Meadow, a Swedish packaging-tech company, and FILLSY Poland, a Polish co-packer, plans to build a new sustainable packaging factory for the production of Meadow’s infinitely recyclable aluminum pre-fill solution, the MEADOW KAPSUL™. The factory will help boost the supply of recyclable packaging solutions in the European Union (EU), reaching a target capacity of 100 million cans per year by the end of 2027.
“We are thrilled to announce this partnership with FILLSY,” said Victor Ljungberg, CEO and cofounder of Meadow. “It marks a major production foothold for Meadow in Europe, and comes at a time of growing market demand for our solutions. Collaboration is at the heart of our approach, and FILLSY is a crucial partner as we continue to grow and approach commercialization.”
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Stockholm, Meadow has two goals — reducing the impact of packaging waste and also enhancing consumer experience. Its innovative KAPSUL technology offers a lightweight, user-friendly alternative to linear packaging across multiple industries, including personal care, beauty, food, and beverages. By harnessing aluminum’s infinite recyclability, Meadow delivers scalable, sustainable packaging solutions that combine environmental impact reduction with enhanced consumer experience.
To achieve its goals, Meadow is partnering with global leaders, such as Ball Corporation, the U.S.’s largest producer of aluminum cans; Novelis, a global leader in aluminum recycling and sheet production; and DRT Holdings, the largest global supplier of easy-open end system parts. FILLSY has now joined this growing list of partners.
FILLSY is the first company in Europe to mass produce Meadow’s KAPSUL technology, and its business mission is to provide one-stop-shop implementation services for this system. The company is investing €4 million in the new factory by the end of 2027, with plans to invest a further €10 million to develop production lines and plant expansion by the end of 2030.
The cutting-edge factory will be equipped with state-of-the-art industrial machinery, designed to meet the demands of clients in the European market. With an output of up to 10 million units annually at this current time (and a target capacity of 100 million units per year by the end of 2027), the facility will boost Meadow’s European production footprint and industrialize the KAPSU technology at scale.
It will also include a dedicated showroom for KAPSUL. This will provide partners and prospective clients with an opportunity to experience the technology first-hand and explore its applications across food, personal care and home product categories.
The new facility will be located in Poland, where major fast-moving consumer goods companies, such as Unilever and L’Oréal, have been opening filling plants in recent years. The location in central Europe also offers a strategically important base in terms of supply chain access and distribution.
In February, the EU adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), in which European companies must meet binding targets for recyclability and material reduction. In alignment with this regulation, the factory will play a key role in boosting the European region’s capacity to help meet growing industry demand for packaging solutions that are consumer-friendly, regulatory compliant and help tackle the packaging waste crisis.
“This factory marks a crucial step for the European packaging industry,” said Paweł Siwirski, cofounder of FILLSY. “By establishing this factory at the heart of Europe (in a country that is a growing hub for FMCG innovation), we are ensuring that the MEADOW KAPSUL system is readily available to brands across the continent. This investment is a huge step in strengthening Europe’s capacity to deliver sustainable packaging at scale, supporting the cosmetics and wider consumer goods industries as they work to comply with Packaging and packaging and waste regulation.”