SIG offers new aluminum-free packaging options

Packaging solutions provider SIG has announced a new packaging option for private label use. 

SIGNATURE EVO is a collection of aluminum-free full-barrier packaging materials for aseptic carton packs. SIGNATURE EVO extends SIG’s lower-carbon aluminum-free packaging materials, already available for plain white milk, for wider use with oxygen-sensitive products such as fruit juices, nectars, flavored milk and plant-based beverages.

“By extending our SIGNATURE portfolio with SIGNATURE EVO — the world’s first aluminum-free packaging materials for aseptic cartons with full barrier protection — we are taking the next step in our aluminum-free journey and underlining our position as an industry leader in sustainable innovations,” said Ali Kaylan, SVP of innovation at SIG. “We are delighted to give our customers additional opportunities to bring low-impact packaging solutions to more categories and more consumers around the world. Sustainable innovations like this are central to SIG’s commitment to partner with customers and go ‘Way Beyond Good’ for people and the planet.”

SIG says that SIGNATURE EVO packaging materials are expected to offer a similar carbon footprint reduction to combibloc ECOPLUS, to be confirmed through an independent, critically-reviewed, life-cycle assessment. Like the company’s other products, SIGNATURE EVO is fully recyclable in existing recycling streams.

SIGNATURE EVO packaging materials are designed to ensure that even oxygen-sensitive products are protected over long periods of time without the need for refrigeration. This enables customers to bring the environmental benefits to many more food and beverage categories. SIGNATURE EVO will initially be launched in the combiblocMini portion-sized format before being extended to other formats.

Based in Switzerland, SIG was founded in 1853, and in 2020 alone the company produced 38 billion carton packs.