Accredo pioneers movement towards sustainable packaging with award-winning solutions

Vertically-integrated with a focus on sustainability,  Accredo Packaging leads the industry with its award-winning line of recyclable product options.

 

As sustainability becomes a more prominent issue, Accredo has risen to the challenge of offering to its customers various sustainable packaging solutions by adhering to its core mission of sustainability, in both its manufacturing processes and its products.

 

Based in Sugar Land, Texas Accredo Packaging is 100% electrical powered by wind energy and  opened its doors in 2009 as the first LEED® Silver-certified manufacturing facility in the flexible packaging industry.

 

"Before starting Accredo, I had been in the industry for over 20 years," said founder and CEO Hank Nguyen.  "I knew I wanted to create a different kind of company.  One that wasn’t afraid to invest in reducing our carbon footprint."

 

Accredo is committed to recycling, water and energy conservation, and any sustainable initiatives along the manufacturing process. For example, Accredo’s advanced printing technology reduces ink and solvent usage by more than a third, when compared with standard presses.

 

Accredo has also explored beyond traditional resins to biodegradable and recyclable eco-resins. Its product development team’s efforts led to the  the first fully ASTM certified, industrially compostable zippered pouch, as well as the first fully recyclable barrier (as well as non-barrier) polyethylene (PE) stand-up pouches in the U.S..

 

"Constant customer collaboration is important to us. Our customers appreciate our expertise as it relates to sustainable packaging solutions, but our outstanding product quality and exceptional customer service are what really set us apart," said Rex Varn, Executive Vice President of Accredo Packaging.

 

Accredo’s innovation and sustainability excellence has earned it numerous awards in 2020. The AccredoFlex® Gen2^™packaging alone has won two Gold awards from Flexographic Technical Association, The ReFocus Sustainability Summit’s Design for Recyclability Award and The ReFocus Sustainability Summit’s People’s Choice Award.

 

"Sustainability is a buzzword you see everywhere," said Varn. "At Accredo, we really do see sustainability as the core of what we do and what we offer."

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For more information, visit www.accredopackaging.com

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by Mandy Craig, Director of Marketing and Sustainability, Accredo