What a great three days at the FACHPACK 2025 trade fair! With its “We are ready for PPWR” slogan, Fernholz Verpackungen from Meinerzhagen presented its latest innovations in the field of sustainable plastic packaging to an interested trade audience in Nuremberg.

“We are delighted with the positive response and the numerous productive discussions we conducted. Our stand was an ideal venue to underscore our standing as one of the innovative pioneers in sustainable packaging solutions”, said Til Fernholz to sum up the experience at the trade fair.

Specific solutions for the upcoming requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) were a key focus as well. Replacing the previous Packaging Directive, the PPWR aims to reduce packaging waste, bolster the circular economy and improve the sustainability of packaging design and is equally binding for all Member States. Many of the provisions enshrined in the PPWR – including reuse targets or design requirements – will apply from 2030. Minimum quotas for the use of recycled materials, for example plastic packaging, of up to 65 % must be reached by 2040.

Fernholz Verpackungen already has a broad portfolio of PPWR-compliant products and processes. These include, for example, packaging films in the rPS 1.0/2.0/ and now 3.0 generations, which are used for the packaging of quark, yoghurt and coffee creamers. All variants combine PS virgin material with PS recycled material for the functional barriers.

In the segment of cups, trays and lids, Fernholz catches the eye with the Desto^® cup with 10 % chemically recycled rPP, as well as a printed rPS cup with a 10 % share of mechanically recycled rPS (EFSA approved) and an rPET meat tray made from 30 % rPET, 10 % of which consists of tray-to-tray flakes and 20 % of bottle flakes.