UK Parliament to dramatically cut plastic use by replacing with compostable products

24-9-2018 The UK Parliament will be replacing their single-use plastic food and drink packaging with plant-based products from Futamura's customer, Vegware. These products include their certified compostable cutlery, coffee cups and lids, soup containers, takeaway food containers, salad boxes,drinking straws and a bags using our NatureFlex™
 films. Read more.

Futamura Lights Up PI London

19-9-2018 Futamura lit up the show at Packaging Innovations London 2018 - showcasing innovative product applications using renewable and compostable NatureFlex™ films, such as the award winning myChipsBox pack and high level visitors like the Rt Hon. the Lord Deben, John Gummer . Read more

Futamura collaborates with Cermount

07-9-2018 Futamura has collaborated with Cermount to produce a high barrier tri-layer pouch

Futamura's NatureFlex Film on Plastic Free Aisle

12-7-2018 Futamura has partnered with sustainable packaging manufacturer, Bio4Pack, to create a compostable pack for Dutch organic cereal producer, De Halm, using NatureFlex™ and Tipa film. The product features on the recently celebrated Ekoplaza plastic free aisle, along with a number of other solutions from Bio4Pack using NatureFlex films

Plastic-free aisle - good for the industy?

11-5-2018 Futamura EMEA Sales & Marketing Manager, Andy Sweetman, discusses why the so-called plastic-free aisle could be good for the industry. 

NatureFlex™ film used for compostable lidding

26-10-2017

Italian flexible packaging converter, Corapak, has used Futamura’s renewable and compostable NatureFlex™ cellulose films for its compostable lidding for trays. The lidding material is a proven compostable structure that is an ideal alternative to conventional plastics that often end up in landfill.

Cermount Tri-layer Pouch

25-9-2017 Atlanta, GA - Futamura has announced that Brevard, NC-based Cermount is using NatureFlex™ packaging film as part of a renewable stand-up pouch.  Using packaging made from renewable resources reduces the use of plastics made from finite petro chemicals, offering a sustainable solution for single-use packaging.

Award winning plastic-free and compostable crisp pack using NatureFlex™ and PLA

24-8-2017

Futamura has collaborated with packaging manufacturer, Bio4Pack, to create a plastic-free compostable crisp pack for German organic crisps producer, myCHIPSBOX.