According to current estimates, in 2009 around 150 billion litres of drinking milk and milk-based beverages will be consumed worldwide. Increasingly the milk beverages are being packaged in PET and HDPE containers, at the expense of cartons and glass bottles. PET is especially popular for milk beverages such as drinking yoghurt, milk-based drinks and what is known as ESL, or extended-shelf-life fresh milk. This is also having an effect on process technology. At drinktec 2009, the World Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology, a range of technological solutions will be on show for use in the processing of milk and milk-based beverages.
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GALILEO® is the registered name for a new range of closures from BERICAP that all use its new patented technology for moulding hinged closures in closed position which allows relatively high speed moulding, does not require any additional closing operation that is necessary for the traditional hinged closures and offers quite efficient tamper evidence (TE) performance.
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Tetra Pak and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF), today announced that Ulla Holm, Global Director of the company’s Food for Development Office, has joined the board of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF). This commitment marks another step forward in Tetra Pak’s long history of supporting sustainable school feeding, agricultural and dairy development programmes around the world.
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The "Tandem Blow" process developed by Bekum is increasingly proving to be an engine of efficiency. This process, first unveiled at the K1998, can point to an extremely successful market penetration after almost 10 years. The success of this technology ideally complements the trend towards small drinking yoghurt bottles, such as Actimel & Co.
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Tetra Pak and Luxlait, the largest dairy in Luxemburg, have announced plans to invest more than 100 million Euro in a new state-of-the-art dairy, to support Luxlait’s growing dairy business.
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Right in time for the K 2007, BASF joined forces with ALPLA, one of the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic beverage bottles, to come up with a bottle for milk and yoghurt beverages using impact resistant Polystyrene (PS-I). This demonstrates that Polystyrene is an inexpensive alternative when it comes to packaging for this sector.
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Uli Killite of the Swiss ingredients company DSM shows some of the solutions his company provides for drinks companies. These products include green tea, mineral waters and milk which go out to various countries which include Spain, Russia, UK, Germany and many others.
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Packforum®, the Sealed Air European customer care center near Paris, hosted a unique, global cheese event on 24-26 October 2007. This event served to provide a comprehensive update on the advanced technologies and automation processes that are indispensable to ensure safe and quality product packaging, efficient line outputs, product preservation and protection for the global supply chain. Leading industry experts were invited to share their views and ideas and highlight the recent market trends and developments.
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Packaging poses a real environmental problem in terms of waste, and costs consumers money. The Environment Agency estimates that more than 88,000 tons of weekly household waste is packaging. Packaging volume increased by 12 per cent between 1999 and 2005, according to the environment minister Ben Bradshaw, and it now makes up about a third of the typical household’s waste. Buying products in refillable packaging cuts down on waste and saves energy that would be used to produce new packaging.
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In May, Arla Foods in Sweden launched six “On-the-Go” products in Tetra Top Carton Bottle; Pucko Ischocko (milkdrink with chocolate flavour), Smoothie Jordgubb (strawberry smoothie), Smoothie Hallon (raspberry smoothie), Latte Kaffe Vanilj, Latte Kaffe and Latte Cappuccino (coffee drinks).
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In the beverages sector, natural, light and health concepts have never been so fashionable. Fruit juices focus on a health image and the origin of the fruit, while milk has invested heavily in the theme of active health.
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