We are excited to offer a new improved paper tray and support the development towards more circular packaging solutions. Designed for recycling and easy to handle, TrayLite® is ideal for a wide range of products such as ready meals, chilled meat & fish and nutritional food. Being lightweight and using 85% less plastic, it is a sustainable alternative to the conventional plastic trays.

Our goal is to create safe and sustainable packaging solutions in cooperation with our customers and thereby help meet consumer needs and our customers’ ambitious sustainability targets. The launch of TrayLite® confirms this commitment and is one more addition to our wide range of creative innovations provided by our multi-category packaging group.

We are delighted by the jury’s decision to honour each of the individual developments considering they all fulfill different challenges – some are driven by sustainability others create awareness.

Consumers and the industry alike are seeking a shift to fiber wherever possible. Consequently, we are proud to support these efforts to standardize key product categories.

PulPac’s development continues to accelerate, and we see much value in this consortium with RISE and AR Packaging, and the support from the Swedish Innovation Agency.

RISE is proud to partner with PulPac and AR Packaging in co-developing these products for global market introduction of Dry Molded Fiber.

I and the team at AR Packaging Systems are excited to see our efforts to develop a sustainable and attractive paper container for the circular society are now paying off and being well recognised.

We are delighted to collaborate with companies such as Club Coffee and Perfetti Van Melle, who turn their commitments to environmental responsibility into real long-term strategic actions when choosing packaging solutions. Boardio® is a great solution from all aspects and we look forward to help more companies put it on the market.

Instead of a reliance on PA/PE-material for their flexible thermoformed applications, Ecoflex® is a recyclable mono PE film that offers comparative mechanical and impact strength.

In the UK, for example, the Ecoflex® material can be recycled at front-of-store recycling facilities that allow consumers to return polyolefin-based flexible packaging.

We are proud to call ourselves an early adopter in Dry Molded Fiber and member of the PulPac Technology Pool given its unique blend of sustainability, global scalability and cost efficiency.

Consumers and the industry alike are seeking a shift to fiber wherever possible. Therefore, we are investing substantially in efforts where our deep experience in Dry Molded Fiber and access to this breakthrough technology can offer brands a much faster path to market.

We see that AR Packaging’s leadership in innovation will empower the Dry Molded Fiber community and the entire market, building on the success of the technology pool and global introduction of a truly breakthrough technology that can significantly support sustainability and commercial goals across packaging and QSR-products.

We were looking for an innovative cartonboard solution, which would allow us to find harmony in the complete “Le Petit Marchand de glaces” range. Our desire was to adapt a box-style casket, easily automated by our packers and guaranteeing all the functionality of an equivalent plastic packaging.

The new ice cream packaging for Picard is one more example of how we challenge the conventional and develop more sustainable solutions without compromising product quality, consumer convenience and industrial efficiency.

This fibre-based packaging can be used for many other products than ice cream too, for example frozen foods and chilled ready meals, and support brand owners to substantially reduce its carbon footprint from packaging.

We have a long experience in the food service sector and now expand our offering with this range of solutions designed for the growing number of home deliveries. The concept meets the needs from not only the restaurant operators and consumers, but also the challenges the distributors have had.

I am proud of the progress we have made in establishing a clear strategy and building AR Packaging into a respected provider of packaging solutions. I want to thank CVC for their support in those efforts over the last five years. Our team looks forward to joining with the Graphic Packaging team to become the premier global provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions.

AR Packaging is a leader in the attractive and growing market for sustainable packaging in Europe. Acquiring AR Packaging will result in significant value creation opportunities for our customers, our employees, and our stockholders as we bring together two leading providers of fiber-based consumer packaging solutions with long histories of innovation and creative packaging design. We are pleased to welcome the AR Packaging team as we work together to further advance our commitment to sustainable packaging solutions for global consumers in support of the move to a more circular economy.

We are very proud of the progress AR Packaging has made during our partnership. It has been a pleasure working with Harald and his excellent team to develop and roll out numerous new products, as well as investing to support an active M&A agenda to accelerate the growth of the business into a truly global player. We are pleased to be handing AR Packaging over in such a strong position, and to have found a new owner that shares management’s vision for the future direction of the business.

The majority of our product developments are focused on packaging solutions made of renewable materials and which are recyclable. The switch to fibre-based trays for fresh vegetables can be pretty easy with no investments in new production equipment needed.

These new trays are already in use in Germany and they are well suited for a wide range of products such as fresh vegetables & fruits, herbs, mushrooms, seeds and much more.

It is with great pleasure we welcome the Firstan company and its employees to our AR Packaging family. This addition is of significant strategic importance to strengthen our position on the UK market. Together with our existing two plants in the UK, Firstan provides an excellent platform for further growth in this important and fast-moving market.

I am happy to see our company take the next step in its development and join AR Packaging. Our strategically located and well invested facility will together with our skilled team add further capabilities to AR Packaging and we will together offer extended services to all UK customers.

This is a very exciting new chapter for our business. Together with the rest of the management team, I am looking forward to working with the AR Packaging team to take our business to the next level.

We are very pleased to having received full clearance on the acquisition and warmly welcome Kroha to our group. With its sole focus on pharmaceutical packaging it upholds high quality assurance and efficient operations which fits very well into our strategy. The customers of Kroha will benefit from our Group’s unique wide product portfolio including multi substrate packaging.

I am very pleased to see AR Packaging as the chosen partner for Kroha. The owner Franz Kroha has developed the company to a well recognised supplier to healthcare customers with high demands. Taking over the responsibilities of Kroha confirms our ambition for further growth of the AR Packaging core segments, both organically and through further acquisitions.

With sustainability as a top of priorities for most customers, AR Packaging is perfectly positioned to be the partner of choice. Our unique range of different packaging solutions meets the environmental requirements of today and tomorrow, while our well proven innovative capabilities ensure that product safety and pack functionalities are optimised, also for the more complex products.”

Bel Group has set a clear agenda for how to minimise our environmental impact. The reduction of plastics in the cartonboard packaging for Boursin is one important step towards achieving our target to have 100% recycle-ready packaging by 2025. We are very pleased to have accomplished this together with our AR Packaging team.

Packaging plays a vital role in ensuring safe and healthy living. In these exceptional times the value of packaging is recognised by all of society. The industry as a whole is committed to provide optimised solutions for a wide range of end-uses for the urgent needs of today and with tomorrow’s world in mind.

Our material know-how, converting expertise and market presence combined with PulPac’s technology will enable brand owners as well as agile first movers to take a giant leap forward in replacing plastic packaging and products in a fully sustainable and efficient manner.

We are happy to have AR Packaging as licensee, joining with their commitment to industrialise dry molded fibres and contribute to the Technology Pool”,

Having strong skill centres and site specialisation through focused technology and know-how increases our ability to lead future developments locations. We aim to uphold a solid basis for sustainable presence and optimised service to our customers.

We are very pleased to having received full clearance on the acquisitions and warmly welcome the new companies in our group. This is a very important step in the development of AR Packaging which will now encompass 28 plants in thirteen countries with 5,500 highly experienced employees.

The customers of rlc packaging, BSC and Nampak will benefit from our Group’s unique product portfolio including multi substrate packaging for a wide range of applications.

We are excited to welcome these companies, which are a good fit for our group’s growth strategy. Together with our existing activities it will put AR Packaging at a top 3 position in Europe in the healthcare, pharma and beauty segments, served by 11 plants in 6 countries. The customers of K+D and, following completion, rlc will benefit from our Group’s unique product portfolio including multi substrate packaging.

With Bionatic we have a dynamic and entrepreneurial distributor of biobased packaging items for Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) on our side. They help to speed up processes and ensure product acceptance through direct consumer engagement.

Being one of the leading wholesalers of sustainable food service packaging we believe it is better to process renewable raw materials than to use finite resources. We are therefore delighted to cooperate with AR Packaging and be able to offer fibre-based solutions as the next generation of food service utensils.

As of now, we celebrate saving 150 tonnes of plastics per year and want to thank our supplier Flextrus for their contribution in making this happen.

With the acquisition of Nampak Cartons Nigeria, we have taken an important first step towards establishing a footprint in the African market. We are very pleased to have found such a competent partner for our global growth ambitions, and we will now be able to serve our multinational customer base on three continents.

AR Packaging has a strategic plan built on three pillars – further growth in Europe in selected business segments, global expansion with selected packaging solutions and further improved operational excellence and cost-efficiency. This approach has proven very successful and with the acquisition of Istragrafika we strengthen our presence and position further in selected segments