09.07.23
Evansville, IN
www.berryglobal.com
2022 Nonwovens Sales: $3.1 billion
Key Personnel
Kevin Kwilinski, chairman and CEO; Curt Begle, president, Health, Hygiene, and Specialties Division
HHS Division Plants
U.S. and Canada: Augusta, KY; Benson, NC; Dalton, GA; McAlester, OK; Mooresville, NC; Nashville, TN; North Bay, Canada; Old Hickory, TN; Statesville, NC; Washington, GA; Waynesboro, VA
Latin America: Atlacamulco, Mexico; Cali, Colombia; Jundiaí, Brazil; Pilar, Argentina; Pouso Allegre, Brazil; San Luis Potosí, Mexico; São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
EMEIA: Aberdare, U.K.; Aschersleben, Germany; Bailleul, France; Berlin, Germany; Biesheim, France; Cujik, Netherlands; Dombühl, Germany; Maldon, U.K.; Neuville-en-Ferrain, France; Tarragona, Spain; Terno d’Isola, Italy
Asia: Nanhai, China; Suzhou, China
Processes
Spunbond, meltblown, SMS, carded, composites, through air bonded, adhesive bonded, resin bonded, thermal bonded, spunlace, airlaid, aperture film, film laminates, sonic laminates, extruded laminates, thermal laminates, Apex, Spinlace, Meltex, Reemay and other proprietary fabric forming, surfacing and binding systems, nonwoven and film printing, multi-layer blown film extrusion, and cast film extrusion.
Note: In addition to these specific roll-good technologies, Berry Global also offers one of the world’s leading rigid and flexible packaging portfolios for both consumer and industrial applications.
The world’s largest nonwovens producer, Berry Global attributes its global scale to its ability to mitigate the many challenges experienced in nonwovens in recent years. In 2022, sales of its Health, Hygiene and Specialties division grew about 3%.
Recent highlights from the Evansville, IN-based company include the completion of a new spunlace line in Cujik, The Netherlands, the startup of its second Reicofil 5 spunmelt nonwovens line for hygiene and healthcare applications in China and significant advances in its sustainability portfolio.
“We pride ourselves on investing intelligently, i.e., where the market needs capacity and/or capabilities. We have recently commercialized two Reicofil 5’s in China, a state-of-the-art spunlace asset in Europe and we plan to commercialize additional print capacity in the U.S. in late 2023,” says Paul Harmon, EVP, product management, innovation & sustainability.
While recent investments have increased Berry’s global capacity, they have also allowed the company to offer new features to its customers across all of its core markets. Within its hygiene and healthcare business, Berry’s latest two Reicofil 5 assets have added capabilities to improve softness, sustainability, barrier, cloth-like appearance, improved visual and functional attributes as well as continuing to drive cost effectiveness while meeting market and customer growth needs for high performance healthcare and hygiene applications in the Southeast Asian region.
Within its spunlace business, the company’s Evolve spunlace asset in The Netherlands offers several unique characteristics such as the company’s proprietary Apex technology, which provides best-in-class debossing on any fabric with the flexibility of design to create a range of attributes including visual, tactile and functional performance enhancements. Because the asset is centrally located in Europe, it offers reduced transport CO2 emissions compared to many competitors and has the capability to run a variety of natural fibers, including but not limited to, Lyocell, hemp and cotton.
A focus on sustainable solutions throughout all of its business areas continues to be a priority for Berry, which has a goal of achieving net-zero emissions across its global operations by 2050. The company will achieve this through the use of circular plastics, value-chain engagement and the use of cleaner energies.
“Over time, we’ve invested in an unrivalled range of nonwoven technologies for the wipes market. This gives us a truly comprehensive breadth of offering, giving wipes converters one source for all of their needs,” Harmon says. “Additionally, Berry continues to focus on more sustainable offerings to its customers including post-industrial recycled materials, which are being offered under the Endura brand name. Endura spunbond and meltblown nonwovens are recognized under the SCS Recycled Content Certification, which measures the percentage of recycled content for the purpose of making an accurate claim in the marketplace, allowing customers the ability to include the SCS logo on-pack.
Berry introduced the closed-loop recycling ecosystem last year with manufacturing spanning six of its existing European locations. Through the ecosystem, Berry supplies customers with nonwoven materials, receives post-industrial waste from the conversion processes of its customers and lastly incorporates the recycled content into the Endura nonwovens line. Within the Endura line, Berry offers spunbond products containing up to 90% recycled content for use in applications such as disinfectant wipes, home and bedding, roofing and carpet tiles.
“Customers look to Berry for help in reaching their sustainability goals. Through our size and scale, we have the unique ability to invest and commercialize innovative, sustainable solutions to increase recycled content, reduce emission, and promote circularity,” says Achim Schalk, EVP/GM Health, Hygiene, and Specialties EMEIA for Berry Global.
