Tetra Pak Launches New Volume, Printing Techniques for Aseptic Packaging

Tetra Pak, Lausanne, Switzerland, this week announced the availability of OptiSize volume options and Eco Flexo advanced photographic printing techniques for its Tetra Fino Aseptic packaging range. The OptiSize volume concept allows customers to produce cartons tailored precisely to 70 ml and 220 ml portions, with more size options to follow, thus reducing packaging materials waste. The Eco Flexo printing process brings photographic printing to Tetra Fino Aseptic packages for the first time.

With OptiSize, customers who previously under-filled 250 ml and 100 ml Tetra Fino Aseptic packages can now select carton sizes to fit 220 ml and 70 ml portions precisely. The kit enables milk and beverage producers to change the tube diameter and/or the jaw length of the Tetra Pak A1 filling machine, thus allowing cartons to be filled precisely instead of under filling.

Eco Flexo allows photographic images to be printed onto uncoated paperboard packaging. The use of different paper, inks, screen ruling, anilox, and dot gain interactions reduces mottling effects and maximizes print quality.

Eco Flexo is currently being rolled out across Tetra Pak's converting factories in China (Beijing and Hohhot), Pakistan (Lahore), and Russia (Moscow). It is planned for early 2013 in India (Pune) with Brazil (Monte Mor).

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