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8 December 2021 10:02

UK-based skincare wellness brand Forest Spa Finland partners with Sulapac for beautiful, sustainable packaging

Clean and natural skincare peaked during the pandemic. Densely covered by forests, the Nordic countries provide responsible ingredients and sustainable packaging materials to back the trend.
HELSINKI, Finland – Finland is known as the happiest country in the world, with 20.3 million hectares of forest, covering more than 75% of the country. Walks in the forest relieve stress, but Nordic forests

4 November 2021 15:00

Indie brand Manik Skincare partners with Sulapac – collaboration highlights a shift in tattoo culture and societal values

The popularity of tattoos has risen strongly during the last ten years – driven by social media, popular culture and a revolution of values supported especially by Millennials and Gen Z.
From florals, mandalas, elegant fine line tattoos and vegan ink, tattoo culture is undergoing a strong shift away from the traditional imagery often associated with masculine subcultures, such as bikers or gan

27 July 2021 17:07

Beauty trailblazers are saying goodbye to conventional plastics – sustainable beauty packaging set to become mainstream

From natural and clean beauty products in your local organic stores to the shiny shelves of premium beauty, a new generation of packaging is taking over.

19 July 2021 12:02

Toly and Sulapac form alliance for sustainable innovation

Cosmetics packaging elevated – Toly and Sulapac form alliance for sustainable innovation. Now, eco-friendly packaging for compacts is available across the world.

8 June 2021 11:25

4 Forerunners Combat Microplastic Pollution with a Unique Take Back Pilot

The new take back program transforms used, biobased supplement packages into pet urns that biodegrade without leaving permanent microplastics behind.

8 June 2021 11:23

4 edelläkävijää torjuvat mikromuoviongelmaa uniikin take back -pilotin avulla

Uusi take back -hanke muuttaa käytetyt, biopohjaiset ravintolisäpakkaukset lemmikkien uurnaksi, jotka biohajoavat jättämättä jälkeensä pysyvää mikromuovia.

18 May 2021 09:03

The first ever water-based cosmetics packaging that biodegrades

Around 90% of the cosmetics market consist of water-based emulsions, and now, Sulapac has invented a patent-pending material for them. ​It biodegrades without leaving permanent microplastics behind. This has never been done before.

28 November 2019 12:20

A piece of history wrapped up in the future – Fazer brings pralines in a compostable box to Christmas sales

Fazer will bring to the market a new box containing handmade pralines. The packaging makes use of the Finland-based Sulapac’s material innovation, which is compostable and free of microplastics.

4 December 2018 09:05

Sulapac, the multi-awarded Finnish start-up, welcomes Chanel as an investor

Sulapac, a Finnish company listed among the top-100 hottest start-ups in Europe by Wired Magazine, is pleased to announce that the French luxury house Chanel has decided to shoulder its development, thus becoming its first investor coming from the cosmetic industry.

4 December 2018 09:00

Stora Enso and startup Sulapac have joined forces to develop renewable and biodegradable straws

Stora Enso and Sulapac continue to combat the global problem of plastic waste by introducing a demo of a sustainable straw at Slush 2018, a global leading startup event gathering of 20 000 tech enthusiasts. The demo, targeting industrial scale production, is designed to replace traditional plastic straws with renewable ones.

6 August 2018 10:32

Sulapac won Scanstar packaging competition

Sulapac has won Scanstar award with Kohinoor jewellery packaging by Finnish jewellery and silverware company Kultakeskus. Scanstar is a joint Nordic packaging competition held annually since 1969 by the Scandinavian Packaging Association.

4 June 2018 11:32

Fazer beginning cooperation with Sulapac – The aim is to develop new responsible packaging solutions for foodstuffs

Fazer and Sulapac have begun collaborating, with the aim of researching, developing and testing plastic-free, biodegradable packaging solutions for foodstuffs. The cooperation started in May. It supports Fazer's strategy and objective of becoming a responsible, modern food company that seeks to reduce the use of plastic with the help of new technologies.