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Sulayr Global Service, S.L. is a Spanish company based in Valle del Zalabí (Granada, Andalusia), founded in 2009 by Alberto Ariza, Serafín García, José Raya and Antonio Cabrera. It specialises in recycling multilayer PET waste, a by-product of the food packaging industry typically treated as non-recyclable waste due to the complexity of multilayer materials.

Thanks to a proprietary in-house technology (called “TrayVita Tech”), Sulayr was the first, and for a long time the only, company in the world able to mechanically recycle, without chemical treatments, PET/PE and PET/EVOH/PE multilayer trays from domestic post-consumer waste, converting them into food-grade rPET for reuse in new packaging.

The company, which has recently undergone a financial restructuring, holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications, operates in 14 countries, and is evaluating the opening of a plant in Austria to serve the rest of the European market.

Sun Chemical Corporation is a company based in Parsippany, New Jersey, USA, among the world's largest producers of printing inks, pigments and advanced materials for packaging, with a history rooted in the legacy of French ink maker Lorilleux (1818) and American colour expert Samuel Morrill, before being formally incorporated as Sun in 1945.

In December 1986, Japan's DIC (then Dainippon Ink & Chemicals) acquired Sun Chemical's graphic arts materials division, taking over its name, head office and R&D lab along with around 3,800 employees, becoming the world's largest maker of printing inks; today Sun Chemical oversees DIC Group operations across the Americas and Europe. The combined group employs over 21,000 people (21,184 as of 31 December 2024 per DIC data), operates 17 R&D centres and holds more than 3,000 patents.

Its packaging portfolio includes printing inks for flexography, gravure, offset and digital printing (SunUno, SunPak, SunJet, SolarWave brands), organic and inorganic pigments (SunBrite, SunFast, Cinquasia/Quindo), and laminating coatings/adhesives (SunEvo, SunLam), with low-migration solutions for food contact and recyclable lines (SunUno SoliCycle, RecyClass-certified in 2026).

In February 2026 the company announced an approximately $10 million investment at its Newport, Delaware plant to expand quinacridone pigment production. Sun Chemical serves the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, consumer goods, tobacco and publishing sectors.

Sunday is a US lawn care products company, founded in 2019 in Boulder, Colorado, by brothers Coulter and Trent Lewis, with the aim of offering a non-toxic alternative to traditional garden fertilisers and pesticides.

Its business model is direct-to-consumer (D2C) subscription: based on a soil test and the climate and topographic data of the customer's address, Sunday creates a custom plan and ships boxes containing nutrient pouches (made from ingredients such as seaweed, molasses and iron) to be applied via a garden attachment connected to the customer's garden hose.

The company, which grew from 6 employees in 2019 to around 100, has since expanded into major retail (Lowe's, Target, Walmart, The Home Depot).

In its 2022 impact report, Sunday reported a reduction of nearly 141,000 pounds (around 64 tonnes) of plastic in its packaging, alongside reductions in conventional pesticides and fertilisers.

Supercap S.r.l. is an Italian company based in Mombaroccio (Pesaro e Urbino), on the market since 1999, specialising in the design and manufacture of closures for wine, spirits, oil and vinegar bottles, now part of the international Crealis group (which has 14 production sites worldwide).

The company pioneered co-injected T-Cap closures with a wooden top, assembled without adhesives to ensure a compact structure resistant to breakage when uncorking, a technology later extended to plastic and aluminium tops (with gold, silver and copper finishes).

On the sustainability front, Supercap has developed the Supercap Nature® line, closures made from sanitised cork microgranules blended with a proprietary adhesive-free thermoplastic compound, and the Pourer E|C|O® dispenser, as well as T-Kompost, a pourer with a compostable top designed for 100% recyclable packaging.

Certified to BRC-IoP (Global Standard for Packaging & Packaging Materials) and ISO 22000, the company has revenue of around €10.3 million (2024 financial statements).

Supple Studio Limited is a British design and branding agency based in Bath, which describes its philosophy with the motto “good design is good for business”.

The team, small in size but backed by a wide network of partners and experts, develops brand identity, packaging and communication projects for clients ranging from non-profits and institutions (Royal Mail, NSPCC, National Trust, YHA, St John's Foundation, Bath Rugby Foundation) to food & beverage brands (Somer Valley Brewing, Picnic Coffee, Cocoa Jones) and fashion/lifestyle businesses (FRAHM Jackets, including a collaboration with the CALM mental health charity).

Packaging projects include the identity and packaging for Somer Valley Brewing and the “Tear Drop / Rain Drop Packaging” line for Picnic Coffee.

Svenska Retursystem AB (also known as the Swedish Return System, SRS) is a Swedish company founded in 1997 and operational since 2001, jointly owned by DLF (the Swedish Federation of Trade for grocery suppliers) and Svensk Dagligvaruhandel (SDH, the Swedish grocery retail trade association). The company created and operates Sweden's main reusable packaging pooling system: standardised crates and pallets made of recyclable plastic, used to distribute fresh produce, meat, poultry and dairy from producer to retail outlet, then returned, washed at one of four dedicated plants and put back into circulation for an average lifespan of 15 years (up to 150 uses for crates, 100 for pallets). About half of all fresh produce deliveries in Sweden go through this system, which in 2021 saved the Swedish food industry more than 36,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent and eliminates around 50,000 tonnes of single-use packaging waste annually. The system, recognised as a case study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has photovoltaic installations at its Västerås and Vaggeryd plants and aims for entirely fossil-free transport by 2025 (domestic) and 2030 (international).

