Karlville Development, L.L.C.

Leading in Global manufacturing - Karlville provides converting & packaging machinery solutions for Shrink Sleeves, Flexible Packaging, Pouches & Tape Multipacks. Through a combination of Karlville-owned manufacturing facilities and strategic manufacturing ventures, we offer a wide range of innovative converting and packaging machines for converters as well as brands & copackers. Karlville has support facilities in USA, Europe and Asia, and as part of growth and commitment to business has recently opened a new Technology & Service Center in Miami, Florida.

Flexible packaging offers a low carbon footprint alternative to rigid plastic and glass containers. One truck load of flexible equates to 30 truckloads of rigid. Flexible Packaging also offers additional material savings as able to package more efficiently versus rigid containers. In the end, around 70-80% less plastic than rigid, flexible packaging limits the environmental impact of waste on society.

There are two main trains of thought for circular economies; Mono Material strategies creating a recycling chain where the package is recycled back into the package and Waste to Value, were as all the different packages are recycled into energy or chemical feedstock. 

In Shrink Sleeves there are two main approaches: washable inks and floatable materials. Each solution offers advantages, our industry works with the Association of Plastic Recyclers (The Association of Plastic Recyclers (plasticsrecycling.org)) to bring these solutions to the market.

In the Miami Technology Center, Karlville is investing to showcase sustainable solutions thru converting fully recyclable and compostable materials and shrink sleeve solutions with a focus on recycling.