Michelman celebrates dual award wins for sustainable packaging innovation

Michelman's OneBarrier FibreCycle won in the Pre-Commercialized Recyclable Packaging category at the 2023 Sustainability Awards. This global competition, organized by Packaging Europe, focuses on identifying and promoting sustainable packaging innovations. The awards encourage a comprehensive approach to sustainable development, emphasizing holistic impacts and transparency.

Thierry Van Migem, Michelman's sales director of EMEA, commented: 'Michelman will continue pushing boundaries via strong value chain collaborations with expert partners such as Bobst and UPM Specialty Papers.'

The second award was Michelman's OneBerrier FibreCycle, which won exclusively in the Product category of the FEDIL Environment Prize. This award, presented by Luxembourg-based FEDIL, recognizes companies' efforts to harmonize productivity with environmental conservation.

Paul Griffith, Michelman's chief marketing officer and executive vice president of agriculture, printing and packaging at EMEA, added: 'It is extraordinarily gratifying to activate our purpose of innovating a sustainable future by working with like-minded industry leaders to develop environmentally friendly packaging solutions.'

These awards are a direct result of collaboration with Bobost and UPM Specialty Papers. Michelman says the OneBarrier FibreCycle project represents a significant stride in sustainable packaging, offering a high-barrier, paper-based alternative to plastic-based flexible packaging.

It is a recycle-ready, high-barrier, paper-based alternative to plastic-based flexible packaging. The coating system, designed by Michelman, provides enhanced oxygen, aroma, moisture, and mineral oil barriers; oil and grease resistance; an airtight heat seal; and print receptivity at low coat weight while enabling metallization.