tetra rex 100 renewable packagetetra rex 100 renewable packagelausanne, switzerland, april 1, 2015 3bl media &ndash following its successful introduction with finnish dairy valio, the world&rsquos first fully renewable package, tetra rex® biobased, is now being rolled out to tetra pak customers worldwide.valio has been selling its valio eila® brand of lactose free semiskimmed milk drink in tetra rex biobased for the past three months and now plans to use the fully renewable package for some other products in their range. at the same time, the company has also decided to use tetra pak&rsquos 100 bio based closures for all their gabletop packages.&ldquoafter all of the hard work and significant investment that has gone into bringing this package to market, it is hugely rewarding to get such a positive response from both valio and their consumers,&rdquo says charles brand, executive vice president of product management & commercial operations for tetra pak.tetra rex biobased is now available in a range of sizes, from 250ml to 2000ml, for all chilled milk specifications. the package will soon be deployed by more customers in europe, and the company is already having discussions about launching it with dairy companies in other parts of the world.tetra rex biobased is manufactured solely from a combination of plastics derived from sugar cane and paperboard. like the forest stewardship council&trade fsc&trade certified paperboard, the plastics can be traced back to their origin, affording the package the highest category of biobased certification from vinçotte, the internationallyrecognised assessment body.the biobased plastics used by tetra pak are produced by brazilian chemical company, braskem, which sources all of its feedstock from sugar cane grown on degraded pastures.&ldquotetra rex biobased offers customers a fully renewable package made from materials that can be traced back to their plantbased source. it&rsquos good for the environment, and it&rsquos excellent for communicating with consumers &hellip the product they actually hold in their hands is derived entirely from plants. the pack that grows back,&rdquo says brand.tetra rex biobased scooped a gold award at the pro2pac excellence awards in the uk last week for being the world&rsquos first carton made entirely from plantbased, renewable packaging materials.the 100 renewable package can be identified by the words &ldquotetra rex® biobased&rdquo printed on the gable of the package.about tetra paktetra pak is the world&39s leading food processing and packaging solutions company. working closely with our customers and suppliers, we provide safe, innovative and environmentally sound products that each day meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people in more than 170 countries around the world. with more than 23,000 employees based in over 80 countries, we believe in responsible industry leadership and a sustainable approach to business. our motto, &ldquoprotects what&rsquos good&trade," reflects our vision to make food safe and available, everywhere. fsc licence code for tetra pak is fsc&trade c014047. more information about tetra pak is available at www.tetrapak.comabout the forest stewardship council&trade fsc&tradethe forest stewardship council fsc is an independent, nongovernmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world&rsquos forests. fsc is a unique forum where stakeholders from around the world meet and, through strong multistakeholder processes, define essential social and environmental criteria for forest management. these fundamental principles are realized in forests worldwide through fsc certification. find more information at www.fsc.orgthe fsc license code for tetra pak is fsc&trade c014047.media contactscarol yangtetra pak41 79 596 6317carol.yang@tetrapak.comrob arnottcohn & wolfe 44 207 331 5361robert.arnott@cohnwolfe.com 
