PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2018

PET products 58 PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 11/18 www.petpla.net Connected caps Closure Systems International (CSI) and Talkin’ Things, a leading company in product communication platforms, have collaborated to integrate smart packaging technology into CSI’s global platform of closures. CSI and Talkin’ Things have developed a new packaging solution named Talkin’ Cap, which uses embedded Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, for application on the inside of closures. This technology introduces a powerful platform to support a brand owner’s mobile marketing activities right from the package itself, with just a simple tap. Brand trustworthiness and product reliability are para- mount for consumer loyalty. Talkin’ Caps ensure product safety and reduce brand owners’ liability by protecting against counterfeiting and “grey market” activities throughout the distribution stream. CSI’s Talkin’ Caps allow for real-time consumer intercon- nectivity at the point of consumption, giving brand owners the unique ability to have dynamic interaction and gather action- able insights based on consumer location and usage history. Talkin’ Caps are an app-less way to drive marketing content, brand and product information, gamification, loyalty programs, awards and coupons to connected consumers. www.csiclosures.com www.talkinthings.com Because fresh drinking water is worth its weight - in Gold Around the world, Ujeta Care is helping ensure that people can obtain clean drinking water for themselves, quickly and easily. Schneider Kunststofftechnik, based in Kirchheim, Germany, and the parent company of Ujeta GmbH, has now been honoured with the German Innovation Award, in recognition of its unique water filter system. Ujeta Care won the Gold Award in the “Business to Consumer” category. The innovative water filter system has already impressively demonstrated its value-added for others. For example, 10 Ujeta Care units are in use in Haiti, supplying around 300 children there daily with fresh drinking water since hurricane “Matthew” in October 2016. Ujeta stands for water (Kosovan “uje”) and life (Kosovan “jeta”). The Ujeta water filter is one of the smallest and most effective water treatment systems in the world, with a filter output of up to 5,000 litres per unit. As a portable, lightweight system (weighing about 3000g), it is quickly ready to use and filters the water in the place where it is needed, not where it is extracted. That enables the Ujeta Care to deliver a lasting improvement in drinking water supply worldwide. Thanks to combined ultra-filtration using activated carbon and mem- brane filters (LOG 6 classification), the Ujeta Care removes 99.99% of all bacteria and germs, along with heavy metals, drug residues, chlorine products and chlorine decomposition products, pesticides, organic compounds and asbestos fibres. The high-quality activated carbon filter operates with a filter fineness of up to 0.45μm, and also exploits the high absorption effect of the activated carbon, as a pure natural product. The membrane filter, with its high-tech hollow-fibre membrane, has a filter fineness of up to 0.1μm. Bacteria, germs, moulds, metal particles and microorganisms are thus retained in the membrane filter, while valuable miner- als remain intact in the water. Energising bio-crystals and a special turbulence technique gives the filtered water a spring-water quality. The effectiveness of the Ujeta Care was confirmed by the well-known drinking-water laboratory of Dr. Staber & Kollegen. Scientific ‘before and after’ examinations using brackish pond water have shown that the Ujeta Care is ultra- efficient in filtering out coliform bacteria, intestinal enterococci and E. coli. Where the brackish pond water exhibited 200.5 MPN/100ml E.coli, after filtration using the Ujeta filter this was 0 MPN/100ml. www.ujeta.com www.sk-tech.de