
Sustainability
We believe that the use of sustainable material for packaging is the future. We are committed to helping our customers reach their sustainability goals.
Our Sustainability InitiativesPrintpack is an industry leader in confectionery packaging where we take your brand’s vision and convert it to value.
Our industry leading confectionery packaging includes cold seal technology is well suited for the confectionery industry allowing for sealing of the package without altering the chocolate. Our extended features combined with a team of market insights and innovations that are personalized for consumer convenience such as customizable barrier properties, and resealable zippers.
Dive deeper into our recommended packaging formats for the confectionery market described below!
Printpack develops innovative confectionery packaging solutions and sustainable options that deliver a distinct advantage at the shelf, strengthen brand identity in the minds of consumers and help brand owners optimize speed-to-market strategies. Packaging innovation plays a critical role in influencing the way consumers value, choose, and use products.
Bar wraps, laydown bags, and stand-up pouches are just a few of our packaging formats available, and they are specialized for candy items, cookies, and confectionery.
• High-impact graphics
• Surface finishes include matte, gloss, embossed, and many more
• Clear barrier options available for product visibility
• Cold seal films which require no heat
• Preformed cups/trays and thermoforming rollstock for confectionery products
• Customizable barrier properties to meet your product’s needs
• On-the-go designs provides portability and convenience
• True flat bottom, produced from two webs
• Prevents the tired, shop-worn look of paper and enhances appeal with high-fidelity graphics
• Provides stability when the package sits upright on shelf and a premium appearance when bags are merchandised flat
• Opportunity to use clear film for the side panels, with the rest of the bag opaque (or vise versa)
• Offers consumer convenience with several reclose options such as zippers, slider, and handles
• Exhibits incredible strength and drop performance to withstand the rigors of distribution
• Available in our Preserve™ Recyclable PE sustainable film
• High-impact graphics
• Surface finishes include matte, gloss, embossed, and many more
• Clear barrier options available for product visibility
• Cold seal films which require no heat
• High-impact graphics
• Print finishes include matte and gloss
• Premium clear high gloss options for retail
• Multiple structure options available
• Focused factory and customer service for ream wrap production
• Internal graphic services
• Stand out on the shelf and stand up in the fridge
• Available in a wide range of high-barrier packaging materials to meet your product’s needs
• Developed in pre-made pouches or rollstock
• Ready in multiple styles, including Doyen
• Available in our Preserve™ Recyclable PE sustainable film
Meet our full Preserve™ family of sustainable confectionery packaging, featuring recyclable and compostable packaging solutions as well as others made from post-consumer recycled materials and a variety of renewable sources.
• Offsets virgin plastic to meet
corporate goals and regulatory requirements for virgin plastic reduction
• Lowers packaging carbon footprint
• Use of content made from recycled
plastics creates demand for plastics circularity
• Source of content include post-consumer and post-industrial plastics that are mechanically recycled
• Source of content include post-consumer and post-industrial plastics that are recycled by advanced recycling processes, such as pyrolysis (known as “Certified Circular Content”)
• Plastics made from renewable
feedstock sources such as used cooking oil (UCO) and technical corn oil (TCO) (known as “Certified Renewable Content”)
• Options available for PE, PP, and PET
• Use of Certified Circular and Certified Renewable content requires no packaging formulation changes, and there is no regulatory or food safety risk because the plastic material is chemically indiscernible from virgin plastic
• Made with pre-certified industrial compostable films, inks, and adhesives
• Package integrity – strong, airtight seals – seals through contamination, excellent flavor, aroma, and grease barrier properties
• Environmentally-friendly packaging – lower your packaging carbon footprint
• Sustainable – manufactured from a renewable material source
• Matte (OPV) option is available
• PVdC-free packaging
• HFFS and VFFS flexible packaging formats
• Passed Western Michigan University testing protocols for repulpability and recyclability
• Sustainable solution designed for the curbside recycling stream
• Economical packaging solution for products that do not require high moisture and oxygen barrier
• Pre-made pouches/bags
• HFFS flexible packaging
• VFFS flexible packaging
• Recyclable through the How2Recycle Store Drop-off program
• Meets the same food safety standard as conventional high density polyethylene
• Standard and high barrier options available
• Pre-made pouches/bags
• HFFS flexible packaging
• VFFS flexible packaging
Printpack leads the packaging industry in manufacturing capabilities while delivering a best-in-class customer experience. We are committed to Preserving and Enhancing People’s Lives through sustainability, efficient processes, and providing quality products to our customers and consumers.
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