We thought our reception would look better with some Matariki stars in it! We hope you enjoy celebrating this long weekend ⭐️
If you are keen to learn more about Matariki, Te Papa Tongarewa | Museum of New Zealand has some good resources available on their website: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/matariki-maori-new-year/matariki-for-teachers ... See more

A big shout out to one of our Econic production heroes, Wayne, who has just celebrated 30 years working for Convex New Zealand 👏 Wayne played a huge role in helping us find a way to make home compostable films in our Hamilton, New Zealand plant – which we were initially told would be ‘impossible’. That just spurred Wayne on to find a breakthrough solution and our Econic home compostable range is proof that he succeeded. 👍
Wayne is proud to be making a positive contribution to the environment by operating the extrusion machines that make our Econic films, and he loves telling people that they can put their used bags in the compost instead of the landfill bin. Chances are, that when you buy our Econic packaging, Wayne was the person who operated one of the machines that made it.
Well done Wayne for helping make our awesome Econic packaging! ... See more

Just leaving this here for some Friday inspo...what would you put in one of these pouches? 🌱
(And yes - ☑️ Home compostable, ☑️ NZ made 😊)

We often get asked if our Econic packaging has been certified as home compostable. The answer is a yes for our EcoClear packs and all the compostable films we use to make Econic – and ‘we are actively working on it’ for the completed Econic bags. So why the difference? Basically, it’s because we specialise in customising Econic packaging to suit each individual user and the product being packed – and that can cause variations in things like ink coverage. Therefore, each completed pack variant needs to go through a certification process to be marketed as `certified’ and we are committed to this process.

What most people don’t realise is that the bio-degradation testing required for home compostable certification only became available in New Zealand early last year, at a cost of around $35,000 per item plus a 12-month lead time. Despite these hurdles, we started the certification process for our standard Econic packs 15 months ago and are now working though the many curveballs created by covid that delayed the process and escalated the already substantial costs. BUT we are still committed to the process and so are several of our Econic customers, who are also patiently navigating this certification process for their own branded packs. In the meantime, we can assure you that every Econic pack we make has been thoroughly tested to ensure it will break down in a typical home compost environment. ... See more

We are really excited to have taken another big step in making our home compostable packaging absolutely ideal for fresh produce. 🥗🥦🥕🍅

Our super skilled on-site technical team can now custom design bags that extend the shelf life of almost every type of fruit, herb or vegetable – using one of our EcoClear or Econic films. They do this by using modified atmosphere technology, which ensures the bags are breathable enough to match the respiration rate, ethylene sensitivity, and shelf life required for the specific packaged produce. How cool is that!

📷 This photo shows one of our lab technicians testing the respiration rate of packaged salad greens, which is a key part of their pack development. ... See more

Custom printed bags!! 🤭 Did you know that you can order custom printed coffee and dry goods bags through the Econicpackaging online store, with a minimum order quantity of only 100 bags?!
How good would your branding look? - Bet you can do better than the design we came up with!! 🤣 ... See more

Huge congratulations to Crunchy cheese snacks on being named a Finalist in the New World FoodStarter Awards for 2022! 👏
Want to find out how yummy they are? Message them to place an order - we've tried the Cheese Snacks here, and can confirm that they are super tasty! 👍 ... See more

#TBT Time! Come join Owen, our managing director, behind the scenes in our Hamilton, New Zealand, factory and watch us make our compostable EconicSnow bags. 🙂
Econic® is an innovative high barrier home compostable packaging solution developed in New Zealand to help keep our environment `Clean and Green’. It was purpose-designed to allow eco-conscious companies to reduce their impact on the environment while still retaining the same level of functionality provided by traditional plastic films. ... See more

Our MD Owen is a genuine nature lover with a particular passion for trees.
He planted his very first tree as part of a primary school Arbour Day activity when he was just five-years-old and has been planting trees ever since. In 2020 Owen celebrated the 10th Anniversary of our Econic home compostable packaging by launching a tree planting programme with Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari
Owen often gets asked why he works in packaging. His answer is: “Because we still need it. Packaging plays a vital role in food safety, helps reduce the mounting problem of food waste, and protects the packaged goods.”

Owen is dedicated to helping our customers find workable sustainable packaging solutions that minimise the use of single-use plastic – and ideally allows the packaging to be reused, recycled or composted at the end of its life.

If you are looking to make packaging changes to help protect our planet and future, Owen and our whole team will be very happy to help.
🌳🌳🌳🌳☺ ... See more

Happy Easter! Isn't our CFO Tony such a good sport?! 🐰☺