PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2010

PRODUCTS PET products 33 PET planet insider Vol. 11 No. 12/10 www.petpla.net Full-body sleeves for organic vodka Galatea Spirits’ ‘Good ol’ Sailor’ organic vodka has been launched in recyclable PET bottles with full body sleeves supplied by CCL Decorative Sleeves. The colourful sleeves are manufactured in 50 micron high-shrink PET and gravure printed in six colours. The design features illustrations of clas- sic sailor tattoos, including a large sail ship; they cover the entire sleeve from the neck of the bottle to the base. The deco- rative effect features tactile qualities and is intended to create strong brand differentiation on the shelf. The sleeves are hot- air shrunk onto empty PET bottles by Petainer in Lidköping. The material has to ensure a tight fit around the bottle. CCL Decorative Sleeves provided full technical support throughout the project and provided a complete package to Galatea and Petainer, including supply of the change parts for the machine to run the sleeves. The choice of PET offers a significantly lower carbon footprint than the equivalent glass packaging and creates a mono-material pack for recycling. Galatea is a lead- ing beer importer in Sweden and also offers a range of wines, spirits and ciders. The new 70cl bottles will be supplied to all 410 Systembolaget shops. www.ccl-label.com Modular linear labelling system Swiss company Pago International AG has launched a new range of modular linear labelling systems.The com- pany says that the modular design makes the machines more flexible, user-friendly in operation and more secure. The standard base frame accepts all modular configu- rations. Pago is offering a wide range of extension and add-on modules with its new system. Users can choose between a wide range of modules for product transfer and also for product isolation and centring. The systems offer a wide range of front and back labelling, complete or partial all-round labelling and labelling from top or bottom, for large and heavy objects through to shaped bottles. The choice of control and operating variants is also claimed to be wide and to offer opportunities for roll-changing without interrupting the process. A particular variant is available for the pharmaceutical industry. Barrier food packaging in PET M&H Plastics, a supplier of plastic components and bottles, jars, flexible tubes and closures for the personal care, pharmaceutical, health and nutrition markets, has announced the launch of an oxygen-scavenger in PET con- tainers. The company says this barrier development limits exposure to oxygen and maintains product quality, helping to extending shelf life. The product is manufactured from a blend of PET and an oxygen-scavenging concentrate. It creates an active barrier against the ingress of oxygen through the packaging walls, which enables PET containers to keep products fresher and maintain colour and taste for longer. It is an appropriate application for tomato-based goods, fruit juices and citrus items and is fully compliant with both European and US Food Standards. The first products to be launched with M&H’s new PET bar- rier packaging are among the range of British company Fire Foods’ chilli-based foods. www.mhplastics.com  www.firef oods.co.uk Hot stuff – 3,500kg/h infrared dryer for PET bottle flakes Kreyenborg Plant Technology has delivered an infrared drum (IRD) with a throughput capacity of 3l500 kg/h of PET bottle flakes. With a diameter of 2,500mm, length of 5400mm and 540kW of installed radiator output, it is the largest IRD ever brought to production. The machine is designed to dry PET bottle flakes with a bulk density of about 0.35kg/dm³, from max. 1% initial moisture to < 0.05% and to crystallize it at the same time. Achieving a homogeneous residual moisture of the flakes is very important, although the reality is that this can be subject to significant variations, due to the treatment process and the storage of the material. However, as material in the IRD has a short residence time of 10-15min, there is signifi- cantly less material in the drying process than in conventional systems. This advantage of the IRD means that bulky drying vessels are not needed. Kreyenborg has been offering infrared drying technology since 2005. Its range includes machine sizes from 20 – 4,000kg/h throughput rates, in both continuous and batch operation. www.kreyenborg.de Pressure-sensitive labelling system Moduline is a compact, rugged, yet economically-priced pressure sensitive labelling system for front/back, side panel or full wrap applications. The system was designed to compete with low cost Asian imported systems and is configurated for packaging lines with a production rate of 150ppm or less. www.quadrel.com