SÜDPACK Group

SÜDPACK and SN Maschinenbau GmbH will participate in the 8th European Stand-Up Pouch Conference on November 6 and 7, 2024, in Vienna. Save the date 📅! Once again, the leading trends, current developments, and applications for stand-up pouches in Europe will be analyzed, with key topics covered by distinguished speakers and in discussion panels.   At the event, visitors can look forward to our presentation, “A Paradigm Shift for Spouted Pouch Fillers.” We are excited to introduce our comprehensive concept for the in-house production of spouted pouches. This approach sets new standards in terms of economic profitability and sustainability 🍃. Reduce your packaging costs by producing your own spouted pouches – without compromising on quality or packaging reliability.    👉🏼 Participation via livestream is also possible. 👉🏼 Click here for event details and to book your tickets: https://lnkd.in/eVN6tAbH   Event organizer: Innoform - liefert Flexpackwissen #sustainability #innovation

At the Lean & Green Summit 2024, visitors had the opportunity to learn firsthand how companies have successfully combined economic profitability, sustainability, and lean management. SÜDPACK was represented at the summit by Pascal Bader (Head of Lean Management) and Lisa Marie Schmidberger (Sustainability Manager) who gave a talk entitled “J. Liker speaks about systems thinking – How SÜDPACK applies this concept while keeping GREEN in focus.”   💡 How can companies genuinely embed GREEN into their operations without resorting to greenwashing? SÜDPACK demonstrated how this can be done without losing sight of other key topics.   👉🏼 During the keynote, we explained what we mean by “systems thinking” and how we take a systematic approach to managing customer and market requirements (including GREEN criteria). At the core of this system is an interactive platform that makes the company’s strategy, goals, and the corresponding goal-oriented projects accessible, transparent, and manageable. We also demonstrated how employees are upskilled to enable us to achieve these goals.   🍃 Sustainability plays a significant role in our strategy. Practical examples were provided on how “GREEN,” particularly climate protection, is integrated within this system and how our company is gaining traction in this strategic direction.   We would like to thank the organizers for hosting a fantastic event. 👏 Jeffrey Liker Lean & Green | T&O Group #leanmanagement #sustainability #leanandgreen

The future belongs to sustainable packaging solutions. With this in mind, we will present our sustainable product range at PACK EXPO 2024 in Chicago from November 3 to November 6, at booth S-4255.   👉🏼 We will showcase the innovative concepts behind our Pure-Line products, which combine high recyclability and material efficiency with optimal product quality and safety. Pure-Line offers high-performance films for thermoforming packaging, trays, and pouch production, all of which are suitable for packaging a wide range of food products. With these and other solutions, we provide real added value in terms of forward-thinking packaging designs. At our booth in Chicago, we will demonstrate our clear commitment to increased sustainability. 🍃   ✔️ New products ✔️ New services ✔️ New business models   The expo in Chicago is the perfect opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about SÜDPACK’s sustainable packaging solutions. Visitors can expect expert consulting, fascinating insights, and inspiring ideas for sustainable packaging. We look forward to welcoming you! 👏 #sustainability #sustainablepackaging 

SÜDPACK is excited to be part of the "Open Hub Days"! ♻️🌍   From November 4 to 12, 2024, four cities in Germany will host the "Open Hub Days," exploring the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Circular Economy.  Among the 51 partners participating in this event, we at SÜDPACK are proud to contribute our expertise in sustainability and circularity.   At the heart of the event is the "AI Application Hub for Plastic Packaging," a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.  SÜDPACK and other key players will showcase how AI can optimize the design, production, and recycling of plastic packaging, transforming our approach to circularity.   On November 12, our experts from SÜDPACK will demonstrate in Dresden how AI-driven insights are revolutionizing packaging development and enabling us to increase the recycled content in our films – without compromising on quality.   Details for the Open Hub Days in Dresen: 🗓️ November 12, 2024  📍 Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging, Dresden  ⏰ 9 AM – 6 PM Click here for more information and registration: 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/eQP-KjA4

Although the upcoming PPWR has not yet provided a final definition for sustainable packaging, SÜDPACK has been exploring the key factors that contribute to product sustainability and the criteria we need to follow when developing new products to ensure they truly deserve the “sustainable” label. Accordingly, we have updated our roadmap for sustainable film solutions with the goal of combining the following properties and factors: ✅ Recyclability ✅ Material efficiency/resource conservation ✅ Alternative raw materials such as bio-based, synthetic plastics that are of non-fossil origin ✅ Regranulates and recyclates (PIR – post-industrial recyclate and PCR – post-consumer recyclate) ✅ Eco-balance of our products along the process chain   All of these points as a whole are relevant for SÜDPACK if we want to reach our sustainability and CO₂e reduction goals. Above all, recyclability and films with recyclate content will become increasingly important as the circular economy in the plastics industry expands and the EU’s PPWR takes effect. These efforts must also be in line with our eco-balances. ➡️ Currently, 30% of our films are recyclable, and we aim to increase this to 100% by 2030.   You can find the report here: https://lnkd.in/eYY-sSmR   #SÜDPACK #sustainability #sustainabilityreport

