Mondi opens innovation hub for creating sustainable flexible packaging

Mondi has opened an innovation hub in Germany to co-create flexible packaging that will shape the future. The facility includes a research and development center, an analytical laboratory, pilot lines and a customer experience center under one roof.

FlexStudios is a brand new 2,300 sqm building in Steinfeld, Germany, offering three floors of interactive, inspiring collaborative space.

The experiential studios have been built so that Mondi customers can actively participate in the innovation process, benefitting first-hand from the company’s extensive expertise, state-of-the-art technology, and customer-centric approach to driving sustainable change in the flexible packaging industry.

By combining pilot lines, testing capabilities and co-creation space under one roof, Mondi can reduce the time to market for new packaging and paper products.

The top floor of the building houses FlexStudios Inspire – an area for collaboration and research to develop fit-for-purpose, sustainable packaging. It includes an interactive creative zone and discovery showcase profiling Mondi’s extensive portfolio.

The hub's ground floor is home to FlexStudios Innovate, a pilot facility that develops and demonstrates the performance of Mondi’s products.

With FlexStudios Advance on the first floor, customers can benefit from state-of-the-art laboratory and testing facilities.

Thomas Ott, CEO of flexible packaging at Mondi, said: ‘This ground-breaking hub brings to life how we work closely with customers to understand material complexities and how packaging impacts the entire product lifecycle. With FlexStudios, we offer our customers a space to explore all our sustainable packaging and paper solutions. We are excited to collaborate with our customers on their transition to sustainable solutions. FlexStudios is more than just a building - it is an experiential space that will help shape the future of flexible packaging.’