All Huhtamaki articles
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Article‘Compostable’ fibre-based cold cups trialled by Starbucks and Huhtamaki
Huhtamaki and Starbucks will trial compostable cups for cold beverages in select US locations, constituting moulded fibre lids and double-walled paperboard cups with a bioplastic liner.
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ArticleXampla’s plant-based coating supplied to Huhtamaki for takeaway packaging
Huhtamaki and 2M Group of Companies will apply Xampla’s plant-based Morro Coating polymer to a range of takeaway boxes in a new, multi-year supply deal set to help Huhtamaki transition into recyclable, compostable, and renewable packaging solutions.
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ArticleHuhtamaki offers mono-material flexibles in paper, PE, and PP
Huhtamaki is launching three new flexible, mono-material packaging solutions made from paper, polyethylene, and polypropylene – intending to offer protection, affordability, and full recyclability to packaging manufacturers.
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ArticleHuhtamaki implements compostable and recyclable packaging at football stadium in Kansas City
Huhtamaki North America has become the official “sustainable packaging provider” at Children’s Mercy Park, home of the US Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City, in a five-year deal aiming to reduce the stadium’s environmental footprint to zero waste by 2027.
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ArticleThe story behind Huhtamaki's compostable paper-based coffee capsules for Nespresso
Huhtamaki recently utilised its Fiber Solutions technology to partner with Nestlé and provide its Nespresso brand with paper-based, home-compostable coffee capsules. We followed up with Thomasine Kamerling, Huhtamaki’s executive vice president for Sustainability and Communications, to learn more about this collaboration, and where she expects fibre-based packaging to go next.
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ArticleFirst organisations join Stora Enso and Huhtamaki’s paper cup recycling initiative
McDonald’s, SSP – The Food Travel Experts, C2 Centre, and the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB) have joined Stora Enso and Huhtamaki’s Cup Collective initiative with the shared goal of increasing paper cup recycling volumes in Europe.
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ArticleHuhtamaki to extend manufacturing site and increase production of paper-based packaging
Huhtamaki has begun to extend its paper-based packaging manufacturing site in Nules, Spain, in an effort to meet growing demand for renewable and recyclable paper-based packaging.
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ArticleNestlé and Huhtamaki reveal home compostable, paper-based Nespresso coffee capsules
Nestlé has teamed up with Huhtamaki to develop paper-based, home-compostable coffee capsules for its Nespresso brand.
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ArticleMilliken and Huhtamaki produce mono-material laminate for personal care packaging
Milliken & Company has collaborated with Huhtamaki Group to develop a mono-material laminate that it expects to coat 40-200ml tubes for personal care products such as toothpaste and cosmetics.
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ArticleHuhtamaki announces ‘95% renewable’, ‘biobased’ ice cream packaging with educational QR technology
Huhtamaki has launched its new ICON paper packaging technology, primarily designed for ice cream containers and lids, with QR codes providing North American consumers with additional information about sustainability.
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ArticleHuhtamaki and Stora Enso launch industrial scale recycling programme for paper cups in Europe
Huhtamaki and Stora Enso have collaborated to launch a new paper cup recycling initiative, The Cup Collective. The programme aims to recycle and capture the value of used paper cups on an industrial scale.
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ArticleHuhtamaki divests operations in Russia
Huhtamaki has sold its operations in Russia, which includes four manufacturing plants and over 700 employees, to Espentia Ltd. for an estimated sale price of EUR 151 million.
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Sponsored ContentHuhtamaki Fiber Solutions - The Future Redesigned
How people consume is undergoing rapid change. As consumer demands and regulatory requirements intensify, the packaging industry needs to find new ways to protect food safely in more sustainable ways. Eric Le Lay, President, Fiber and Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania at Huhtamaki believes that there is a game-changing technology that can facilitate this transformation: High precision technology to create smooth molded fiber packaging.
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ArticleA closer look at Huhtamaki’s ‘world first’ mono-material PET blister lid
Huhtamaki claimed an ‘industry first’ last month with the launch of its aluminium-free, mono-material PET blister lid for the global healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Tobias Fackler, senior manager at the company’s healthcare business unit, told us more about the innovation and the story behind its creation.
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PodcastSustainability Perspectives: How can fiber packaging contribute to a sustainable future?
Maria Wahlgren, SVP Commercial & Innovation, Fiber and Foodservice at Huhtamaki shares her insights on how fiber packaging can help solve the food industry’s sustainability challenges with Packaging Europe’s Libby Munford.
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Article‘First-to-market’ mono-material PET blister lid unveiled by Huhtamaki
Huhtamaki has today announced the launch of Push Tab, a first-to-market, aluminium-free, mono-material PET blister lid for the global healthcare and pharmaceutical industries
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ArticleEuropean packaging industry’s largest solar power Purchase Agreement secured by Huhtamaki
Huhtamaki has a signed two 10-year virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPA) with global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. – reportedly representing the largest solar agreement for the packaging industry in Europe.
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ArticleSustainability Awards 2021 winners revealed
Last night, the winners of our Sustainability Awards 2021 were announced at FachPack!
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ArticleHuhtamaki acquires flexible packaging specialist Elif for €412m
Huhtamaki has entered into an agreement to acquire Elif, a major supplier of flexible packaging, for €412m.
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ArticleCollaborative project develops ‘next generation’ tube containing 40% recycled content
In partnership with companies from across the plastics value chain, Huhtamaki has developed a new tube that includes more than 40% recycled content from ISCC-certified renewable-based plastics.