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FABBRI GROUP TOMORROW’S PACKAGING
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FABBRI GROUP TELLS US ABOUT ITS REVOLUTIONARY NEW CLING ith a skilled team of A NEW KIND OF CLING FILM “We launched the project
500 people, Fabbri The latest development to between 2015 and 2016,
FILM AND THE CULTURE THAT MADE ITS DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE.
TOMORROW’S
Group boasts a come out of Fabbri’s research well before the current trend
turnover of 100 million euros, and development workshop is a towards a circular economy was
half of which comes from Italy, new certified compostable cling in vogue. We thought it could be
with the rest coming mainly film, the first one of its kind. an interesting solution that was
from Germany, Switzerland, “We’ve developed this different from what was already
PACKAGING
France, the UK, Russia, and the product over the last five years on the market. We worked in
United States. and launched it to market in close co-operation with the
“We usually invest between February 2020, just before supplier of the raw material,
3 and 5% of our yearly turnover the first lock-down period. BASF, in order to continually
into research and development, The circumstances became approve and adapt the film
developing new films, new difficult for the global economy formulation. Then we contacted
PROJECT MANAGED BY: MAX HUTCHINGS
machines, working efficiently immediately afterwards, but some specific, selected
on their own and giving their with Nature Fresh being customers for the field tests.”
best results when combined the only product of its type The new extrusion line
together,” explains Stefano worldwide, we could count on a inaugurated at the beginning of
Fabbri Group is an Italian company that was founded 70 years ago, specialising in Mele, Fabbri Group’s CEO “We great advantage. Nature Fresh 2020 was a sizeable investment
producing both the machinery and materials for fresh food packaging. Today the currently have a portfolio of is suitable for both automatic for Fabbri at over €3 million.
company has become an international Group active worldwide through subsidiaries around 120 patents registered in and manual packaging, giving “When we decided to do this
different countries worldwide.” optimal results under both it was not yet clear it would
and authorised distributors all over the world able to support the retail business,
applications, and is certified be really successful in the way
food industries and any other fresh food producers (meat, fish, mushrooms, fruit and
for industrial and home we are seeing it now,” Mele
vegetables, cheese, bakery, delicatessen) with tray-sealing and stretch complete compostability. That means says. “But we believed that we
packaging solutions. you can throw it either in your wanted to offer something new
home compost heap or in the to the market. And the evolution
brown bin with the food waste of the situation proved that we
to be composted in an industrial were right.
setting,” Mele tells us. “Today, after Esselunga, one
The development process of the major retailers in Italy,
was one of innovation, but also other retailers and brand owners
of close collaboration up and in Italy and abroad joined:
down the supply chain. we have customers using this
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film also in France, Germany Fabbri Group is able to As Mele says, “It’s not Stefano Mele, A CLEAR FUTURE Indeed, Mele is the first
Spain, Austria, the UK thanks develop products like this mandatory that the customer Fabbri Group’s CEO. Fabbri is seeing its project pass to acknowledge that, as a
to the growing attention on precisely because the company buy both products from us, milestones that demonstrate its company working in the plastics
environmental solutions coming works both sides of the but if they do the synergies importance for the international sector, Fabbri Group has an
from consumers, institutions packaging process at once, the that create are our USP. This market. important role to play in building
and politicians, just to mention a machinery and the materials, is exactly what happens with But when Mele talks about a sustainable future.
few, the association Pink Lady® being fully aware of all the our new wrappers “Fabbri what the cling film means “There is a lot of discussion
Europe, Rivoira, Mesfruits, and issues involved in both. Hybrid”, able to use any kind of for the future, he’s not around plastics in the context
we can also add other projects “Our unique selling point stretch film (PVC, PE, Biobased, just talking about his of sustainability at the moment,
for domestic packaging and for is our capability to offer a full Compostable) and soon to be company. so the future looks complex
sale on Amazon.” solution to our customers. We launched on the market.” “The fact is it’s and challenging because
Thanks to Nature Fresh, produce the machines and the important that different products of ours are
Fabbri Group received awards in
recognition of its technological
film for packaging, and we’re
the only company doing that,”
“OUR UNIQUE SELLING POINT IS we are an active
player in the
related to plastic. Even this
new compostable film is a bio-
innovation starting with the Mele says. “This means the
OUR CAPABILITY TO OFFER A FULL circular economy,” plastic,” Mele says. “In many
SOLUTION TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
Packaging Oscars, a historic customers don’t have to go he says. “We’re cases, there has been a lot of
prize for the packaging industry from one supplier to the other working together correct criticism about how
WE PRODUCE THE
in Italy, and continuing with if something goes wrong in with associations in plastic is used. We believe that
Fabbri Group’s UK client, production. Additionally, our full Italy like Legambiente, plastic is a wonderful material
Westaway Sausages, that won
the UK Packaging Awards for
awareness of both, machines
and films, allows us to find the MACHINES AND THE FILM the
ecological
most important
association
with a lot of advantages. What
we have to improve is how to
Packaging of the Year with its
100% sustainable packaging
optimal machine settings to
fully operate at best, all of that FOR PACKAGING, & WE’RE in the country. We have
already developed a very
manage the end of life of plastic
products.”
that includes Fabbri’s new cling
film.
with consequent savings in
time, money and materials.”
THE ONLY COMPANY good partnership and are
co-operating to bring this
This is one of the main issues
Fabbri Group is addressing in
Additives
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Performance
DOING THAT.” development further.” its future activities.
“We want to be involved in the
improvement of the complete
cycle of the plastic world,” Mele
NATURE FRESH says. “This is of course crucial
Nature Fresh is a certified to understanding how it will
compostable stretch film for develop in the future and how
both automatic and manual we can prepare ourselves.”
packaging. Compared to
alternative
it ensures
stretch
optimal
films,
food “WE WANT TO BE
preservation and helps
prevent food waste. Its stretch
INVOLVED IN THE
properties minimise the
IMPROVEMENT OF THE
COMPLETE CYCLE OF
amount of packaging used per
application. It can be disposed
THE PLASTIC WORLD.
of in the brown bin for organic
food waste or in the household
compost bin without generating
packaging waste. It does not THIS IS OF COURSE CRUCIAL
require special machinery for its
use. It is printable with certified TO UNDERSTANDING HOW
compostable inks, allowing
you to communicate your
IT WILL DEVELOP IN THE
FUTURE AND HOW WE CAN
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