Knauf Industries designs and manufactures custom food packaging. Thanks to our expertise in extrusion, thermoforming, plastic injection molding, and foam molding, we develop solutions perfectly suited to the nature of your products: meats, seafood, prepared meals, cheeses, pastries, ice cream, as well as fruits and vegetables.
To achieve this, we offer a co-development process to create packaging that protects food, optimizes logistics, and enhances your brand. All this, backed by genuine expertise in eco-design.
Why choose our custom food packaging?
Each food product has its own specific requirements: sensitivity to shocks, exudates, temperature variations, preservation requirements, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), or microwaveability. However, standardized solutions don't always meet these specific needs.
To address these requirements, Knauf Industries can support you by designing custom food packaging. This allows us to precisely adapt the shape, material, thickness, and features to your product's characteristics. We guarantee optimal food protection and perfect compatibility with your production lines and logistics.
We get involved from the initial needs assessment phase to design a coherent, high-performing, and sustainable technical solution.
Packaging that meets all your requirements
Food safety
In the food industry, food safety is a top priority. Our custom packaging is designed in compliance with current European regulations and according to a rigorous HACCP approach.
We adapt our solutions to the specific constraints of each product:
- Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP);
- Skin packaging;
- Resistance to fatty or moist foods;
- Microwave, freezing, and pasteurization compatibility;
- Integration of absorbent pads for managing exudates.
Our single-material solutions in PP, PET, R-PET, or R’Kap® offer excellent sealing and mechanical strength, guaranteeing product integrity throughout the supply chain.
Weight optimization
The weight of packaging directly influences transport costs, energy consumption, and the overall carbon footprint. The eco-design of our custom food packaging aims to reduce material usage while maintaining high performance.
Thanks to digital simulation and optimized stacking notches, we adjust wall thicknesses, reduce transport volume, improve palletization, and facilitate handling.
For insulated solutions, whether made of EPS or foam materials, the lightweight construction combined with excellent thermal insulation allows us to maintain the cold chain while minimizing the overall transport weight.
Custom Design
Packaging is also a key element in brand image and shelf differentiation. Our custom solutions incorporate advanced personalization options:
- Choice of shapes and compartments;
- Specific colors;
- Transparency to highlight freshness;
- Integrated IML labels;
Marking, screen printing, or customization of EPS packaging. We design packaging that perfectly matches the shape of your products and enhances their appeal while respecting industrial constraints.
Eco-designed solutions
Eco-design is integrated from the development phase. Committed to this approach, we can now offer you a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to precisely evaluate the product's environmental impact.
And to further limit this impact, our custom packaging can incorporate recyclable single-materials, post-consumer recycled materials (such as R’Kap®), or solutions made from renewable resources (such as Neops®).
In addition, our Knauf Circular® program enables the collection and recovery of EPS packaging waste to facilitate its reintegration into a recycling stream.
A co-development process for truly customized solutions
Do you have specific needs? Knauf Industries, a true expert in the design and manufacture of custom food packaging, can meet them. Our design office and our ID Lab Research & Development center will guide you step by step through a co-development process:
- Needs analysis and collaborative development of specifications;
- Eco-design and 3D modeling;
- Design validation;
- Prototyping and testing on the production line;
- Industrialization and production launch;
- Continuous optimization.
Throughout this design phase, and even beyond if necessary, we strive to align your technical performance objectives with your logistical constraints, as well as the regulatory requirements and environmental objectives specific to the agri-food sector.
Our teams work closely with your R&D, production, and quality departments to ensure seamless integration into your industrial processes.
Expert Technical Processes for Your Packaging Needs
Knauf Industries leverages three complementary technologies to design your custom food packaging:
Extrusion and Thermoforming
Ideal for trays, boxes, and transparent or colored packaging in PP and PET. These processes allow for packaging under MAP or skin film, microwaveable, pasteurizable, or frozen.
Plastic Injection Molding
A method suited to complex parts, thin walls, and solutions incorporating IML labels. It guarantees dimensional accuracy and robustness.
Foam Molding (EPS, EPP)
Perfect for insulated boxes and protective solutions requiring high-performance thermal insulation without adding weight.
FAQ
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Our packaging complies with strict food standards and undergoes rigorous quality controls throughout the manufacturing process. Each solution is tested to ensure food protection and consumer safety.
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Thanks to our co-design process, we guarantee optimized production times, adapted to the requirements of your project. The complexity of the design and specific needs influence the deadlines, but our expertise ensures great responsiveness.