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LESS MATERIAL NEEDED TO PRODUCE SEALING FILMS

1. August 2022 Packaging materials

One function of packaging is product safety; this may indeed be its most important function. It is therefore important that packaging for food or liquid goods is firmly sealed so that the product will not come into contact with unwanted substances or accidentally leak out of the packaging. Polyolefin-based sealing films are a tried-and-tested packaging material.
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SAUSAGE WRAP THAT CAN BE RECYCLED

29. Juli 2022 Packaging materials

Sliced sausage is usually still sold in packaging made from multi-layer composite film. Sustainable packaging for sliced sausage is on its way, but recyclable mono-materials still pose special challenges, for example to the heating systems necessary for the thermoforming process. GEA and Watttron have developed a technical solution to this problem together, that allows these materials to be used more simply and without any impairments to their functionality.
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WENIGER MATERIALEINSATZ BEI SIEGELFOLIEN

29. Juli 2022 Packmittel und Packstoffe

Eine, wenn nicht die wichtigste Funktion einer Verpackung ist die Produktsicherheit. Bei Lebensmittelverpackungen oder Verpackungen flüssiger Güter ist daher wichtig, dass die Verpackung fest versiegelt ist und das Produkt so nicht in Kontakt mit unerwünschten Stoffen kommt oder die Verpackung ungewollt verlässt. Ein bewährtes Packmittel sind polyolefinische Siegelfolien.
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PUBLIC OBLIGATIONS FOR RECYCLING: GERMANY – A GOOD ROLE MODEL?

28. Juli 2022 General

Recycling raw materials is one of the three grand principles governing the way in which large parts of the packaging industry are now changing their production – so that our planet will stay habitable for humans for a long time. Whether metal, glass, plastics, or paper: The aim is to keep the materials used in packaging in their raw material cycle for as long as possible, in line with the concept of a circular economy, and to thus reduce the usage of new materials.
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