Frugalpac, which produces the Frugal Bottle – the world’s first paper bottle for wines and spirits, and the machines that make them – has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation.
The Frugal Bottle is made from 94% recycled paperboard and was designed to decarbonise the global drinks industry.
As well as being found in the wines and spirits aisles at Aldi and Sainsbury’s supermarkets, 45 brands around the world are using them in over 25 countries.
Last year, Frugalpac was invited by the department for business and trade to display its Frugal Bottles during a Franco-British trade event in Bordeaux hosted by His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen. To mark the occasion, Frugalpac created a commemorative paper bottle with the King’s cypher, the Boardeaux crest and the Union flag, filled with Bordeaux wine. The ‘Cardboardeaux’ wine bottles were then presented to the Royal Couple.
Employing 27 people, Frugalpac was founded in 2011 and aims to reduce the impact of carbon by engineering sustainable packaging, using recycled paperboard, that’s easy to recycle again.
As well as producing Frugal Bottles at its factory in Ipswich, Frugalpac makes Frugal Bottle Assembly Machines so its paper bottles can be produced around the world.
CEO Malcolm Waugh said, “It’s a great honour to have our pioneering work recognised at this highest level. At Frugalpac our team is passionate about finding innovative low carbon solutions to reduce the impact of incumbent packaging on our planet and this award is all down to them.
“Working with like-minded stakeholders around the world, we’re realising our vision of establishing Frugal Bottle hubs around the world to produce our paper bottles to help decarbonise the global wine and spirits industry.”
The King’s Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, were renamed last year to reflect His Majesty The King’s desire to continue the legacy of HM Queen Elizabeth II’s by recognising outstanding UK businesses.
