Sappi and Felix Schoeller to develop sustainable packaging materials

The two companies will combine their unique competencies in their respective business fields in the future in order to provide brand owners with more sustainable and more efficient packaging options for their products.

Sappi Europe’s Packaging & Speciality Papers division is a global manufacturer of speciality paper and cartonboard. The company has acquired comprehensive expertise in the packaging sector over several decades. In recent years, Sappi has evolved from a pure substrate supplier to a provider of complete paper and carton packaging options. Felix Schoeller Group produces high-quality papers for analog and digital photographic and digital printing, nonwovens for the wallpaper industry, as well as release liners and decor papers. In addition, the company has been developing flexible food packaging for some years and has built particularly strong process technology expertise in the production of photographic and digital printing papers.

‘Felix Schoeller Group is the ideal partner to help us further enhance the functionality of our high-quality speciality papers,’ said Thomas Kratochwill, vice president of sales and marketing at Sappi Packaging and Speciality Papers. ‘Together, we will create innovative and sustainable packaging solutions to meet our customers’ demands.’

Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, chief operating officer at Felix Schoeller Group, added: ‘Our collaboration with Sappi creates many synergies. We will be integrating our specialist expertise to pursue the development of unique packaging solutions that will benefit the industry and the environment.’