ALCION PACKAGING SOLUTIONS awarded with the GOLDPACK Award 2024 for the BEST CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROJECT 2024

Manufacture of plastic packaging using Plasma technology

The GoldPack Awards are an initiative of the Packaging Innovation Cluster and specifically, the Award for the Best Circular Economy Project is proposed to recognize excellent projects in different areas of the business Circular Economy, such as the implementation of sustainable production practices that minimize waste generation and/or promote recycling, among several other aspects. 

In its first edition 2024, the jury has recognized ALCION PACKAGING SOLUTIONS as deserving of this award for our Circular Economy Project based on the Implementation of a new technology: Chemical Generation of Barrier by Plasma. A disruptive technology that revolutionizes our field of barrier packaging in terms of recycling and environmental impact, which allows to go from a multi-layer multi-material structure to a mono-material with barrier properties, applying surface treatment using Plasma that provides the protective barrier to the packaging. This has materialized in a new line of plastic containers for the packaging of chemical products, manufactured using a disruptive and pioneering technology in Spain. 5 and 10l jerrycans for the industrial sector and approved for the transport of dangerous goods (UN marking), analysed in the design phase to optimise their behaviour and facilitate the circularity of the packaging.

Multilayer barrier packaging presents a significant challenge in terms of recycling. Although there are possibilities through Chemical Recycling, it involves the use of solvents and is a high-cost process, compared to mechanical recycling. The plasma technology that we have implemented at ALCION appears to solve the recyclability of these barrier containers as it allows them to be recycled 100% mechanically and provide greater environmental benefits, using highly efficient state-of-the-art electrical equipment that, in our facilities, consumes energy of 100% renewable origin. In addition, these containers facilitate a better use of the packaged product. The plasma produces a modification of the surface tension that allows a greater sliding and emptying of the packaged product, reducing the loss of residual product that remains in the container, thus achieving the Objective of offering a Barrier Container integrated into a closed recycling circuit (HDPE).

At ALCION PACKAGING SOLUTIONS we have been working for years to achieve plastic packaging that not only meets the needs of the market, but also contributes to a more sustainable future. This award is for us "a validation of these efforts and a reminder of the importance of continuing on this path", which is why we continue to work on other projects such as the incorporation of recycled materials certified UNE EN 15343:2008 to our packaging that will also be marketed with their corresponding approval for the transportation of dangerous goods (UN marking).

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