Menasha Packaging Signs Licensing Agreement with Smart Planet Technologies

Menasha Packaging has announced their license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies, developers of an innovative planet-friendly packaging material, EARTHBOARD Menasha’s Folding Carton Group will now offer the eco-friendly option to their customers. EarthBoard and stone, offering a bright white printable surface with barrier protection against water, oil, fatty acids and grease. It has the flexibility and performance of traditional polycoated boxboards, but is better for the environment by reducing the use of plastic and bleached virgin tree fibers in food packaging applications.

“The use of EarthBoard allows us to uphold our high color and printing standards, while providing our customers with a solution that supports their environmental strategies,” says Dennis Bohn, Menasha’s Vice President of Marketing. “Menasha Packaging is thrilled to offer EarthBoard as we continue to make strides in our sustainability efforts.”

In addition to its sustainability and durability, EarthBoard is FDA compliant to meet food companies’ safety needs. It can be used for refrigerated and frozen foods as well as traditional food packaging. Customers can bear the EarthBoard logo on their packaging to promote their sustainable efforts to shoppers.

“Menasha Packaging has been a champion of sustainable solutions in packaging and has expressed keen interest throughout the development of EarthBoard technology. We’re excited Menasha Packaging will be introducing EarthBoard to its customers and the marketplace.” says Will Lorenzi, president of Smart Planet Technologies.

Menasha Packaging Company

Menasha Packaging Company, LLC, based in Neenah, Wis., is a subsidiary of Menasha Corporation. Founded in 1849, we celebrate more than 160 years of manufacturing excellence. Our heritage is built on quality products, personalized service, dedicated employees, and innovative printing and design capabilities. Menasha Packaging is a leading provider of graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping containers and material handling solutions and is home of the Retail Integration Institute. With design, sales service centers, corrugated and paperboard plants located throughout the United States, our mission is to help our customers move and sell their products. Menasha’s Folding Carton Group facilities are located in Neenah, Wisconsin, and Morrisville,  North Carolina. For more information, see menashapackaging.com.

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EarthBoard® Commercially Available For Use In Barrier Carton Applications For Food Packaging

Smart Planet Technologies announces the US commercial availability of Earthboard®, now engineered for use in food packaging applications. EarthBoard has barrier properties for oils, fatty acids, and moisture, making it an innovative eco-smart solution for the packaging of food products in folding cartons. Earthboard‘s mineral-based layer is FDA compliant for direct contact with food. Earthboard is environmentally advantageous for food packaging for the following reasons:

• Reduces the use of plastic in barrier coatings: The mineral-based layer of Earthboard reduces the use of polyethylene in barrier coatings for food packaging.
• Saves trees: Earthboard’s mineral-based layer upgrades the brightness and printability of recycled fibers to be comparable to virgin fiberboards, avoiding the need to harvest trees to produce high quality printability in fiberboards for packaging.
• Improves recyclability: Less plastic from barrier coatings going into the paper recycling stream is better for the recycling efforts in our communities.
• “Food product and food packaging companies should take a look at the new patent-pending solutions being provided by Smart Planet Technologies. We believe we have fresh and innovative solutions towards their sustainability goals in food packaging”, says Will Lorenzi, President of Smart Planet Technologies, Inc.

Smart Planet Technologies offers eco-smart patent-pending materials for use in rigid, flexible, corrugated and liner packaging applications. For further details about their EarthBoard®, StoneFlex™, EarthDisplay™ and EarthLiner™ products, please visit www.SmartPlanetTech.com.

Smart Planet Technologies™ is a planet-friendly materials R & D company focused on sustainability for the packaging industry. Through innovation, our products are designed to conserve precious natural resources and provide high quality environmental alternatives for use in a wide range of flexible, rigid, corrugated and liner packaging applications.

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Smart Planet Technologies™ Introduces Their Revolutionary, Planet-Friendly, Packaging Materials

Smart Planet Technologies™, a materials technology company, has released new sustainability solutions for the packaging, display, and signage industries. Through innovation, Smart Planet’s products conserve precious natural resources and provide high quality environmental alternatives to a wide range of rigid, flexible and corrugated packaging and signage applications.  In a climate of greater environmentalawareness, Smart Planet Technologies has a fresh and compelling approach to making packaging more planet-friendly. Smart Planet Technologies™ offers a broad spectrum of patent-pending products including:

EarthBoard® is a planet-friendly composite boxboard for use in folding cartons, boxes and other rigid packaging applications.  Earthboard® composite technology upgrades the print surface of recycled fiberboards for use in premium folding carton applications, which previously required virgin fiberboard made from trees.

EarthDisplay™ is a planet-friendly litho label alternative which offers a bright white print surface and built-in barrier properties to water, oil, grease and fatty acids. Ideal for POP displays, EarthDisplay promises deliver the durability of a semi-permanent display at the cost of a temporary one.

EarthLiner™ is a new eco-friendly solution for barrier linings in corrugate packaging. EarthDisplay™ is a water resistant packaging and signage application which provides a more durable solution for temporary Point of Purchase displays and signage projects.

StoneFlex™ is an ideal flexible composite solution for reducing the use of plastics in pouches, sacks, bags and other flexible applications. “With the availability of these solutions, we’re providing a breakthrough in the difficult search for environmentally-friendly solutions for the packaging industry.  Our patent pending innovations have made that possible”, says Will Lorenzi, president of Smart Planet Technologies™.

Please visit Smart Planet Technologies at smartplanettech.com to learn more about our innovative materials.

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