Packaging film supplier SÜDPACK, food service company Werz and BASF Gastronomie have teamed up to utilize BASF’s polyamide Ultramid Ccycled material for meat and sausage packaging in the hotel, restaurant and catering sector.
Apparently, SÜDPACK uses Ultramid Ccycled – BASF’s line of products using recycled raw materials - as a drop-in product that can be integrated into existing production facilities and processes for manufacturing thermoformed packaging. The underlying high-barrier packaging film is reportedly manufactured according to the current German minimum standard and rated as recyclable in the polyethylene film stream.
“The use of recycled raw materials allocated to the packaging shows that the requirements of the European Packaging Regulation (PPWR) can be met through chemical recycling,” says Dr. Paul Neumann, New Business Development & Sustainability Polyamides Europe at BASF. The regulation, which stipulates a certain proportion of recycled materials in contact-sensitive packaging from 2030, also includes specifications for recyclability which will apply to food retailers and packaging in mass catering.
“Sustainable and recyclable packaging is an important topic for us, one that will become increasingly important in the future. We are pleased to have gained a partner in BASF Gastronomie with whom we can establish this product solution in the Horeca sector,” adds Frank Werz, Managing Director of Werz Wurst-Fleisch-Convenience GmbH.
In related news, Nextek and Coveris announced a partnership aiming to convert post-consumer polyolefin (PE and PP) packaging waste into food-grade recycled resins and films using Nextek’s COtooCLEAN process. As part of the partnership, a demonstration plant is being developed in the UK to implement the technology at industrial scale.
This month ULMA Packaging has introduced a new range of TFX thermoformers for the food industry, targeting improved productivity and efficiency. The thermoformers are said to have technologies such as movement synchronisation that apparently improves productivity by up to 10% and a vacuum system design which reduces the vacuum cycle time by up to 20%.
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