Moltzau Packaging can trace its origins back to the 1800s. Yet the soul of the current company was born again in 2018, when the owners moved to a new purpose-built facility in Skedsmokorset. From its new home, the company has developed one of Scandinavia’s most modern production facilities for fibre-based packaging—and the company’s forty-five skilled employees ensure Moltzau is well-placed to lead the way in Norway’s growing circular economy.

“With the world looking more and more to replace plastic products and packaging with environmentally and sustainable alternatives, our innovative carton fibre-based solutions can provide the answer,” says Christin Faukland-Martinsen, who owns Moltzau together with her husband Lars Christian.

Moltzau Packaging has worked in the market for packaging for fruit and vegetables all over Europe and has built strong competency in designing packaging solutions that look good, keep products fresh, and—perhaps most importantly—cut down on waste.

“If you look at how most products are packaged today, there is so much unnecessary plastic. This could be replaced with more environmentally-friendly solutions,” Christin says.

One area that the company is revolutionising is carton fibre-based flowerpots, through their new line FlowerLine—By nature for nature.

“Traditional black plastic flowerpots can be harmful for the environment due to problems during the recycling process, and the industry have been trying to tinker with the existing pots to come up with other colours for these plastic pots,” Christin explains.

Yet, that is not how Moltzau approaches the issue of sustainability.

Rather, designed to stay with the flower from production all the way to the end consumer, the FlowerLine pots deliver everything current plastic pots offer in a much more sustainable way. Their raw carton is sourced from FSC-verified sustainable forests in Sweden, and all other raw materials they use, such as wax, are natural and verified sustainable.

But in addition to being efficient and environmentally friendly, Moltzau’s pots also look good. That means many customers will choose not to replant the flowers into separate pots, but rather display the stylish FlowerLine product.

Moltzau Packaging has also been in the forefront of innovation with their CEFAPAC solutions, for which they have been awarded the very prestigious Scan Star and World Star recognitions. CEFAPAC provides a plastic-free solution for blister packaging and is easy to open as well as functional and appropriate for the individual product.

With their state-of-the-art facilities, there are few limitations to what Moltzau Packaging can produce for their clients.

“When a customer contacts us with a product for which they need packaging solutions, we need to consider how the packaging will look, as well as how the products will be stacked both in transport and on shop shelves, and how it will be disposed of towards the end of the life-cycle,” Christin explains. “Yet sustainability remains at the heart of everything we do.”

Working with Moltzau means working closely with the best people in the packaging business—and the people that are pushing the boundaries in the sustainable revolution.