Scottish facility moves fibre bottles from innovation to industrial reality, creating 39 skilled jobs and establishing the global reference model for manufacture under licence. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — 8 OCTOBER 2026 — Pulpex, the UK packaging technology company behind one of the world's leading fibre bottle platforms, today opened its first commercial manufacturing facility near Glasgow. Fitted for an initial capacity of up to 40 million units per annum and creating approximately

Exclusive partnership with UK-based Pulpex will bring its innovative pulp fibre bottle technology to India, with plans to evaluate opportunities across India, the GCC and potentially Australia New capability expands Alternicq’s one-stop packaging solutions platform across formats and materials; with applications across FMCG segments Bengaluru, 6th October 2026: Alternicq Limited, India’s largest rigid plastic packaging manufacturer is redefining its capability from design to

By Liz Moyer Tightening regulations for plastic and a renewed recycling push have consumer brands rethinking their packaging. Read more here: ttps://www.barrons.com/articles/diageo-pepsico-unilever-paper-bottles-plastic-alternative-066ded51?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Available from Smol later this autumn, the new bottle comes in response to the 58 million plastic laundry liquid containers sold in the UK each year, amounting to more than 8,120 tonnes of plastic. Created in partnership with Pulpex, made from wood pulp fibre, it can be put into household paper and card recycling once the plastic dosing cap – which is also easily recyclable – has been removed. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/smol-launches-recyclable-paper-laundry-detergent-b

The winners of the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2026 have been revealed. In a glittering ceremony at Hinxton Hall, on the world-famous Wellcome Genome Campus, the outstanding talents and achievements of individuals, organisations and companies were celebrated in front of 300 leading lights from the Cambridge region with Pulpex awarded Cleantech company of the year. Read more here: https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/business/winners-of-the-cambridge-

UK tech firms can overcome scaling barriers and unlock growth through funding, policy and innovation, says Scott Winston, Managing Director & Chief Science and Sustainability Officer at Pulpex. See more on this at The Engineer:: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/opinion/scaling-uk-tech-turning-innovation-into-growth April 21st 2026

Perlen Industrieholding AG has entered into a partnership with the UK packaging technology company, Pulpex, securing exclusive rights to produce novel fibre-based paper bottles in the extended DACH region. This strengthens the company’s strategic development in the field of fibre moulding-based packaging solutions. https://www.perlen.ch/en/2026/03/19/perlen-industrieholding-ag-enters-exclusive-partnership-with-uk-paper-bottle-manufacturer-pulpex/ See more on this World Lead

Join us at our Open House hosted at Delta Engineering Mar 31st -Apr 2nd! With a factory finalizing in Glasgow thanks to the brilliant support of the National Wealth Fund, the Scottish National Investment Bank. and our existing Investors there is a unique chance to see the equipment you can acquire whilst it is at Delta Engineering in Belgium With an incredible line up of speakers, more information and sign up here: https://delta-engineering.be/paper-bottles-open-house Subjec

Having a range of partners, capabilities and resources for the breadth of technical puzzles disruptive innovation provides is a key to success! “To make a paper bottle, there are so many challenges involved and why it’s such a difficult thing to do,” says Grant Cooper, co-founder, RoboChallenge . “Pulpex has been a really interesting journey because we’ve gone from small scale R&D machines…to then scaling that up to commercial equipment.” Read the story and how Autodesk Fusio

It takes a lot to bring a site online and to celebrate the milestone, the combined team at Robertson and Pulpex signed the steel structure to marking the moment for future generations. The main mechanical and electrical services and internal fit-out will now progress. Robertson has worked closely with Pulpex since pre-construction to ensure the facility meets the specialist technical and operational requirements needed to manufacture the patented fibre-based bottles at scale

Incredible news Pulpex has been selected from the highly competitive global group of entrants into L'Oréal Groupe’s inaugural L’AcceleratOR cohort. L’AcceleratOR is designed to scout, pilot and scale innovative solutions, supporting participants through a programme of expert training, personalised coaching, and access to L’Oréal Groupe’s resources to launch pilot projects. 🔗 Learn more about L’AcceleratOR here: www.sustainableinnovationaccelerator.com ” Jan 2026

The final cherry on top came with our work being recognised through the BBIA Demeter Prize for Collaboration and made even more special by receiving it while standing in the historic library of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The construction of our new manufacturing facility near Glasgow Airport is a major step forward in delivering carbon-friendly, fibre-based packaging at scale, helping to reduce dependence on glass and plastic.

Congratulations to our very own 'trailblazer' Anna Kaminska after winning the 'Excellence in Packaging Engineering' category at the Women in Packaging awards.

Pulpex is honoured to be playing its part at The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2025

This year, Pulpex supported the Henley Women's Regatta with over 2,000 paper bottles distributed to rowers and guests throughout the 3-day event.

Pulpex is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Evolve Organic Beauty

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National Wealth Fund and Scottish National Investment Bank drive a sustainable packaging step-change with £62m Series D investment in Pulpex

A multimillion-pound research project, called SustaPack, aims to overcome manufacturing challenges for the next generation of...