The challenge of food packaging is not only limited to plastic waste but also about keeping its multidimensional functionality for the urban lifestyle. This time, we discuss the difficult task of making both convenient and sustainable food packaging.
We have completed EITFAN four-month acceleration program! It has been a great journey with our like-minded food tech friends startups from Sweden and Finland.
Please check out Koepala's journey of making our packaging solutions to be recyclable or reusable by 2025. Koepala adapt circular economy thinking to ensure that our food packaging solutions are designed to eliminate waste from the very beginning and can be simultaneously utilized for customer recycling.
What is the wicked problem that Koepla is trying to tackle in this food packaging industry? Let's understand why Koepala’s mission is to design disruptive innovations that will lead to creating a circular system around food packaging.
Welcome Hai Anh Tran as our new Sustainability Strategist! Joining Koepala, Hai Anh shares the same vision on creating the most sustainable food packaging for our planet. Check out her ambitious plan to co-create sustainability at Koepala.
Sustainable design and how it is more than just an environmental challenge. Materials, durability, energy efficiency, money, people are important factors to have sustainable design solutions. Being sustainable is one of our main values here at Koepala, we’re doing our best to make it into a reality.
Koepala's trip for the EUSIC semi-final academy, the competition is to challenge plastic waste through social innovation. 30 projects ran by incredible people aiming to create and design a more sustainable future.
An overview of the European Social Innovation Competition, which seeks the most innovative products that tackle plastic waste. Koepala's products could bring sustainable impacts to food packaging industry.
Greenwashing is a challenge to the sustainability industry, misleading terms can affect the sustainability effort. At Koepala, we aim to do our best to educate ourselves considering this matter.
Koepala define the food packaging system to be more circular by taking a holistic approach to the takeaway food value chain. Our mission is to design the most sustainable food packaging in the world.
For Koepala keeping our relationship with nature front and centre is a key motivator for us! We can spread that awareness and the convenience of beautiful and sustainable design worldwide.
Day 2 at World Circular Economy Forum. Koepala present Aterimo solution and explain how the solution could help food packaging industry more sustainable.
World Circular Economy Forum Day 1. When innovating our packaging solution, we keep circularity at the forefront of our mind and designing our solutions to help food packaging industry more sustaianble.
London Food Tech Week with Foodtech innovation. Koepala wants to educate and inform more people to our solution of flat, flexible, and environmentally food packaging.
London Food Tech Week 2019, final day. Today we exhibited and showcased Koepala Aterimo, our solution to disrupt the food packaging industry.
London Food Tech Week Day 3's insight: Customers’ now have an expectation of supply chain transparency, better eco-friendly packaging solutions and even more choice.
London FoodTech Week with Innovation around Food industry. Koepala had a stand there and were showcasing our unique flat flexible packaging Alterimo.
London Food Tech Week Day 1-Trends show that people seeking to have a more connected experience, more opportunities to engage with people in their home and our evolving lifestyles mean we are cooking less
Koepala visit World Travel Catering Expo - largest travel catering expo in Germany. We had a chance to introduce our packaging innovation to many potential clients.
Koepala win pilot opportunity in Helsinki innovation competition, specifically sought innovative solutions related to food and its production, packaging, circular economy & cleantech.
Koepala take part in the Nordic CleanTech Open, which identify the 25 best and most innovative cleantech start-ups, supporting and accelerating their transition into the global market.
Koepala are delighted to sign The New Plastic Economy's Global Commitment. We commit to reducing the amount of single use plastics, helping the fight to stop the waste plastic from entering the environment.
Koepala will be exhibiting at Packaging Innovations 2019. Koepala have been selected to exhibit our sustainable food packaging solutions to UK and worldwide customers.
Koepala named among the NCO Top 25, based on 'their level of innovation, market potential and ability of the team to execute', and our commitment to environmental improvement.
Koepala is looking for an International Business Development Manager, who should have an entrepreneurial approach and possess an open-minded and inquisitive attitude.
Koepala attended the Beyond Next forum, a circular economy forum aiming global challenges through circular innovation.
A snapshot of Koepala's most recent newsletter. Koepala will be positive drivers for change, building a more sustainable solutions for food packaging industry.
Koepala are happy and honoured to have won the Kemira Industryhack, the event searching for an unbeatable business model for biobased food packaging materials.
Koepala involved with Loop Circular Economy Event, which is an ongoing ecosystem for circular economic innovation. Koepala also joined EIT Food Accelerator Network finals and Tonic18.
Koepala at new Future of Food event, presenting Alterimo, which is the sustainable packaging solution for takeaway food. Less waste to the environment with minimal investment.
Koepala at Kasvu Open Circular Economy. We gained invaluable experience and reaffirms Koepala's ambition and technology are on the right track to meeting our goal of ending packaging waste.
Koepala have been involved in Food Tech startup events in London: Yfood and InnovEAT. Both events focus on innovations in urban living and travel catering.
Koepala is proud to be included as EIT Food Accelerator Network introduced the 41 high-impact agri-food start-ups aiming to make Europe the go-to innovation hub for this emerging industry.
Koepala showcased Aterimo - our flat packaging solution to the Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo - UK's largest Takeaway Innovation show in London.
Koepala joined oher Finnish start-ups at the TechInnovation event in Singapore, developing Koepala's presence globally with the takeaway packaging innovation.
Koepala attended the Foodbytes! London event. A great platform for Food and Agri tech start ups to to showcase packaging reinvention, food waste innovation and supply chain transparency.
Aterimo is a finalist in the Product Innovation category at Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo. The concept combines an unprecedented blend of creativity and uniqueness to the food & drink sector.
Janne will be delivering a talk on 'Takeaway packaging design and innovation beyond disposable cups and plates.' at Restaurant & Takeaway Innovation Expo.
Koepela will be at the UK's largest Food-to-go trade fair...'lunch!' -the trade show for the UK's Food-to-go industry, aiming to showcase Alterimo as the solution to the food-to-go industries packaging needs.
Koepala will be exhibiting at TechInnovation in Singapore, as part of the Finnish Pavilion, which is showcasing Finnish industry to the ASEAN markets and is hosted by the Finnish Embassy in Singapore.
Janne Asikainen spoke to the team from 'Good News from Finland' about Aterimo and how the solution can reduce waste and enhance the eating experience for the consumer.
Koepala will be at Foodbytes! event in London, which is part of Rabobank's Banking for Food strategy which aims to feed the world sustainably by 2050 by addressing global food waste and loss, sustainable agriculture and stability of the food chain and nutrition.
Koepala named among the 'Top 100 finest growth companies in Finland’ as part of Kasvu Open's circular economy Growth Pole, as we showed our growth desire and ambition for sustainable future.
Koepala will join MassChallenge EIT Food Accelerator Network, a 4-months intensive acceleration programme which support high-impact food-space startups.
Koepala won the international Vivatech Challenge - Food and Catering Solutions for Employees!
Koepala is the winner of the Packbridge Challenge! Koepala is “A clever innovative solution that contributes to, and solves daily issues in a convenient way."
Koepala are a finalist at the Packbridge Challenge, which is a competition for companies that have a unique idea and are able to be applied in the packaging value chain.
Koepala will be exhibiting at lunch! fair, the UK’s leading trade show for food-to-go, in ExCel London.
Koepala will be exhibiting at BBB fair in Maastricht. BBB Maastricht is a significant Euregional event for hospitality industry professionals.
Koepala is nominated as one of the finalists for the Columbus Trophy, which is an award to a successful young entrepreneur who has created an innovative hospitality concept.