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Ahlstrom Accelerates Fiber-Based Packaging Innovation with High-Throughput Pre-Screening
November 13, 2025
Success Story with High-Throughput Pre-Screening
Our story
Revolutionizing biodegradability testing
The collaboration between B4Plastics and Normec OWS started in 2019, initially focusing on ISO-approved testing for short-life applications. As the industry demanded faster, more cost-effective testing methods, both companies joined forces with a shared vision โ to revolutionize the biodegradability testing market. Stefaan De Wildeman: โI remember from my time at DSM that the pharmaceutical industry faced this challenge already back in the 90โs. There was thus no need to completely reinvent the wheel. The quest to develop a high-throughput screening testing platform was born.โ
Case Study: Ahlstorm Accelerates Fiber-Based Packaging Innovation with High-Throughput Pre-Screening
Weโre delighted to support Ahlstrom in their ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ through the High-Throughput Pre-Screening platform, developed and implemented by B4Plastics and Normec OWS ๐ฑ
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ Normec OWS ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ
By pre-screening multiple food contact paper variants for direct food contact, we help Ahlstrom assess biodegradability performance at an early stage. This enables faster decision-making, reduces certification risks, and supports the development of innovative fiber-based packaging that is safe, sustainable, and circular.
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ค ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ-๐ฐ๐ง-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ โ Carine LEBRUN, Global Sustainability and PA Manager at Ahlstrom Global Food Packaging.
๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด HERE
