Stora Enso, a PulPac licensee, is opening a Dry Molded Production Unit in Skene, Sweden. The facility is the largest and most advanced of its kind, the company says, and will produce fiber products, such as cup lids, designed to replace traditional plastics in F&B packaging. Production will begin in Q4 2024 after large-scale testing. Dry Molded Fiber production reduces water and energy consumption compared to traditional wet forming, and any excess material is recaptured and reused. “Stora Enso is the first producer to successfully implement this new dry forming technology on a large scale,” says Anna Stenström, operation director at the Skene Production Unit.
