Huhtamaki Packaging

Most days in the art&design lab are stress filled, so there is the necessity for coffee.  Little did I know, Huhtamaki is responsible for allowing me to drink my coffee or tea each morning.  Huhtamaki's facility is based in De Soto Kansas, where they work with molded fibers, foodservice products, consumer goods, and rigid plastics.  

To produce a majority of their plastic products, Huhtamaki prides itself on high volume injection molding.  Something that that impressed me is their use of recycled materials.  For instance, the molded fiber products Huhtamaki rolls out are composed of 100% recycled materials like newspapers and paperboard. Primarily used for the packaging of food, these materials are excellent for absorbing shock, allowing longer shelf life and overall product dexterity.  

Huhtamaki does a great job of promoting other companies through their labeling. Improving shelf presence is a overall goal of this company, and their packaging supports this goal tremendously.  They primarily use lithographic printing on their products.  The reduction of certain materials used in this process has earned them the USA EPA Award of 2003.