NEWS
Carton companies roll out tethered caps
Tetra Pak and Elopak have separately announced new developments in the field of tethered caps for carton packages. Both are moving in this field this with a
view to enabling customers to meet the Single Use Plastics Directive, which will come into force by 2024 (see Caps feature, Injection World April 2022). Tetra Pak’s five different
tethered caps are currently being introduced in different product categories across multiple national markets. The company said that it plans to equip approximate- ly 300 packaging lines in Europe with tethered caps by the end of 2022. Ireland’s Borrisoleigh
Bottling is set to start commercial production of the new plant-based C38 Pro tethered cap on Tetra Top 330 and 500 carton packages in May. Mean- while, Weihenstephan, a major German dairy brand, will shortly be testing the new LightWing 30 closure on a Tetra Brik Aseptic
Separately, Elopak has announced the upcoming roll out of the tethered Pure-TwistFlip, which was originally
revealed in 2021. Like
Above: Elopak’s tethered Pure-TwistFlip 29i for chilled beverages is also the company’s lightest screw cap to date
1000 Edge carton. Meanwhile, juice packag- ing specialist Cido Grupa has been testing the HeliCap 26 Pro closure on a Tetra Prisma Aseptic 1000 Square package in the Baltics since February, while Spain’s LY Company will begin using the plant-based DreamCap 26 Pro closure on the same pack. Also in Spain, dairy packaging firm Lactalis Puleva has been using the plant-based HeliCap 23 Pro closure on Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Slim packages for the Lauki brand since March.
Tetra Pak’s range, this has been designed so that the closure remains attached to the carton through-
out its entire lifecycle, thereby reducing the risk of it being littered. The cap is made by United Caps. “The Pure-TwistFlip 29i is also Elopak’s lightest screw cap to date, helping to reduce the use of plastics. It can be combined with any Pure-Pak carton to create an original packaging solution that prioritises the environ- ment, safety and consumer convenience,” the company said. The Pure-Pak carton
range includes Imagine, which is 100% plant-based, comes without a screw cap and contains 46% less plastic than the original carton. �
www.tetrapak.com �
www.elopak.com
Toyoda
Gosei plans China plant
Toyoda Gosei is to build a new 43,000 m2
plant for
airbags, steering wheels and pop-up actuators in the Shunde district of Foshan in China’s Guang- dong province. A branch plant of Toyoda Gosei (Foshan) Auto Parts, this is planned to start up in summer 2023 and will meet growing demand for airbags caused by strong- er safety systems in China and increasing car produc- tion in south China. This will be a smart plant in which all process- es from production to delivery are tracked in real time with the use of the Internet of Things and AI. It will use energy-saving production equipment, including collaborative robots and automatic guided vehicles, as well as being powered by renewable energy. By 2030, this will reduce CO2 emissions by more than 50% compared with conventional equipment, the company said. �
www.toyoda-gosei.com
Plastic additives checking tool launched
ChemForward and the Sustainable Packaging Coalition in the US have announced the availability of the Plastic Additives Optimisation Tool. Developed through their Safe + Circular Materials Collaborative partnership, this is a free tool that enables manufacturers to check the chemical hazard profile of over 1,100 additives, organised by function and
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material compatibility. ChemForward, an industry initiative
to measure toxicity in chemicals, added that this work is just a starting point and a subset of its own full chemical hazard database, and that additions to the dataset are welcome. A recent study found that nearly 2,500 chemical additives used in plastics are either toxic or of unknown toxicity.
“Overcoming this challenge will be a critical part of achieving circularity in plastics, which is itself key to tackling multiple problems presented by plastic products and waste,” it said. “We are fundamentally changing the way that chemical hazard data is created, maintained, distributed, consumed and financed.” �
www.chemforward.org
www.injectionworld.com
IMAGE: ELOPAK
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