Organisations


Mapping of the network of organisations, institutions, and other actors operating within the packaging sector.

The mapping includes entities involved in research, technological development, regulation, and the dissemination of innovative practices in the field of packaging. 

The collection of organisations develops progressively in relation to the content included in the Observatory, to which these actors are connected. In this way, the section offers a partial yet meaningful mapping of the ecosystem of stakeholders contributing to the evolution of the packaging sector.

Packadore

WHY?
We believe that by designing more enticing packaging solutions, adding value to brands and therefore increasing performance, together we can create new commercial opportunities for investments in sustainability.

HOW?
We utilise unique tools and employ innovative thinking to help brands identify key occasions to enhance the consumer packaging experience and navigate the circular economy maze. To ensure our design solutions are both practical and achievable, we join forces with our network of passionate industry experts. We work together as an agile team, united by a common objective – to help brands reduce their global footprint.

WHAT?
We work collaboratively to design and implement both desirable and sustainable packaging solutions to help brands create real impact, now and for the future.

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Package.ai

PACKAGE.AI is a software and Artificial Intelligence (AI) service for optimizing last-mile delivery operations and experiences. We enable delivery operations to provide higher levels of delivery services while controlling costs by automating consumer communications and optimizing driver productivity. Jenny, our chat bot, uses SMS to autonomously negotiate deliveries with consumers in natural language and hand-hold consumers throughout the delivery process. The platform employs advanced route optimization and prediction algorithms to inform the negotiation with the consumers. We are located in Israel and serving forward-looking delivery operations from around the world

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Packlane

Packlane makes it easy for brands to create beautiful custom packaging. Order custom printed boxes online with low minimums, affordable prices, and fast turnaround.

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Packsys

As a system supplier, especially for the pharmaceutical industry, PACKSYS offers solutions for primary packaging made of glass, plastic and aluminium. Our systems are innovative, sophisticated and targeted to your individual needs – including first class service.

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Packtin

Packtin manufactures naturally based formulations for food preservation. With our research, we want to achieve 3 major goals: less food waste, less plastic packaging, and more food safety.

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PACK’D

At PACK’D we are all about Super Nutrition made simple. We're on a mission to make it super simple to get the nutrition you deserve so you can feel great and do what you do best. We go further than anyone else to source the best quality plant-based ingredients freshly frozen for maximum nutritional value. Our Grade A, Organic Frozen Fruit range offers the ultimate in taste and convenience and our smoothies are perfectly portioned complete with our unique superfood blends. We only select the best varieties of fruit and vegetables all hand-picked, packed and frozen at source. No fuss. No mess. No waste. We have a keen eye on sustainability removing or reducing plastic whereever possible and minimizing our impact on the planet around us. Planet friendly food, for happy healthy people.

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Palladio Group

Palladio Group is the leading company in Italy and one of the main companies in Europe, in the secondary packaging sector for the pharmaceutical industry. The Group collaborates with pharmaceutical companies in the development of innovative services and in the supply of folding cartons, leaflets, booklets, adhesive labels and printed alufoils. Our mission is to develop and manufacture products of the highest quality, guaranteeing clients an excellent service through our expertise and technical know-how. Our optimum standards aim for nothing short of excellence, and we pay serious attention to innovation and the total sustainability of all our processes. This is the secret of why we remain at the very head of affairs. We have been engaged in packaging for almost 70 years and gained enormous experience, fine-tuned by working closely alongside multinationals within the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. We are totally committed to highly efficient production, with a unique capacity, a thoroughly professional support service and a flexibility guaranteed to meet the needs of individual clients.

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Panotec

Panotec, the first company to have designed and built machines for the production of custom packaging. 

GENIUS AND INNOVATION IN CUSTOM PACKAGING
Its innovative system flexibly produces corrugated boxes:
Of the right size, at the place of use and at the desired time.

2 DIVISIONS, ONE VOICE AT YOUR SERVICE
Panotec concretizes its thirty years of know-how with two diversified packaging divisions created to respond to all production and flexible management needs:
PANOTEC MECCANICHE ITALIANE the packaging machines division for the production of custom-made boxes and PANOTEC AUTOMATION the division dedicated to automation and complete systems.

A 360° OFFER 
The wide range of machines satisfies different needs, enhancing in every detail and in every option the mechanical excellence that is the real Panotec trademark: 
PACKAGING MACHINES for all production needs, complete automation SYSTEMS, ACCESSORIES to ensure maximum efficiency, SOFTWARE for optimized management.

