Pulpex

Pulpex has opened its first commercial-scale fibre bottle factory at Westway Industrial Estate in Renfrew, near Glasgow, creating about 39 jobs. The plant has an initial capacity of up to 40 million bottles a year.

Swiss company Perlen Industrieholding has secured exclusive rights to produce Pulpex's fiber-based paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and southern Germany. Perlen is evaluating an industrial implementation, with production potentially starting in 2027.

Perlen Industrieholding AG secured exclusive rights to manufacture Pulpex's patented paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Southern Germany, with a production decision expected after evaluation, potentially from 2027.

Perlen Industrieholding AG and its subsidiary Perlen Papier AG entered an exclusive partnership with UK packaging technology firm Pulpex, securing manufacturing rights for fibre-based paper bottles in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and southern Germany. Production may begin in 2027 pending a decision.

Sustainable packaging firm Pulpex leased the 88,017 sq ft Westway 90 building from Canmoor on a 20-year lease in April 2025. It will host Pulpex's first commercial-scale fibre bottle manufacturing facility.

Packaging company Pulpex raised a £62 million Series D round led by the National Wealth Fund and the Scottish National Investment Bank. The funding will finance construction of its first commercial-scale manufacturing facility near Glasgow.

The UK National Wealth Fund committed £43.5 million in direct equity to Pulpex, which will build a commercial-scale fibre bottle plant near Glasgow producing 50 million bottles per year. The Scottish National Investment Bank adds £10 million, bringing total funding to £62 million, and 35 jobs are expected.

Stora Enso is investing EUR 8 million with new machinery at its Hylte, Sweden site to double formed fiber capacity from 50 to about 115 million units annually. The company will also recruit more than ten employees for formed fiber production.

BASF has entered a collaboration with Pulpex and its global partners to develop proprietary food-grade barrier technologies for the Pulpex paper bottle. The company also aims to add hot-fill and carbonated product capability by end of 2022.

Stora Enso and Pulpex are partnering to industrialize production of wood-fiber pulp bottles, with a high-speed production line expected to be operational in 2022.