FIBTRAY- Cellulosic tray to reduce plastics in food packaging - Banco de Patentes

The present patent relates to a cellulosic complex formed particularly from stacked flat sheets comprising folding flaps and allowing the formation of the package in a single run during the manufacturing stage.

The patent provides a method for obtaining the complex, a method for manufacturing a package, and a method for packaging an item, preferably for containing food products.

Inherent advantages associated with the use of packages of a cellulosic origin are: reduction the use of plastics, easy to print, greater recycling ease and come from natural sources.

The innovation can provide different business application sectors with various advantages such as:

• Producers and/or distributors of packaged food (fruits and vegetables, baby food, ready-to-eat meals, and meat and dairy products, among others) will have access to a more sustainable package that will help them meet competitive standards in product quality, and which is also affordable and tailored to their new green business model.

• Manufacturers of packaging machinery will benefit from integrating a new eco-design to reduce the use of plastics in food packaging,

• Manufacturers of packaging and packaging materials will be able to exploit a new business line that will provide a potential value for the market.