KINGSEY
FALLS, QC , June 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS)
announces the launch of an innovative and complete packaging
solution that is reinventing the egg landscape: Cascades Fresh
GUARD EnVision™.
Both attractive and sturdy, this eco-designed packaging offers
robust protection while opening impactful visual possibilities. Its
sleeve openings and high-quality printing area break the mould of
the traditional format. The packaging's innovative, highly
resistant design is the result of research and development geared
to the needs of processors, retailers and consumers alike. Cascades
Fresh GUARD EnVision™ enhances egg visibility and protection,
reinforces brand presence on shelves and optimizes packaging
operations.
Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVision™ is also a comprehensive
solution for egg processors: Cascades provides the equipment,
packaging and technical expertise to automate its customers'
end-of-line operations. This gives them a complete, customized and
proven solution for optimizing their efficiency.
"Our team is committed to supporting customers in finding
solutions for all their packaging needs, from farm to factory to
store to home. This innovation challenge aimed to develop a
solution that was sustainable, attractive, efficient, and
comprehensive. We are proud to have achieved this thanks to
the hard work and expertise of our multidisciplinary team. We are
confident that this solution will enable us to accelerate our
growth in the specialized egg industry," said Jérôme Porlier,
President and Chief Operating Officer of Cascades Specialty
Products Group.
This food packaging consists of a moulded pulp base and a sleeve
made from coated recycled board. The product's durability for
shelf stocking, transport and use has been rigorously tested. Eggs
are better protected, as tests show that Cascades Fresh GUARD
EnVision™ triples the packaging's rigidity and doubles its
stacking strength.1 Furthermore, the solution is
sustainable, featuring eco-designed packaging made from 100%
recycled fibres, and is pre-qualified as widely recyclable by
How2Recycle®.
Cascades Fresh GUARD EnVision™ is currently available in a
12-egg format. Click here for product details:
www.cascades.com/en/products-services/packaging/food-packaging/egg-packaging/envision
1 Compared to a 12-egg carton with a label.
Studies conducted by Cascades Research and Development Centre,
2023–2024.
Founded in 1964, Cascades offers sustainable, innovative and
value-added packaging, hygiene and recovery solutions. The Company
employs 10,000 talents across a network close to 70
facilities in North America. Driven by its participative
management, half a century of experience in recycling, and
continuous research and development efforts, Cascades continues to
provide innovative products that customers have come to rely on,
while contributing to the well-being of people, communities and the
entire planet. Cascades' shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange
under the ticker symbol CAS.
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