CONTRACTS & PROJECTS Nature delivered NewHonig pack
Dutch brand, Honig, now owned by H J Heinz, selected Robinson Packaging Innovation to design, develop, and manufacture its new foodservice pack for powdered soups and stocks. The new 1.5 litre bespoke container and lid, both injection moulded in polypropylene, were launched in the Continental European market towards the end of last year. Heinz and packaging development teams worked closely with
Robinson’s designers in order to produce the pack. The new pack incorporates Honig branding, a special grip for additional strength and improved handling, and a custom-design tamper evident closure. A key requirement from Honig was that the pack should be robust enough, with a good reseal, so that it could be used as a storage container in commercial kitchens. For more information email
sales@robinsonpackaging.com or visit
www.robinsonpackaging.com.
Rigid paper solution
In an impressive task, Sonoco has enabled a supplier of vehicle oils and fluids to replace its costly metal container with a rigid paper-based can. The result, says the company, is a lower-cost, sustainable packaging solution that has all of the positive attributes and benefits of a metal container, but none of its downsides. Sean Cairns, general manager, Sonoco Rigid Paper and Closures, Europe, says of the change: “The fluids that would be sold in the cans are moisture sensitive, and there were a number of challenges we had to overcome. The tube needed to be durable enough to sustain the fluid’s four-year shelf life and strong enough to not collapse when the screw pourer cap was inserted during production.” Sonoco’s solution was a rigid paper container with metal ends that offers the same product appearance and protection for liquids, but at a lower cost and using far more sustainable materials. For more information visit
www.sonoco.com.
LPR atWeetabix
Towards the end of last year, LPR opened a new pallet sort and repair facility at theWeetabix production site in Burton Latimer, near Kettering. The £160,000 facility has the capacity to sort and repair over 25,000 of LPR’s distinctive red pallets each week. As a result, LPR say, with its supply chain partner, Norbert Dentressangle, they are
able to deliver greater efficiencies in both pallet processing and vehicle movements, as full loads of pallets are backhauled onWeetabix outbound deliveries, thereby saving unnecessary vehicle movements each year. Weetabix’s chief executive, Giles Turrell, formally opened the facility on Wednesday 9th November. For more information call 01527 523 311, email
info@uk.lpr.eu or visit
www.lpr.eu.
Healthy food company Nature Delivered have chosen Kliklok again to supply two more JR carton forming machines for their plant in Feltham having already installed three. As part of their move to reduce their packaging by using thinner, 100 per cent biodegradable & recycled carton board, Nature Delivered initially asked Kliklok to supply a cartoning machine to ease the transition from hand erecting to automatic carton forming. The Kliklok JR carton erector was selected for its reputation as a versatile and dependable machine, ideally suited for hand pack operations, providing a steady flow of formed cartons or trays. The products are portions of dried fruit, nuts & seeds that sit inside compartments in a specially formed top load carton. As well as erecting the cartons, Kliklok are pre-breaking the three lid flaps, as they are tucked inside the carton once the product has been manually inserted. The package is then mailed to homes and workplaces as a healthy alternative for lunches & snacks. For more information call 01275 836131, email
m.tatum@kliklok-int.com or visit
www.kliklok-int.com.
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