A superior experience for cheese lovers 🧀 – SÜDPACK has launched a new type of modified atmosphere packaging with a practical reclose system for the popular cheese Bergader Bergbauern. Thanks to the material-efficient, PP-based barrier films from the Pure-Line range, this packaging solution signals a move to increased sustainability and a more eco-friendly future. The new packaging concept is more than just product packaging. It is a major step forward in the battle against food waste, promoting more responsible resource management and an improved eco-balance.   Sustainability is embedded in Bergader’s DNA, and it was their sustainability team that initiated this project. With our 40 years of experience in PP-based bottom webs, combined with our expertise in application technology and the processing of thermoforming packaging, we were ideally positioned to meet these demanding requirements.   💡 By switching from the previous PET/PE or APET/PE packaging to a lighter, more material-efficient PP-based packaging concept, significant CO2 savings can be achieved due to the smaller carbon footprint of the polypropylene polymer. Furthermore, the volume of plastic saved amounts to hundreds of tonnes per year. The recyclability of the overall packaging has been certified at 85% by the independent institute cyclos-HTP.   💡 Another key requirement in this context is maximum product protection and a long shelf life. Both are guaranteed due to various factors, such as the excellent sealing performance of the top and bottom webs, which are perfectly matched and equipped with the necessary high barriers, including against oxygen. What ultimately convinced Bergader to choose PurePP was the holistic packaging concept – as well as its excellent machinability.   Read our Bergader case study for more details of this optimal packaging concept and the intensive project work that led to its creation: https://lnkd.in/eVxjpbFp   #sustainability #foodpackaging #recyclability

🎉 60 Years of SÜDPACK – A Reason to Celebrate! 🎉 In 1964, Alfred Remmele began producing cheese ripening bags in a small garage in Ochsenhausen, Swabia, laying the foundations for what we are today – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-performance films. For six decades, we have set the standard in the plastics and packaging industry with our innovative products, and today, we are actively leading the transformation of our sector. Our guiding principle is “Create visions, drive innovation.” 🚀 We are proud of our company’s history, and on Friday evening, the SÜDPACK family came together to celebrate this remarkable milestone with an Oktoberfest-themed event 🍻🥨. Featuring highlights such as a ceremonial keg tapping, a delicious family dinner, great music 🎶, and many unforgettable moments, the evening was a resounding success. 🎈🥳 At this point, we would also like to express our gratitude to the city of Ochsenhausen for the wonderful gift: Jägerstraße will be renamed Alfred-Remmele-Straße. 🙏 Here’s to 60 amazing years and many more innovations to come! #timetocelebrate #SÜDPACK 

Our Sustainability Report 2024 is available 🌟📖. First, we would like to thank our employees, customers, suppliers, and partners for their excellent cooperation in the many initiatives we jointly launch within our sustainability strategy. We are delighted to be able to present the progress we have made in the areas circular economy, climate protection, and social responsibility. These advances make us proud, and we are looking forward to taking the next steps. We remain motivated to continue working on our goals.   We have achieved great progress in the area of circular economy ♻️: We succeeded in cutting waste by 11% (from 2021 to 2023). In 2023, we generated 32% of our sales with sustainable or circular products. Our efforts in climate protection 🌍 were also extremely successful: We reduced Scope 1-3 carbon emissions by 22% (from 2021 to 2023). Today, 46% of the energy used in the total SÜDPACK Group comes from renewable sources (figure for 2023). We also increased our activities in the area of social responsibility 🤝. 68% of our purchased volumes come from suppliers with their own sustainability certificates, and in 2023 we gained SA8000 certification.   You can find the report here: https://lnkd.in/eUR5RVbF   #SÜDPACK #sustainability #sustainabilityreport 

A recent electricity study conducted by the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BWIHK) for the IHK Ulm has alarmed businesses in the region: Without faster expansion of power grids and renewable energy, the local economy faces massive competitive disadvantages and, in the worst case, supply shortages.   💡 In his role as an entrepreneur, owner of SÜDPACK, and active member of IHK Ulm’s energy cluster, Johannes Remmele has long been a vocal advocate for accelerating the energy transition in Baden-Württemberg. Recently, Thomas Dörflinger visited SÜDPACK’s headquarters in Ochsenhausen. As Deputy Chairman of the CDU Parliamentary Group in the State Parliament, he is committed to reducing bureaucracy across industries and, not least, to ensuring greater reliability with regard to the political framework. Christoph Angstl, SÜDPACK’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO), also participated in the discussions.   Read more about the conversation with Thomas Dörflinger and the demands and criticisms raised by Johannes Remmele and Christoph Angstl here: https://lnkd.in/e9WZUrVs   #SÜDPACK #energytransition

We’re part of the GreenTech Hub! 🚀🌿 As a leading company in the packaging solutions sector, we are proud to be shareholders in the newly established GreenTech Hub – a unique collaborative ecosystem that brings together SMEs, start-ups, sustainability, and digitalization. 🌍💡 The GreenTech Hub gives us, as a mid-sized business, direct access to innovative start-ups. Together with universities, research institutions, and investors, the GTHub gives us the opportunity to be involved in tomorrow’s innovations at an early stage. These relationships are the key to a sustainable and successful future for the economy of the Allgäu region. SÜDPACK actively contributes to the development of groundbreaking technologies in the packaging sector – with a consistent focus on sustainability and digitalization. We are excited to work with start-ups and partners to drive the innovations of tomorrow! 🚀 📷: Signing of the shareholder agreement #GreenTech #innovation #sustainability