Sweden-based Yangi has received funding from the Swedish Energy Agency to support its work on fibre-based packaging solutions.
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Sweden-based Yangi, a technology company specialising in sustainable packaging solutions, has received SEK 40M (nearly €3.61M) in funding from the Swedish Energy Agency’s Pilot and Demonstration Program.
Based in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the Swedish Energy Agency is a government agency that works to promote renewable energy, improve technologies, support efficient energy use, and address climate change.
The funding will support the establishment of Yangi’s first full-scale demonstration plant. The project marks a step in the company’s work toward the commercialisation of fibre-based packaging solutions worldwide.
Transforming the packaging system
Founded in 2014 by Anna Altner, Yangi is working on new applications for cellulose in packaging. The company has developed Cellera, a dry-forming technology that shapes cellulose into 3D packaging formats.
The origins of dry-forming technology trace back to Danish R&D projects in the 1990s. Yangi has built on that foundation over the past decade, refining the process and creating an industrial solution for packaging producers.
The company’s focus is on scaling the use of cellulose as a material for packaging and working with partners to bring the technology into commercial use.
Brief about Cellera
Yangi’s Cellera, a dry-forming machine platform, converts cellulose pulp into 3D-formed packaging. The technology combines airlaid fibre processing with dry-forming methods to produce fibre-based packaging suitable for recycling systems.
According to the company, the platform operates without added process water and with reduced energy use, resulting in a reported 70 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions compared to conventional methods.
The platform is designed to support continuous production lines, high material utilisation, and consistent product output. Yangi states that the system is structured for quick changeovers, flexible production runs, and the ability to be operated with minimal staffing.
Environmental impact of dry-forming packaging technology
Yangi has presented the environmental performance of its Cellera fibre-based packaging platform. The company reports that the technology eliminates the need for process water, uses 75 per cent less energy than wet moulding, and reduces CO2 emissions by 70 per cent compared with plastic packaging.
The system uses 100 per cent renewable, FSC-certified fibres and is designed to fit within existing recycling streams. Yangi positions the platform as an alternative to thermoformed plastics and wet-moulded fibres.
According to Yangi, dry forming provides lower cycle times, flexible production setups, and higher material utilisation compared to other methods.
The company states that while plastic packaging offers versatility, it remains fossil-based and creates recycling and waste challenges, and that wet-moulded fibre processes are constrained by slower production speeds and higher resource use.
Expanding dry-forming applications across industries
Yangi is extending the use of its fibre-based dry-forming technology into multiple sectors, including takeaway food packaging, beauty and cosmetics, and consumer electronics.
For takeaway and single-use products, the company offers fibre-based solutions designed to replace conventional packaging formats. In the beauty and cosmetics sector, the technology is being applied to create packaging formats that support branding and product presentation. For consumer products and electronics, Yangi highlights packaging formats that provide protection and enable different surface finishes.
The company states that it continues to develop new products and explore applications for dry-formed fibre packaging in collaboration with partners.
Yangi reports that its dry-forming technology currently supports laminated barriers, tailored material formulations, embossing and debossing, and undercut design concepts.
The company also notes areas of ongoing development, including increased shape complexity, deep-formed products, printed and colored surfaces, and packaging solutions designed for extended shelf life.
