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March 24, 2026
SIG announces APR Design® for Recyclability Recognition for spouted pouch featuring
SIG Terra RecShield BD laminate
SIG announced today that it has been formally recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for meeting the highest criteria under the APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability. This recognition applies to SIG Terra RecShield BD spouted pouch, marking another milestone in SIG’s journey to create designed for recycling packaging solutions across multiple formats and applications.

March 18, 2026
SIG and Oobli announce strategic partnership to advance protein-sweetened beverages in aseptic packaging solutions
SIG and Oobli have formed a strategic partnership to showcase integrated, reduced-sugar beverage concepts to market. By combining Oobli’s sweet protein technology with SIG’s advanced aseptic filling expertise and diverse packaging options, the collaboration aims to deliver long shelf-life beverages that taste delicious and don’t require refrigeration.

March 17, 2026
24% sales growth: SIG’s alu-layer-free aseptic cartons gained widespread adoption in 2025
SIG announced a 24% year-over-year sales growth in 2025 for its alu-layer-free aseptic cartons, that reduce the already low CO2 footprint of standard SIG packs even further. This milestone marks another leap forward in the company’s ambition to create a regenerative food packaging system.
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Abdelghany Eladib
President & General Manager Middle East and Africa

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Angela Lu
President & General Manager Asia Pacific

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Ann-Kristin Erkens
Chief Financial Officer

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Aseptic zone
In the aseptic zone of the SIG filling machines, products that have previously undergone a UHT process are filled into the shaped, sealed and sterilized carton packs.

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Benefits of aseptic packaging
The first global launch of a long-life probiotic yogurt marks a major breakthrough for probiotic beverages and aseptic packaging. This game-changing development creates a new product category: probiotic beverages packed in aseptic carton packs and spouted pouches which are shelf-stable for prolonged storage periods without refrigeration.

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Christoph Wegener
Chief Markets Officer

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Close-up: filling juice
In the aseptic zone of the SIG filling machines, beverages that have previously undergone a UHT process are filled into the shaped, sealed and sterilized carton packs.

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Close-up: Filling liquid food product
SIG food filling machines are equipped with two separate dosing systems allowing food manufacturers to increase the scope of their aseptic food portfolio. Ingredients can be filled either in one single phase, which is the standard process, or in two separate phases.

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Close-up: filling SIG Drinksplus dairy product
SIG Drinksplus products like dairy products with aloe vera bits can be also processed and filled in aseptic carton packs on standard filling machines from SIG for liquid dairy products and non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD). The bits can be up to six millimetres in length and width.

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Close-up: filling SIG Drinksplus juice product
SIG Drinksplus products like juice drinks with fruit or vegetable bits can also be processed and filled in aseptic carton packs on standard filling machines from SIG for liquid dairy products and non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD). The bits can be up to six millimetres in length and width.

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Close-up: running filling machine
In SIG filling machines, each carton pack is individually shaped and sealed at the bottom. The packs – still open at the top – are then guided to the aseptic zone of the filling machine via a mandrel wheel.

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Close-up: running filling machine into the downstream process
Once a carton pack has been filled with the product in SIG’s filling machines, the carton top is ultrasonically sealed above the fill level – still within the SIG filling machine. The carton packs are then fed fully automatically into the downstream process.
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