- Packaging Sector
Solutions for packaging
Sector challenges
- Sustainable packaging: ecodesign, recyclability and reduction of environmental footprint
- Compliancein food contact materials (FCM)
- Active and intelligent packaging that extends shelf life and improves user experience
- Cost optimisation and packaging performance
- Improving consumer usability and experience
Our value proposition
- 360° approach: material-product-process-consumer
- Laboratories specialising in Food Contact Materials, migration, barrier, sealing and mechanical properties
- Recyclability and packaging upcycling
Solutions and services
We offer solutions that integrate sustainability, digitalisation, new raw materials and products, and regulatory compliance, supported by more than 300 professionals and 21 pilot plants dedicated to innovative technologies that enable processes to be scaled up to pre-industrial levels.
R&D&I and technology
- Development of biomaterials from industry by-products
- Design of packaging solutions that are easier to recycle
- Biodegradability, recyclability and compostability studies
Design of packaging with more sustainable materials
Cellulosic materials, recycled polymers, …
Computer vision and data analytics for sealing control and inline quality
Laboratory
- FCM, overall and specific migration, NIAS, material characterisation
- Packaging-product compatibility and shelf-life studies
Sealing and hermeticity testing
Thermal and ultrasonic integrity
Consumer and market
Pack experience
Usability, opening/closing, ergonomics, perception of sustainability
Consumer testing and sensory analysis applied to packaging
Events
Success stories
- 2024
PREVENCPACK
The project addresses innovative solutions through edible coatings and packaging to preserve food quality and contribute to environmental sustainability. Edible coatings are applied directly to fruits and vegetables to extend their shelf life and maintain their quality. Coatings for cardboard packaging improve the moisture barrier of cellulosic packaging, preserving its integrity and the freshness of packaged products. Finally, edible packaging, made from renewable materials, not only protects food but can also be consumed along with it, thus eliminating packaging waste. This is a pioneering initiative in the food industry in the fight against food waste and the environmental impact of plastic packaging. The project has been developed in collaboration with various companies and is funded by the EU through IVACE with FEDER funds.
- 2022
ECOEMBES
This tool makes it possible to assess the sustainability of packaging based on different parameters. AINIA has supported and advised on defining the functionality category, establishing criteria for categorising the different variables and helping to validate the tool against various “best runners” jointly proposed by ECOEMBES and AINIA. Based on the results, adjustments have been made to the established parameters in order to resolve the issues identified. Within PACKCD, the functionality parameter is intended to highlight the primary role of packaging in protecting against spoilage agents (oxygen, water, light, loss of aromas) and preserving the food or product contained, making this a differentiating parameter of the tool developed by ECOEMBES.
Capabilities and infrastructure
- FCM laboratories
- Packaging pilot plants
- Climatic and shelf-life chambers
- Equipment for barrier, sealing, strength and characterisation analysis
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