innovative
We love to wrap our heads around challenges in new ways. After all, that’s the only way we can bring about change. We question the status quo and think about how we can improve it.
For the past 25 years, we have been researching biogenic materials in search of the best solution – for both mankind and the environment. Our long-standing experience not only explains why we are market leaders, but also makes us the leading Centre of Excellence for textile packaging. The best packaging nets made from spun-dyed fibres are made by PACKNATUR®. Our R&D team is supported by a network of researchers, textile engineers, mechanical engineers, designers and innovation partners. This enables us to keep coming up with innovative packaging concepts using cellulose fibres, which we develop and bring to market with our usual expertise and reliability.
This is valued as much by supermarket chains and international trading partners as it is by local farmers and direct marketers. Our solutions are easy to implement, having been designed with practical applications in mind. This explains why our tube netting can be used on existing machines, without the need for any major investment or retrofitting.
NATURALLY CURIOUS
New product development is second nature to us. Or rather first. We want to get things moving and prefer to develop our products in-house, continuously exploring new, biogenic solutions.
PERFECT NET-WORKERS
As a Centre of Excellence for Textile Packaging, we drive knowledge-sharing among experts from diverse sectors. Networking with others leads to innovative packaging solutions and happy customers.
IMPLIMENTATION ORIENTED
Packaging isn’t the only thing on our minds. We develop practical solutions and figure out the best way to present YOUR brand and products in the marketplace.
UNIQUE
You have an idea that’s ready to go? We have a development team who makes sure that our packaging solution really works for your company.
took over
the world
Organic potatoes
in
plastic bags?
Not a good combination, in our opinion. So our team went in search of partners who would help drive our research and development forwards, with the aim of developing and manufacturing the first cellulose tube netting. And since then we know – organic potatoes in plastic bags?
No longer
a necessity!
The manufacturing of packaging has been focused on plastic for far too long. A material that has never let fresh fruit and vegetables breathe – and has never done them justice as a packaging. We wanted to move away from plastic, towards a packaging that is compostable, recyclable and made from biodegradable materials – all with the aim of protecting our fossil resources. And this is how we came to develop tube netting made from the LENZING™ Modal cellulose fibre. The raw material used for PACKNATUR® Cellulose Tube Netting is sourced from local beechwood forests. The Austrian company Lenzing AG transforms the beechwood, which is recovered from forest thinning, into modal fibres in compliance with the strictest environmental standards.
These fibres form the basis of our PACKNATUR® Cellulose Tube Netting, which has been used by many leading international supermarket chains for a good number of years now. And even though we’ve come a long way since netting the first organic potatoes, there is still a lot to explore! Our Centre of Excellence for Textile Packaging is continually exploring new variants and potential uses for our cellulose nets.
Click here for further information about our revolutionary innovation, PACKNATUR® Cellulose Tube Netting.
The white foamed plastic nets have competition. Exquisite fruits such as mangoes or papayas can now also be individually wrapped in wood fibre and be well protected for transport. And there is also a lot more that can be sturdily packed in it. Bottles, for example.
Our machine park at the Packnatur® factory in Neudau is growing and has been expanded to include our latest test machines. Product diversifications are being developed there that will enable even more customers from a wide range of business fields to package their products ecologically in cellulose netting.
Ocean Farm Supply in Brunswick / US is the exclusive distributor of the Ocean Harvest Bag™ specifically designed for the harvest and distribution of shellfish, eliminating the need for single-use plastic mesh bags. The concept for Ocean Harvest Bags™ was created and realized in cooperation with VPZ Packnatur®. A particularly tear-resistant net had to be developed for the hard and sharp-edged shellfish.
The manufactury „Heuwiesl“ in Seewalchen am Attersee at the foothills of the Alps packs their bundles of hay and straw in our Packnatur® Cellulose Tube Netting. And that’s simply a feast for the eyes.
Environmentally friendly.
Economical.
Attractive.
WHY MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED?