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Aug 10, 2023

Live at interpack: Material and Automation Advances in Fiber

Whether in the form of rigid paperboard for beverage multipacks with automated

Whether in the form of rigid paperboard for beverage multipacks with automated applicators, or flexible paper barrier films in flow-wrapping or pouching operations, highly recyclable fiber-based packaging is on the rise in the name of sustainability.

Hi, I'm Matt Reynolds editor of Packaging World magazine back from Dusseldorf, Germany at interpack.

After a couple of days of clients concentrating on mostly automation controls and big, big pieces of equipment, entire packaging lines, I shifted gears to the material side of things. And when you're talking about materials, oftentimes you're talking about sustainability. So one trend we've been following in the United States, right is that rightly and wrongly, for multi packing a lot of brands have been shifting when they're able to do so shifting from plastic shrink wraps and trash and plastic multipacks to cardboard or to paperboard or oftentimes or even the canned carriers on six packs or 12 packs of bottles or PET bottles or, or cans of beverage, they've been moving to containerboard. So we saw quite a bit of that on the floor today by the usual suspects, we saw KHS, Krones, and Westrock. So let's give them look. Kgs is here at interpack presenting what it describes as a resource conserving system to promote the circular economy. K HS is no pac kissters Nature multipack machine, which the company says saves up to 90% of materials is on display with new features like a new universal adhesive. This adhesive is applicable to practically all outer coatings on both aluminum and tin or steel cans. This one fits all system makes it easier for beverage producers to convert to this machine technology since previously choosing the right adhesive could be a laborious process. Company also says the nature multiplex system is one of the most sustainable types of secondary packaging on the market as it clusters cans or PE tea bottles together to form stable packs with just a few dots of adhesive without any additional outer packaging. One other noteworthy offering kh s says it's able to help brands and CPGs on their packaging material and multi packing decision making processes. Thanks to new independent calculator tools that assess the carbon footprints of various packaging styles in direct comparison, just down the aisle and Hall 13 krones is demonstrating a similar set of offerings for the beverage market. Meanwhile, in Holly West Rock is taking square aim at the paperboard produce packaging market, which is booming, especially in France due to recent legislation. Let's hear directly from both of them krones in West crack,