Wood fibre material innovator Fiberdom is entering a partnership with packaging machinery and moulding technology Kiefel to accelerate the development and commercialisation of fibre-based, fully recyclable and home-compostable packaging. The collaboration combines Fiberdom’s Duranova material with Kiefel’s dry fibre forming technology to deliver plastic-free packaging solutions. “The partnership with Kiefel is a strong endorsement of our material technology and shows we’re ready to scale up with major partners taking on the critical sustainability challenges the packaging sector faces today,” said Tomi Järvenpää, General Manager of Fiberdom. Packaging applications with complex shapes and high-performance requirements are traditionally produced using a wet forming process to prevent cracks and wrinkles during forming. However, Kiefel’s dry forming technology offers advantages for certain types of packaging applications, providing a solution for products with specific geometric requirements.