SIG has announced a 24% rise in sales last year for its alu-layer-free aseptic cartons.
The firm said the milestone marks another leap forward in its ambition to create a regenerative food packaging system and proves the market’s appetite for low carbon, recycle-ready packaging.
Notably, beverage producers can adopt full barrier aseptic cartons without aluminium, compatible with existing SIG filling lines, allowing for swift sustainability upgrades with ‘minimal operational adjustments and no extra capital expenditure’.
“Our commitment to scalable, impactful innovation is paying off – not just for SIG, but for our customers’ entire value chain,” said Christoph Wegener, chief markets officer at SIG. “The significant growth in our aseptic cartons without aluminium layer shows that our innovations in low-carbon packaging systems have gained broad-based commercial traction, and are not only helping brands, manufacturers, and retailers to confidently meet rapidly evolving regulatory and consumer expectations, but also to significantly advance their sustainability goals.
“Europe is spearheading the introduction with our SIG Terra solutions accounting for >10% of food packed in SIG aseptic cartons. Globally, they accounted for 5%. We look forward to expanding this share significantly in the near future.”
Since launching the SIG Terra portfolio, SIG has delivered enough SIG Terra solutions across its portfolio of aseptic cartons, bag-in-box, and spouted pouches to fill around seven billion litres of food, including almost two billion litres in 2025 alone. Double-digit growth in alu-layer-free aseptic cartons was driven by an expanded SIG Terra product range in Europe and the global ramp-up of the SIG Terra Alu-free + Full barrier packaging material.
