International flexible packaging manufacturer Korozo Group (Korozo) will showcase the future of flexible packaging in North America, when it participates at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025.
Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025 takes place on 29 September to 1 October at Las Vegas Convention Center.
On Booth #SL-19065, attendees are invited to explore Korozo’s latest solutions tailored to meet the evolving needs of the industry, as well as experience the company’s mission of Delivering Sustainability, Pack by Pack first-hand.
This covers recyclable packaging innovations, advanced pet food packaging solutions, and an extensive portfolio of stand-up pouches and high-performance barrier films. A new FDA-compliant vacuum skin packaging (VSP) film for fresh seafood will be presented. This delivers on the required oxygen transmission rate of at least 10,000cc/sqm/24 hours, which ensures oxygen levels remain high enough to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
Another highlight of Korozo’s participation at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025 is its proprietary KoroRCY PE-based laminating film.
This film is manufactured in-house using Korozo’s high-end extrusion lines. KoroRCY can be integrated into pouches, films, flow packs, and other pack structures enabling brands to transition to MDO-PE flexible packaging designed to be recycled and circular.
KoroRCY is already used by many brands around the world to create highly functional mono-material constructions that are suitable for existing flexible plastics and PE recycling systems. These offer enhanced barrier and performance characteristics that make flexible packaging structures made with KoroRCY suitable for a wide variety of fresh, frozen and dried food applications as well as many non-food uses.
With Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws already passed in multiple states and moving into implementation, and others following suit, packaging designed to be recycled is becoming critical for US brands and retailers, as one-fifth (20%) of the population in the US is shortly to be covered by EPR laws.
Coupled with this is a strong drive to introduce recycled content quotas. Whilst not adopted at a federal level, numerous states have their own laws that confirm minimum recycled content requirements. Others are following suit.
Korozo is already able to offer MDO-PE mono material packaging structures for non-contact sensitive applications that feature 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. The PCR percentage is being advanced and will surpass 35% by the end of the decade for non-contact sensitive products. By 2040, the PCR total will be at or above 65%.
Dr Betül Türel Erbay, Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer at Korozo, said: “Our position at the heart of tomorrow’s flexible packaging industry is built on our role today as a manufacturer of sustainable flexible packaging and films that are at the centre of the circular packaging value chain.
“Innovations such as KoroRCY are driving this. They are necessary to help the whole industry transition towards a sustainable and circular future. They also enable us to deliver on our promise: Delivering Sustainability, Pack by Pack.”
Daniel Strickland of DJS Packaging Solutions, who represents Korozo Group in North America, said: “As the industry across North America embraces the challenges and looks for the solutions for tomorrow, so Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025 becomes the perfect opportunity for the entire flexible packaging sector to take stock of its current position and step forward into a safe, secure, and sustainable future for all.”
Kemal Yürüm, Korozo’s Protein Segment Market manager, will be in attendance at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025. He said: “I am looking forward to introducing customers, contacts, and the wider industry to our portfolio of solutions that are expertly engineered and manufactured to provide perfect performance at the same time as promoting sustainability and circularity.
“For those involved in the sale and distribution of fresh seafood, our 10K VSP solution arrives at the right time. Consumer appetite for these products is on the rise in the US and there is need for a reliable and knowledgeable partner that can supply this market with high-quality and functional packaging solutions.”
Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025 takes place on 29 September to 1 October at Las Vegas Convention Center. Korozo Group is exhibiting at Booth #SL-19065.
For more on Korozo’s sustainable flexible packaging solutions, visit: https://www.korozogroup.com/flexible-packaging/recyclable-packaging/