Syntegon Technology GmbH è un'azienda tedesca leader mondiale nella tecnologia di processo e confezionamento, con sede a Waiblingen.

Fino alla fine del 2019 operava come Bosch Packaging Technology, divisione del gruppo Bosch attiva da oltre 50 anni nel settore; nel luglio 2019 Bosch ne annunciò la cessione al fondo di private equity CVC Capital Partners, con la transazione completata il 2 gennaio 2020 e il lancio del nuovo marchio Syntegon il 16 gennaio 2020. Il nome richiama i concetti di sinergia (synergy), tecnologia (technology) e proiezione verso il futuro.

Con circa 6.100 dipendenti in oltre 30 sedi e un fatturato di circa 1,3 miliardi di euro (2019), Syntegon fornisce macchinari e linee complete per la produzione, il processo, il riempimento, l'ispezione e il confezionamento di farmaci liquidi e solidi (siringhe, capsule) e per l'industria alimentare (tecnologia di processo per la confetteria e soluzioni di confezionamento per alimenti secchi).

L'azienda persegue due strategie principali di sostenibilità del packaging: l'adozione di materiali monomateriale al posto dei tradizionali film multistrato, e la sostituzione della plastica con soluzioni a base carta (come la tecnologia “Blister meets Paper”).

The studio develops mobile apps, WebAR experiences, retail installations and interactive content that turn a product launch or marketing campaign into “shoppable moments”, working closely with clients' product and marketing teams — including Coca-Cola (in partnership with Cannonball Agency, for FIFA-related campaigns), Treasury Wine Estates (Snoop Cali Wines) and the Mark Anthony Group (White Claw, in partnership with Omnicom/Tracey Locke).

While not a packaging design agency in the strict sense, Tactic's work touches on the packaging world insofar as it develops digital/AR experiences paired with physical products and packaging at the point of sale.

Taghleef Industries (Ti) is a Dubai-headquartered group, part of the family-owned Al Ghurair conglomerate, among the world's largest manufacturers of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), cast polypropylene (CPP) and biobased/compostable polylactic acid (BOPLA) films, used for flexible packaging, labels, graphic arts and decorative/industrial applications.

Formed from the merger of three companies (including the historic Dubai Polyfilm), the company operates 11 production sites and 6 R&D labs, with an annual production capacity of around 500,000 tonnes.

Its brand portfolio includes NATIVIA® (biobased and compostable films), EXTENDO® (high barrier), DERPROSA™ (graphic arts), SynDECOR™ (decorative surfaces) and SHAPE360® (shrink sleeves).

Taghleef has been very active in 2026, with its reDESIGN™ line dedicated to redesigning packaging for recyclability and participation in international trade shows such as Interpack and ProPak Asia 2026.

Talkin' Things is a Polish company based in Warsaw, founded in 2013 by Marcin Pilarz and Tomasz Głowacki under the name Origintag, now a global manufacturer of high-quality RFID and NFC tags and provider of end-to-end smart packaging solutions.

The company's technology combines RFID for supply chain tracking with NFC for direct consumer interaction: an NFC tag embedded in a product's label or cap lets the customer verify authenticity or access exclusive content with a tap of their smartphone, while RFID enables real-time tracking from the factory to the point of sale.

The company serves sectors such as FMCG, pharmaceuticals, logistics and fashion, with a stated goal of making smart packaging accessible for every product by driving down tag costs (targeting $0.01 per tag).

Talkin' Things is partnering on the European REFORM project to develop conductive inks as a sustainable alternative to aluminium in smart labels.

Tasarist is a Turkish packaging design and branding agency based in Istanbul (Beykoz district), founded in 2011 and established as the country's leading agency in the sector, with over 50 awards from international competitions such as the A' Design Award, WorldStar, Design Turkey and the DIA Intelligence Award.

The name, combining the Turkish word for “design” with the suffix “-ist” (meaning “master of” in many languages), reflects the agency's specialisation in integrated industrial and graphic packaging design.

Tasarist has developed a proprietary methodology called the “5-Shelf Effect”, which uses artificial intelligence to test and analyse a design's shelf performance within seconds, also applied in market research published for Marketing Türkiye.

Recent projects include AI-assisted design for Evyap's “Pet Love” pet care line and the 2024 rebranding of the “Altunsa Fresh” line for Middle Eastern markets, alongside long-standing collaborations with brands such as Heinz, Indomie and footwear brand Greyder.

TBM Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company based in Tokyo (Ginza), founded in 2011 by CEO Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, developer of LIMEX®, a patented composite material made from more than 50% calcium carbonate (derived from limestone), positioned as an alternative to conventional paper and plastic.

LIMEX can be produced using existing moulding/extrusion equipment already on the market, requires very little water and no wood pulp in its manufacture, and is used in food and cosmetics packaging, paper and signage; TBM also offers CirculeX (a material with over 50% recycled content), MaaR (a material-circulation service) and ScopeX (a cloud platform for GHG emissions reporting).

The technology is patented in over 40 countries and used by more than 10,000 companies and organisations; recent cases include the adoption of LIMEX by LVMH/KENDO's cosmetics brand OLE HENRIKSEN.

In 2024-2025 TBM launched a partnership with Greenore to study the feasibility of producing calcium carbonate from carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in Japan.