Partners & Clients

AIP - Australasian Institute of Packaging

The Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is the peak professional body for packaging education and training in Australasia. For more than 60 years, AIP has supported packaging professionals across Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia through education, training and industry networking.

AIP offers a broad range of professional development opportunities, including diploma and certificate programs, the Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) designation, technical forums, training courses, conferences, site visits, mentoring and internship programs.

As the Australasian partner of Packaging Cockpit, AIP supports companies in understanding and managing packaging requirements for the European market. Together, AIP and Packaging Cockpit help businesses work with harmonised packaging data, assess packaging specifications and lifecycle impacts, and meet regulatory requirements such as extended producer responsibility.

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.

BPC- Berndt+Partner Creality GmbH

BPC is a leading packaging agency for design, branding, innovation and sustainability.
The company supports national and international companies, corporations, medium-sized businesses and small enterprises along the entire packaging value chain – from the initial idea to graphic design and packaging development to marketable solutions.
As an implementation partner of the Packaging Cockpit, BPC supports its customers in systematically analysing, optimising and making packaging more sustainable – transparently, data-driven and measurably.
BPC's particular strength lies in its combination of in-depth knowledge, interdisciplinary expertise and over 30 years of industry experience. Packaging is not just seen as a wrapper, but as a strategic success factor along the entire value chain.
With the Packaging Cockpit, BPC brings clarity to complex packaging portfolios, identifies optimisation potential and supports companies from strategy to implementation. The aim is to develop more efficient, sustainable and legally compliant packaging solutions – individually tailored to each company.

Green Path (Tianjin) Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

Green Path (Tianjin) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. is the exclusive partner of Packaging Cockpit in China, supporting Chinese companies in accessing the European market. Led by General Manager Pan Yujun (Eugene), who brings more than 30 years of experience in the packaging industry and international business, Green Path combines Packaging Cockpit’s EU expertise with local market knowledge.

Together with technical and legal experts, Green Path supports companies with key PPWR requirements: from regulatory interpretation, packaging design reviews and compliance assessments to EPR registration, documentation, data preparation and label verification.

With bilingual, personal support, Green Path helps its customers implement complex compliance processes efficiently, transparently and in a market-oriented way.

GS1 Hungary

GS1 is the neutral, not-for-profit organisation behind the barcode, which is scanned billions of times every day on products around the world. For over 50 years, GS1 standards have helped companies uniquely identify their products, locations and shipments, share accurate data electronically with their trading partners and trace goods along the entire supply chain. Today, more than 2 million companies in 150 countries use the GS1 System, in virtually every industry where products are made, moved or sold, from the world's leading brands through small and medium-sized businesses to public sector organisations.

GS1 Hungary has more than 40 years of local experience in implementing these global standards. Through its Training Center, it focuses on teaching companies how to use GS1 standards and services in practice, helping them build more efficient and transparent supply chains, while its professional workgroups support retailer and manufacturer collaboration as well as healthcare processes.

MAT Packaging Solutions

MAT Packaging Solutions is Turkey's first and only company entirely dedicated to packaging consultancy. Acting as the technical packaging department for its clients, it offers expertise across all aspects of the packaging industry. In addition to consulting, MAT also manages packaging procurement for several major Turkish companies. By optimizing packaging processes and material usage, MAT consistently achieves double-digit cost savings and enhances efficiency.

The company supports its clients in overcoming packaging-related challenges by providing sustainable, innovative, and cost-effective solutions. With experience spanning four continents and a strong portfolio of projects with some of Turkey's leading companies, MAT Packaging Solutions continues to set industry standards and deliver value in every project.

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.

QuarterPack GmbH

QuarterPack is an independent consulting and service company specialising in packaging management, production control and sustainable packaging solutions. The company supports national and international brand owners, industrial companies and retailers in developing and optimising packaging in an economical, sustainable and brand-consistent way.

Its range of services extends from the analysis of existing packaging portfolios to packaging development, the creation of print-ready production data and the coordination of the entire prepress process. Professional colour management ensures consistent brand and print quality worldwide.

With extensive packaging expertise, data-driven analyses and a strong focus on implementation, QuarterPack identifies optimisation potential, reduces material and process costs, and develops future-proof, legally compliant and resource-efficient packaging solutions.

realcycle

realcycle GmbH, based in Zurich, is an experienced partner for future-ready packaging solutions in the context of the circular economy. With over 20 years of experience and an interdisciplinary team, the company supports businesses in developing sustainable, recyclable, and legally compliant packaging solutions – from material selection to reintegration into the cycle. Whether single-use or reusable, realcycle designs solutions that are ecologically sound, economically viable, and regulatory compliant.

By leveraging digital tools, the company creates transparency in packaging flows and enables well-informed decisions. In addition to the packaging industry, realcycle also supports other sectors such as the construction industry. Its service portfolio includes studies and consulting on topics such as the use of recyclates or EU regulations, as well as practical workshops and training sessions.

realcycle sees itself as more than just a consulting firm: as an initiator, expert, and companion on the path to a resource-efficient future, it offers well-thought-out concepts, in-depth analyses, and a strong focus on implementation.

Hilcona

Taste and Quality Since 1935

Hilcona, headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein, is a leading food manufacturer with around 2,000 employees. The company produces a broad range of food products, including pasta, ready meals, salads, muesli, soups, sauces, as well as vegetarian and vegan products.

Within its partnership with Packaging Cockpit, the current focus is on the structured transfer of existing packaging data. This creates a reliable data foundation for the next step: efficiently and transparently preparing the technical documentation (TD) and the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) along the supply chain in accordance with the requirements of the PPWR.

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.

sukigroup

International solutions provider for the DIY and specialist retail sector across the entire value chain

sukigroup supplies people throughout Europe with a range of 60,000 DIY and professional trade products. These products help them build, renovate, repair and enhance their homes, apartments, gardens and favourite places.

The companies of sukigroup support their retail partners across the entire value chain, with a strong focus on quality, efficient logistics and sustainable solutions. By using Packaging Cockpit, sukigroup creates transparency in packaging data and evaluates packaging solutions efficiently and on a data-driven basis, contributing to a future-proof circular economy.

VARTA AG

VARTA AG - stands for the Future of Energy

VARTA Consumer Batteries, a subsidiary of VARTA AG headquartered in Ellwangen, is one of Europe’s leading battery manufacturers and distributes high-quality energy products in more than 90 markets. With over 135 years of experience, the company places strong emphasis on innovation “Made in Germany”, quality and performance.

The project with Packaging Cockpit focuses on establishing a consistent database for packaging information. This ensures that all required data is transferred systematically and provides a reliable foundation for the technical documentation (TD) and the Declaration of Conformity (DoC) in accordance with the regulatory requirements of the PPWR.

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