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Sustainable partnership: Henkel learns how MM Board & Paper is making liner production more circular

Sustainability

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Company / Mills

30/07/25

Henkel’s Consumer Brands and Adhesive Technologies teams visited the MM Neuss mill to gain firsthand insight into how MM’s leading-edge recycling capabilities and sustainability-driven investments are shaping the future of packaging.

PPWR, Recycled Material, and Testing: Knowledge transfer for the next generation

MM Group wants to elevate its ESG performance year over year and to enable its customers to do the same. This is why the MM Neuss team recently invited Henkel, a long long-standing partner of MM Group’s Board & Paper and Packaging businesses, to visit their mill.

This summer, an international team of 20 Henkel employees toured the MM Board & Paper mill in Neuss, Germany. They learned how recycled materials are prepared for liner production and then followed the materials through production all the way to material testing in the facility’s on-site lab. The Henkel teams also engaged with MM Group’s sustainability experts on PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation) in order to share best practices for future proofing packaging on an evolving regulatory landscape.

Sustainable packaging solutions and CO2 reduction: engaging the value chain

The MM teams shared sustainable packaging innovations and the successful reduction of CO2 in packaging. Carsten Bertram, Head of Packaging Sustainability at Henkel Consumer Brands, praised recent modernisation measures at the MM Neuss plant, which have led to a substantial CO2 reduction, improved energy efficiency, a hydrogen-ready combined heat and power (CHP) plant.

“The modernisations at the MM plant in Neuss are an inspiring example of sustainable management and innovation”

Carsten Bertram – Head of Packaging Sustainability – Henkel Consumer Brands

Premium partner for sustainable packaging

Henkel and MM Group are making packaging more sustainable and setting best-practice benchmarks where they influence the industry value chain. The relationship shows how faster progress at larger scale can be better achieved through collaboration than by going it alone. Collaborating for customer-supplier success is an important part of Henkel and MM Group’s long-standing partnership and contribute to working together towards a sustainable future.

Taking Action: Circular Economy and Sustainability at MM Neuss

Decarbonization strategy with state-of-the-art power plant: A new, highly efficient power plant with the option to substitute natural gas with “green hydrogen” in the mid-term is currently being installed at the MM Neuss mill. With the start up in the second quarter 2024 it uses AI to control the power output and increase energy efficiency. The 2023 machine rebuild has also reduced specific energy consumption. Overall, the project results in an annual reduction of CO2 emissions by 22,000 tons.