Tetra Pak (Switzerland) announced late this past week (September 23) that the Packaging Material Converting Factory in Denton, Tex., USA, is getting ready for new technology to support the growth of its business in the U.S. and Canada. The plant’s expanded capabilities are made possible through a sizeable EU 30 million investment in factory upgrades, including a new state-of-the-art laminator, that will ensure the facility is well positioned to meet the evolving needs of the U.S. and Canadian markets with a wider range of forest industry based packaging formats.

"Tetra Pak is pleased to make these upgrades, which will position our Denton factory as one of the most advanced in our global operations," said Carmen Becker, president and CEO of Tetra Pak U.S. and Canada. "This new technology will allow us to produce an expanded portfolio of packages out of this facility and better serve our customers."

"Denton is proud to be home to Tetra Pak’s North American headquarters, and is excited about the coming expansion of its packaging capabilities at the Denton plant," said Caroline Booth, the City of Denton’s director of economic development. "The City of Denton supports Tetra Pak’s focus on quality and innovation as it serves its customers in U.S. and Canada."

The new equipment incorporates the latest in laminator design, delivering additional flexibility, higher operational speed and top quality outputs.

To accommodate the larger equipment, renovations will begin soon to build out additional space at the facility. The new equipment is expected to be in full production by the end of 2018.

In the Denton Converting Facility, paperboard is printed and layers of base materials, namely paperboard, aluminum, and polyethylene, are converted into rolls of aseptic packaging material. The new laminator will be used to apply polyethylene layers, laminating together printed material and aluminum as part of this process.