OPTI-PACK

OPTI-PACK is a Scandinavian project financed by Nordisk Industrifond (Nordic Innovation) with the aim to:

• Support companies in order to be in accordance with the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (EU/94/62) and the 6 harmonised CEN Standards (EN 13427-13432)
• Support national authorities to implement and audit of the above mentioned Directive and Standards
• Develop industrial methods for the assessment of EN13428 (packaging optimization to 10 performance criteria’s)

The elements in OPTI-PACK are developed by Scandinavian companies, business associations, and institutes in a number of national projects from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. OPTI-PACK has integrated these elements into a general Scandinavian project.

 Introduction to OPTI-PACK (110 KB) 

Organization actives in OPTI-PACK are:

	Associations:	Institutes:	Companies
Denmark	The Confederation of Danish Industries The Member Circle of Packaging and Transport	Danish Technological Institute	Danish Crown Færch Plast Glud & Marstrand Tulip
Finland	PTR (Association of Packaging Technology and Research	PTR (Association of Packaging Technology and Research	UPM Kymmene Valio Huhtamäki Fazer StoraEnso Danisco Borealis Amcor Flexibles Finland
Iceland		IceTec Icelandic Fisheries Laboratory	SIF Iceland New name: Alfesca
Norway	Den Norske Emballasjeforening	Stiftelsen Østfoldforskning	Elopak Rieber&Søn ASA-Foods Orkla Foods - Stabburet TINE BA NoK (Næringslivets emballasjeoptimerings Komite
Sweden	Näringslivsgruppen Miljöpack	Packforsk	AstraZeneca CHW Technology Rexam StoraEnso Superfos Packaging TetraPak