B ULK D ISTRIBUTOR
Liners & Packaging
May/June 2019
Eceplast says the fully recyclable liner
bag need not be broken down after use,
but simply compacted and collected
Eceplast launches ‘no
throw away’ linerbag
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t transport logistic in Munich (4-7 June), Eceplast will unveil
container liner bags that “never have to be thrown away”.
The company, established in Italy in 1995, is a world class
manufacturer of liner bags for container and other industrial
packaging materials for bulk and bulky goods, mainly serving the
chemical and automotive industries.
The main goal is to offer customers a conscious choice to be
environmentally responsible while remaining economically
competitive.
Even at the start-up phase, when the commitment to sustainability
did not yet have a name, all Eceplast’s efforts and actions were
already in line with the passion and vision for a better and more
sustainable society.
The company is proud to be an active player in the circular economy,
keeping the same perspective, while continuing its journey: optimising
each phase of the production process, selecting and adopting the
best available raw materials, driven by effi ciency, durability and
recyclability of our products considering their whole life cycle.
Today, Eceplast is focused on redefi ning packaging again, for greater
sustainability. Working in this fi eld, the goal is to produce sustainable
packaging solutions not yet imagined.
The process starts with Eceplast’s own products and processes,
along with an ongoing commitment to reducing the environmental
footprint globally.
For this reason, rethinking about the use of its products, Eceplast
now offers the fi rst fully recyclable liner bag. Composed of a single
material, 100 percent LPDE (low-density polyethylene), once used it
should not be broken down to divide the materials, but simply
compacted and collected.
This allows for the saving of all the waste polyethylene, ready to be
re-granulated and reused for new packaging.
Customers can manage this activity on their own or entrust it to
Eceplast which, thinking also of client needs, has created a network
of partner companies to follow the entire product lifecycle.
In fact, it is not the material itself that is more or less sustainable but
the respect and proper management of its lifecycle. In this way, zero
waste production is achieved, protecting the environment and
offering a way to reduce packaging costs for companies using these
types of products.
In fact, quality and sustainability are inextricably linked and deliver
higher effi ciency lowering total costs, as Eceplast have shown over the
past 25 years.
The company says it is a fact that sustainable innovative solutions
optimise the supply chain.
Eceplast recognises that the company’s strength lays in the values of
the people who built this success over the years: with more than 100
employees and 17,000 sqm of production plant, the ‘family’ has
grown considerably. To produce the hundreds of packaging models,
Eceplast uses only renewable energy and ensures the responsibility of
our logistics partners, delivering to over 40 countries worldwide.
Nowadays, Eceplast is concentrating all its efforts on designing only
sustainable packaging solutions, harmonising the technical and
economic needs of its customers with the environment and
anticipating the most stringent regulations, as proved by the voluntary
pledge to the EU Commission, to collect and recycle the company’s
complete yearly production within 2025.
Eceplast seeks sustainable packaging solutions that create business
effi ciencies, or even enable new business models, so as to continue to
apply unique material science in collaboration with customers around
the world.
In this way, sustainability becomes not just good corporate
citizenship, but a better way to do business.
Eceplast @transport logistic (Booth 431 – Hall B4)
www.eceplast.com
ConservaƟ on award
M
auser Packaging Solutions was awarded
the Oakville Hydro Conservation
Leadership Award earlier this year.
Mauser Packaging Solutions was awarded the
Oakville Hydro Conservation Leadership Award
earlier this year.
The award is given annually as part of the Oakville
Awards for Business Excellence presented by the
Oakville, Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Rotary
Club of Oakville West. The Oakville facility received
this award for the commitment to reducing the
amount of energy consumed in the facility and
subsequently, reducing the environmental footprint.
After several years of taking steps to reduce
energy by investing in more energy effi cient
equipment and updating lighting to LED technology,
the facility wanted to do more. In collaboration with
Oakville Hydro, compressed air was identifi ed as a
major user of electricity in the facility. An
opportunity to decrease the amount of energy used
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by 50 percent was identifi ed.
The facility implemented a new compressed air
system in March 2018. In the fi rst year, the system
reduced electricity use in the plant by 916MWh
(megawatt hours) and reduced demand by 104Kw,
enough to power over 100 homes for one year.
This energy saving technology was recently
replicated at Mauser’s Cidra, Puerto Rico facility and
is being considered at additional sites. “This project
is an example of Mauser Packaging Solutions’
commitment to environmental responsibility,” said
Wojciech Tymczak, corporate automation
engineering project manager at Mauser. “We are
committed to leaving a lighter ecological footprint
and supporting the communities in which we
operate through sustainability. This energy saving
technology will deliver tangible, scalable and long
lasting results.”
www.mauserpackaging.com
Greif expands food
grade capacity
G
reif has recently invested in another state-
of-the-art blow moulding machine to
double its in house production capacity for
IBCs at its facility in Ede, Netherlands.
Also located in a cleanroom environment, the
new blow moulder machine operates with food
safe hydraulic oil, active carbon fi ltered air and
bacteria free cooling water, and will allow Greif to
meet its growing demand for food grade IBCs.
The investment adds to the existing machine
installed last year, boosting the output capacity of
the Ede facility to over 1,500 a day.
“Demand for IBCs continues to grow in the food
sector where product integrity and shelf life storage
are becoming increasingly important,” said Luca
Bettoni, Greif EMEA IBC and plastic product
manager. “This additional investment boosts our
in-house capacity
and offers customers
the reassurance of
product protection
against contamination.
“Furthermore, the Ede
facility recently achieved the FSSC 22000
certifi cation for food safety, clearly demonstrating
our commitment to providing the best level of
service and quality of product to our customers.”
Greif’s multi-million euro facility in Ede has been
designed to offer customers the latest IBC
technologies available to the market, with a specifi c
focus on the food industry offering the highest
standards in the IBC market.
www.greif.com
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