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We have produced an innovative range of materials, designed for full function while preserving the planet.

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Cygnus REELboard

REELpaper

REELcorrugated

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SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS WITH MULTIPLE USE

Ideal for a full range of product design, branding and services.

Through our collaborations with leading experts in the packaging sector, the Swanline Group and SPP Labs, REELbrands have created a range of sustainable plastic-free materials. With a little inspiration, these ground-breaking materials can be used to create exclusive branded products.

Cygnus®REELboard, a fibre-based barrier coated board, which is both plastic-free, water and grease resistant. Cygnus®REELboard is also widely recyclable and repulpable.
REELpaper, high barrier paper and home compostable structures, suitable for pouches or flow wrap.
REELcorrugated, carbon neutral corrugated board, which is manufactured in a factory powered by food waste.

OUR CLIENTS

Businesses moving towards plastic free

Plastic Free

We work with A Plastic Planet and all of our products are certified Plastic Free!

Functionality

We create materials that are highly functional, water and grease resistant for example!

Compostable

Where appropriate, our products are home compostable, designed to break down completely into non-toxic components!

Carbon Neutral

Our REELcorrugated is produced by using food waste to power the production process!

Cygnus®REELboard

Plastic-Free, Water and Grease Resistant

REELbrands has created a range of barrier coated board grades, that are plastic-free, widely recyclable and repulpable. They are coated by SPP Labs, and all grades manufactured in the UK.

The range includes premium and low-cost functional products to meet most commercial applications, which up until now have only been possible with plastic.

We offer a clay coated white GC1 and GC2, and an unbleached kraft. Also included is one of the world’s first food-safe coated black boards, which is sheeted at Swanline’s facilities in Stone, Staffordshire. The range is complemented by a variety of specialist solidboard grades, which are laminated by Heathpak; the UK’s only BRC accredited solidboard laminating facility. The entire range is sealed on the reverse with SPP Lab’s new ground-breaking Seerpak™ micro barrier coating technology.

The product range from 380um to 4000um can be sourced exclusively from Swanline Paper and Board.

Cygnus®REELboard overview

• Viable alternative for PE laminated materials
• Certified Plastic Free
• 100% recyclable
• 100% biodegradable
• 100% compostable
• High grease resistance (Kit 12)
• High water barrier properties
• Barrier properties also tested post creasing
• BPA/PFA free
• Ideal for frozen, chilled, ambient & elevated heat
• PVA glue-able / induction heat sealable
• Flexo, offset litho and digital print compatible
• Good cutting / creasing results
• FSC® / PEFC certified
• BRC certified supply
• UK made – short lead times

REELpaper

Plastic-Free High Barrier Paper Material For Pouch or Flow Wrap

All the benefits of plastic or bio-polymer, however simply made from a high barrier, high tear strength paper which is recyclable as paper waste.

We have created a range of flexible materials that can be used for pouches or flow wrap.

REELpouch standard – Plant-based coated, high tear strength paper pouch material. Recyclable as paper waste.

REELpouch Barrier plus– Same as above, with higher MVTR barrier

REELpouch 02– Same as above but with added OTR value

REELcorrugated

Carbon neutral corrugated card

We supply corrugated board that has been manufactured in a factory that is powered by it’s own bio-energy site that runs on food waste.

What is it?

Corrugated which can be litho, flexo, screen or digitally printed to provide high impact branded graphics for packaging, POS and display products.

World first?

It certainly is! REELcorrugated is manufactured in the UK from food-waste powered corrugated at Corrboard UK, which has its own anaerobic digester at their Scunthorpe site. A great example of this working in practice; is where we take a client’s fish waste and convert into bioenergy, and then re-supply the client with corrugated packaging, which is almost carbon neutral: Click HERE for details.

Corrboard UK/Corrboard Bioenergy shows how this has become possible, following a multi-million-pound investment.

Will my box or display be carbon-neutral?

Unfortunately, not. The corrugated manufacturing process is by nature, energy intensive, usually driven by fossil-based power. In partnership with The Swanline Group (leading trade printer/converters of corrugated and other fibre-based materials) and part-owner of Corrboard and Corrboard Bioenergy, it is now possible to make corrugated with a much lower environmental impact. The corrugated manufacturing process is carbon-neutral, but there are still carbon impacts of paper supply, downward conversion, and transport, but it is significantly better.

Does it cost more?

No. In some cases we can design and supply litho-laminated corrugated at a lower, or comparable price as high quality flexo-printed corrugated, which will provide greater flexibility and lower set-up costs. This is certainly true with POTS & Co, where we supply their range of retail carton and SRP display packaging for premium desserts.

What is the lead-time?

From a standing start on a new pack sign-off, typically 6-8 weeks is achievable, but once we have a forecast in place and artwork organised, we can deliver within 2 weeks from order or call-off.