Tetra Pak says its latest innovation in carton packaging, the Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Mid LightCap 24, features the company’s lowest cost screw cap while giving increased space for branding and product promotion.
Based on Tetra Pak’s successful Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Base perforation carton packaging, is also said to deliver increased consumer functionality with optimised pouring performance.
The LightCap 24 – scheduled for global release from March 2013 – uses a combination of pre-laminated hole (PLH) and Direct Injection Moulding Concept (DIMC) technologies, offering customers the “widest possible opening for enhanced pouring functionality”, while using the minimum amount of raw materials.
Along with its increased usability, the company says the new Tetra Brik format has several features to enhance consumers’ confidence in the product’s safety and freshness.
A two-step opening with barrier protection for a wide range of products including oxygen sensitive drinks such as value added milk, juices and nectars, still drinks and wine, ensures that the product is safe, secure and kept fresh for longer.
In addition, the new carton package features a pull ring, which gives even more security for consumers by clearly demonstrating whether the carton has been previously opened.
The Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Mid LightCap 24 runs on the Tetra Pak A/3Flex 0400V filling machine. This allows customers to increase the number of packages produced per hour to 8,000 packages from 6,000 Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Base packages with perforation on the TBA/8 filling machine.
“In an increasingly competitive market, our customers value having the choice and the flexibility to meet the changing demands of consumers in different markets while keeping efficiency up and costs down,” says Seda Solmaz, product manager Tetra Brik Aseptic Baseline and Midline.
The new carton package is also designed to achieve greater pallet efficiency through the supply chain, with six layers stacked securely one pallet.
Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Mid LightCap 24 - to launch from March 2013
