Interpack 2023: Sonoco to showcase fiber-based and IML portfolio

31 Mar 2023 --- Sonoco will exhibit its environmentally sustainable packaging solutions range, including fiber-based and IML consumer products, tubes and cores and other industrial solutions at Interpack 2023, in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 4-10.

Beyond its products, Sonoco will also emphasize its track record as an effective partner to help packaging production companies and brands meet their environmental and commercial goals. 

Francesco Giannolo, vice president and general manager at Sonoco Consumer Products Europe, comments: “Visitors to our stand will not only see our full portfolio of consumer and industrial solutions in person, but they will also find out how we can tailor our products to meet their business needs and sustainability goals too.” 

Sonoco offers tailor-made solutions to brands, including CO2 reduction, to boost shelf appeal and navigate complex regulation.

PackagingInsights will report live from Interpack 2023 at booth B83 in Hall 8A.

Sonoco at Interpack 
Sonoco’s theme at Interpack 2023 is “Destination”:

• Destination reduce CO2 – Helping customers to be greener with sustainable packaging solutions.
• Destination all-paper – Increasing paper content in fiber-based packaging – making recycling easier.
• Destination shelf appeal – Guiding customers to environmentally sustainable packaging.

At Interpack, Sonoco will also announce its current sub-companies – including Sonoco-Alcore, Conitex, Papertech and Skjern – will now collectively be recognized as Sonoco.

Recyclable by design, the EnviroCan rigid paperboard can is made of up to 85% recycled material.On its stand C34 in hall 9, Sonoco says it will demonstrate its position “as a leader” in environmentally sustainable packaging. It will exhibit its packaging solutions that have shelf appeal and deliver on manufacturing efficiency and sustainability. 

EnviroCan and Greencan
Recyclable by design, the EnviroCan rigid paperboard can is made of up to 85% recycled material.

The can body is made with recycled fiber and the solution features a highly effective oxygen and moisture barrier layer, which assures food safety and preserves shelf life, while ensuring that recycling is straightforward through the household paper and cardboard stream, asserts the company.

The Greencan recyclable paperboard package is made of 92-98% paperboard and features a range of barrier properties. Available in multiple shapes and sizes – from round, square or rectangular, to oval, oblong or triangular – it is the ultimate “all-paper” can, providing a highly recyclable, monomaterial packaging solution with robust barrier properties.

Greencan also features an integrated paper lid, allowing the whole package to go through the household paper recycling stream when empty. This makes it simple and convenient for the consumer and for the whole recycling process.

The EnviroCan and Greencan rigid paper containers have a lower weight and reduced environmental footprint than comparably sized metal cans or other rigid packaging types.

The ranges are suitable for the food, drink, beauty and pharma markets and are already used by some of the most iconic global brands.

Envirostick and closures
Made from recyclable fiber, the Envirostick line was developed to meet cosmetics brands’ goals for recyclable packaging. The three-piece tube enables the product to be pushed up, while the exterior remains flexible for label design.

Designed for use with rigid paper containers, Sonoco’s portfolio of ends and closures is part of its end-to-end product offering for its customers.

In addition to showcasing its standard polypropylene lids and membranes at Interpack, Sonoco will also exhibit:

• Multi-purpose membranes, which are part of Sonoco’s Greencan portfolio
• A prototype of the paper sprinkler and PS-free sprinkler
• Paper over cap lids, which are already serving as an end-to-end, top-to-bottom “all-paper” can solution for Sonoco’s customers
• The Vegetop compostable sprinkler, produced by Vegeplast – a French company and partner of Sonoco, which specializes in manufacturing bio-sourced and biodegradable including sprinklers and lids.

In-Mold Labeling
Sonoco says it is a specialist manufacturer of thin wall packaging featuring In-Mold Labeling (IML). It develops new solutions and invests in production lines to offer high quality, “unique” and bespoke IML products – many of which will be exhibited at Interpack 2023.

Sonoco’s IML product offering includes bi-color injection that adds a luxurious appearance to the packaging and allows for even more differentiation on the shelf. It further entails monomaterial packaging and a full-Cover IML-cup, enabling seamless transitions from sides to bottom label.

The IML products’ packaging is suitable for frozen, chilled and ambient stored content and is ISCC-certified.

Edited by Natalie Schwertheim