Frugalpac has sold its first paper bottle machine to Canadian firm KinsBrae Packaging.
The machine makes the Frugal Bottle which is aimed at the wine, spirits and olive oil markets.
Canada is already selling wine in the Frugal Bottle through its LCBO stores across Ontario.
The Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine – called FBAM-1 – is capable of producing more than two and a half million Frugal bottles a year.
The company said over 25 different drinks producers from around the world have launched wines, spirits and olive oils in the Frugal Bottle.
These include The English Vine’s No1 white wine, Signal 7 Wines in the US, Spain’s Planet B by Bodegas Murviedro and a range of red, white and rosé wines.
It’s also used by NB Distillery’s School Night and Silent Pool’s Green Man for gin, a Mexican organic tequila Buen Vato from Sweden’s Alias Smith, a French Calvados from Avallen Spirits and Italy’s Evviva and Greece’s AONES for olive oil.
Future releases in the Frugal Bottle will include wines from Spanish producer Fernando Castro and Half Shell Vodka by Florida’s Distillery 98.
KinsBrae Packaging, which is based in Cambridge, Ontario, will seek to meet the local Canadian and USA demand of the total global 120 million Frugal Bottles enquiries received by Frugalpac.
The firm was recently praised by the UK Government’s Department for International Trade’s GREAT Britain campaign as one of the UK organisations “doing incredible things to help build a global sustain-able future”.
Malcolm Waugh, chief executive, said: “We’re thrilled to be selling our first Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine platform to KinsBrae Packaging. Whilst we currently produce Frugal Bottles in Ipswich, this partnership will allow us to have a main-land presence in North America, reducing the carbon footprint of our bottles even further. We’re proud to have this relationship with KinsBrae Packaging who have a strong track record of producing and supplying sustainable packaging.
“It is clear consumers are keen on more sustainable forms of packaging and this is a great opportunity for packaging companies, bottlers and the print industry.
Shawn Bonnick, KinsBrae Packaging’s president and chief executive, said: “KinsBrae Packaging is proud to be the first packaging company in the world to acquire a Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine to supply Frugal Bottles to the growing wine and spirits businesses in Canada. Our company knows that sustainable packaging isn’t a flash in the pan. It’s what our customers now ex-pect.
“We were particularly impressed by the rapid sales of the Frugal Bottles and the impressive global need for the Frugal Bottle. It’s clear that there’s a significant consumer desire for innovative packaging that’s not only sustainable but also stands out with 360-degree branding.”
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