In the new economy, leather has often been discussed, but the material in question today is not leather. It’s a synthetic material made from grape marc by the young company Mondin, based in the technocity of Bayonne. Rodolphe Mondin and Julien Housseaux, co-founders and partners, came to see us as neighbors. Their journey is remarkable. These two childhood friends reunited at the Toulouse Business School. It was after their studies that they decided to start their own business.
In France alone, several million liters of beer are produced each year. On average, 300 kilograms of malt are needed to make 1000 liters of beer. It’s the husk of this cereal that becomes the spent grains. Suffice it to say that brewers have an abundance of them. Craftsman and designer, Franck Grossel, has been working for two years to give a second life to these spent grains by transforming them into high-end furniture made in France through his brand, Instead.
The Grenoble-based startup is on the verge of disrupting the food and cosmetics industry with its breakthrough innovation: an ultra-thin coating of alumina that provides paper and cardboard with new mechanical properties.
Neither vegetable leather nor faux leather.
Créés en 2021 par Cyril-Alexandre Blanc, Les Ateliers du Sac est la première – et la seule – usine de fabrication de shoping bags de luxe 100% française.
Wastea emerges as a novel choice to traditional leather, ingeniously repurposing tea waste that would otherwise be disposed of in landfills or burned
Favini is a company with a long history of innovation in paper manufacturing since the end of XVIII century and now is a global producer of graphics specialities.
Gmund is renowned in the packaging world for its luxurious ranges of colored papers. Florian Kohler, CEO of the family-owned Bavarian manufacturer, discusses the future of non-cellulose materials, Gmund’s acquisition of French supplier Cartonnerie Jean FG and the Unfolded Festival, the cultural event that is breaking industry codes. Read the interview, previously published in Formes de Luxe’s print magazine, below.
British papermaker James Cropper has embarked on a « transformation plan ». How is this set to impact its luxury business? Richard Bracewell, promoted Managing Director of the Creative Papers & Luxury Packaging division in August 2023 and Tricia Hartmann, Luxury Packaging Global Lead, talk to Formes de Luxe about James Cropper’s strategic roadmap, and the luxury trends that are guiding developments in its molded pulp packaging activity.
The KURZ Group is a global leader in hot-stamping and thin film technology. KURZ develops and produces decorative and functional layers applied to carrier foil for different industries, from the packaging and printing industry to the automotive sector and the electronics, card, and textile sectors
YUTO is a leading provider of superior packaging solutions and services. We offer integrated one-stop packaging solutions and sustainable and intelligent manufacturing services for Fortune 500 companies and a wide range of industries and applications worldwide. YUTO was founded in 1996 with headquarters in Shenzhen and has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under stock code 002831 since 2016. YUTO now boasts a 20,000-strong workforce with over 50 manufacturing centers across the globe and dedicated project teams serving clients in Consumer Electronics, Wine and Spirits, Personal Care, Food, Healthcare, Tabacco and other sectors. YUTO also provides diverse industrial and product solutions in technology sectors beyond packaging.
The linear development model, “Extract, Manufacture, Discard”, has today reached its limits. In the context of the Earth’s limited resources, the circular economy has become the alternative to the linear model, with changes along the entire line from eco-design through eco-development to the stages of manufacture, use and end-of-life.
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