New sales manager at Aquapak

Dudley has over thirty years of flexible packaging experience in manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing with leading global packaging companies such as Sonoco, Walki, Constantia Flexibles and Amcor, working with major FMCG multinationals and regional key accounts.

„Dudley joins Aquapak at a time when there is huge demand for new packaging that is both environmentally friendly and functional. There are many market segments where Hydropol can offer end customers a solution that doesn't exist today and help them improve their environmental footprint without compromising product quality or the end consumer experience.“

Mark Lapping, Chief Executive Officer of Aquapak

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With Aquapak Dudley will focus on the Focus on promoting end applications for Hydropol, a high-performance polymer, which makes it possible to guarantee the required functionality of products while improving recycling and reducing plastic pollution, whereby the Focus on paper and barrier applications through extrusion coating, moulding or lamination on other materials. 

For extrusion coating or lamination on paper, Hydropol provides additional strength and barriers against oxygen, oil and grease, and its solubility enables 100 per cent recovery of the paper fibres through paper recycling plants. Not only is it biodegradable and compostable, it is also non-toxic to the environment and ocean safe, so it can be disposed of safely even if it is not disposed of as intended. It is already used in products such as reusable, heat-sealable paper mailing bags.

„With Hydropol, Aquapak has developed a unique technology that is recyclable and ocean-safe, does not form microplastics* and can add barrier and functionality to paper. This makes the potential applications for Hydropol far-reaching and very exciting. From beverages and confectionery to personal care products and DIY, Aquapak's technology has the potential to transform flexible packaging as we know it.“

Dudley Jones

Source: Aquapak