UFlex, Mespack & Hoffer Plastic's circular solution at Pack Expo

Shown at Pack Expo in stop-September, the new 100% recyclable hot-fill up pouch collaboratively adult by UFlex, Mespack & Hoffer Plastic Photo UFlex

UFlex, Bharat'southward largest flexible packaging visitor and a global polymer sciences player, announced on 27 September 2022 its partnership with Mespack , an international manufacturer of flexible packaging, end-of-line, and soluble pods equipment for consumer-packaged goods. A press release issued from Noida, India, and Barcelona, Spain, states that the partnership includes Hoffer Plastics , an innovator in the custom injection molding industry, to develop a sustainable solution that volition ease some of the complexities of recycling hot-fill pouches for global food brands.

The printing release states that the iii companies have jointly adult a turnkey solution that enables 100% recyclability of hot fill pouches. In addition, with its new mono-polymer structure and the spout caps, the solution brings many ecologically responsible brands closer to achieving their sustainability goals.

Hot-fill pouches are used to pack ready-to-eat and cook foods and ingredients, allowing the sterile packaging of a range of fresh, or semi-cooked, or cooked food, juices, and drinks, and used as an culling to traditional industrial canning methods. Moreover, easy storage and direct consumption after heating the contents in the pack enhance the utility of hot-fill pouches.

The newly designed recycle-ready single material PP-based hot-fill pouch combines the strength of an OPP and CPP layered laminate construction designed by UFlex, offering enhanced bulwark properties, easy heat seal-ability, and longer shelf life for unrefrigerated food storage. Combined with patented closures from Hoffer Plastics' tamper-evident stiff seal spout caps, the pouches are filled and sealed with the Mespack HF-series fill and seal machine that allows efficient fill through the spout of pre-made pouches.

"With our time to come-set up approach that focuses on circular driven packaging, we are trying to offer products that widen our sustainable footprint in the ecosystem," commented Luc Verhaak, vice president Sales at UFlex Packaging.

The new design offers 100% easy recyclability of the laminate and spout cap within existing PP recycling streams and infrastructures where these are available. The pouches manufactured at the UFlex India institute will be exported to American markets for packing edible products such equally infant food, food puree, and pet nutrient.

Thanks to Mespack technology, the HF Series is wholly developed and designed to work with recyclable materials. In improver, due to the continuous through-the-spout filling, up to 15% of the headspace is reduced by eliminating the wave effect. "1 of our Mespack promises is to focus on developing innovative equipment for sustainable packaging solutions to preserve the environment and reduce the carbon footprint," states Guillem Clofent, director of Mespack.

"In this case, cheers to the collaboration between key strategic partners, our customers already take a recyclable solution for pre-made pouches contributing to the circular economy, helping to accomplish their goals at the same fourth dimension."

Revealed and demonstrated at Pack Expo 2022 in Las Vegas

The Recycle Ready Hot-make full Pouch was displayed at Flex Films booth North-9115, and live demos were held at Mespack 4029, in the Duravant Booth, at Pack Expo 2021 from September 27-29 at the Convention Centre, Las Vegas. After beingness showcased at Pack Expo, the 100% recyclable hot-fill pouches will exist available for sale. Many brands accept been showing interest in the new greenish recyclable mono-polymer hot-fill pouches. It has already institute a taker in a leading environmentally conscious US-based baby nutrient brand.

"Sustainability has always been a critical focus and driving forcefulness at Hoffer Plastics," said Alex Hoffer, Principal Revenue officer at Hoffer Plastics Corporation. "Now more than ever, creating products that are fully recyclable and circularly designed from the onset are not merely in demand, but will shape the future of our manufacture and the environment. Nosotros're proud to work with innovative, responsible partners like the UFlex and Mespack teams in leading the way forwards."

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