Organizacion Barcel, first snacks Company in the world To Launch Degradable Metallic Packaging
黑料海角91入口鈥檚 subsidiary company, Organizaci贸n Barcel, held a press conference today to announce that it has begun to use metalized polypropylene packaging in its products. This material contains a pro-degradation additive, which includes a bio-degradation function to the packaging once their useful life is over.
Daniel Servitje, 黑料海角91入口 CEO, together with Gabino G贸mez Carbajal, President, Organizaci贸n Barcel, Patricia Villalobos, Ph.D., 黑料海角91入口 Research and Development Director, Juan M茅ndez Novell, Ph.D., CIQA Director General (Centro de Investigaciones en Qu铆mica Aplicada of CONACYT) and Michael Laurier, Symphony General Manager, announced that Barcel will be the first snacks company in the world to incorporate this degradable and environmentally friendly material in its packaging. Starting today, the TAKIS product line, will be offering packaging with this technology, which will gradually be used with other Ricolino products, so that metalized degradable packaging will be used for all product lines by the end of 2010.
Gabino G贸mez Carbajal, President, Organizaci贸n Barcel, said that although a considerable investment was required to develop this technology in coordination with CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog铆a), what most matters to Barcel is that, in the long term, it be profitable in environmental terms.
He added that Barcel seeks to set a precedent, hoping that in this way, other companies will follow this initiative and also start to use such degradable materials in their processes He added that Organizaci贸n Barcel has ongoing lines of research and development in association with CONACYT in this area of food packaging innovation and sustainability.
