Contract manufacturer SternMaid has Filling line with new closure option for cardboard cans in operation taken. The cans can now be closed with cardboard bases instead of the traditional metal bases. This makes them more than 95 per cent recyclable.
The investment in the modernisation of the packaging line was made due to the new EU Packaging Act of 2019, which aims to recycle more raw materials from packaging; for example, the prescribed recycling rate for paper is 80 per cent.
„In order to keep pace with this development, we have decided to invest in the Cardboard base as an alternative closure option was decided. This significantly improves recycling. The tightly seamed tinplate base of the previously used closure of the cardboard cans poses a major challenge for the processing of recyclable materials.“ Mark Riemer, Commercial Operations Manager SternMaid
Better recycling of cardboard wrapping tins
As the can body with a cardboard base consists of more than 95 per cent paper and the coating on the inside and outside is only very thin, it must not be disposed of in waste paper become. The Weight reduction is an additional plus. For example, an empty cardboard base can with a diameter of 99 mm and a height of 180 mm weighs around 13.6 per cent less than the same can with a tinplate base.
On the modernised packaging line, a Wide range of powder products are filled. The spectrum ranges from beverage powders to sports nutrition and foods for special medical purposes.
[infotext icon]The Sternmaid GmbH & Co. KG based in Wittenburg, in the greater Hamburg area, is an owner-managed company in the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe. ternMaid was founded in 1996 and is one of the leading contract manufacturers in Europe. [/infotext]Source: SternMaid
