Laminating film on printed brochures and packaging makes paper impossible to recycle or compost, and most packaging foil is made from fossil plastic. LAM'ON, founded in Sofia in 2018 by Angela Ivanova and Gergana Stancheva, both with backgrounds in printing, and Philip Ublekov, a biopolymer scientist at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, makes bio-based, compostable alternatives: LAM'ON laminating film and PACK'ON packaging foils and bags.
The European Innovation Council granted €1,207,113 towards a €2.03 million project to develop and produce both films. The project scaled PACK'ON foil to industrial production with a new co-extrusion line. LAM'ON now sells a small range of films and bags and, since July 2025, has an Italian distributor. Its sales volumes are not public.
Company file
- Legal entity
- LAM'ON, Sofia, Bulgaria (VAT BG205345397)
- Founded
- 2018
- Co-founders
- Angela Ivanova (CEO), Gergana Stancheva (COO), Philip Ublekov (CTO)
- Products
- LAM'ON laminating film; PACK'ON Bags, Crystal, Shrink and Haze
- Investor
- Eleven Ventures, per the company
- Distributor
- Canapack, Italy (from July 2025)
- EIC project
- FOIL'ON, 1 May 2022 to 31 Oct 2024, closed
- EIC funding
- Grant only
Where LAM'ON Stands Today
LAM'ON's website lists four PACK'ON product lines, bags, a clear film, a shrink film and a matt film, alongside its original laminating film, and describes a mission to make packaging "leaving no microplastics behind". In July 2025 it announced that Canapack, based in Emilia-Romagna, would distribute its PACK'ON films in Italy, where an extended producer responsibility scheme for compostable packaging is pushing manufacturers away from fossil plastics.
We found no published revenue, production volumes or customer numbers, and Bulgarian company filings were not accessible for this article.
The Technology: Film Without Fossil Plastic
LAM'ON's films are based on PLA, a bio-based polymer, with a water-soluble adhesive for lamination, so that laminated paper can still be composted. PACK'ON foils are blown on a co-extrusion line into bags and films for products such as food and apparel. The company's co-founder argued in a May 2025 article that recycling alone has failed, citing the figure that only 9% of all plastic ever produced has been recycled, and that bioplastics are still less than 1% of production.
"Recycling traditional plastics alone has proven inadequate in addressing the global plastic crisis."
Gergana Stancheva, co-founder and COO, LAM'ON, May 2025What the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows
FOIL'ON ran from May 2022 to October 2024. The CORDIS report says LAM'ON "successfully scaled up PACK'ON foil production to an industrial level by adding a co-extrusion machine", installed a semi-industrial blown film line, passed environmental and health inspections, was working towards ISO 9001, and launched products for apparel and packaging. It does not give sales figures or production capacity.
- Compostable laminating filmDeliveredLAM'ON film on sale.
- Industrial PACK'ON productionDeliveredCo-extrusion line installed.
- EU market entryStartedItalian distributor from 2025.
- Published salesNot shownNo figures published.
What Has Happened Since the Award
The Money
The EIC award was grant only, and at 59% it covered less of the project than the 70% maximum. In December 2024 LAM'ON announced a strategic investment from the venture fund Eleven Ventures and the banker Grigoriy Ananiev, without disclosing the amount, to meet demand and expand marketing across European food, apparel, home goods and electronics markets.
What cannot be checked
LAM'ON's revenue, production volumes and certification status for industrial and home composting are not in the public record we could access.
Why Europe Should Care
The EU's packaging regulation is tightening rules on plastic packaging and recyclability. A Bulgarian company making compostable films is a test of whether bio-based packaging can compete on cost from a small base.
What the project promised
Biodegradable, compostable laminating film and packaging foil produced at scale to cut plastic pollution.
What the record shows
Industrial production of PACK'ON, a product range and an Italian distributor; no sales figures.
The Verdict
Industrialised, still small
The EIC project delivered what it was for: LAM'ON can now produce its films industrially and sells them under its own brand and through a distributor. Whether a small Sofia company can win volume against large packaging groups is the open question, and the public record has no numbers to answer it.
LAM'ON has not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on public records, company statements and EU project data, linked throughout.
