Author Archives: Varden

Varden named as top 4 finalist in global innovation awards.

Melbourne. Bosch Australia announced today that Varden has been selected as a top 4 finalist in the OpenBosch awards. The Open Bosch Award has been presented since 2019 for open innovation projects that stand out due to their excellent collaboration between startups and Bosch. The award is given by Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC), […]

Adele comes to the rescue

Varden today revealed a stunning new mural in its Melbourne factory. The mural is by Julian Clavijo, originally from Colombia but now a cult street artist in Australia. Stuart Gordon explained “When Julian offered to paint the mural we leapt at the idea because his philosophy is completely aligned with our corporate mission” The mural […]

Varden open their new factory for Pilot level production

Melbourne, Australia. Varden today opened their new factory, which has been custom designed to produce up to 50 million units of high performance packaging every year. The factory is 2500m2 and meets the most stringent packaging production regulations, and the high speed production line installed by Robert Bosch Australia, works to Varden’s unique and patented […]

Varden announces a new level of barrier performance with Paperseal

Varden announced its new line of high performance packaging in Melbourne, Australia today. This is a range of packaging solutions based on Varden’s proprietary paper thermoforming process, which creates an amazing seal for flavour and freshness. The paper packaging is bio-based, fully sustainable and recyclable or compostable. Because it is paper that looks, feels and […]

Luxepack goes Green, so Varden will attend!

The world’s leading packaging trade show, Luxepack in Monaco is in October, and this year will have a special focus on sustainability. Some of the world’s leading brands are adopting sustainable concepts for their product lines, although the focus is still on secondary packaging. Varden has now achieved performance barriers in its “Paperseal” papers that […]

Paper From Plant Waste Can Replace Plastics: Varden Startup Receives $2M Boost

A startup from Australia has plans for global expansion, replacing plastic in items like coffee pods with an eco-friendly paper made from plant waste. The founders of Varden say the solution, called Paperseal, can transform the way consumer packaging is designed, going from single-use plastics that are rarely recycled to fully compostable materials for products […]

Study confirms need for urgent transition to a circular economy for plastic

Today, The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ released Breaking the Plastic Wave, one of the most comprehensive and analytically robust studies ever produced on ocean plastics. As a thought partner of the report, the Foundation along with the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and Common Seas, has contributed its expertise on the circular economy and the plastics value chain. Read […]

Why Plastic Waste Is a C-Suite Issue

Since its invention and widespread introduction into the economy some 70 years ago, plastic has become a valuable part of business and daily life. So much so, in fact, that we have created more than 8.3 billion metric tons of it around the world. If we were able to take all of that plastic and turn […]