The strategic investment includes recruitment, new processing and production equipment, refits to its sites in New Zealand and the creation of a dedicated corrugated studio at the company’s UK headquarters.
Launch of the Tetra Brik® Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf carton with paper-based barrier provides a package that can be distributed under ambient conditions while hitting the 90% renewable content mark.
The companies joined forces to create a solution eliminating plastic bags by using UPM Asendo™ barrier paper as an inner liner in the corrugated cardboard box.
Survey found that recyclable carton packaging solutions are the preferred option for many consumers, with over half of respondents favoring this material due to its ease of recycling.
Around half the sheetfed offset presses Heidelberg sells go to packaging customers, and the folding carton market is a strategic growth segment for Heidelberg.
Substantial reductions have been made in the environmental impact of corrugated cardboard boxes, including a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
From championing scientific and technical training at the high school level to offering mentoring within the workplace, there are many steps that individuals and communities can take to help women launch rewarding careers in the packaging industry.
As a greater number of women enter STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programs in colleges and technical schools, they are filling electrical, chemical, engineering and other technical manufacturing roles upon graduation. This is encouraging given how underrepresented women have been in STEM fields in the past.