Halopack
Halopack designs renewable gas-tight cardboard MAP, VSP, clamshell, and oven-ready food packaging trays using under 10% plastic, sold to food producers in 19 countries via direct sales and a 13-partner licensed manufacturing network.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2011
- HeadquartersAlmelo, Netherlands
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Halopack does
Halopack B.V. designs and develops renewable food-packaging trays centred on gas-tight cardboard Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) that uses less than 10% plastic. The core technology combines a paperboard base with a thin high-barrier plastic film laminated without glues, producing easily separable, recyclable constructions that achieve 70-95% plastic reduction versus conventional formats. The portfolio spans MAP, Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP), Clamshell with EVOH barrier, heat-resistant Oven trays (tested to 220 deg C for one hour under OM7 conditions), and DUO/TRIO multi-compartment formats, with an H0419 generation having superseded the long-running H0034 in 2026. Roughly 100+ tray models have been engineered since founding and 200 million packages were delivered in 2024.
The company is privately held, was co-founded in 2011 by Remi de Olde (CEO & Partner) and Ronald Zwaga (Partner), and operates a small headquarters team of approximately 14 people in Almelo, the Netherlands. Revenue is generated by co-creating custom tooling (moulds priced EUR 60,000-100,000 depending on impressions) and supplying trays to food producers under multi-year contracts, complemented by off-the-shelf stock trays for smaller runs. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales from Almelo with the HALOPACK Galaxy, an asset-light network of 13 production and distribution partners (including Aptar in the US, Alexir in the UK, Mondi in Germany, Hokuetsu in Japan, Hinojosa in Spain, Smartpack in Chile, and Quality Pack in Belgium) that produce and sell trays locally across 19 countries. Notable end-customers include Maidan, Maple Leaf Foods, Itsu, StarCuisine, Landes Fresh Meats, Schmalzle Fleischwaren, HelloFresh, Bakkavor, Dineamic, and Guru Burgers, with BRCGS Packaging Materials, ECMA GMP, 4evergreen, and FSC certifications underpinning food-contact and recyclability claims.
Halopack firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Halopack
- Legal name
- Halopack
- Website
- https://halopack.eu
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2011
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Halopack designs renewable gas-tight cardboard MAP, VSP, clamshell, and oven-ready food packaging trays using under 10% plastic, sold to food producers in 19 countries via direct sales and a 13-partner licensed manufacturing network.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Halopack industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Sustainable Food Packaging
- NAICS
- Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing (322219)
- SIC
- Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging (MAP/Vacuum/Skin) (IMALAHAF)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Tray Sealing & MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) Equipment (IMAHAOAL)
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Where Halopack is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Almelo
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Halopack business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Custom Cardboard Tray Manufacturing: Halopack produces custom-designed gas-tight cardboard trays for food packaging. Customers work with Halopack to co-create trays tailored to specific product requirements. Pricing includes tooling costs (mould costs vary between €60,000-100,000 depending on number of impressions) plus per-unit tray costs.
- Standard Stock Tray Sales: Halopack offers standard stock trays like the H0034 and H0419 models that are readily available for smaller production runs without custom tooling costs.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Custom-designed trays with tailored specifications |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels6 records
Halopack product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Halopack designs and manufactures sustainable food packaging trays that combine a paperboard base with a thin high-barrier plastic film (under 10% plastic content). The trays use proprietary Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) and Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) technologies to extend shelf life of fresh, chilled, frozen, and ready-to-eat foods. The company sells custom-designed co-created trays plus a catalogue of 100+ stock models, distributed directly and through a global network of 13 production partners.
