Success Stories

ARA - Altstoff Recycling Austria AG

For more than 30 years, Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA) has been a driving force in Austria's waste and recycling management industry and is the market leader among collection and recycling systems for packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment, and batteries.

ARA, with its subsidiaries ARAplus GmbH, Austria Glas Recycling GmbH, DiGiDO GmbH, Digi-Cycle GmbH, ERA GmbH and TriPlast GmbH, is now considered an international best practice and, as a partner to industry, develops customised disposal solutions in the waste and recycling industry: from dispensation and material flow management to circular design and the digitalisation of the circular economy.

ARA AG serves more than 15,000 customers. It is owned by domestic companies and operates as a non-profit company.

We recommend that all ARA customers address the properties of their own packaging at an early stage in order to be able to carry out any necessary optimisations in good time and avoid potential additional costs. ARA is working with Packaging Cockpit to provide our customers with a powerful tool.

Packmatic

Packmatic is Europe's leading digital purchasing platform for customised packaging. By smartly matching requirements with manufacturers' production capabilities, Packmatic enables its customers to save an average of 16% on costs – with more sustainable packaging for over a third of the solutions. Packmatic draws on a network of over 350 qualified suppliers. Packmatic has over 300 customers from a wide range of industries, including food, e-commerce, pet food and cosmetics.

With its Packa software solution, Packmatic combines all aspects of digital packaging management on a single platform and offers modules for purchasing, marketing, quality management, packaging technology and sustainability, among other things.

Packmatic's all-in-one sourcing solution helps you find the best packaging suppliers and prices according to your specific needs.

PreZero

As a member of the Schwarz Group, PreZero is not only an environmental services provider for our sister companies Lidl, Kaufland, Schwarz Produktion and Digits. With over 30 years of experience in the waste management industry and 30,000 employees at 460 locations in 11 countries, PreZero is one of the top 5 environmental services providers in Europe. With our business areas of waste management, recycling and packaging, we are operationally active in all areas of the circular economy of packaging: we collect, sort, recycle, use secondary raw materials in packaging and actively support the sustainable design of packaging.

PreZero Sustainable Packaging is the Schwarz Group's packaging team of experts. We enable informed decisions, helping with the conversion of packaging, digitising packaging data, processes and information, and networking with the value chain. Together with our customers, we design packaging concepts that not only meet the legal requirements, but also fulfil the sustainability requirements of your customers.

Ennstal

Technology pioneers in the production and filling of beverages and food

Technological leadership includes the use of new and innovative packaging solutions. With the Packaging Cockpit, Ennstal has the right tool for assessing the sustainability of these innovative packaging and the efficient solution for managing the packaging range. The Packaging Cockpit makes it easier for Ennstal to decide on the right packaging solution and shows where circular packaging design can be optimized.

MAM Baby

World-leading manufacturer of premium baby products

MAM develops baby products that are unique in design and function and aim to delight a demanding customer segment. This particularly applies to the issue of sustainability of these products and their packaging. The Packaging Cockpit offers MAM efficient tools and solutions for implementing their sustainability strategy. With the Packaging Cockpit calculation of the life cycle analysis for packaging, MAM has a quick and cost-effective calculation tool to assess the sustainability of their packaging. Thus, different packaging solutions can be compared and evaluated. Sustainable packaging decisions are therefore made comprehensively and safely.

Pirlo

Metal and plastic packaging of the highest quality

Pirlo, the specialist for customer-specific solutions in the cans and tubes sector, calculates the recyclability of their products using the Packaging Cockpit tool. With the Packaging Cockpit, complex packaging solutions with different material combinations and features can be evaluated fast and cost-efficient. This means that design decisions can be made certain and based on data and facts. This allows Pirlo to comprehensively answer customer information on sustainability demands and product developments.