Smurfit Kappa’s eFlower portfolio is helping customers to capitalise on the growth in demand for e-commerce flower orders which emerged during the pandemic. The customisable portfolio includes nine sustainable packaging solutions ideal for shipping bouquets and potted plants. One of the eFlower portfolio’s stand out products is the Wow Bloom Box which creates a positive unboxing experience, alongside increased brand perception, making it an ideal e-commerce solution for onlin

As an online retailer, Oh Polly’s packaging is a crucial part of its e-commerce strategy. Back in February 2020, the company had its first meeting with the Smurfit Kappa team as it was up against several issues with its current packaging. The first was that the print quality varied greatly – meaning that the boxes arrived showing different shades of the core brand Pantone colour. The company was keen to ensure that the packaging was uniform, as it showcases brand continuity.

Smurfit Kappa has collaborated with a leading UK recipe box company, Mindful Chef, to reduce the company’s carbon footprint by making its packaging more sustainable. Mindful Chef experienced a huge increase in demand for its home delivered recipe kits during the pandemic. The company, which has been climate neutral since 2020, is committed to making every aspect of its business as sustainable as possible. Its previous recipe box consisted of insulation pouches combined with g

Smurfit Kappa has developed an innovative new packaging solution for detergent together with McBride, a leading European manufacturer of private label products for the cleaning and hygiene market. The Click to Lock Pods Box is a 100% paper based solution which provides a sustainable and safe alternative to the traditional plastic box for laundry pods. The new packaging solution reduces CO2 emissions by 32% during production and is 100% recyclable and biodegradable. It is the

Paula’s Choice has been disrupting the beauty industry for years, boasting smart, results driven formulas and transparency throughout the brand to ensure that customers are well informed about their choices. For the past few years, Paula’s Choice has been trading with Smurfit Kappa Benelux, with excellent results. In February 2021, the company partnered with third party logistics provider Walker’s Logistics, which helped it to navigate UK sales – both from the Paula’s Choice

Chivas Brothers is the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard and has an award winning portfolio of some of the world’s best known and revered single malt and blended Scotch whiskies. It is a long standing partner of Smurfit Kappa Composites, and the two companies have collaborated for many years on innovative packaging that enhances the brands and its sustainability credentials. This latest project demonstrates how a strategic partnership approach delivers ongoing value thr

Smurfit Kappa Food Contact Packaging provides some advice... Consumers are becoming more sustainable: a YouGov survey concluded that a huge 69% of respondents thought that companies should be required by law to create environmentally friendly packaging – even if it meant them paying more for the goods. Meanwhile, the same survey found that 46% of people actually feel guilty about the amount of plastic they currently buy. And while on the whole the nation has focused on plasti

Determined to deliver a sophisticated take on make at home recipe boxes, e-commerce brand Wild Radish pours a love of good food into everything it does. Launched during the Covid lockdowns, the boxes are designed to bring a touch of luxury to the market, slowing down and emphasising the joy of cooking, not just eating. Of course, from an e-commerce packaging perspective, that presents a problem. A more everyday brand can take a few dents in its boxes, or ingredients thrown to

The first lockdown in March 2020 was certainly a surprise – and a hurdle – for Niche Cocktails, which had just launched a canned cocktail business. The original goal had been to sell in the trade space, marketing to pubs and hotels so its drinks could be sold in bars. Stay at home orders obviously put this on hold. Not to be deterred, the founders decided to pivot the business, shifting their attention to the D2C consumer space – especially as drinking at home was on the rise

Smurfit Kappa’s innovative three litre Bag-in-Box packaging design has received Amazon’s ‘Frustration-Free Packaging’ (FFP) certification. This is a world first for a generic packaging design, applicable for a wide range of products. Businesses selling on Amazon Marketplace can now use this ready to go, pre-certified Bag-in-Box design avoiding the need to go through costly and time consuming testing at a specialised ISTA certified laboratory to gain FFP certification. Comment

Smurfit Kappa has announced the launch of a new packing system for its sustainable TopClip product, a paper based replacement for plastic shrink wrap that bundles beverage multi-packs. This packing system, which is designed for smaller businesses and brands, comes after the launch of the high speed machine with KHS last year. This now completes the portfolio of Smurfit Kappa’s end to end solutions for TopClip, ensuring it is suitable for beverage companies of all sizes. The l

Smurfit Kappa has launched a new range of ‘eBottle’ packaging solutions for the rapidly growing online beverage and liquids market. The new portfolio includes a variety of sustainable solutions for single and multi-pack products, including the Rollor bottle pack, BiPack, and Pop-up insert. The surge in e-commerce due to the Covid-19 pandemic is evident across all sectors and the beverage market has also seen a significant impact. In particular, online sales for alcoholic beve

Northern Monk is an independent brewery based in Holbeck, Leeds. Inspired by their northern surroundings and the history of monastic brewing practiced across the region for thousands of years, they commit themselves to creating the highest quality beers, combining the best traditional monastic brewing values with a progressive approach to ingredients and techniques. Since 2015, Northern Monk have been using Saxon Packaging, part of the Smurfit Kappa Group, to produce their be

Smurfit Kappa has launched an innovative and sustainable new pack which keeps frozen and chilled foods fresh throughout the supply chain. Made from a 100% paper based combination of Hexacomb and corrugated, the Thermo Box keeps frozen food including fish at temperatures similar to expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes. The company was approached by Patani Global Food, a global supplier of fresh and frozen foods including vegetables, meat and fish and non food products for the cate

Smurfit Kappa and the Wings for Aid Foundation have joined forces to create an innovative packaging solution that facilitates the delivery of emergency supplies into hard to reach areas. The pack can be dropped from a plane without any damage to the contents. This was proven in prototype tests during which a pack of 30 eggs, a notoriously fragile product, remained intact following a drop from 100 metres. Wings for Aid was attracted by Smurfit Kappa’s sustainability credential

You can’t talk about packaging these days without mentioning sustainability – the two quite simply go hand in hand. There are lots of exciting things happening in the world of sustainable packaging, with many companies working in partnership with their customers to produce ever more eco friendly applications. Here, we highlight just a few (six) great green ideas. Replacing single use plastic Smurfit Kappa has worked with a well known Belgian specialty brewer to produce a sust

Smurfit Kappa’s sustainable TopClip solution has been launched on the market by leading beer brewer Royal Grolsch as a paper based replacement for the plastic shrink wrap currently used on its can multi-packs. Grolsch is part of the Asahi global food and beverage giant which owns a wide portfolio of brands including Peroni, Asahi beer, Mountain Dew and Schweppes tonic water. The TopClip product appealed to the company as it eliminates the need for single use plastic and is 10