Symbiosis: The Paper-Based Sparkling Foil

Crealis launches the next generation of sustainable closure solutions for sparkling wine.

For the first time in Italy plastic disappears from the foils for sparkling wine to make way for paper, the protagonist of a news green line of closure solutions. The instigator of this revolution is Symbiosis by Crealis, a completely plastic-free foil made mainly of paper (48%) combined with aluminium (44%), previewed at Luxe Pack in Munich and soon to arrive at the next Simei in Milan (12-15 November 2024).

«It’s an exceptional product not only for the quality of the materials - explains Michele Moglia, CEO of the international closure solutions group -, but it’s also the first plastic-free sparkling wine foil available on an industrial scale. Like all our products, Symbiosis is customisable and usable with automatic bottling lines”.

New structure. Symbiosis moves away from the traditional structure composed of three layers (aluminium/polyethylene/aluminium) and is the first foil in Italy that can be recycled with paper. A further added value is the use of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified paper, besides the reduction of 30% of emissions of carbon dioxide compared to the traditional Derma75 foil, and 15% compared to the latest Derma75L green version (Independent Life Cycle Assessment Study on 2023 data, carried out with the support of Deloitte).

The solution is part of the broad aim of the short-term reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: -42% for direct emissions (Scope 1) and indirect emissions linked to energy consumption (Scope 2) and -25% for those coming from activities in the value chain (Scope 3): these targets have been validated by SBTi with relation to the 2002 year of reference and to be achieved by 2030. All the products in the Green Tech line, as well as the numerous infrastructural investments such as the plant for the recovery of solvents in the Enoplastic (Bodio Lomnago, VA) site, and the Spanish one in Rivercap (Lapuebla) move in this direction.