Trends such as the public’s growing awareness of the importance of food quality, increasing interaction between a product and its packaging as well as upcoming regulatory changes, lead to new needs in the area of packaging. DSM’s capabilities in materials sciences and life sciences enable the company to develop unique innovations for business-to-business and business-to-consumer food and health care packaging industries. These capabilities form the basis of DSM Specialty Packaging.

    

   

Ambitious
DSM Specialty Packaging focuses on developing unique packaging solutions to enhance many aspects of food quality: freshness, safety & authenticity through active, intelligent and smart packaging systems. DSM Specialty Packaging’s ambition in this field is to become a recognized solution provider throughout the whole food packaging chain (from farm to fork).

Innovative
Our innovative packaging solutions aim to increase the quality of fresh foods such as fruits, fresh-cut vegetables, meats and fish during their shelf life. This means that consumers can enjoy fresher and tastier food and have the convenience of shopping less frequently. In addition to providing improved quality, retailers can reduce their waste and out-of-stock situations, while producers can optimize their production and logistics. We are also developing communicative packaging that clearly displays the quality of the contents to the consumer. These packaging solutions will indicate, for example, whether fish or meat is spoiled, whether food has been stored under the right temperature conditions or if the package is still completely intact.

 

Competent
In Specialty Packaging, DSM builds on the company’s competences and strong market positions in packaging, preservation, microbiology and nutrition. Our unique position of being able to combine these in-house skills will enable DSM Specialty Packaging to realize important breakthroughs in food & health care packaging, now and in the future.