A new partnership between Siemens and Frugalpac could help transform the drinks industry’s approach to sustainable packaging, by scaling up the production of low-carbon paper bottles.
Frugalpac has developed the world’s only commercially available paper bottle for wines, spirits and edible oils. Made from 100% recycled paperboard, the bottles have a carbon footprint up to 84% lower than a standard glass bottle.
The company’s new Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine 2 (FBAM-2), developed with Siemens technology, is designed to produce around 14 million paper bottles a year. That is more than five times the capacity of its previous machine and could help make lower-carbon packaging available at an industrial scale.
The machine can also be installed directly at wineries and edible oil producers, allowing bottles to be manufactured closer to where they are filled and sold.
This reduces the need to transport empty glass bottles over long distances, cutting emissions across the supply chain.
Olly Gibbs, OEM Account Manager at Siemens, said: “It shows how the right technology partnership can help manufacturers turn a sustainable idea into something industry can adopt at scale and deliver meaningful change.”
Frugalpac says the new system has also reduced manufacturing costs by up to 30%, helping paper bottles reach price parity with labelled glass bottles for the first time.
Malcolm Waugh, CEO of Frugalpac, said: “The FBAM-2 is about making that kind of sustainable packaging practical at scale.”
The partnership highlights how innovation in packaging technology could play a significant role in reducing emissions and supporting a more circular economy in the food and drink sector.
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