PulPac today announces Papela’s participation in the Blister Pack Collective, the cross-industry initiative created by PA Consulting, a Jacobs company, and PulPac to advance Dry Molded Fiber blister packaging. Papela will act as the Collective’s first converter partner and will contribute converter expertise on the development of Dry Molded Fiber blister packaging for nutraceuticals, supplements, and healthcare-related products.
Image; Dry Molded Fiber blister pack sample.
Blister packs remain one of the most widely used formats for tablets and capsules, often relying on plastic or other materials that are difficult to recycle. The Blister Pack Collective brings together partners across the value chain to accelerate the development of fiber-based alternatives that can reduce plastic use while supporting the performance, protection, and scalability required for commercial adoption.
Papela further strengthens a Collective that already includes leading consumer health companies such as Haleon, Opella, Bayer Consumer Health and also Sanofi Rx. Its participation adds a focused perspective on supplement applications, as well as practical converter insight into how fiber-based blister packaging can move closer to commercial adoption.
“For many brands, the challenge is not only finding a more sustainable blister format, but making the transition practical. Through the Blister Pack Collective, we are working with PA and PulPac to help bring fiber-based blister packaging closer to market,” says Sander Volden, Founder and CEO of Papela.
“Dry Molded Fiber is technology meant to be shared, and the Blister Pack Collective is a strong example of how collaboration can accelerate real progress. Papela is bringing valuable market focus and a clear converter perspective to the initiative, helping us explore how fiber-based blister packaging can meet specific product and market needs at scale,” says Viktor Wingård Börjesson, COO at PulPac.
“The Collective approach is designed to accelerate learning and reduce barriers to innovation by bringing together partners with complementary expertise. Papela adds another relevant market perspective and strengthens the practical requirements needed to take fiber-based blister packaging from development toward adoption,” says Keith Thornley, commercial lead for Dry Molded Fiber Collectives at PA Consulting.
The Blister Pack Collective was created by PA Consulting and PulPac to accelerate the development of Dry Molded Fiber blister packs. The initiative brings together partners from across pharma, consumer health, FMCG, and related industries to reduce reliance on conventional plastic blister formats and support the transition toward more fiber-based packaging solutions.
Dry Molded Fiber is PulPac’s patented technology for turning renewable fibers into high-performance packaging through a dry forming process. For blister applications, the technology opens opportunities to reduce plastic content while supporting the detailed forming, barrier integration, consumer desirability, and production scalability required for tablet and capsule packaging.
Together, PA Consulting, PulPac, and Papela will work to further develop and validate Dry Molded Fiber blister packaging for selected supplement applications.
Media contacts:
Viktor Wingård Börjesson, Chief Operating Officer PulPac, viktor.borjesson@pulpac.com
Sander Volden, CEO Papela Packaging, sander.volden@papelapack.com
Arabella Cram, PA Consulting, arabella.cram@paconsulting.com
Ann Dynehäll, Chief Communications Officer PulPac,ann.dynehall@pulpac.com
About Papela Packaging
Papela is a European sustainable contract packaging organization. While heavily focused on developing innovative fiber-based blister packaging solutions, Papela's comprehensive services will also include sacheting, stick packs, bottling, and more for nutraceuticals, supplements, and healthcare-related products. As packaging and regulations become increasingly complex and resource-heavy, Papela aims to be the safe, strategic, and preferred partner for brands and contract manufacturers. By managing the entire packaging service, Papela empowers clients to stay focused on their core products while ensuring their transition to sustainable packaging is future-proof beyond the 2030 PPWR regulations. Learn more at https://www.papelapack.com/.
About PA Consulting
PA Consulting believes in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.
As strategies, technologies and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our diverse teams combine deep expertise, innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to help clients adapt, transform and achieve enduring results across consumer and manufacturing, defense and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. As a Jacobs company, we combine strategic advisory, design and delivery as a single partner across the full program lifecycle. Together, our global team of approximately 47,000 help clients shape investment decisions, solve complex challenges and deliver lasting outcomes. Discover more atpaconsulting.com and connect with PA on LinkedIn and X.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
About PulPac
PulPac is the home of Dry Molded Fiber – an industrial fiber-forming technology for rigid, high-speed packaging with a responsible footprint, using minimal water and energy. Invented, patented and built to be shared, Dry Molded Fiber scales from ideas to production through a global ecosystem of partners and licensees, giving manufacturers and brands the speed, quality, and unit economics that help drive the shift toward packaging that just makes good sense. Learn more at www.pulpac.com.
About the Blister Pack Collective
The Blister Pack Collective is a cross-industry initiative created by PA Consulting and PulPac to accelerate the development of Dry Molded Fiber blister packaging. The Collective brings together partners across the value chain to reduce plastic use and support the transition toward more fiber-based blister pack solutions. Learn more at: https://www.paconsulting.com/global-shifts/regenerative-futures/blister-pack-collective
Additional images
Image; Sander Volden (Papela) and Viktor Wingård Börjesson (PulPac) at PulPac HQ discussing Dry Molded Fiber blister pack.
Image; Dry Molded Fiber blister pack development.
Tags: