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This year marks a significant milestone for BIOPAP® as we celebrate our 25th anniversary—twenty-five years of progress, innovation, and commitment to sustainability. The celebration continues into 2026, an equally remarkable year for our valued associates at Novacart, who will mark their 100th anniversary.

Together, we represent 125 years of combined innovation and passion, dedicated to developing sustainable, safe, and efficient packaging solutions for the most demanding food and bakery applications worldwide.

This anniversary is an important milestone for everyone at BIOPAP®—from R&D to Accounting, from Sales to Production and Quality, from HR to Customer Service, from Marketing to Logistics—together with our global network of partners and customers.

We are proud of our first 25 years and look ahead with confidence to the next 25, continuing to embed sustainability into everything we do. Our innovations are designed with—and for—the most demanding food caterers around the world.

Our industry is undergoing profound transformation to address critical long-term objectives:

• Reduction of food waste
• Improved production planning
• Extended shelf life without compromising quality
• Enhanced consumer sensory experience (color, aroma, texture)
• Greater attention to nutritional quality
• Overall reduction of carbon footprints across menus, packaging, and processes
• Expansion of clientele and diversification of distribution channels
• More efficient, secure, and sustainable work organization

In this evolving landscape, packaging is no longer simply a container; it has become a strategic driver of business sustainability, operational efficiency, and customer loyalty.

This is the essence of BIOPAP®. We develop food packaging solutions through a systemic approach that considers the entire value cycle—from food preparation to industrial processes, from the consumer experience to end-of-life management and its environmental and social impact.

Our innovations stem from the integration of materials, design, converting technologies, and production processes. Our goal is to achieve maximum functional performance while minimizing resource use. This approach enables improved food quality, increased operational efficiency, reduced food waste, and optimized costs across the entire supply chain.

Innovation is our shared passion. It unites us as family businesses built on trust, collaboration, and long-term partnerships throughout the value chain.

We thank everyone who believes in BIOPAP® and in this journey. Let us celebrate these milestones together and continue to expand our unique compostable solutions.

Together We Care.

BIOPAP® Innovation Day – Driving Sustainable Food Packaging Forward

It has been a fantastic, lively, and constructive BIOPAP® Innovation Day, held at BIOPAP®’s Academy on October 22nd.

The goal of this special day was to share and discuss the latest sustainable food packaging innovations and best practices across our entire value chain.

Through real-world case studies, we demonstrated that sustainability can—and must—be an everyday goal:
driving fair value distribution in food and food services, enhancing operational efficiency, improving nutrition and food experiences, fostering biological circularity, supporting local community growth, and protecting both food and natural ecosystems.

Together, we traced our sustainability journey from well-managed forests—our renewable and local raw materials—through food preparation and service, all the way to composting, closing the loop of a truly circular system.

Special thanks to our guest speakers for their valuable speeches:

– Marjukka Kujanpää, Stora Enso: Fore fronting the bioeconomy, leading also in Sustainable Forest Management

– Valter Bernes, Extra Point: First BIOPAP® Easy Genius application in Hospital Catering at Zagreb University Hospital

– Mario Sestito, Polibox Srl:  Record time co-development of BIOPAP® Easy Box Insulating Box, part of the Scalable Easy Genius Ecosystem.

– Elena Fucile, Milano Ristorazione SpA:  High quality, Nitrogen tunnel-frozen, Soja Lasagne for City of Milan School Catering

– Tim Schmitt, HOFMANN‘s: Innovative and sustainable frozen ready meals BtoC packaging and concept

– Simone Orsi, Amsa Spa: Organic waste collection together with Compostable food packaging as a resource, the best practice of the Milan Metropolitan area

– Valerio Recchia, Medicair Industry Srl:  Increased shelf life and organoleptic performances with BIOPAP® MAP in organic Ham Cuts and Ready meals

– Sara Limbo, University of Milan: Shelf life extension through Natural and Controlled vegetable respirations rates with BIOPAP LC without MAP technology

– Alessandra Porro, Italian Composting and Biogas Association: Biogas and Compost from organic waste collection as a key role against climate change and positive impacts on local communities. The importance of effective Compostable packaging certifications.

Thank you to Giovanna and Chiara for the perfect and tireless organisation that made this day so special together with Marco, Francesca, Maria Teresa, Gianfranco, Roberto.

Thank you to all our guests from the professional catering and food industry: CIR FOOD, Dussmann Service, Elior Ristorazione, Milano Ristorazione SpA, Polibox, SDS, Serenissima Ristorazione, Giuseppe Citterio Spa, Red Organic…and – last but not least – to CONCORDIA Società Cooperativa for the delicious lunch prepared, delivered and served in BIOPAP® Easy Genius Ecosystem!

Thank you to our fantastic Management Team, Maria Teresa, Filippo, Carlo, Luca and to our International Network during this experience: Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Finland, France, Benelux, Luxemburg, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Christy, Letitia, Patricia, Vesna, Essi, Paavo, Pascal, Bertrand, Pedro, Ana, Chintan, Tim, Eva, Isa.

Thank you for having followed in Streaming the whole event from around the world. The recording will be available soon on YOUTUBE in both Italian and English language

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BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM is the innovation that’s transforming the way sustainable catering is managed in schools, offices, companies, hotels, and events.
A unique system, designed and patented by BIOPAP® together with industry professionals, it simplifies the delivery of complete meals – both hot and cold – in a hygienic, eco-friendly, and efficient way, with no need for on-site infrastructure.

A patented ecosystem for the catering of the future

Born from the collaboration of exceptional people and companies, BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM reflects a shared vision of continuous innovation and human value.
With the commitment and enthusiasm of POLIBOX®, the project was developed in record time — an example of how synergy between innovative companies can generate real solutions that simplify daily operations and reduce environmental impact.

Two components, one smart system

🔹 BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS

The compostable meal tray, GN ½ format, is practical, modular, and self-supporting.
It is sealed directly in the central kitchen with both hot and cold dishes, ensuring:

✅ Maximum hygiene and food safety

✅ Reduced preparation time

✅ Optimal preservation of food quality and temperature until consumption

🔹 BIOPAP® EASY BOX

The lightweight, ergonomic, and high-performance insulated container, developed by POLIBOX®, keeps hot and cold temperatures separate for up to 3 hours after sealing.
Each box contains one complete meal, with a dedicated slot for identification labels to ensure traceability and accuracy.

The system is stackable and modular, designed to simplify the transport of multiple meals at once.
Quality, durability, and performance proudly signed by POLIBOX®, a leading name in the field.

The advantages of the EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM:

♻️ Lower preparation and service costs

♻️ No washing and zero waste, thanks to the fully compostable tray

♻️ Enhanced perceived quality for the end user

♻️ Maximum hygiene, safety, and simplicity

♻️ Minimal investment and scalable solution, from 1 up to 500 meals per day

With BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM, catering becomes more flexible, sustainable, and efficient, paving the way for new business models in green food delivery and collective catering.

Discover EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM at HOST 2025

Come and see how BIOPAP® and POLIBOX® are revolutionizing sustainable catering.
Meet us at HOST 2025 and experience firsthand the solution that simplifies food service operations, improves quality, and reduces environmental impact.

BIOPAP® Pad 10P – Stand B24, B32, C23, C31
POLIBOX® Pad 4 – Stand G11-H12

👉 BIOPAP® EASY GENIUS ECOSYSTEM – the future of catering is here.

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The BIOPAP® Academy opens its doors

On the birthday of Maria Teresa Brassiolo, Co-Founder of BIOPAP®, October the 10th, 2025, the BIOPAP® Academy is officially inaugurated, a place desired and designed for the meeting of people, ideas, technology and the environment.

Under the 2009 solar power plant that has been providing renewable energy for 15 years, a new area, the BIOPAP® Academy, has been set up on the top floor of the Bioclimatic building made out of lamellar wood and mineralized wood.

BIOPAP® Academy is jointly used by R&D, Technical Customer Service, Sales and HR functions, a place experienced every day, where it is possible to imagine, develop, show and test BIOPAP® innovations and compostable packaging systems operationally and in real situations. A place of applied research, training, meeting and exchange with our partners, suppliers, customers, stakeholders.

A conference area but also a shared dining area, an ecological island to transform compostable packaging and organic waste into precious renewable resources such as compost. A technical area with different traditional and modified atmosphere sealing technologies, a chilled storage and reheating area with controlled humidity cells, refrigerators, freezers and ovens to test the BIOPAP® Compostable containers from the lowest to the highest temperatures. A BIOPAP Genius Meal Tray® area, the revolutionary system for catering events, clinics, hospitals and nursing homes.

A place open to young students from schools for open days  and from universities for internships and thesis works.

An environment at the same time natural and technological full of symbols with an ancient and a modern encyclopedic library wanted by our co-founder Giuseppe Anderlini, the first librarian. With a fitness area with a view of the Parco Agricolo Sud and a Relax area with a stunning view of Monte Rosa, origin and sources of inspiration, wanted by our co-founder Maria Teresa Brassiolo.

BIOPAP® Academy a place of innovation and sustainability, with art and history, where creativity is stimulated, and good practices and environmental and social responsibility are spread.

Welcome to BIOPAP® Academy!

A big thank you to the Municipal Administration of Settimo Milanese for promoting the Guaranteed Mobility Project, in collaboration with P.M.G. Italia SpA. The community got two vehicles for social welfare transport on a free loan basis for two years (automatically renewable under the same conditions): this is a great result! The Guaranteed Mobility Project has been supported since 2009 by the citizenship, with ethical commitment and social responsibility from numerous local companies. Thanks to this contribution, Municipality of Settimo Milanese can meet many transport requests, for elderly and disabled people in the area, without substantially increasing their own budget.

“We are happy to contribute to the call launched by Mayor Mr. Fabio Rubagotti and Deputy Mayor Mrs. Sara Santagostino,” said Maria Teresa Brassiolo, Vice President and Co-founder of BIOPAP Srl Società Benefit. “This enabled us to provide a 5-seater van equipped with a lift for transporting a wheelchair, and a 5-seater car for simple transport. These transports will also be provided in collaboration with the local voluntary and charity associations Auser and Caritas – Carità Cultura Missione.

“Local companies can commit themselves to the community, and it is important for local authorities to show a spirit of involvement. Seeking synergies and finding opportunities for cooperation between companies and institutions strengthens the sense of belonging and encourages active participation. It is positive to feel an active part inside a community,” concluded Maria Teresa Brassiolo.

The award ceremony was held on Thursday, 25 September 2025, at 5.30 p.m. in the courtyard of the City Hall in Piazza degli Eroi, 5.