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Karsten Beutner
12. April 2021

Plain Talk: An Interview with Alexander Baumgartner

There are few professionals who have looked at and shaped so many different segments of the packaging industry from the executive position of large companies (e.g. Constantia, Aptar, Mayr Melnhof) and associations (e.g. ECMA, EAFA, FPE) as Alexander Baumgartner. We were able to gain an exclusive insight into more than 30 years of leadership and […]

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Matthias Giebel

Confectionery in paper: Back to the past?

There has been a lot of movement in the market for paper packaging. The trend is clear: major FMCG companies are increasingly relying on the fiber material as part of their plastic reduction targets – thanks to innovations. So will all chocolate soon be wrapped in paper again, as it was in the 70s? One […]

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Matthias Giebel

Chemical recycling: Heads up when choosing the right process

Chemical recycling is not the Holy Grail. But to turn a blind eye would be fundamentally wrong, because we can’t do without it, especially in high-volume food contact applications. What matters is the choice of the ecologically correct process. And it is precisely on this question that the conflicts ignite.   A controversial discussion has […]

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Matthias Giebel

The big gap: Innovation and innovation management in the packaging industry

The packaging industry is currently in danger of overlooking relevant future trends and losing sight of customer needs. The reason lies in a disregard for the topics of innovation and innovation management and in a misjudgment of R&D activities. In a study on the subject of innovation, we examined the situation, investigated the weak points […]

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Thomas Reiner

Even more sustainability expertise for B+P Consultants

Jenny Walther-Thoß has recently joined our team as a senior consultant in the area of sustainability. Ms. Walther-Thoß lives sustainability consistently and with passion. With many years of experience in the field of renewable raw materials, bioplastics and standards, she also brings valuable experience as an auditor and certifier. With her experience in project management […]

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Karsten Beutner
16. October 2020

Market report meat

The “Meat” segment is divided into five areas: chilled raw meat, chilled raw meat-whole pieces, processed and cooked meat, frozen meat, as well as meat that can be kept unchilled. The share of chilled raw whole meat in Europe is 30 percent in terms of units produced, and 39 percent in terms of value. The […]

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Thomas Reiner
01. September 2020

NIVEA and dm to reduce packaging volume by 75% with refill stations

Beiersdorf and the drugstore chain dm are starting a pilot project with refill stations. The refill stations developed in-house by the German consumer goods giant for its NIVEA Creme Soft and NIVEA Creme Sensitiv shower gels are available to consumers in three dm stores in Hamburg and Karlsruhe for a period of 6 to 8 […]

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Thomas Reiner
31. July 2020

2.7x as many cucumbers spoil without packaging: We need system answers

A new study from Austria has examined the effects of dispensing with packaging for food. In the case of the cucumber, the amount of food waste increases by a factor of 2.7 on the retail side alone, and the climate footprint increases fourfold due to the additional amount of waste. The study shows that with […]

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Thomas Reiner
27. March 2020

The packaging industry is systemically relevant. That’s often forgotten, especially by itself

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is plunging the world into an existential emergency. Especially in times of crisis such as these, the central importance of packaging in ensuring a reliable supply of food, hygiene products and medicines to the population becomes apparent. Because no good reaches its user or consumer without packaging The basic requirement for the […]

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Thomas Reiner
18. March 2020

Where sustainability and product protection collide: Ritter Sport wraps chocolate in paper

The Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG now presents a chocolate bar packed 100 percent in paper for the first time. According to the company, a newly developed “special paper” replaces the previously used, already recyclable mono-material plastic film.

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