The RETAL stand at this year’s BrauBeviale trade fair welcomed visitors from over 30 countries, with the RETAL and RETAL Baltic Films teams keen to highlight the latest innovative product developments.
Busy with meeting areas, filled with samples, and open to new and existing customers, the RETAL stand was a popular place at the event, which drew crowds of over 40,000 from across the beverage packaging industry.
The latest product from RETAL created great interest. The PET wine bottle for the famous Spumante sparkling wine attracted special attention, with samples of the bottle available to people interested in knowing more.
Samples were also available for a range of food and beverage segments, including finished products for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, edible oils and honey. RETAL presented complete solutions of rigid and flexible packaging for beverage and food producers, as well as tethered closures for a range of neck finishes. The tethered closure samples proved especially popular, as brands were ready to stay ahead of incoming legislation.
Senior marketing manager Maria Jarrar attended the event and is pleased to report that it offered a great opportunity to meet with customers. She says, “BrauBeviale was especially dynamic this year. We were delighted to speak with so many people at our stand, and also to walk around the event to catch up with our network. Sustainability continues to be the main topic, and we’re seeing how increased experience and expertise is bringing ever more innovative solutions. Being able to share samples and conversations showed how RETAL is continuing to make this leap forward throughout our complete packaging solutions portfolio.”
Thank you to everyone that visited the RETAL stand.
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RETAL’s Head of R&D Anton Sugoniaev will be participating in the Plastic Closures Innovations event in Barcelona.
From 13th – 15th June, this respected industry event, hosted by AMI, will take place, with many industry partners and decision makers present.
Sugoniaev will be delivering his presentation, entitled ‘Insight into Creating Successful Tethered Closures’, explaining how small technical and design elements can offer big benefits for tethered closure production.
He says, “I am looking forward to sharing how our journey to creating a range of tethered closures for our customers has evolved, showing the twists and turns of legislation, implementation and production to an audience of fellow packaging experts. It will also be a good opportunity to meet with people we know and who share our commitment to the role of progressive packaging in the circular economy.”
Back after six years, Interpack 2023, the ‘world’s leading packaging trade exhibition’, held in Dussedorf from 4th – 10th May, was worth waiting for.
The RETAL stand featured a wide range of product samples from across the complete range of flexible and rigid solutions from RETAL Baltic Films, with members of the sales team on hand to answer any questions.
Visitors to the stand enjoyed talking to the RETAL packaging experts, with wide-reaching conversations including questions on sustainability, recyclability, and chemical recycling.
Senior Marketing Manager Maria Jarrar says, “There was a friendly atmosphere at Interpack – everyone seemed happy to be back after such a long break. We were pleased to take the opportunity to answer questions, share samples of our rigid and flexible packaging solutions, and meet customers and potential customers. It was interesting to discuss topics including mono high barrier solution for FFS packaging and our 100% rPET rigid film and chemical recycling project. It was clear that sustainability is still the hot topic, with everyone keen to ask about how we’re making our portfolio as responsible as possible.”
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If the plastics packaging industry has learned anything since the turn of the decade, it is just how interconnected global supply chains are, and just how susceptible they are to external forces.
Read the article in Eco-Plastics in Packaging (page 28- 29)
The team of rigid and flexible film experts at RETAL Baltic Films has created a range of sustainable solutions for mono-packaging to support the recyclability goals of its customers in the food and film conversion markets. The APET and top-lidding films can be individually designed according to customers’ needs. The in-house packaging equipment installed at RETAL Baltic Films helps to cut downtime on customers’ production lines.
Particularly well suited to food safe packaging applications, the mono solution offers excellent resealability, helping to reduce food waste and cut food bills by keeping the product fresh after opening.
Vikorija Griziene, General Manager at RETAL Baltic Films, explained how the company has successfully created resealable packaging that is ideal for sliced cheeses and deli meats: “Developing resealable packaging is a huge technical challenge because it is important that the packaging offers the necessary barrier properties. Sliced cheese needs the right environment inside the packaging; no moisture but not too dry either, so the product has a good shelf life, even after it’s been opened and closed many times. We’ve conducted a wide range of technical trials to be sure that we can offer a range of top lidding and bottom film solutions that are both resealable and recyclable.”
These in-house technical trials highlight how sourcing both rigid-bottom and top-lidding films from one supplier means that the all-important reliability relationship between the two can be tested and guaranteed to deliver.
“Our customers in the dairy industry want to commit to sustainable packaging as much as we do,” Ms Griziene said, “so by working together to understand the performance requirements of resealable packaging for sliced cheese and harnessing our long-standing technical abilities in creating recyclable film, we’ve been able to make a full mono solution with high barrier properties, and a resealable top lidding solution using mono APET.”
Mono APET has a high potential for growth compared to other thermoformed polymers like PS and PP thanks to its toughness, dimensional stability and clarity. It can be moulded into practically any shape, and, because of its durability, it is ideal for sensitive applications such as food containers, beverage bottles and medical devices. Mono APET offers excellent barrier properties, food safety and is 100% recyclable.
“This innovation in food safe packaging gives our customers a choice,” concluded Ms Griziene. “As the bottom tray uses the most raw material, packaging producers have traditionally focused on making it recyclable. But to have a complete mono APET top and bottom solution for sliced cheeses and meats is really exciting. We understand the whole relationship; the sealing, the resealing. It’s a complete solution.”
