WorldStar Winner: Trapez-Box

WINNERS 2023

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Trapez-Box

Company:

Mondi Eschenbach GmbH

www.mondigroup.com/en/home/

Country: Germany

Category: Food

A customer wanted to replace its existing 100% plastic cheese packaging for the purpose of sustainability.
The previous, three-piece plastic packaging had a very typical semicircular shape that was easily recognised by customers at the point of sale, having had that shape for years. The challenge, therefore, was to accommodate the same number of cheese pieces in a sustainable packaging solution that had similar external dimensions and was able to hold the same number of cheese pieces. Since a corrugated cardboard box cannot be round, the arrangement of the cheese pieces was the crux of the development work. We designed the trapezoidal box for this purpose.
Major savings can be made with the new solution in warehousing (80% cost saving due to storage of flat blanks), packaging (70% saving), material weight (33% saving) and the eliminated costs for repackaging the previous plastic parts (approx. 6000 standard cartons/10,000m2 per year).

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The new packaging replaces a plastic base, lid and inner layer but still offers stand out from the crowd at the point of sale as it offers an optimal display function.
The old packaging was erected and filled by hand, and the aim was to continue this process, according to the customer's wishes. However, Mondi’s solution was so successful that the new, one-piece packaging can also be erected by machine, thus saving time and labour.
The above mentioned savings also have another positive impact as they result in a reduced CO2 footprint.
Another benefit is that the existing outer packaging for transport to the supermarket does not have to be adapted, as the outer dimensions are identical, making the transition to the new packaging smooth and cost-effective as well as providing a much more sustainable solution.

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