“We recognize that there is no one solution for every need and have taken the approach of creating an array of solutions for our customers. We have offerings that include bio-sourced materials, advanced recycled materials, PCR, light weighting etc. In addition, we consider the entire supply chain in every product development,” Harmon adds. “We evaluate the carbon footprint of our raw materials, our plants, our equipment and transportation and work with our customers to minimize their impact. We work with our suppliers to source sustainable forms of energy, to drive reduction of their carbon footprint and to minimize waste. We certify our production facilities to manage traceability of materials and invest on our own green energy. We take the approach of doing what is best for our environment knowing that our customers will ultimately see that benefit.”
www.berryglobal.com
2022 Nonwovens Sales: $3.1 billion
Key Personnel
Kevin Kwilinski, chairman and CEO; Curt Begle, president, Health, Hygiene, and Specialties Division
HHS Division Plants
U.S. and Canada: Augusta, KY; Benson, NC; Dalton, GA; McAlester, OK; Mooresville, NC; Nashville, TN; North Bay, Canada; Old Hickory, TN; Statesville, NC; Washington, GA; Waynesboro, VA
Latin America: Atlacamulco, Mexico; Cali, Colombia; Jundiaí, Brazil; Pilar, Argentina; Pouso Allegre, Brazil; San Luis Potosí, Mexico; São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
EMEIA: Aberdare, U.K.; Aschersleben, Germany; Bailleul, France; Berlin, Germany; Biesheim, France; Cujik, Netherlands; Dombühl, Germany; Maldon, U.K.; Neuville-en-Ferrain, France; Tarragona, Spain; Terno d’Isola, Italy
Asia: Nanhai, China; Suzhou, China
Processes
Spunbond, meltblown, SMS, carded, composites, through air bonded, adhesive bonded, resin bonded, thermal bonded, spunlace, airlaid, aperture film, film laminates, sonic laminates, extruded laminates, thermal laminates, Apex, Spinlace, Meltex, Reemay and other proprietary fabric forming, surfacing and binding systems, nonwoven and film printing, multi-layer blown film extrusion, and cast film extrusion.
Note: In addition to these specific roll-good technologies, Berry Global also offers one of the world’s leading rigid and flexible packaging portfolios for both consumer and industrial applications.
The world’s largest nonwovens producer, Berry Global attributes its global scale to its ability to mitigate the many challenges experienced in nonwovens in recent years. In 2022, sales of its Health, Hygiene and Specialties division grew about 3%.
Recent highlights from the Evansville, IN-based company include the completion of a new spunlace line in Cujik, The Netherlands, the startup of its second Reicofil 5 spunmelt nonwovens line for hygiene and healthcare applications in China and significant advances in its sustainability portfolio.
“We pride ourselves on investing intelligently, i.e., where the market needs capacity and/or capabilities. We have recently commercialized two Reicofil 5’s in China, a state-of-the-art spunlace asset in Europe and we plan to commercialize additional print capacity in the U.S. in late 2023,” says Paul Harmon, EVP, product management, innovation & sustainability.
While recent investments have increased Berry’s global capacity, they have also allowed the company to offer new features to its customers across all of its core markets. Within its hygiene and healthcare business, Berry’s latest two Reicofil 5 assets have added capabilities to improve softness, sustainability, barrier, cloth-like appearance, improved visual and functional attributes as well as continuing to drive cost effectiveness while meeting market and customer growth needs for high performance healthcare and hygiene applications in the Southeast Asian region.
Within its spunlace business, the company’s Evolve spunlace asset in The Netherlands offers several unique characteristics such as the company’s proprietary Apex technology, which provides best-in-class debossing on any fabric with the flexibility of design to create a range of attributes including visual, tactile and functional performance enhancements. Because the asset is centrally located in Europe, it offers reduced transport CO2 emissions compared to many competitors and has the capability to run a variety of natural fibers, including but not limited to, Lyocell, hemp and cotton.
A focus on sustainable solutions throughout all of its business areas continues to be a priority for Berry, which has a goal of achieving net-zero emissions across its global operations by 2050. The company will achieve this through the use of circular plastics, value-chain engagement and the use of cleaner energies.
“Over time, we’ve invested in an unrivalled range of nonwoven technologies for the wipes market. This gives us a truly comprehensive breadth of offering, giving wipes converters one source for all of their needs,” Harmon says. “Additionally, Berry continues to focus on more sustainable offerings to its customers including post-industrial recycled materials, which are being offered under the Endura brand name. Endura spunbond and meltblown nonwovens are recognized under the SCS Recycled Content Certification, which measures the percentage of recycled content for the purpose of making an accurate claim in the marketplace, allowing customers the ability to include the SCS logo on-pack.
Berry introduced the closed-loop recycling ecosystem last year with manufacturing spanning six of its existing European locations. Through the ecosystem, Berry supplies customers with nonwoven materials, receives post-industrial waste from the conversion processes of its customers and lastly incorporates the recycled content into the Endura nonwovens line. Within the Endura line, Berry offers spunbond products containing up to 90% recycled content for use in applications such as disinfectant wipes, home and bedding, roofing and carpet tiles.
“Customers look to Berry for help in reaching their sustainability goals. Through our size and scale, we have the unique ability to invest and commercialize innovative, sustainable solutions to increase recycled content, reduce emission, and promote circularity,” says Achim Schalk, EVP/GM Health, Hygiene, and Specialties EMEIA for Berry Global.
“We recognize that there is no one solution for every need and have taken the approach of creating an array of solutions for our customers. We have offerings that include bio-sourced materials, advanced recycled materials, PCR, light weighting etc. In addition, we consider the entire supply chain in every product development,” Harmon adds. “We evaluate the carbon footprint of our raw materials, our plants, our equipment and transportation and work with our customers to minimize their impact. We work with our suppliers to source sustainable forms of energy, to drive reduction of their carbon footprint and to minimize waste. We certify our production facilities to manage traceability of materials and invest on our own green energy. We take the approach of doing what is best for our environment knowing that our customers will ultimately see that benefit.”