Krones gives taster of new PET shrink wrap alternative

Krones has revealed that it will be premiering “an entirely new packaging design” at Interpack that aims to offer an attractive alternative to shrink-pack for PET containers.

The beverage engineering firm said that shrink-pack is currently the secondary packaging of choice for PET containers with more than a 30 per cent share of the market.

But shrink pack has certain drawbacks - notably the energy consumption of the shrink tunnel and the use of fossil raw materials. For this reason, the R&D team at Krones has been working on creating a resource economical alternative to shrink wrapped packs.

At Interpack in May in Dusseldorf, Krones will be presenting the results of this work. A complete pack system including both the packaging and the associated machinery will be on display.

Krones sought to emphasize the significance of the innovation work in a press statement. The German company said: “The system on show at Interpack 2011 could prove to be the pack concept of the future.”

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