Ipswich: Frugalpac expands to Australia and New Zealand

An Ipswich-based sustainable packaging company is expanding and will start sending its products to the other side of the world. 

In 2020, Frugalpac launched the world’s first and only commercially available paper bottle for wines, spirits and olive oils. 

Now more than 30 different drink producers from around the world use the firm's Frugal Bottle. 

Frugalpac team with Minister for International Trade, Nigel Huddleston, Frugalpac (Image: Frugalpac)

The invention from Crane Boulevard, near Ravenswood, is available in 22 countries, including Japan, North America, the UK, across Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, South Africa, and now also Australia and New Zealand. 

The company has been invited by the UK Government to send its paper Frugal Bottles to trade chiefs in Australia and New Zealand to mark the Free Trade Agreements with the countries coming into force.   

Ipswich businesses will be able to sell to those countries more easily as the UK’s trade deals with them go live. 

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Frugalpac expands to Australia and New Zealand, Frugalpac (Image: Frugalpac)

The chief executive of Frugalpac, Malcolm Waugh, said: "Frugalpac produces the world’s first paper bottle for wines and spirits and the machines that make them.  

"Our Frugal Bottles, which are made from 94% recycled paperboard and have a carbon footprint six times lower than a glass bottle, are now sold in 22 countries, including Australia and New Zealand. 

The CEO of Frugalpac, Malcolm Waugh, Frugalpac (Image: Frugalpac)

"The Department for Business and Trade has been hugely supportive of Frugalpac, and these free trade agreements will boost our plans to export machines to help the Australian and New Zealand drinks industry to further decarbonise." 

Business and trade secretary, Kemi Badenoch, added that it is a "historic moment" as the first trade deals negotiated post-Brexit come into effect. 

Frugalpac expands to Australia and New Zealand, Frugalpac (Image: Frugalpac)

She added: "Businesses up and down the country will now be able to reap the rewards of our status as an independent trading nation and seize new opportunities, driving economic growth, innovation and higher wages."