Company
Industria Plastica Toscana: biodegradable and compostable packaging since 1994
Our story
1994
The rebirth
IPT was founded at the end of 1994 by former employees of I.P.I. S.p.A., who set up a cooperative to take over the company. On 20 December 1994, just before Christmas, the new cooperative started work with 20 members, a rented factory and share capital of just under half a billion lire.
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2002
Growth and ISO 9001 certification
IPT's output grew steadily thanks to biodegradable materials and compostable polymers, which allow biological recovery and reduce waste. In this phase the company obtained ISO 9001 certification.
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2009
The transformation
Regulatory uncertainty around conventional plastics became an opportunity for IPT: the company extended biopolymers to the whole production line. By 1 January 2011, when the ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags came into force, IPT was already ready.
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2011
Expansion
From the beginning IPT has believed in sustainable innovation in bioplastics and took part in founding Assobioplastiche, the Italian association of companies that produce, convert and recover compostable bioplastics.
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2014
The collaboration with Unicoop Firenze
IPT was the first company, together with Unicoop Firenze, to start the full replacement of conventional plastic sacks with biodegradable and compostable thin-film sacks.
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2026
The commitment continues
IPT keeps investing to improve production processes and meet new environmental challenges, reducing environmental impact and offering customers ever better products.
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Our customers
For years we have worked with large-scale retail, food companies and operators in the environment and agriculture, bringing ecological products to market across the territory. Unicoop Firenze is one of our long-standing partners.
Beyond Italy's borders
IPT is an Italian cooperative with an international reach: we manufacture flexible biodegradable and compostable packaging and supply it across Europe. We work with customers in France, Greece, Belgium and Ireland, bringing sustainable packaging solutions beyond national borders.
