Jun 9, 2026 · 14 min · 11 segments
Archroma Packaging Technologies’ Sameer Singla returns to the podcast to discuss advances in specialty chemicals and how they support sustainable packaging developments from paperization and…
Samir SinglaGuest
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Um, so yeah, like I mentioned in the introduction last year, um, in a podcast interview with my colleague Tim Sykes, you discussed the topic of extending the performance of fiber-based material, and yeah, obviously a year is a long time in the packaging industry.
Um, could you broadly outline some of the changes and developments that have occurred since your, your last conversation with Packaging Europe?
Yeah, I think, uh, a lot, you're right, a lot has changed, and 12 months is a long period of time in the packaging industry.
I think, uh, I think as you look at the whole packaging industry, uh, bio, biomaterials, circularity, repulpable, compostable, uh, recyclable, all are now what considered 12, 24 months ago maybe buzzwords, technology, people trying to figure out what to do.
Last year when we attended the conference in, uh, November, uh, we talked about for Archroma, um, for over 100 years, we've always been in a water-based chemistry, so we have never had a solid.
We always had a good solution, uh, that was a sustainable solution for packaging.
Last year, we introduced a partially bio-based product, uh, for the market, and this year, and over the last 12 months, we have worked really hard as an organization to get to a 90%-plus, uh, bio-based, uh, product, which is compostable, recyclable, repulpable.
Uh, and over the last 12 months, we've engaged with several global and regional brands and customers, and we have learned the desire that everyone has to bring this product, uh, to market.
Uh, it has now moved, uh, from what I used to think just 18, 12 or 18 months ago from lab to now mostly industrial trials, and so a lot of learning that's been going on, and I'm really excited that, uh, the acceptance of the industry, uh, and the brand promise that people are making around circularity, uh, that we are now part of that cycle and effectively working with the brands.
Um, so yeah, like I mentioned in the introduction last year, um, in a podcast interview with my colleague Tim Sykes, you discussed the topic of extending the performance of fiber-based material, and yeah, obviously a year is a long time in the packaging industry.
Um, could you broadly outline some of the changes and developments that have occurred since your, your last conversation with Packaging Europe?
Yeah, I think, uh, a lot, you're right, a lot has changed, and 12 months is a long period of time in the packaging industry.
I think, uh, I think as you look at the whole packaging industry, uh, bio, biomaterials, circularity, repulpable, compostable, uh, recyclable, all are now what considered 12, 24 months ago maybe buzzwords, technology, people trying to figure out what to do.
Last year when we attended the conference in, uh, November, uh, we talked about for Archroma, um, for over 100 years, we've always been in a water-based chemistry, so we have never had a solid.
We always had a good solution, uh, that was a sustainable solution for packaging.
Last year, we introduced a partially bio-based product, uh, for the market, and this year, and over the last 12 months, we have worked really hard as an organization to get to a 90%-plus, uh, bio-based, uh, product, which is compostable, recyclable, repulpable.
Uh, and over the last 12 months, we've engaged with several global and regional brands and customers, and we have learned the desire that everyone has to bring this product, uh, to market.
Uh, it has now moved, uh, from what I used to think just 18, 12 or 18 months ago from lab to now mostly industrial trials, and so a lot of learning that's been going on, and I'm really excited that, uh, the acceptance of the industry, uh, and the brand promise that people are making around circularity, uh, that we are now part of that cycle and effectively working with the brands.
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