Blue Ocean Closures
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| Blue Ocean Closures | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| Headquarters | Karlstadt, Sweden |
| Website | www.blueoceanclosures.com |
Company Profile
Blue Ocean Closures, founded end of 2021 and registered under Swedish laws and privately held with part ownership from ALPLA Group, Glatfelter and Rottnerosand, builds on material, machine and process R&D rooting back to early 2000s.
The company is set up around development, production and technology collaboration for sustainable, three dimensional, high density cellulose items, with focus on packaging. Blue Ocean Closures is partnering with customers, technology suppliers and academic Research & Innovation.
Blue Ocean's partners among others with Absolut Vodka (Pernod-Ricard Group) and The Coca Cola Company and is considered key to realizing the company's goals. Part of the collaborative R&I has been supported through public funding from among others Vinnova, Energimyndigheten and KK-Stiftelsen.
Blue Ocean Closures head office is located in Karlstad and the production and demo facility in Säffle, Karlstad.
A strong team of around 20 staff are specially selected, benefiting from the fiber packaging development and production culture in the county of Värmland and from dedicated team members that have joined from afar.
The main drive of Blue Ocesan is to reduce plastics and carbon footprint, key values being collaboration, integrity and focus. The company continues to build the team, looking for people with drive who share the values in sustainability, diversity and collaboration and who can contribute with their knowledge, personal experiences and commitment.
Closures - biobased and Recyclable as paper
Blue Ocean Closures materials are based on cellulose fibers from sustainably managed forests. The same kind of fibers that can be found in paper. These materials make use of the same type of food safe strength and hydrophobic additives that are found in other paper packaging and hygiene products. The fiber content is higher than in most types of carton packaging since there are no fillers in use.
Cellulose fibers are strong, bio based and biodegradable and do not cause any microplastics when breaking down in nature. With this technology Blue Ocean shapes rigid structures such as closures. For packaging structures interacting with water, there are several ways to protect the materials and the filled goods. These range from direct contact, dispersion coating, deposition and film lamination. Blue Ocean is constantly developing these fields together with their suppliers and partners.
Products
- Fiber Closures
Blue Ocean develops and produces advanced cellulose fiber based closures for their partner companies. There are different variants of product protection.
Based on pulp fibers from sustainably managed forests that are bio based, degrades in nature, and recyclable as paper.
History
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 11 / 2023: Coca-Cola partners with Swedish start-up Blue Ocean Closures
