News from May 2021
Emballator Innovation Center invests in new equipment – leading sustainable innovations
Posted 2021-05-25
Emballator wants to lead the sustainable innovations within packaging and help customers to reach their sustainability goals. One step in that direction is making further investments in Emballator Innovation Center. “Focus until now has been on materials for plastic injection moulding. With this new equipment we will evaluate new bio-based materials for extrusion of different packaging solution...
Read moreEmballator launches tubes in recycled aluminium
Posted 2021-05-18
Emballator Tectubes launches tubes in 100 percent post-consumer recycled aluminium, available for all market segments and product sizes. The new product is reducing carbon footprint and CO2 emissions and contributes to the circular economy. PCR (Post Consumer Recycled) is material, for example aluminium, that has been made into a product, used, thrown away, collected, cleaned, reprocessed and r...
Read moreImproved production thanks to automation project at Emballator Växjöplast
Posted 2021-05-11
Emballator Växjöplast produces more than 600 million products every year. By automating large parts of the production flow, Emballator in Växjö has developed to be one of the most modern factories in Northern Europe for caps and closures. The injection moulding process of producing caps and closures has gone from being manual in many steps to a fully automated production. From granules to finis...
Read moreTurning waste into value – test of microfiber material at Emballator Innovation Center
Posted 2021-05-04
Bio-based microfibers from feathers is being tested at Emballator Innovation Center for plastic packaging. Together with Bioextrax, that has developed a unique and patented bio-based technology to produce this specific material, Emballator Innovation Center evaluates the potential of commercialization of a blend with these microfibers. This is a step in the ambition for Emballator to decrease t...
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