In the catering sector of clinics, large canteens, airlines and caterers, disposable and reusable cutlery is often used in packaging. Nevertheless, these sectors want to become more sustainable and resource-saving when it comes to packaging. Koehler Paper and Franz Veit now offer a hygienic and recyclable alternative made of paper.
Franz Veit GmbH and Koehler Paper, part of the Koehler Group, have been working together for many years and have developed a new joint solution for cutlery packaging. Disposable and reusable cutlery can be packaged with the flexible packaging paper Koehler NexPlus Seal Pure in 65 g/m2 hygienic and tear-resistant packaging. The solution is already being used in hospitals, by airlines and in university catering.
Design options with recyclable paper packaging
Many clinics, caterers, large canteens and airlines, for example, have set themselves the goal of saving resources or using more sustainable materials. The packaging paper from Koehler Paper enables a Simple changeover to more sustainable product packaging.
„For many customers, it is only logical that plastic-free disposable or reusable cutlery should also have plastic-free outer packaging. With Koehler NexPlus Seal Pure, we offer a packaging paper that significantly reduces the carbon footprint compared to conventional plastic packaging and has the key advantage of being 100 per cent recyclable.“
Christoph Wachter, Head of the flexible packaging paper division at Koehler Paper
„Replacing film with paper is a reality for us. The packaging paper from Koehler Paper is easy to process and is characterised by its very good running properties. on converting and packaging systems,“ says Bernhard Eberlein, Sales Manager Industrial Rolls at Franz Veit GmbH, explaining the advantages of paper packaging for cutlery.
Different paper solutions
With the NexFlex product range, Koehler Paper has developed a unique and 100 per cent recyclable generation of flexible packaging papers. The aim is to replace plastic in packaging - where possible - by using so-called barrier papers.
The product range covers a broad spectrum: This includes standard products in the area of coated and uncoated papers, as used in composite materials for bags, sachets and other applications and are therefore suitable for a wide range of packaging for food and non-food products.
The next generation of papers for flexible packaging are the sustainable barrier papers with their functional surfaces for product-specific protection (Koehler NexPlus). The NexFlex product family also includes one-side coated papers with good dimensional stability and high smoothness (Koehler NexCoat) and uncoated papers with a natural appearance (Koehler NexPure). Various flexible packaging papers from Koehler Paper were awarded 19 out of a possible 20 points by the environmental service provider Interseroh with the „Made for Recycling“ seal“ excellent.
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