Packaging innovation with a focus on small berries
News from ILIP at Fruit Logistica 2025: circular economy and packaging design at stake.
ILIP take centre stage at Fruit Logistica 2025, the international trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector. The company showcased top packaging solutions designed to protect delicate produce, enhance preservation, and minimise environmental impact and food waste.
Focus on berries looking to the British market
The company specialized on sustainable packaging for the fresh produce and food sector shined a spotlight on its range specifically designed for berries. This range includes punnets available in various formats, which can be heat-sealed or equipped with a lid, and configured with or without a pad. These solutions, developed to ensure maximum protection and extend shelf life, adhere to OPRL guidelines, making them perfectly suited to the UK market.
Recycled and mono-material for better packaging sustainability
The ILIP product range includes the B40 Air Wave punnet, made from R-PET. Its unique base design ensures excellent shock absorption during transport and in shops, removing the need for absorbent pads like micro-bubbles or cellulose. This year, the Air Wave system has been further developed with the addition of the B46 format, increasing the range’s versatility and meeting new packaging needs.
Since its founding, ILIP has focused on reducing environmental impact through specific programmes and projects across the entire value chain: from raw materials to production facilities and logistics. The T2T R-PET®, which stands for “tray to tray” in recycled PET makes ILIP one of the few companies in Europe to have vertically integrated recycling with round 60,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET per year. As a matter of fact, the company produces R-PET trays using secondary raw materials derived not only from recycled bottles but also from post-consumer trays to create new food containers.