PANOTEC IN NUMBERS:
▪️ 3 foreign subsidiaries
▪️ presence in 55 countries
▪️ more than 790 customers
▪️ more than 850 machines worldwide
▪️ 30 dealers and agents worldwide 
▪️ more than 30 years of experience in the world of custom packaging

A BIT OF HISTORY
Panotec has been a leading company in the on-demand packaging industry since 1986. 
Panotec's history is the story of an excellence that affirms in the world the quality and style of its production following the footprint of the great tradition of Made in Italy.

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Papacks

Development and production of environmentally friendly plastic-free packaging solutions with Europe's most innovative production of printed paper fiber pieces.

MISSION AND PURPOSE OF PAPACKS

A world of plastic-free packaging: taking responsibility for packaging by being connected to nature.
For us, this means ensuring effective and sustainable supply and delivery, because it is more important than ever to be able to rely on sustainably produced, reliably delivered, innovative and safe products and packaging in Germany and Europe.
With its current know-how, PAPACKS is - developer, producer and
provider of impulses for innovative raw materials, coatings and production of sustainable and climate-neutral packaging and product solutions, which are fully utilized and reused in the circular economy or converted into secondary raw materials in the existing paper recycling system.
Authenticity, fairness and honesty for nature, our partners and our customers is always our top priority.

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Papkot

Papkot™ is a science and material innovation company. Our mission is to enhance the way people experience their groceries, their packaging and bring the packaging out of the stone age. Re-engineering products to build a better, cleaner, healthier world. We're partnering with Nature to create never imagined products ...starting with the cleanest paper technology to replace plastic. We're focused on a cooler planet. Replacing petrochemical-based products with superior ones made with minerals is how we're taking on global warming from the inside out. Follow us here to get a glimpse into our journey.

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Paptic

Revolutionary new material made of wood fibres, enabling sustainable companies to shift from plastics to renewable, recyclable and re-usable packaging materials. Paptic focuses on technology for sustainable development as well as the sales and marketing of wood-based renewable and recyclable products. Paptic is targeting to revolutionize the packaging industry by novel wood based products. Paptic Ltd was founded in April 2015. The company is based in Espoo, Finland and employs today 15 people.

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Paramelt
Paramelt B.V. is a Dutch company based in Heerhugowaard, founded in 1898 as a small wax manufacturer, now a world leader in specialty waxes and a fast-growing manufacturer of industrial adhesives and packaging coatings in Europe. Part of the German family-owned Ter Group (active since 1908, owned by the Westphal family, with 2024 revenue of around €920 million), Paramelt operates 8 production sites across the Netherlands, the UK, the US and China, with around 500 employees, serving customers in more than 80 countries.
Its packaging portfolio includes: EVA-based Plastomelt™ and metallocene-based Excelta™ hot melts for sealing boxes, cartons and trays; high-speed adhesives (casein, hybrid, synthetic or starch-based) for glass bottle labelling; hot melt coatings for heat-sealing thermoformed dairy cups with in-mould labelling; water-based coatings for heat-sealing dairy lidding and pharmaceutical blister packaging; and vegetable wax-based coatings for renewable, compostable packaging solutions.
Paramelt also supplies primers and the Aquaseal range of water-based polyolefin dispersions.
Paramelt B.V. è un'azienda olandese con sede a Heerhugowaard, fondata nel 1898 come piccolo produttore di cere, oggi leader mondiale nelle cere speciali e produttore in rapida crescita di adesivi industriali e rivestimenti per il packaging in Europa.
Parte del gruppo familiare tedesco Ter Group (attivo dal 1908, di proprietà della famiglia Westphal, con un fatturato 2024 di circa 920 milioni di euro), Paramelt opera 8 stabilimenti produttivi tra Paesi Bassi, Regno Unito, Stati Uniti e Cina, con circa 500 dipendenti, servendo clienti in oltre 80 paesi.
Il portafoglio per il packaging comprende: hot melt Plastomelt™ a base EVA ed Excelta™ a base metallocenica per la sigillatura di scatole, cartoni e vaschette; adesivi ad alta velocità (a base di caseina, ibridi, sintetici o amido) per l'etichettatura di bottiglie in vetro; rivestimenti hot melt per la sigillatura a caldo di vaschette lattiero-casearie termoformate con etichettatura in-mould; rivestimenti a base acqua per la sigillatura a caldo di coperchi lattiero-caseari e blister farmaceutici; e rivestimenti a base di cera vegetale per soluzioni di packaging rinnovabile e compostabile.
Paramelt fornisce inoltre primer e la gamma Aquaseal, dispersioni poliolefiniche a base acqua.
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