PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2013

TRADE SHOW REVIEW 64 PET planet insider Vol. 14 No. 10/13 www.petpla.net Drinktec review On September 21, the doors closed on drinktec and the extraordinary number of more than 66.000 visitors who attended the exhibition. A brief review of some of the excit- ing new developments we uncovered at the show will surely whet the appetite for upcoming issues of PETplanet Insider, where all the highlights of drinktec will be featured. www.drinktec.com Cool running Lanxess has announced that its new Velcorin DT Touch dosing units for filling Velcorin as a cold sterilisation agent in non-alcoholic beverages and wine are now being sold worldwide. The units are manufactured in Germany and feature an aseptic design and connections to meet the strict purity requirements of the beverage industry. Lanxess says that they are designed to be both safe and easy to handle. Control and visualisation of the dosing process are enabled by a touch panel. The Velcorin range is designed to be effective against typical spoilage microorganisms such as yeast, mould and bacteria, which are present throughout the beverage filling process, but to act against them without compromising product taste. Lanxess says that Velcorin DT dosing units can be integrated into new or existing beverage produc- tion lines for a relatively small capital outlay. www.velcorin.com www.lanxess.com Stay-with Aptar Food and Beverage unveiled Micro, their new standard dispensing solution for water enhancers and liquid concentrates. Micro is a one-piece PP snap on clo- sure, using an adapted SimpliSqueeze valve specifically developed to optimise performance of the flow control and the no-drip safety for out-of home consumer use. A smaller version of Aptar’s patented valve allows the stream of product dispensing to be precisely controlled by the consumer in order to obtain their preferred dosage. The closure orifice remains clean throughout usage, due to precise product cut-off. Their SimpliSqueeze valve always uses swimming silicone technology in beverages to ensure PET bottle recycling stream compatibility. The swimming silicone SimpliSqueeze valve has a density below 1 and therefore ‘swims’ to the surface to facilitate sorting. It was approved and certified in Europe by the Cotrep and the EPBP in 2011. With Micro there is said to be no mess and no drips for a neat package that can be safely and conveniently stored; even in a pocket or a bag for out of home consumption. A further point of interest was its new flip-top sports closure Avantage. Avantage is a monomaterial sports cap featuring a unique push-button tamper evidence. It has a 170° spring loaded hinge attaching the lid to the body of the cap, which enables consumers to drink uninter- ruptedly. These features are said to differentiate this closure from others in the market, and it also boasts an original tether design. Avantage is Aptar’s first closure featuring their Stay-With tether. Suitable for all neck sizes this proprietary tether permanently affixes the closure to the bottle and can be twisted and pulled away from the drinking orifice. It prevents misplacement of the cap. By preventing closures from being separated from the bottle, beverage makers will have a solution to meet new legisla- tion already being passed in the EU and the UK requiring closures to be recycled with the bottle. www.aptar.com Barrier refined Invista has added new products to its barrier resin portfo- lio. The launch of PolyShield MB marks the latest extension to Invista’s barrier resins range. The new product offers makes the company’s established barrier technology available in a concentrated ‘masterbatch’ version. Invista says that it will allow converters and brewers to increase their sourcing flex- ibility and offer options to save on freight and duties. In the manufacture of monolayer beer containers, the masterbatch solution is prepared by blending PolyShield barrier resin with standard quality PET resin, along with the required amount of MXD6 nylon. The company claims that this enables produc- ers to achieve an optimal balance between the cost of the packaging and the barrier performance needed to meet shelf life requirements of oxygen-sensitive food and beverages, including beer. Invista also exhibited a blend of PolyShield and MXD6 nylon developed for one-way beer kegs; OxyClear polyester barrier resin designed for the protection of oxygen- sensitive food and beverages such as juice, tea, wine and sauces; and Polyclear EBM, a PET grade that can be recycled in the clear PET stream. www.polymers.invista.com