As an Earth Day initiative for 2025, packaging machine builder Cyklop is partnering with global reforestation organization Evertreen to plant 1,000 trees in 13 countries. The two are creating the Cyklop Forest to serve as a living symbol of Cyklop’s long-standing commitment to sustainability. Cyklop is planting trees in the following countries (the company operates facilities in all 13 countries as well as 14 others): Belgium, Brazil, British Columbia, England, Germany, France, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, The Netherlands and the United States of America.
Cyklop’s collaboration with Evertreen reinforces its dedication to environmentally conscious innovation. The company will support the planting of 250 trees every quarter over the next year. This equals 182.00 tonnes of C02 being offset. Cyklop is committed to making a tangible contribution to environmental restoration, carbon capture, and social development in regions most affected by climate change and deforestation.
“Planting the Cyklop Forest is not just a symbolic gesture – it is a direct extension of our core values and our commitment to sustainability in the packaging industry,” says Marc Berger, chief marketing officer for Cyklop. “By working with Evertreen, we are reinforcing our responsibility to address global climate challenges. This initiative reflects our belief that sustainability must be woven into every level of business, from the materials we develop to the ecosystems we help protect.”
The ongoing results and environmental impact of the Cyklop Forest can be tracked publicly via the company’s Evertreen dashboard.
Cyklop has a long history of sustainability for its operations and products. Here are a few examples from its operations in 27 countries, with more than 500 patents:
- Plastic Recycling in Italy and Malaysia: Cyklop manufactures polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for strapping material in Italy and Malaysia. The company collects more than 18,000 tons of plastic per year to turn into straps. Cyklop’s PET straps are made of 80 percent recycled material and are 100 percent recyclable after use.
- Solar Panels in Spain: In June 2024, Cyklop Spain fully commissioned its manufacturing plant with solar panels in Les Franqueses, Barcelona. This impressive step toward energy self-sufficiency led to addressing 70 percent of the company's consumption at peak sun hours at full capacity. With this initiative, Cyklop promotes energy self-consumption by limiting the use of air conditioners, significantly contributing to the reduction of its carbon footprint. This initiative has resulted in a more comfortable environment for office and production employees.
- Heat Reduction in Germany: The Cyklop energy management plan in Germany is ISO 50001 certified. The energy team regularly meets every month to discuss the various aspects of energy consumption and energy data that have been identified and to discuss further improvement activities. In 2020, the team set the specific energy consumption baseline for the year and defined corresponding targets. Since then, the Cyklop German team has been able to reduce the energy consumption for PET production by 20 percent. In addition, this team has implemented technical measures, such as heat recovery. In 2022, the German team set out to recover wasted heat from the PET strapping production facility and heat the 5,000 square-meter logistics hall. This resulted in saving approximately 350,000 kilowatt hours of heating energy per year, which was previously generated by burning heating oil.
- Reverse Logistics Process in Brazil: In 2022, Cyklop began collaborating with a customer organization that consciously and economically disposes of waste generated from production activities. This project provides a destination for the PET strapping waste collected and used by the customer’s manufacturing units. The customer then sends the discarded straps from its production process to Cyklop for the regulated inspection, grinding and selection of the materials. Ninety percent of the raw material is used for the manufacturing of new strapping rolls and is returned to the customer.
