{"id":729774,"date":"2021-08-04T17:33:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/kpl-cirrus\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T03:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:54:27","slug":"kpl-cirrus","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/kpl-cirrus\/","title":{"rendered":"KPL Cirrus\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c5075065-0114-43c2-9312-4502ee0e84cc\">Lighter plastic due to special shape<\/h1>\n    <section class=\"info-slider alignfull\"\n             style=\"--items-per-row:2;\"  data-component=\"slider\" data-gap=\"0\" data-loop=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"slider__container swiper\">\n                <div class=\"slider__slides swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-KingsmoorePackagingLtd_Cirrus_1-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-KingsmoorePackagingLtd_Cirrus_1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-KingsmoorePackagingLtd_Cirrus_1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MILK-KingsmoorePackagingLtd_Cirrus_1-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"theme--dark\">\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-prev swiper-button-prev theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-next swiper-button-next theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\t\t\t             <div class=\"slider__scrollbar swiper-scrollbar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t    <\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-6e7c5cdf-8670-4f05-9235-7367f8662674\">KPL Cirrus\u2122<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-e4f0fb50-c2aa-435d-9a6b-5b2accda55d8\">UK thermoforming packaging company Kingsmoor Packaging has launched a weight reduction initiative called KPL\u2122 Cirrus. This pursues the goal of producing plastics as sustainably as possible. The company has not only improved the recycled content and recyclability of its products, but also explored how to make them lighter and more efficient without losing stability and practicality. Research was carried out into design methods from the point of view of how the process of thermoforming plastics can be optimized. KPL Cirrus\u2122 works by creating a unique pattern in the sidewall of the container that forms a series of many small pockets where the material easily gets stuck over and over again as the container is formed. This in turn creates stronger sidewalls with less material, resulting in a much lighter yet stronger package.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-e2b683b8-cc89-46a3-a96f-a0df39f7bc54\">Product name:<strong> KPL Cirrus\u2122<br\/><\/strong>Manufacturer: <strong>Kingsmoor Packaging Ltd<\/strong><br\/>Project status: Concept \/\/ Prototype \/\/ Ready for market \/\/ <strong>Ready for series production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d30bca0c-929c-4f9d-880c-08374335c815\">Source: Kingsmoor Packaging Ltd<br\/>Image source: Kingsmoor Packaging Ltd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lighter plastic due to special shape KPL Cirrus\u2122 UK thermoforming packaging company Kingsmoor Packaging has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":586247,"template":"","material_status":[1190],"material_category":[1409],"material_type":[2125,1843,2105,1593,1587,2127,2128,1768,2121],"material_food":[1189,2083],"material_topic":[2139,2104],"class_list":["post-729774","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-series-production-ready","material_category-plastics-biopolymers","material_type-hdpe-en","material_type-ldpe","material_type-other-polymers","material_type-pe-en","material_type-pet-en","material_type-rhdpe-en","material_type-rldpe-en","material_type-rpet-en","material_type-synthetic-origin","material_food-other","material_food-various-foods","material_topic-alternative","material_topic-recycled-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILK. 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