STiR coffee and tea magazine

STiR coffee and tea 27 HST Tea Bag Machines better simple econom ic Giant pot size Double chamber tea bags knotted or stapled fl avour save fl avour save H&S Tee-Gesellschaft | eMail: machines@hst.eu | www.HST.eu mo, Nespresso Professional, Cafitaly/Cafissimo, A Modo Mio, Espresso Point, Delizio/Cremesso, and Lavazza Blue – only JDE's (JAB's) Tassimo is not served by a compatible capsule. And of the total market by volume in 2020, 34% is compatibles and 66% original. In 2020, Alupak with its aluminum-type Nespresso capsules remained in top place as the leading supplier of capsules, fol- lowed by Berry Global (Dolce Gusto, Tassimo, and other pro- prietary and compatible capsules using plastics and bio-resins); Grupo Phoenix (K-cup, conventional plastics); Aluflexpack (Ne- spresso compatible (JDE), aluminum); Bisio Progetti (Nespresso and Dolce Gusto compatible, conventional plastics/bio-resins); Printpack (K-cup compatible, conventional plastics); Datwyler (Nespresso compatible, aluminum); Greiner Packaging (Dulce Gusto, conventional plastics); and Säntis Packaging (proprietary and compatible, conventional plastics and bio-resins). As if to confirm AMI's analysis of the market and the fast pace of growth it anticipates will continue, Bas de Vet, founder and chief capsule officer of Cappac told the virtual summit that the company, already capable of producing 300 million capsules per year, has embarked on an expansion plant that will see it ramp up production to 1 billion capsules per annum by this September. Producing Nespresso-compatible capsules for the private label segment of the market, the company's new facility in the Netherlands makes use of IMA Coffee filling and packag- ing machines and a high level of automation and robotization. A spokesperson for the company said, "demand is growing enor- mously, and we are well prepared for increased demand." Although only accounting for around 5% of the market by weight of material used, with 79% still conventional plastics and 16% aluminum, the market for bioplastics and compostable materials is growing rapidly and new environmentally friendly capsules were launched at the event. Others that are now well known such as NatureWorks' In- geo polylactic acid (PLA), used by food packaging producer Flo in its 'Gea' industrially compostable coffee capsules and Ter- racaps' 'CO2 neutral' industrially compostable capsules, were described in presentations. Shortly after the event, NatureWorks and IMA Coffee announced that they had entered into a strategic partner- ship to address the market for compostable K-Cups coffee capsules in North America. The agreement brings together NatureWorks' expertise with compostable materials, formu- lations, and processing technology with IMA's competence and application-specific know-how in coffee handling, pro- cessing, and packaging. "Compostable capsules create the opportunity to not only address consumer concerns and divert packaging away from landfills, but perhaps more importantly, to recover used coffee grounds, enabling their processing at a compost facility where they deliver valuable nutrients to the final compost," the part- ners said. "We have seen tremendous interest in compostable cap- sules," said Flavio Di Marcotullio, global industry manager NatureWorks. "Brand owners and roasters are responding to consumer demands for more sustainable packaging and to cir- cular economy directives that specify compostable packaging as a key enabler of recovering food waste for compost. To con- tinue supporting this growth, we saw an opportunity to partner with IMA."

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