Chilean firm Bioelements expands into the United States

In Texas, Bioelements Group, a  sustainable packaging company in Latin America, announced its expansion into the United States with the opening of U.S. headquarters in Houston and with a BIOLab research facility planned for the future.

The company develops and offers a packaging portfolio which includes different types of biobased, biodegradable and compostable materials.

Based in Santiago, Chile, the company also has presence in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

According to CEO and Founder Ignacio Parada, the goal of the expansion is to get closer to the packaging needs of brands in the United States in the retail, e-commerce, food, home and personal care, and specialties markets. 

“We have been very successful in Latin America and have developed applied technologies to create biodegradable packaging products for many U.S.-based companies,” said Parada. “We’ve always developed this packaging within the constraints of local regulations and the custom needs of brands. We want to do the same thing in the United States and be the number one supplier of biodegradable packaging to brands of all kinds in the U.S. market, offering direct service through local teams in Chicago, New York and Orlando as well as Houston.”

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