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PRODUCT NEWS
Mondi Introduces Laser-Marked Flexible Packaging
customers the option to consider bag-in-box
solutions from a single supplier. Mondi is work-
ing with customers and partners to examine
wider commercial use of the format in pet food,
home and personal care products, and e-com-
merce packaging.Mondi consumer flexibles R&D
and innovation technical service manager Jens
Koesters said: “Customers are under growing
pressure to meet sustainability targets while
managing increasingly complex product port-
ondi has introduced a packaging for- folios and changing consumer demands. “This
mat that pairs a corrugated outer car- concept supports circularity with the use of bio-
Mton with recyclable flexible packaging based materials and greater artwork flexibility in
marked by laser. The design is aimed at e-com- a single solution, helping brands respond more
merce and bag-in-box uses and can be applied quickly to market requirements while progress-
to several flexible packaging formats to support ing towards their circularity goals.”
circularity and form supply chains. Artwork is
added directly to the flexible packaging during LyondellBasell Announces Recycle Packaging
converting through laser marking technology, re- for Chocolate Wrappers
moving the need for standard decorative print-
ing and printing plates. Mondi said this makes LyondellBasell announced an innovative flexible
it easier to customise packs, update artwork packaging solution for Marabou chocolate bars,
quickly and adjust designs in response to shifts developed in collaboration with Mondelez Inter-
in market demand and consumer preferences. national, Amcor, Taghleef Industries and other
The format can be used across different flex- key industry players. Using LYB CirculenRevive
ible packaging types, including reels, pre-made polymers with 100% attributed recycled content
pouches such as the re/cycle StripPouch, and via an ISCC PLUS-certified mass balance ap-
larger pre-made bags. proach, Mondelez is now able to offer packag-
ing sourced from 75% recycled content, helping
According to the company, this can aid recy- transform hard-to-recycle post-consumer mixed
cling-focused design by simplifying material plastic waste into high-quality materials for food
structures and cutting decorative features. Bio- packaging. “Our collaboration with Mondelez
based feedstocks or post-consumer recycled illustrates our shared vision for the future and
content can be included, depending on the ap- highlights our ability to provide innovative, high-
plication. The company noted the concept may quality circular solutions tailored to demanding
also help reduce lead times and give customers specifications,” said Yvonne van der Laan, exec-
more flexibility when launching new products or utive vice president, Sustainable Solutions and
changing designs. It said the format also gives Technology Business, LYB. “We’re committed to
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