en.Wedoany.com Reported - Global packaging solutions company Amcor (NYSE: AMCR, ASX: AMC) has announced a partnership with UK-based startup Kelpi to jointly evaluate a seaweed-based bio-coating technology aimed at enhancing the barrier performance and sustainability of fiber-based packaging. This collaboration will support the further expansion of Amcor's AmFiber™ fiber-based solutions platform.
Kelpi's proprietary coating technology is a bio-based seaweed material designed to provide gas and moisture barrier properties for fiber-based packaging while remaining compatible with existing recycling systems. Amcor's R&D team is evaluating this coating platform to determine whether it meets application requirements such as high barrier performance, high-speed processing, and circularity. The use of such bio-based coatings can reduce reliance on fossil fuel-derived raw materials and increase the proportion of renewable resources, helping to lower the carbon footprint of packaging.
Peter Ettridge, R&D Director of Amcor AmFiber™, stated that this partnership advances the material innovation pipeline and responds to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's call to accelerate innovation in paper-based flexible packaging. He expressed optimism about the potential of Kelpi's technology in terms of processability, barrier performance, and paper recyclability. Frank Lehmann, Vice President of Corporate Venture Capital and Open Innovation at Amcor, noted that collaborating with companies like Kelpi is a key step in introducing new technologies, and that the approach of utilizing natural materials without compromising packaging performance holds promise.
The two parties plan to combine Kelpi's technology with Amcor's global R&D and scaling capabilities to develop commercially viable sustainable packaging solutions for the consumer goods industry, supporting the circular economy of packaging.
1. Based on Measurelabs biogenic carbon test report, December 2024.
2. Paper-based flexible packaging: The potential role in addressing small-format flexible plastic pollution in high-leakage markets, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, March 2026.
Amcor is a global packaging company with operations in flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons, and closures, generating annual sales of approximately $23 billion and operating over 400 sites in more than 40 countries.
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