Product overview
Halopack is a sustainable packaging company offering a portfolio of paper-based food packaging trays with less than 10% plastic content. The core product line consists of four main packaging types: MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging), VSP (Vacuum Skin Packaging), Clamshell, and Oven variants. These are complemented by specialized formats including DUO (double-compartment) and TRIO (three-cavity) trays. All products combine a cardboard base with a thin plastic barrier layer that is easily separable for recycling. The company operates through a global network of 13 manufacturing partners (the 'HALOPACK Galaxy') across 19 countries, offering both standard stock trays and custom-designed solutions tailored to customer specifications.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Halopack MAP: Gas-tight cardboard MAP tray with less than 10% plastic, suitable for various food applications
- Halopack VSP
- Halopack Clamshell
- Halopack Oven
- Halopack DUO
Products and services
- Halopack MAP Modified Atmosphere Packaging tray combining a paperboard base with a thin high-barrier plastic layer. Gas-tight design extends shelf life of fresh, chilled, and ready-to-eat food products while using less than 10% plastic. Supports full ten-sided printing for branding and shelf appeal. Available in high, medium, and non-barrier options.
- Halopack VSP Vacuum Skin Packaging combining a thin high-barrier plastic layer with a rigid paperboard base. Hermetically sealed to lock in freshness and maximize product visibility while reducing plastic by 70-90% compared to conventional plastic formats. Designed for fresh meats and protein products.
- Halopack Clamshell Cardboard clamshell packaging with EVOH barrier for completely gas-tight sealing. Reinvented classic design keeping products fresh and tasty while offering double-sided printing for enhanced shelf presentation. Designed for products such as burgers and other fresh foods.
- Halopack Oven Heat-resistant cardboard tray suitable for oven-heated meals. Handles temperatures up to 220°C for 1 hour (OM7 testing) while maintaining gas-tight properties. Features extra heat-resistant film and dual-sided printing.
- Halopack DUO Double-compartment cardboard tray enabling two portions in one sustainable package. Developed via co-creation with Schmälzle Fleischwaren starting in 2016, featuring easy-separate recyclable components and full-color printing on both compartments.
- Halopack TRIO Three-cavity tray design allowing for distinct compartment sizing, created to showcase ingredients more effectively and deliver balanced, premium shelf presentation for ready-meal applications such as Itsu's three-cavity tray.
- Halopack H0419 Next-generation cardboard MAP tray and successor to the long-serving H0034 stock model. Features tighter cardboard connections and stronger seals for improved food protection, while maintaining recyclability and the less than 10% plastic composition.
Quantifiable outcome
- 80-95% plastic reduction compared to traditional packaging solutions
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Halopack
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Halopack technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Halopack partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered regional, core and strategic.
- Abaris PrintingregionalDerrimut, Victoria, Australia. Production partner for Halopack trays in the Australian region.
- Alexir PartnershipcoreEdenbridge, Kent, Great Britain. Key UK partner that collaborated on ITSU ready-meal packaging with innovative three-cavity trays.
- ASV PackagingregionalLe Mans, France. Production partner for Halopack trays in the French market.
- AptarcoreAtlanta, USA. Strategic US partner that collaborated with Landes Fresh Meats on Halopack VSP packaging for bacon products. Represents Halopack in the American market.
- Box Marche S.p.a.regionalCorinaldo, Ancona, Italy. Production partner for Halopack trays in Italy.
- Hinojosa Packaging GroupregionalAldeamayor de S.Martín, Valladolid, Spain. Production partner for Halopack trays in Spain.
- HokuetsuregionalChuo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Production partner for Halopack trays in Japan, joining the network in 2023.
- Kapelis PackagingregionalKoropi, Athens, Greece. Production partner for Halopack trays in Greece, joining the network in 2023.
- MondiregionalForchheim, Germany. Strategic supplier of packaging materials for Halopack products.
- SmartpackregionalQuilicura, Santiago, Chile. Production partner for Halopack trays in South America, joining the network in 2020.
- Quality PackregionalBonheiden, Antwerp, Belgium. Production partner for Halopack trays in Belgium.
- VilpakregionalVilnius, Lithuania. Production partner for Halopack trays in Lithuania and Baltic region, joining in 2019.
