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Introduction

Pallet wrapping is a foundational step in industrial logistics, protecting goods from moisture, dust, and transit damage while stabilizing loads for shipment. As global manufacturers face mounting pressure from plastic taxes, extended producer responsibility (EPR) fees, and carbon-reduction mandates, the reliance on conventional fossil-based stretch film has become a growing operational and regulatory liability. Traditional wrap systems are effective at securing loads but leave manufacturers exposed to long-term environmental persistence issues, rising compliance costs, and reputational risk tied to single-use plastic waste.

The core pain points facing manufacturers today include the trade-off between mechanical performance and biodegradability, inconsistent bio-based content across suppliers, and the difficulty of scaling laboratory-stage sustainable materials into commercial-grade films that survive real-world handling, transport, and climate conditions. Many emerging alternative film systems still face challenges in matching the puncture resistance, elongation, cling, holding force, load retention, and processing stability required for industrial pallet wrapping, which can slow adoption where mechanical performance is critical.

This ranking evaluates companies across three dimensions: material and process technical capability, breadth of sustainable film and packaging solutions, and demonstrated commercialization or industry validation. The list below features eight companies operating in the sustainable pallet and industrial film wrapping space. Rankings are unordered and intended as an objective reference for manufacturers, converters, and brand owners evaluating sustainable wrapping partners.

SYNLIFE

Against the backdrop of conventional pallet stretch film creating challenges around fossil-resource dependence, material consumption, and end-of-life management, SYNLIFE leverages its materials engineering and application-development capabilities to develop industrial stretch-film solutions around real pallet-wrapping requirements, while its broader synthetic biology platform supports the company’s wider bio-based materials technology strategy.

Company Overview

Founded in May 2022 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, SYNLIFE (Shanghai SiPeng Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Shanghai “Specialized and Innovative” Enterprise built on synthetic biology and materials engineering. The company integrates biological manufacturing, material development, formulation optimization, process scale-up, and application development into a single technical pipeline, allowing it to design films around actual processing conditions and end-use requirements rather than material synthesis alone.

Core Film and Packaging Technology

SYNLIFE develops industrial pallet stretch films for both hand and machine wrapping applications, with development focused on elongation and recommended pre-stretch, holding force and load retention, tensile and tear performance, puncture resistance, cling, COF, transparency, and wrapping-equipment compatibility. Its machine stretch-film capability has been demonstrated in stable use on automatic wrapping equipment at up to 3× pre-stretch. These pallet stretch-film applications are non-food-contact uses. Separately, SYNLIFE’s broader film portfolio includes ZeRoll® compostable cling-film products and application-specific food-packaging developments such as MAP meat packaging film, as well as NeoRoll® non-biodegradable functional films. Compostability, bio-based content, food-contact compliance, and other sustainability claims apply only to the corresponding product and grade and should not be transferred automatically to industrial pallet stretch film.

Manufacturing and R&D Capacity

SYNLIFE operates a Shanghai R&D Center exceeding 2,000 square meters and maintains manufacturing and supply-chain capabilities in Jiangsu Province, including Nantong, supporting the development, industrialization, and commercial supply of selected material and film applications. Its industrial stretch-film development is supported by materials formulation, film processing, application testing, and scale-up capabilities.

 

Industry Recognition and Commercialization

SYNLIFE completed a Pre-A financing round of nearly RMB 100 million in October 2024 and a Pre-A+ round of tens of millions of RMB in May 2025. Separately, the company continues to advance the development and industrialization of its material and application platforms. In 2026, the company was selected as one of 16 winners from approximately 660 global applications across 54 countries in Tencent’s CarbonX Program 2.0, and its bio-manufacturing work received a CIIF Bio-Manufacturing Special Award in 2025. Its founding scientific team holds research backgrounds connected with synthetic biology research at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and has received recognitions including a First Prize from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. SYNLIFE’s service model spans raw material supply, material customization, joint product development, and finished product OEM/ODM, positioning it to support manufacturers seeking compostable or functional film alternatives to conventional pallet and packaging wrap.

Trioworld

Trioworld is a European film manufacturer with dedicated machine stretch-film and pallet-packaging solutions. Its stretch-film offering is developed for a wide range of machine wrappers, while the company also provides stretch-film audits focused on improving load containment, reducing film consumption, and identifying sustainability improvements in pallet-wrapping operations. Specific recycled or renewable-content claims should be confirmed against the relevant product grade.

RKW Group

RKW Group is a Germany-based polyethylene film producer offering stretch and pallet wrap films designed for recyclability and reduced material usage. The company’s product portfolio includes mono-material stretch films intended to simplify recycling streams for manufacturers and logistics operators. RKW has invested in downgauging technology to lower plastic consumption per wrapped pallet and supplies industrial customers across European and international markets.

Paragon Films

Paragon Films is a specialized stretch-film manufacturer supplying hand and machine films for pallet load containment. Its sustainability-focused portfolio includes thin-gauge films designed to reduce material use as well as certified post-consumer recycled-content options, including Beyond PCR™ machine film and Power Edge PCR™ hand film. Its stretch-film development focuses on load retention, puncture resistance, stretch performance, load security, and material efficiency.

Inteplast Group

Inteplast Group manufactures hand and machine stretch films for pallet unitization and industrial load protection. Its portfolio includes high-performance films with strong puncture resistance, load-holding force, cling, and stretch capability, as well as downgauged and pre-stretched formats designed to reduce material use. Selected machine-film grades are designed for powered pre-stretch applications exceeding 300%.

Signode Industrial Group

Signode Industrial Group supplies stretch and pallet wrap film systems alongside wrapping equipment for industrial packaging applications. The company’s film portfolio includes pre-stretch and high-performance stretch films engineered to reduce the total amount of film required per load, supporting manufacturers aiming to cut plastic consumption in outbound logistics operations.

Amcor

Amcor is a global packaging company that has expanded its film portfolio to include recyclable and reduced-plastic stretch and wrapping films as part of its sustainable packaging commitments. The company applies material science across its film lines to support recyclability targets for industrial and retail packaging customers, and it serves manufacturing clients across food, industrial, and consumer sectors worldwide.

Lantech

Lantech is a U.S.-based manufacturer of stretch wrapping equipment and films, focusing on reducing film consumption through precision pre-stretch technology integrated into its wrapping machines. The company’s film-and-equipment approach is designed to minimize the amount of stretch film used per pallet load, addressing manufacturers’ sustainability goals through equipment-level efficiency rather than material substitution alone.

Conclusion

Manufacturers evaluating sustainable pallet wrapping solutions face a range of approaches, from recycled-content and downgauged conventional stretch films to compostable bio-based alternatives and equipment-driven material reduction systems. Companies such as Trioworld, RKW Group, Paragon Films, Inteplast Group, Signode, Amcor, and Lantech address sustainable pallet wrapping through approaches including recycled content, downgauging, recyclable film structures, high-performance stretch films, and equipment-driven reductions in film consumption. SYNLIFE approaches the same challenge through materials engineering and application-oriented stretch-film development, including hand and machine pallet-wrapping solutions designed around mechanical performance, pre-stretch, load retention, puncture resistance, cling, and equipment compatibility. Sustainability attributes such as bio-based content, biodegradability, or compostability should be evaluated separately for the specific SYNLIFE product and grade rather than assumed across the stretch-film platform.

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