--- title: Forbes - Footprint Says To Ditch Your Plastic Packaging description: "Footprint Featured in: Forbes - Footprint Says To Ditch Your Plastic Packaging" image: https://press.footprintus.com/hubfs/Forbes%20Featured%20Image.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://press.footprintus.com/en/forbes-footprint-says-to-ditch-your-plastic-packaging#main-content) [Close ](https://press.footprintus.com/en/forbes-footprint-says-to-ditch-your-plastic-packaging#) - Main - [Science](https://www.footprintus.com/science) - [Solutions](https://www.footprintus.com/solutions) - Company - [About Us](https://www.footprintus.com/about) - [Leadership](https://www.footprintus.com/leadership) - [Board of Directors](https://www.footprintus.com/board-of-directors) - [History](https://www.footprintus.com/history) - [Locations](https://www.footprintus.com/locations) - [Newsroom](https://news.footprintus.com/en) - [Careers](https://www.footprintus.com/careers) [ SEARCH ](https://press.footprintus.com/en/forbes-footprint-says-to-ditch-your-plastic-packaging#) [Contact Us](https://www.footprintus.com/contact) [![logo](https://press.footprintus.com/hubfs/Imported%20images/Horizontal%20-%20G.svg "logo")](https://footprintus.com) - Main - [Science](https://www.footprintus.com/science) - [Solutions](https://www.footprintus.com/solutions) - Company - [About Us](https://www.footprintus.com/about) - [Leadership](https://www.footprintus.com/leadership) - [Board of Directors](https://www.footprintus.com/board-of-directors) - [History](https://www.footprintus.com/history) - [Locations](https://www.footprintus.com/locations) - [Newsroom](https://news.footprintus.com/en) - [Careers](https://www.footprintus.com/careers) [Contact Us](https://www.footprintus.com/contact) Quick results for "{search_term}" ![](https://press.footprintus.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Forbes%20Featured%20Image.jpg?width=300&name=Forbes%20Featured%20Image.jpg) [Footprint](https://press.footprintus.com/en/author/footprint)Jun 30 20221 min read # Forbes - Footprint Says To Ditch Your Plastic Packaging [Previous ](https://press.footprintus.com/en/rice-chbe-why-this-rice-alumna-chose-a-food-related-career-over-oil-and-gas) [Next ](https://press.footprintus.com/en/packaging-world-plant-based-fiber-tray-for-gillette-razor-is-green) Originally published on Forbes **(June 2022)** There’s a fascinating twist to the origin story of Footprint, a Gilbert, Arizona-based maker of fiber-based packaging solutions, which was founded in 2014 with the objective of innovating new alternatives to plastic-based food packaging. The impetus for that goal came not from the food and beverage business or the packaging world, but from the microchip industry. “I spent 15 years at Intel,” said Troy Swope, co-founder and CEO of Footprint. “That’s important to this story. We have over 100 engineers, and the core of that group is from Intel. It’s central to who we are–we’re not from the industry we’re disrupting. We kind of stumbled onto plastic outgassing in [computer chip] wafers, and that brought us to the need to get plastic out of food.” The company has grown substantially from its first two employees, founders Swope and his fellow Intel engineering alum Yoke Chung, now Footprint’s CTO, to over 2,600 full-time people today. Footprint has locations that include its Arizona headquarters, R&D center and manufacturing plant, a European R&D headquarters in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and a second manufacturing site in Mexicali, Mexico. That growth has been supported by business from big names like Unilever, Tyson Foods, Procter and Gamble, Nestlé, Quaker Oats and Conagra. The company is off to a strong start in 2022, with first-quarter revenue up 133% year-over-year, and revenue on track to meet the company’s goal for the year of $135 million. ***Read the full article on [Forbes.com](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimvinoski/2022/06/27/footprint-says-to-ditch-your-plastic-packaging/?sh=36e81ce74a51)*** #### COMMENTS ## RECENT ARTICLES [ FootprintMay 19 2023< 1 min read ### Refridgerated & Frozen Foods - Sustainable Solutions and Practices in Cold and Frozen Foods Start Reading ](https://press.footprintus.com/en/fast-company-these-18-brands-grew-business-with-their-communities-and-the-environment-in-mind-0)[ FootprintOct 28 2022< 1 min read ### Fast Company - These 18 brands grew business with their communities—and the environment—in mind Start Reading ](https://press.footprintus.com/en/fast-company-these-18-brands-grew-business-with-their-communities-and-the-environment-in-mind)[ FootprintOct 27 2022< 1 min read ### Footprint ranks No. 2,738 on the Inc. 5000 Annual List Footprint International Holdco has been acknowledged on Inc.’s 5,000 of 2022 list of The Most Successful Companies in ... 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The impetus for that goal came not from the food and beverage business or the packaging world, but from the microchip industry. “I spent 15 years at Intel,” said Troy Swope, co-founder and CEO of Footprint. “That’s important to this story. We have over 100 engineers, and the core of that group is from Intel. It’s central to who we are–we’re not from the industry we’re disrupting. We kind of stumbled onto plastic outgassing in [computer chip] wafers, and that brought us to the need to get plastic out of food.” The company has grown substantially from its first two employees, founders Swope and his fellow Intel engineering alum Yoke Chung, now Footprint’s CTO, to over 2,600 full-time people today. Footprint has locations that include its Arizona headquarters, R&D center and manufacturing plant, a European R&D headquarters in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and a second manufacturing site in Mexicali, Mexico. That growth has been supported by business from big names like Unilever, Tyson Foods, Procter and Gamble, Nestlé, Quaker Oats and Conagra. The company is off to a strong start in 2022, with first-quarter revenue up 133% year-over-year, and revenue on track to meet the company’s goal for the year of $135 million. Read the full article on Forbes.com", "url" : "https://press.footprintus.com/en/forbes-footprint-says-to-ditch-your-plastic-packaging", "wordCount" : "358" } ```