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RETAL Baltic Films will be adding to its extensive flexible packaging portfolio with mono solutions for APET and top lidding films at this year’s Interpack in Dusseldorf from 4-10 May 2023.
The team will be available at stand C10 in Hall 12, answering questions, offering samples and sharing the advantages of its agile range of films for the food and film conversion markets.
RETAL Baltic Film’s team of rigid and flexible film experts will present how its latest sustainable solutions for mono packaging can support recyclability goals of its customers. When sourcing both rigid bottom and top lidding films from one supplier, RETAL partners can be sure their packaging needs will be solved with the highest attention and customization. In-house packaging equipment installed at RETAL Baltic Films helps to cut downtime on customers’ lines as analysis is made before reaching the production line.
General manager Viktorija Griziene says, “I am looking forward to highlighting our flexibility, product quality and personalized customer approach at Interpack; 2023 is set to be another strong year for us as we continue to invest and expand, so we shall be talking to our customers and seeing how our latest innovations can support their sustainable packaging goals. As a rather small but experienced team with the benefit of being part of a multinational group with its own resin production, we are agile but with a stable supply of raw materials and stay close to the latest developments in the market.”
RETAL Baltic Films at Interpack: Hall 12, Booth C10
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RETAL Baltic Films will be adding to its extensive flexible packaging portfolio with mono solutions for APET and top lidding films at this year’s Interpack, set to be held at the Dusseldorf Trade Fair Centre from 4-10 May 2023.
The team will be available at stand C10 in Hall 12, answering questions, offering samples and sharing the advantages of its agile range of films for the food and film conversion markets.
RETAL Baltic Film’s team of rigid and flexible film experts will present how its latest sustainable solutions for mono packaging can support recyclability goals of its customers. When sourcing both rigid bottom and top lidding films from one supplier, RETAL partners can be sure their packaging needs will be solved with the highest attention and customization. In-house packaging equipment installed at RETAL Baltic Films helps to cut downtime on customers’ lines as analysis is made before reaching the production line.
General manager Viktorija Griziene says, “I am looking forward to highlighting our flexibility, product quality and personalized customer approach at Interpack; 2023 is set to be another strong year for us as we continue to invest and expand, so we shall be talking to our customers and seeing how our latest innovations can support their sustainable packaging goals. As a rather small but experienced team with the benefit of being part of a multinational group with its own resin production, we are agile but with a stable supply of raw materials and stay close to the latest developments in the market.”
Visit RETAL Baltic Films at Interpack at Stand C10 in Hall 12
See RETAL Baltic Films’ website at www.retalfilms.com
For further information, contact info@retalfilms.com or Maria Jarrar at media@retalgroup.com
With the cost of living crisis biting for consumers and the rise in energy costs impacting on everyone, the fact that waste is unsustainable – in the economic and environmental senses of the word – is just one of the drivers for practical packaging solutions for food.
A recent study shows that the EU now wastes more food than it imports, with around €150billion worth of food wasted each year. All waste is heartbreaking, but food waste is one of the most pointless and depressing, with the fact that around 829 million people go to bed hungry each night while all that food is being thrown away...and produced and paid for at a time when many can least afford it. It is a privilege to be able to throw away food - but we must not waste resources.
One way in which food waste can be tackled is by ensuring suitable packaging is used that compliments how consumers use the product. While we’re all being encouraged to take lunch to work instead of shelling out on takeaways, or making sure we effectively use the produce we’ve bought instead of chucking out half-eaten packets of food from the fridge because it dried out and lost its appeal, it’s a false economy if we don’t fully use what we’ve paid for.
Vikorija Griziene, general manager at RETAL Films, explains how the company has successfully created resealable packaging that’s ideal for sliced cheeses and deli meats, “Developing resealable packaging is a huge technical challenge because it is important that the packaging offers the necessary barrier properties. Sliced cheese needs the right environment inside the packaging; no moisture but not too dry either, so the product has a good shelf life, even after it’s been opened and closed a number of times. We’ve conducted a wide range of technical trials to be sure that we can offer a range of top lidding and bottom film solutions that are resealable and recyclable.”
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RETAL Baltic Films enjoyed a welcome reception at this year’s Fachpack trade show for the packaging industry, held in Nuremberg at the end of September and now in its 40th year.
Focusing on presenting its complete range of films solutions across both flexible and rigid films, RETAL Baltic Films hosted a busy stand, showing its rigid mono thermoformable APET film with mono top lidding BOPET film, with food contact approval.
General manager Viktorija Griziene says, “Fachpack was a great opportunity for us to present our complete rigid bottom and top lidding film solutions for a range of food and personal care applications; we had plenty of samples available to show how the two elements work well together. Our team could also explain to visitors how our extensive in-house testing capabilities lets us really explore how to give our customers the best solution for their needs.”
Griziene adds, “It is clear that there is a growing trend for increased sustainability and an interest in mono films across the industry. Our Fachpack stand was buzzing with questions and answers. It was so interesting to share that we regularly collaborate with our sister company NEO Group and can now offer rPET integrated into our APET, created through chemical recycling, bringing a wider range of sustainable solutions to our customers.”
Chemical recycling helps to support a circular economy by reducing plastic waste, decreasing dependency on crude oil, and by lowering the carbon footprint of products made using the resulting rPET.