- BakkavorstrategicFood producer that collaborated with Alexir Partnership on developing the ITSU three-cavity ready-meal tray format. Worked closely on ideation to delivery within demanding timeline.
- Film Supplier (Mutual)coreCollaborated with Halopack to develop innovative printing techniques for Maple Leaf Foods packaging. Partnership enabled visually striking solution while reducing raw material use.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves15 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Halopack competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Sonoco: Diversified global packaging manufacturer with consumer and food packaging divisions including rigid paper containers and trays. Broad incumbent overlap with Halopack in sustainable food packaging.
- Amcor: Global packaging major with flexible and rigid food packaging including MAP films and trays. Broad incumbent competing for the same food-producer RFPs Halopack targets with its sustainable tray portfolio.
- Smurfit Kappa: World-leading paper-based packaging group with growing sustainable food packaging offerings (Bag-in-Box, corrugated, paperboard trays). Competes for fiber-based food packaging share and brings significantly larger scale.
- Mondi: Global paper and packaging giant that supplies Halopack and offers its own corrugated and paperboard food packaging solutions. Acts as both supplier (per Halopack partnership list) and broad incumbent competitor across fiber-based packaging.
- Aptar: Global packaging and dispensing solutions provider that is also Halopack's strategic US production partner (Atlanta). Provides broader food-contact and active packaging capabilities overlapping with Halopack's MAP/VSP formats.
- Graphic Packaging: Large paperboard packaging producer serving food and beverage customers with coated unbleached kraft and SUS fiber trays. Competes broadly with Halopack in fiber-based food packaging, especially in protein and ready-meal segments.
Direct peers
- Sealed Air: Owner of Cryovac MAP and vacuum skin packaging systems widely used for fresh meat and ready meals. Direct competitor to Halopack VSP/MAP where food producers currently use Cryovac film-based formats.
- Pactiv Evergreen: Major North American food and beverage packaging supplier with MAP trays, clamshells and vacuum skin formats for fresh proteins and ready meals. Direct competitor in the same end-use categories Halopack serves.
- Huhtamäki: Global food packaging manufacturer with a fiber-based tray and MAP portfolio serving ready meals, meats and frozen foods. Direct overlap with Halopack's paperboard tray and modified-atmosphere offering for similar enterprise food customers.
- Footprint: US-based fiber-based food packaging company producing compostable and recyclable alternatives to plastic trays and clamshells for fresh food, QSR and grocery. Closely comparable mission and product mix to Halopack's MAP/Clamshell trays.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance4 records
Halopack financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Halopack leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles15 records
Halopack funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Halopack M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Halopack
What does Halopack do?
Halopack designs and manufactures sustainable food packaging trays that combine a paperboard base with a thin high-barrier plastic film (under 10% plastic content). The trays use proprietary Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) and Vacuum Skin Packaging (VSP) technologies to extend shelf life of fresh, chilled, frozen, and ready-to-eat foods. The company sells custom-designed co-created trays plus a catalogue of 100+ stock models, distributed directly and through a global network of 13 production partners.
Is Halopack a public or private company?
Halopack is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Halopack founded?
Halopack was founded in 2011. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Halopack based?
Halopack is headquartered in Almelo, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Halopack make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Custom Cardboard Tray Manufacturing is the primary driver. The others are standard Stock Tray Sales.
Who are Halopack's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Sonoco, Amcor, Smurfit Kappa, Mondi, Aptar and Graphic Packaging. Direct peers are Sealed Air, Pactiv Evergreen, Huhtamäki and Footprint.
Does Halopack have an API?
No public API is recorded for Halopack.
What industry is Halopack in?
Halopack's product category is Sustainable Food Packaging. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMALAHAF, Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging (MAP/Vacuum/Skin), with a secondary code of IMAHAOAL, Tray Sealing & MAP (Modified Atmosphere Packaging) Equipment. Its NAICS code is 322219 and its SIC code is 2650.