interpack 2011: Smart Packages for Freshness
Machine manufacturers equip themselves
Packaging specialists and their suppliers are nevertheless speculating on powerful growth in industry demand for “smart packs” – and are investing in the extension of their product portfolios. “Although new products and campaigns call for high investment, growing consumer demand for goods with added value promise companies economic benefits in the long term,” says OE-A Chairman Mildner. The Hamburg plastics specialist Albis Plastic, for instance, is offering packaging material producers what it claims to be a “highly efficient” iron-based oxygen absorber by the name of “Shelfplus O2” that is added to the natural polymer in quantities suitable for the food and type of package. The Austrian can manufacturer Pirlo, on the other hand, conceals a silica gel pad in a perforated plastic insert in the lid of its new steel “DryCan” for coffee and tea. “By regulating humidity, this new packaging element prevents the formation of lumps in powdered products,” explains Pirlo Managing Director Julius Lüthi.
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