Magazine: Hygiene vs. environment

Dóra Bakó-Pallang
international relations manager
Doroti Pack

The pandemic made Box Print accelerate its modernisation scheme launched last year and start with new product developments, process automation, as well as capacity enhancement.

Attila Fazekas
managing director
Box Print–FSD Packaging

– Customers tend to appreciate reliable suppliers to an ever greater extent and expect us to present solutions and innovations reducing costs, Attila Fazekas, managing director of Box Print–FSD Packaging Kft. told. Our customers expect us to strike an environmentally conscious attitude that we are happy to meet since we see it a matter of responsibility and a possible competitive advantage. We aim to provide our customers with carbon-neutral products and services, he added.

The demand for alternatives to plastic packaging has been on the rise

The packaging is intended to ensure contact-free shopping and long shelf-life of food products. Dóra Bakó-Pallang, international relations manager at Doroti Pack saw an increase in customer demand for food wrapped in packaging providing apt product protection during the pandemic. She calls automation of packaging an innovative and profitable development, by way of which the company wants to help manufacturers and make Industry 4.0 solutions become a standard in the Hungarian food industry.

With a ban imposed on the use of single-use plastic around mid-2021, actors of the packaging industry will face a considerable challenge

Hedvig Mattyasovszky
sales director
Metsä Board

Amidst the pandemic, Metsä Board has been operating undisturbed. The company constantly makes adjustments to the situation in order to safeguard employer health and safety, as well as to supply customers continuously, Hedvig Mattyasovszky, sales director of Metsä Board Hungary told. In response to the „free from plastic” expectations, MetsäBoard Prime FBB EB, a new biodegradable and compostable eco-barrier paperboard has been launched. The company’s new Excellence Centre is aimed to accelerate innovation of paperboard- and packaging solutions.

Borsos Bálint
key account menedzser
Propack

The increased demand for sanitary products and disinfectants made Bunzl Magyarország Kft. develop a lot. In catering, single-use food containers got into the spotlight, by using which our HoReCa-partners could meet the highest hygienic requirements, Bálint Borsos, key account manager of Propack explained. In response to recent trends, in certain fields, Propack offers compostable solutions such as cornstarch bags. In preparation for the expected ban on single-use plastics from mid-2021, he added that Bunzl Group is to respond to the increased demand for affordable alternatives by means of its global supply system and purchasing power. //