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NatureWorks, the world\u2019s leading manufacturer of low-carbon Ingeo\u2122\ufe0f PLA biopolymers, and IMA Coffee, global market leader in coffee handling, processing, and packaging, today announced that they have entered into a joint strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the market for high performing K-Cup compatible compostable single-serve coffee pods in North America. The multi-year partnership brings together […]<\/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":[5838,5847,12239,7105],"supplier":[18449,103],"class_list":["post-87817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-bioplastics","tag-compostability","tag-packaging","supplier-ima-group","supplier-natureworks-llc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87817","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=87817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87817"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=87817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}