Paboco and Blue Ocean Closures have teamed up to introduce what is said to be one of the industry’s first market-ready paper bottles and fiber-based cap combination, now available and anticipated to reach consumers by early 2025.
This entire package, including the cap, has a total weight of less than 16 grams, with an HDPE barrier weighing below 2 grams, adhering to Paboco’s focus on using a minimum amount of materials in manufacturing. With the bottle’s thin barrier, the combined package is recyclable as paper packaging.
“To us at Paboco, this brings about an immediate change in the industry; here we are changing the material options of the packaging industry and keeping a focus on lightweight packaging. We have already kicked off production and expect to see these bottles in consumers’ hands by early 2025. I am excited that we can offer this solution, not as a concept, but as a new packaging reality,” says Michael Michelsen, Commercial Director, Paboco.
Ola Tönnberg, CCO, BlueOcean Closures, says, ”We see that the fiber-based closure is a new standard category, applicable to a range of different bottle materials. Expanding the possibilities to reduce plastics, we are very excited to also launch it on fiber bottles, through our collaboration with Paboco.”
