Innovative solutions in packaging materials - Ate Plast Bulgaria


Title: Innovative solutions in packaging materials - Ate Plast Bulgaria

Country: Bulgaria, the city of Stara Zagora

Bio-based sector: Bio-based packaging

Description:

Ate Plast Ltd. is a leading producer of flexible polymer films and packaging for the industry. It is 100 % family-owned company oriented to the novelties and leading trends and solutions in the packaging industry. They offer foils and packaging for the food, construction, furniture, hygiene and sanitary industries. Ate Plast Ltd. was founded in 1994 and has more than 20 years of experience in the production of films and packaging. The first multilayer extrusion line was installed in 2003 with the company's production capacity of 13,000 tons/year. In 2013, the company opened a second new plant for flexible printed and laminated packaging in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. The capacity for printed packaging is 2 000 tons/year. They sell 75% of their production in the European Union and Europe, in more than 26 countries, to over 2 000 customers.

As a result of the final version adopted by the European Parliament on March 27, 2019 on the draft Directive on the reduction of the use of certain types of plastic products , the Ate Plast team is working hard on different product solutions to fulfill the set goals. In their product portfolio, they offer 4 product options that will reduce environmental pollution and meet new consumer demands for more sustainable development. The aim is to ensure that all plastic packaging placed on the EU market can be reused or recycled in a cost-effective way by 2030.

The range of their products includes:

  • Bio-based packaging that is made of polyethylene, which does not degrade, but can be made from renewable resources such as sugar cane, corn, rice, potatoes, wheat or vegetable oil;
  • Biodegradable packaging - Biodegradable polyethylenes break down under certain conditions.
  • Recyclable packaging - Ate Plast, together with supply chain partners, offers several new product lines:
    • Eco products with very low carbon emissions;
    • Duplex laminated packaging of uniform materials;
    • Shrinkable films;
    • Films for automatic vertical and horizontal packaging machines
  • Thinned packaging - Ate Plast manufactures packaging with a reduced thickness of up to 50 %, but with the same strength and protective properties.

Link to the website: https://ateplast.eu/en