Sealed air corp. And ecovative design llc have completed an agreement to accelerate the production, sales and distribution of ecovatives ecocradle mushroom packaging, packaging materials made from agricultural byproducts and mycelium,
"mushroom roots." as part of the agreement, sealed air will be the exclusive licensee of ecovatives myceliumbased material technology in north america for protective packaging applications. Since january 2012, sealed air and ecovative have been developing together plans for sales and marketing, as well as the augmentation of production capabilities.
Sealed air plans to begin offering the new products immediately. "we have been pleased with our relationship with sealed air and have seen how their sales network, strong packaging design capabilities, and worldclass supply chain will help us further our vision and broaden our impact, providing an innovative and effective alternative to petrochemicalbased packaging at a much larger scale," says eben bayer, ceo of ecovative. "we are excited to be the exclusive provider of ecovatives technology for protective packaging applications. The ecovative design team has created a fundamental material technology, using the unique properties of mycelium, to provide solutions to protective packaging. And we have seen their success in manipulating these materials properties to produce varying density, strength, texture and appearance to meet different performance needs of a variety of customer applications," says ryan flanagan, president of sealed airs protective packaging business. "the agreement also furthers our smartlife commitment to sustainability and providing solutions that reduce waste throughout the supply chain. This technology turns an agricultural waste material into a packaging solution that meets our customers performance needs and protects against their products being damage during shipping.
Furthermore, it broadens our product portfolio for molded shapes and potentially other applications," flanagan adds. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Sealed air does not expect the transaction to be material to its consolidated financial position or results of operations.
