01 15 unique packpaper8 Focus The coating has no impact on waste disposal or recycling and therefore has advantages over conventional barrier packaging The cups can be simply ground up The grist is then re used to ma nufacture new plastic cups Coated packaging is a declared monomaterial The SiOx coating also has no impact on the packaging weight because it is ultra thin around 500 times thinner than hu man hair This is a factor not to be underestima ted when it comes to logistics and CO2 emissions Center of Competence in Switzerland One of Greiner Packa ging s stated objectives is to offer ever more effi cient packaging solutions for customers in the food industry That is why we established a competence center at the Diepoldsau site in Switzerland last year pushed the develop ment in the barrier sector forward and marketed inert barrier technology Every customer in the Greiner Packaging network can profit from this technology says Strasser After winning its first large customer in the German speaking realm serial production began in the fourth quarter of 2014 Growing demand different responses The barrier market is currently on an upswing and aside from ibt Greiner Packaging is inves ting in another technology in this sector mul ti barrier technology mbt This plastic food packaging technology involves extrusion sheet extrusion and subsequent thermoforming to pro duce cups and bowls as well as extrusion blow molding for bottles and containers It allows the production of highly transparent products that can be hot filled a distinct advantage over the current packaging solutions on the market An even greater oxygen barrier in the packaging can be achieved by embedding a special barrier lay er like EVOH or PA into a standard plastic such as PP or PET Special filling requirements can be individually addressed depending on the plastic systems chosen Our technology allows us to offer food producers a packa ging solution that improves the shelf life and quality of their products Tobias Strasser General Manager Greiner Packaging in Diepoldsau

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