Mondi has collaborated with Fixit Gruppe on a unified European paper bag portfolio for over 100 building material products, designed to optimize material usage, improve design to support recycling and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The project aims to support a more harmonized packaging approach across Europe while maintaining consistent packaging quality and reliable performance. The companies say it also aligns with Fixit Gruppe’s target to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 135 tonnes of CO2 compared to the previous year.
Following an audit at Mondi’s Bag Application Centre in Frantschach, Austria, Mondi says its specialists analysed Fixit Gruppe’s existing packaging and developed an optimized, standardized solution. The new paper bag formats were created with a focus on material usage, paper grammage, barrier protection and the thickness of the plastic inner layer.
Mondi manufactured its own sack kraft paper for the bags, said to provide the necessary moisture protection for products such as cement and other powdered materials while ensuring an ‘efficient and reliable’ filling process on Fixit Gruppe’s machinery.
Bernhard Zott, director of Research & Development at Fixit Gruppe, says: “We needed packaging that protects a wide range of building materials, is practical on construction sites and supports our climate strategy. Mondi assessed everything thoroughly and worked closely with our teams to improve functionality, sustainability and quality requirements.”
In similar news, Raro International claims to have successfully engineered and patented a ‘completely circular matrix’ under its Raro Bags brand, said to be 100% plastic-free, 100% biodegradable and home-compostable, with an industrial-grade tensile strength capable of carrying up to 20kg without tearing. The company states the material bonds high-fidelity substrates with an open-weave organic gauze cloth core using a proprietary 100% organic adhesive matrix, ensuring it ‘never delaminates, even under high moisture and humidity’.
Earlier this month Indian packaging company UFlex commissioned its first overseas woven polypropylene (WPP) bag manufacturing plant in Mexico, with an annual production capacity of 80 million bags. The bags also incorporate mite-preventive laser venting technology that allows air to escape while preventing the ingress of mites.
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