Yangi scales dry-formed fiber packaging with Cellera platform
Key takeaways
- Yangi has commissioned its first serial Cellera machine platform at a European converter’s site to scale its dry-formed fiber technology.
- The Sweden-based company says its dry forming process can reduce resource consumption and CO2 emissions compared to conventional plastics.
- Dry-formed products are expected to enter the European market later this year, targeting high-volume food packaging applications.
Yangi, a Sweden-based packaging provider, has commissioned its first Cellera machine platform at a European converter’s production site to scale the commercial manufacturing of its dry forming technology.
Dry-formed products, like fiber-based trays, are expected to enter the European market later this year.
“Having the first serial Cellera platform operating at a customer site is a milestone for Yangi and the industry,” says Johann Kaiser, CEO at Yangi.
“It reflects years of development in dry forming technology and validates key aspects of our technology’s performance, stability, and readiness for high-volume packaging production.”
The Cellera platform is powered by FiberIQ, Yangi’s patented fiber-formation system, which is said to provide precise control in the forming process. “FiberIQ enables consistent product quality, structural performance, and efficient material utilization,” says Yangi.
Resource efficiency
According to Yangi, the dry forming process eliminates water-based molding, which reduces consumption of resources and CO2 emissions by 70-80% compared to conventional plastic.
Hanna Rüdel, chief commercial officer of Yangi, says: “Converters and brands are seeking solutions that combine high operational performance with improved resource efficiency.”
“The performance achieved at the customer site demonstrates that dry forming can be deployed for high-volume industrial food packaging production in a real manufacturing environment, enabling a new category of fiber-based packaging that can be produced at scale.”
Fiber-based packaging created using Yangi’s Cellera platform and FiberIQ technology is recyclable in paper streams.
The Cellera platform was industrialized in collaboration with GDM, a Coesia company, and AP&T, an industrial machinery company.
Yangi’s fiber solution
In 2024, Yangi unveiled its fiber-based food tray designed to replace conventional plastic trays in the food sector. It then went on to explore lamination, sealing, lids, embossing, debossing, and labeling options — evaluating how all these elements work together to meet current market needs.
In September 2025, it raised €10 million (US$11.8 million) in an oversubscribed Series A funding round for its packaging solution, which it says helps customers switch from plastics to renewable fiber.
Earlier this year, Yangi launched a production-ready dry-formed fiber tray for meat, fish, deli, and ready meals. Cellera, according to Yangi, offers cost-competitive and high-volume output with repeatable precision.
