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Golf ball packaging that converts into an insect hotel wins New Wood project’s vote
A conscious golfer’s eco-feat is to buy golf balls in packaging that has a new life as an insect hotel once the packaging has been used. This idea and packaging solution has recently received the most public
votes in the spring 2022 New Wood project competition. It is a concrete example of circular economy, where a product, after its primary use, has another function before it ends up in the recycling.
The Finnish Golf Coat wanted to create a packaging solution for its best-selling product that supported biodiversity and promoted the circular economy. Golf Coat’s brand is based on eco-friendliness and biodegradability of products, so the use of a reusable box was particularly suited to the company’s values and mindset. “Our aim was to create a simple, smart and cost-effective structure that would be easy to assemble and fill with, for example, leaves, saw dust or dry grass after its primary use as a golf ball box. Metsä Board and its partners developed an insightful packaging that provides an artificial nesting structure and shelter for insects and pollinators,” says Aki Kuivaniemi, chief executive of Golf Coat Oy. “Our packaging provides a habitat that is good for nature, and also brings circular economy thinking to the game of golf, it is also good for the image of the sport as a whole. The encouraging responses from the public, inspired by the New Wood vote, are testament to this concept – it was a pleasure to read them and use them to further innovate new packaging,” Mr Kuivaniemi adds.
The insect hotel was designed in an online workshop facilitated by Metsä Board’s Excellence Centre. This design method is part of Metsä Board’s 360 Services – it brings packaging industry partners together and accelerates the market introduction of new solutions and ideas. The golf ball packaging, and insect hotel, is made of MetsäBoard Pro FBB Bright paperboard. It is currently sold in Finland, Sweden, Korea and Japan.
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Fedrigoni to acquire Turkey-based UNIFOL
The Istanbul-based UNIFOL is a compelling technological player, having developed innovative, resistant and long-lasting PVC films for 3D applications on large surfaces.
The acquisition is part of the Fedrigoni Group’s strategy to continue to diversify its product range in adjacent sectors, expand its global presence and reinforce its position as a leading player in the global self-adhesives space.
Founded in 1994 by its current owners, UNIFOL has approximately eighty employees and specialises in PVC CAST technology for vehicle wrapping
with its UNICAST brand. Its film materials are used to protect the body of a vehicle, change a vehicle’s colour or apply graphics.
UNIFOL has made significant investments in this technology by creating state-of-the-art plants and cutting-edge materials to provide products compliant with current standards. This acquisition presents an excellent opportunity for Fedrigoni’s self-adhesives division – already present in the world of graphics and visual communication solutions – to enrich its already broad offering.
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