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Innerliner News - Winter 2010

2011-03-03T00:00:00

One-stop-shop for all innerliner requirements

Vaassen Flexible Packaging is known for supplying the common specifications of innerliner to the global tobacco industry. What is less known is that over the years, we have grown to become a one-stop-shop dedicated to the tobacco industry supplying a full range of specialities that add more value to your brand. We continuously focus on innovations that either save cost, are most sustainable and/or provide opportunities for marketing.

Throughout decades of serving the tobacco industry as a dedicated supplier, we have seen the marketplace change, the packing machinery evolve, sustainability arise as an important topic and legislation prohibiting marketing efforts taking effect more and more. In response to these dynamics, we provide ideas and solutions that address the four themes most important to our customers:
* Marketing
* Cost
* Security of supply
* Sustainability

OUR FULL RANGE

Common Specifications
* Full metallized paper (gold / silver)
* Alu-paper (gold / silver)
* Ecoliner

Specialities
* Coloured Innerliner (any colour)
* Printed Innerliner (random printed innerliner in any colour)
* Combination of glossy/matt effects
* Multi Colour Printed Innerliner in register
* Printed Paper
* Mentholated Innerliner

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Winter 2010.

Gu lidding

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Leading European aluminium foil packaging specialists Vaassen Flexible Packaging (VFP) has created a special easy-peel lid for sealing to glass containers.

VFP has created a new uniquely designed aluminium laminate lid for a range of Posh Ramekin Puds produced by Gü. The luxury chocolate dessert maker has become extremely popular across globe since its launch in 2003 and it is now estimated that a Gü dessert is eaten somewhere in the world every two seconds.

VFP was commissioned by Gü to create an all-new exciting silver foil lid with one-colour black printing to deliver the highest preservation protection features alongside easy opening capabilities.

VFP, renowned for its product/process expertise and innovation skills, developed several prototypes for Gü’s consideration. The result, which reflects Gü’s luxury products, is a specially engineered aluminium base lid with HDPE sealant creating an easy-peel lid in highly attractive finishes.

This is the latest in a large selection of lids created for the dairy and desserts sector by VFP, making use of its lacquering and laminating facilities - which feature the widest and fastest running technologies in the market place - and state of the art laboratory and innovation development capabilities.

VFP Managing Director Peter Scheffer said: “Creating a laminate lid for glass containers which has high ‘peelability’ and delivers all the requisite product protection features and product presentation attractiveness is always challenging given the composite materials involved. It is the kind of challenge we are uniquely able to solve as the leading lids and laminates producer in Europe.

“The highly distinctive Gü brand is associated with luxury and fine-dining. The lid we have created for Gü delivers high quality presentation, the ultimate in product presentation and consumer convenience. That is our goal for every customer and for every product we produce – state of the art packaging for state of the art products.”

Induction sealing

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Sauce and condiment producers are benefitting from a new concept in induction seal liners by that increases efficiency and speeds up the product to market process thanks to innovation by Vaassen Flexible Packaging (VFP).

VFP has developed a new concept that challenges the traditional foil-based four layer laminate seal comprising of PET, foamed PE, aluminium and a seal layer, by replacing the PET and PE with a single layer of PET50.

The foil acts as an inlay to the screw cap of sauce bottles to ensure pack integrity, tamper evidence and product freshness. Once the bottle is filled, the screw cap is applied and by induction sealing, the alufoil-based liner is sealed to the bottle. PET 50 successfully provides sufficient isolation to avoid melting of the screw cap and the mirror the purpose of the foam layer, which traditionally also provides rigidity.

The three-ply PET, aluminium and seal layer membrane cuts out one step in the production line to speed up the product to market process. This also makes it a more efficient and effective new product for the sauce, condiment and dairy markets and has already proved successful for Homann’s Livio sauces.

VFP supplied Weener Plastic Packaging Group with the new induction seal liner that would fit into a new range of screw caps being supplied to Homann for its Livio range.

Sales and marketing manager, Nigel Poole of VFP, said: “This is an exciting new product offering for VFP and is already proving very popular with existing customers. Products that speed up the production process are always useful, as it ensures that the product is manufactured to schedule and is out to market as quickly as possible.

“At VFP we’re experts in seal liners and we are constantly challenging traditional models and researching ways to improve existing processes in order to improve customer experience and service.”

One Piece Induction Foil

2011-04-02T00:00:00

Sauce and condiment producers are benefitting from a new concept in induction seal liners that increases efficiency and speeds up the product to market process thanks to innovation by Vaassen Flexible Packaging.

VFP has developed a new concept that challenges the traditional foil-based four layer laminate seal comprising of PET, foamed PE, aluminium and a seal layer, by replacing the PET and PE with a single layer of PET50.

The foil acts as an inlay to the screw cap of sauce bottles to ensure pack integrity, tamper evidence and product freshness. Once the bottle is filled, the screw cap is applied and by induction sealing, the alufoil-based liner is sealed to the bottle. PET 50 successfully provides sufficient isolation to avoid melting of the screw cap and mirrors the purpose of the foam layer, which traditionally also provides rigidity.

The three-ply PET, aluminium and seal layer membrane cuts out one step in the production line to speed up the product to market process. This also makes it a more efficient and effective new product.

This is an exciting new product offering from VFP and is already proving very popular with existing customers. Products that speed up the production process are always useful, as it ensures that the product is manufactured to schedule and is out to market as quickly as possible.

At VFP we’re experts in seal liners and we are constantly challenging traditional models and researching ways to improve existing processes in order to improve customer experience and service. Please contact us for advice or further information on this topic at sales.dairy@vfp.nl

Bottle capping for the Indian Market

2011-04-03T00:00:00

Are you aware that India is the biggest producer of milk in the world? With its yearly production it leaves the global number 2 USA well behind. Even if you combine the total milk production in Holland, England, France and Germany – all highly developed dairy producing countries – it does not match the total production and consumption of India.

This alone is already reason enough for the Vaassen team to monitor the developments on the Indian dairy market. Can you imagine how many meters of bottle capping foils and precut lids we could sell, if that massive population of over 1 billion people would start to drink a bottle of milk with a Vaassen cap once in every week…

Still, this is very optimistic thinking. The reality is that the Indian dairy industry has reached different levels of development. The biggest consumption is in ordinary milk. The vaste majority is bought from milkmen, who supply it at home, in shops and on the streets in a more or less pasteurized form. People boil it at home to take away the harmful bacteria and consume it therefore at home, unpacked so to say. The form in which the milkmen sell the raw or pasteurized milk is most often in sealed PE bags.

A relatively small percentage of the milk (but still a very substantial figure!) is flavoured, filled in glass bottles with a crown cork and retorted in often relatively old autoclaves. Now this is where Vaassen starts to be interested: the Indian dairy industry will sooner or later decide to get rid of these outdated and unpractical glass bottles and will change over to plastic bottles with a cap or a flat lid that can resist in the heavy retort conditions. This is where the Vaassen success story with bottle caps once started: with the development of a laminated foil that could form such a strong bond between bottle and cap, that the difficult circumstances within an autoclave or sterilisation tower could be overcome. And this is how we once established our reputation as a worldwide leading producer of bottle capping foils and precut lids.

The point is however that developments can’t always be forced. You need a fisherman’s patience, but like a good fisherman you can prepare your conditions in such a way that you can anticipate a good catch! We have therefore invested a lot of effort in presenting ourselves to the Indian dairy industry and support them in the preparation of that big shift from glass to plastic. The key question here is who makes the first big step: will it be the stronger but more conservative dairy coops, or the smaller but more progressive private dairies. We will find out in time and we will make sure we are ready for a good catch!

Summer Innerliner news

2010-09-01T00:00:00

One of VFP’s unique selling points must be its strong technical support –an inner strength of our company.

Our team of product technologists form the core of this department, dedicated to answering our customers requests for technical support all over the globe.

The latest edition of Innerliner News includes three case studies that illustrates how our technical team supports our customers as well as our internal divisions.

Case study 1 - Full speed
We recently assisted with the start up phase of a new packing machine to ensure that full speed running could be achieved.

Case study 2 - Optimisation

One of our longstanding customers recently noticed a difference in performance between innerliners from various suppliers. Our product technologists were therefore asked to improve an existing specification in order to upgrade performance.

Case study 3 - Full automatic bobbin splice

In close cooperation with one of the machine builders, a special closure label has been designed that assures a problem free bobbin change without causing additional effort (= cost) during change over.

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Summer 2010.

Tobacco 2

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Leading tobacco innerliner manufacturer VFP has prouldy opened Tobacco 2 its new state of the art (and second) dedicated tobacco production plant.

Located on its large site in the Netherlands the new plant is a complete factory in its own right and offers customers state of the art facilities and contingency manufacturing with VFP's other tobacco production unit.

The plant has been designed from the ground up ensuring logical and efficient manufacturing flow and excellent working environments for staff on the production floor and in the new office facilities and manufacturing support departments such as maintenance.

The machinery installed in Tobacco 2 is state of the art. It includes a new, unique PolyType lacquering and laminating machine, two slitters and a semi-automatic wrapping and packing line.

The new PolyType designed and developed specificlly for tobacco use, allows VFP to laminate, lacquer, print and humidify in one process step. This means that VFP is able to produce gold or coloured laminated foil and apply an additional print design on either the aluminium or paper side in one single run.

Tobacco 2 is the start of a number of market leading investments and technical developments expected from VFP over the coming years.

Innerliner News - Spring 2011

2011-06-08T00:00:00

Multi colour printed innerliner in register

Increasing space allocated to display health warnings, increasing marketing efforts made by cigarette companies, the trend towards preference of premium brands, eventual plain packaging .... all signs that marketers of cigarette brands will face decreasing possibilities to convey their brand story and quality look & feel in the future.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging offers functional and optical innovations within its innerliner portfolio. Besides supplying regular Alu-paper and metalized paper, Vaassen innovates and proactively inspires the industry by informing its customers about new possibilities such as coloured and printed innerliner as well as our latest product: multi colour printed innerliner in register.

Click here to download your copy of InnerlinerNews Spring 2011.

Focus On Sustainability

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also known as corporate social responsibility (CSR).

For us, sustainable development is one of the major subjects for the future. Hence, we do not only want to decrease any negative impacts our activities may have on nature, society and prosperity, we also want to achieve positive effects on these elements. This means we need to put maximum effort into sustainable development of our organization, our machines, our suppliers, our products etc. Success will not only depend on our own organization but every company in our supply chain.

Sustainable developments comes in many shapes and we have chosen to adopt the “Triple Bottom Line” theory, also known as 3 Ps (People-Planet-Profit), which we transformed into a practical and methodological model - the Five Focus Matrix, namely:

- Input: all that is purchased by VFP for manufacturing purposes, both goods and services.
- Local well being: the mental and physical well being of employees and the local community.
- Waste: efficient use of materials and the knowledge and skills of employees.
- Assets: buildings, machinery, grounds and other production resources.
- Energy & Water: all that is related to the use and consumption of energy and water.

In the last months we have worked on gathering and evaluating all information with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI GR3) guidelines.
The result is our first sustainability report: Focus on Sustainability, which we will communicate to all our stakeholders and to anyone interested.
Reporting about sustainability is part of checking our performances, targets and taking actions on relevant topics. This can only be an ongoing process.

One example of a sustainable initiative we would like to share with you is the CooKit project.
Part of our production waste has a sustainable destination (following the usual tight controls on how our waste is disposed of). VFP donates waste aluminium paper to the Kozon Foundation. The Kozon Foundation is a Dutch organization run solely by volunteers with the objective of reducing the use of firewood for cooking in the dry tropics. The materials are shipped to Africa where groups of local people stick them to cardboard and transform them into The CooKit. The CooKit makes it possible to cook by using solar energy.
Dependent on the situation, The CooKits are distributed for free (in refugee camps) or sold. The units are subject to wear and tear and when they cannot be used any longer they are cut into strips and used as fuel. The aluminium is collected and used in new products by the local black smith.

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Autumn Innerliner News

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also know as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

For us, sustainable development is one of the major subjects for the future. We do not only want to decrease any negative impacts our activities may have on nature, society and prosperity, we also want to achieve positive effects on these elements.

We have chosen to adopt the 'Triple Bottom Line' theory, also known as 3 Ps (People-Planet-Profit), which we transformed into the Five Focus Matrix: Input, Local well being, Waste, Assets and Energy & Water.

As a result of gathering and evaluating all information on these five subjects, we published our first sustainability report 'Focus on Sustainability', which we will communicate to all our stakeholders and to anyone interested.

One example of a sustainable initiative we would like to share with you is the CooKit project.

VFP donates waste aluminium paper to the KoZon Foundation, a Dutch organization run by volunteers with the objective of reducing the use of firewood for cooking in the dry tropics.

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Autumn 2010.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging in USA

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Bottle capping Foils

The introduction of the aseptic filling process in the US dairy industry which took place a few years ago was the opportunity for Vaassen to start its activities in the US dairy market, after having developed similar markets elsewhere in the world. In close cooperation with business partners, the Vaassen R&D Department developed dedicated specifications in full compliance with the FDA regulations.

Customers such as Nestlé, Morningstar Foods, HP Hood, Shamrock Farms and others were delighted to work with Vaassen when developing their new product lines and market introductions.

During the past few years the aseptic concept has become a more and more widespread processing system throughout the country. Vaassen, being a reliable partner in this concept, consequently increased its position in both the USA and the Canadian market. In the meantime we monitor and support the development of new technical developments together with the equipment and bottle suppliers.

The production of our bottle capping foils take place in The Netherlands, Europe, in our well-invested modern manufacturing plant and is supported in the market place by our global sales and technical support teams. To even better serve the USA customers in an optimal way, the market services are fully supported by our sister company Spiralkote Flexible Packaging in Orlando FL, with warehouse facilities and shipping and billing activities. This combination of forces allows Vaassen to offer a full organization to the US dairy partners.

Currently we are working on a number of customer projects to continue the growth pattern and if we can be of support to you, please contact us on sales.dairy@vfp.nl

Innerliner News - Summer 2011

2011-08-26T00:00:00

Embossing: making a difference

In today's world it is all about branding and positioning. Marketing is the tool to get your products across to your customers. Your choice of packaging can help and enforce your brands and brand families by using colours, texts and logos. The latter cannot only be printed, but also embossed into the innerliner. Apart from the traditional text 'Pull', the modern techniques allow you to use more advanced and finer logos and designs.

At Vaassen Flexible Packaging, we understand the impact that embossing will have on brand colours and we will make sure that you get the right colour for your brand after embossing. Whichever innerliner you choose, the best visual embossing results will be achieved with bright coloured innerliners that are not too dark.

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Summer 2011.

Blendie

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Pocket Garden Blendie is an exciting brand new range of vegetable drinks recently launched into the French market. The recipes for this innovative new drinks range were created by famous French chef Didier Heyl and come in 4 different flavours:

Tomate & Co.
Carotte & Co.
Thai & Co.
Courgette & Co.

The expert chef’s goal is to bring us the fine and delicious taste of vegetables in a bottle with his gorgeous ‘Blendies’ of drinkable vegetables. A team of experts in various fields was brought in to help successfully bring this out on the market. To ensure excellence in production of the Blendie, Laiterie Saint Denis de l’Hotel in France are manufacturing and filling the range. The Coca Cola Company is providing expertise in marketing support, and Bergrams, a specialist in chilled products, is distributing the products into the market.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging was brought in as the development partner for the bottle cap foil. The product is filled in 200ml. clear PET bottles at co-packing company LSDH. The capping foil has been designed to meet the highest standard quality demands and to provide a consumer friendly easy opening without any tearing issues.

Vaassen successfully developed a foil specification to fulfill this challenge consisting of a PET top layer, to prevent the foil from tearing, followed by an Aluminum layer to ensure product freshness, and finally a Heat Seal lacquer to provide a perfect seal to the PET bottle combined with a clean easy peel when opened. The capping foil is printed in an attractive green color complemented by the printing of 2 symbols to make clear that the Blendie should be served chilled and be shaken before opening. The pull tab on each lid is equipped with small vertical rills to provide an even better grip when opening the bottle.

“Even though the time from development to product launch was challenging, we found a solution to fully meet the requirements. It is a pleasure to be able to contribute to the launch of such an exciting and innovative new product” , said Ralph Northausen, Sales Manager at Vaassen Flexible Packaging.

More information on Pocket Garden Blendie is available at: www.pocketgardenblendie.com

For more information about our foils please visit us at contact us.
(member of the Clondalkin Group).

Gehl Foods

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Gehl Foods, a leader in aseptic dairy production in the US, has launched its new Main St. Café^® beverage line in HDPE bottles capped with Vaassen Capsteril^® foil. The line of healthy, protein-fortified yogurt smoothies is the first shelf-stable bottled yogurt beverage in the US, and the first beverage from Gehl Food’s new aseptic bottling lines.

Already the smoothies have won awards from both the vending and convenience store industries, based on their unique ability to expand sales opportunities for real dairy products beyond the refrigerated dairy case.

Although Gehl Foods had already been focused exclusively on low-acid aseptic filling, the aseptic bottle installation required new equipment from end to end. Vaassen Flexible Packaging BV was chosen to supply foil - a critical part of the aseptic seal - because of their broad international experience with aseptic equipment. From the first meetings which took place in spring 2009, the two companies worked together closely on the specification and application of the seals. “We were very happy to have Vaassen Flexible Packaging provide such a crucial component,” says Mike Sowieja, VP Engineering for Gehl Foods. “Vaassen knew the qualification process well, and their proactive thinking and acting is highly appreciated”.

Both Gehl Foods and Vaassen are looking forward to work together making this concept a further growing success in the future.

If you wish to learn more about the Vaassen Bottle Capping Foils, applications and specifications in the milk and juice packaging processes, please contact us

Innerliner News - Winter 2011 - 2012

2012-02-02T00:00:00

Robotising reel handling

Every year at Vaassen thousands of innerliner reels are slit from huge parent reels into customer dedicated reels. The finished reel widths vary from 50 mm up to 166 mm with a wide reel weighing around 18,0 kg. Year after year these reels have been handled manually. The heavy reels were placed by the operators on the pallets prepared for shipping. All work done by hand, which was quite an effort and could even lead to physical issues for the slitting teams.

Vaassen recognized the risk involved in such manual work and explored ways to reduce the physical strain for the operators, as well as to increase the efficiency and output. The result of the study was an investment to automate the process by installing robots to load the pallets fully in line with the packing instructions. Every slitting machine has its own robot.

By installing this new equipment Vaassen has gained flexibility and increased output. Our slitters have new partners doing the heavy lifting work for them. It also enables us to gather Quality Assurance data more easily with the goal to service you better and provide you with the quality you are looking for.

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Winter 2011 -2012.

Innerliner News - Winter 2010

2011-03-03T00:00:00

One-stop-shop for all innerliner requirements

OUR FULL RANGE

Common Specifications
* Full metallized paper (gold / silver)
* Alu-paper (gold / silver)
* Ecoliner

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Winter 2010.

Gu lidding

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Induction sealing

2010-12-02T00:00:00

One Piece Induction Foil

2011-04-02T00:00:00

Bottle capping for the Indian Market

2011-04-03T00:00:00

Summer Innerliner news

2010-09-01T00:00:00

One of VFP’s unique selling points must be its strong technical support –an inner strength of our company.

Our team of product technologists form the core of this department, dedicated to answering our customers requests for technical support all over the globe.

The latest edition of Innerliner News includes three case studies that illustrates how our technical team supports our customers as well as our internal divisions.

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Summer 2010.

Tobacco 2

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Leading tobacco innerliner manufacturer VFP has prouldy opened Tobacco 2 its new state of the art (and second) dedicated tobacco production plant.

The machinery installed in Tobacco 2 is state of the art. It includes a new, unique PolyType lacquering and laminating machine, two slitters and a semi-automatic wrapping and packing line.

Tobacco 2 is the start of a number of market leading investments and technical developments expected from VFP over the coming years.

Innerliner News - Spring 2011

2011-06-08T00:00:00

Multi colour printed innerliner in register

Click here to download your copy of InnerlinerNews Spring 2011.

Focus On Sustainability

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also known as corporate social responsibility (CSR).

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Autumn Innerliner News

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also know as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

One example of a sustainable initiative we would like to share with you is the CooKit project.

VFP donates waste aluminium paper to the KoZon Foundation, a Dutch organization run by volunteers with the objective of reducing the use of firewood for cooking in the dry tropics.

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Autumn 2010.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging in USA

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Summer 2011

2011-08-26T00:00:00

Embossing: making a difference

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Summer 2011.

Blendie

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Tomate & Co.
Carotte & Co.
Thai & Co.
Courgette & Co.

Gehl Foods

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Winter 2011 - 2012

2012-02-02T00:00:00

Robotising reel handling

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Winter 2011 -2012.

Gu lidding

2010-12-02T00:00:00

VFP, el especialista en envases de lámina de aluminio líder del mercado europeo, ha creado una tapa de fácil apertura especial para el sellado de contenedores de vidrio.

VFP ha creado una nueva tapa de laminado de aluminio de diseño único para la gama de postres Posh Ramekin Puds de Gü. Este fabricante de postres de chocolate de lujo ha conseguido una enorme popularidad en todo el mundo desde su lanzamiento en 2003. Según las últimas estimaciones, en el mundo se consume un postre Gü cada dos segundos.

VFP recibió el encargo de crear para Gü una tapa de lámina plateada totalmente nueva con impresión negra monocromática, con las mejores características de conservación y fácil apertura.

VFP, famosa por su experiencia y capacidad de innovación en el campo de productos y procesos, desarrolló varios prototipos para que Gü eligiera. El resultado, que refleja el carácter lujoso de los productos de la marca, es una tapa de aluminio especialmente diseñada con un adhesivo de HDPE, con unos acabados extremadamente atractivos, y fácil de abrir. Es la última en una larga serie de tapas creadas por VFP para el sector de lácteos y postres, utilizando sus plantas de lacado y laminado (con las tecnologías más rápidas y amplias del mercado), y su laboratorio y capacidades de desarrollo de última generación.

Peter Scheffer, VFP Manager Director, comenta: “La creación de una tapa laminada para contenedores de vidrio que tuviera un alto grado de “pelabilidad” y todas las características de protección y presentación atractiva del producto supone siempre un reto, considerando los materiales compuestos que hay que utilizar. Es el tipo de reto que sólo nosotros podemos afrontar, como productor líder en Europa de cierres y laminados.

La marca Gü tiene una imagen muy distintiva y asociada al lujo y las comidas elegantes. La tapa que hemos creado para la marca ofrece una presentación de gran calidad, lo último en presentación de producto y consumo de conveniencia. Ése es nuestro objetivo para todos nuestros clientes y para todos nuestros productos: un envase vanguardista para productos de vanguardia”.

Induction sealing

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Los fabricantes de salsas y condimentos se están beneficiando de un nuevo concepto en revestimientos con sellado por inducción que aumenta la eficiencia y acelera el paso del producto al proceso de comercialización, gracias a la innovación de Vaassen Flexible Packaging (VFP).

VFP ha desarrollado un nuevo concepto que desbanca al sello laminado tradicional de cuatro capas a base de PET, PE celular, aluminio y una capa sellante, al reemplazar el PET y el PE por una única capa de PET50.

La lamina actúa como una junta de la tapa enroscable en las botellas de salsa, que garantiza la integridad del envase, la detección de manipulaciones indebidas, y la frescura del producto. Una vez llenada la botella, se aplica la tapa enroscable y se sella el revestimiento de lamina de aluminio a la botella mediante inducción. El PET 50 proporciona un aislamiento suficiente para evitar que la tapa enroscable se derrita, e imita el funcionamiento de la capa de espuma, que tradicionalmente proporcionaba rigidez.

La membrana trilaminada de PET, aluminio y capa sellante elimina una fase de la línea de producción, acelerando la entrada del producto en el proceso de comercialización. Esta característica la convierte también en un producto nuevo más eficaz y eficiente para los mercados de salsas, condimentos y lácteos, que ya ha demostrado su éxito con las salsas Livio de la compañía Homann.

VFP ha suministrado a Weener Plastic Packaging Group el nuevo revestimiento sellado por inducción, que se incluirá en una nueva gama de tapas enroscables suministradas a Homann para su gama Livio.

Nigel Poole, Director de Ventas y Marketing de VFP, comenta: “Es una fantástica oferta de nuevo producto para Vaassen, muy popular ya entre nuestros clientes. Los productos que aceleran el proceso de fabricación resultan siempre útiles, ya que aseguran que el producto se fabrique en el plazo planificado y salga al mercado lo más rápidamente posible.

En Vaassen somos expertos en revestimientos de sellado, y continuamente desafiamos los modelos tradicionales y buscamos maneras de mejorar los procesos existentes, a fin de mejorar nuestro servicio al cliente, y su experiencia”.

Summer Innerliner news

2010-09-01T00:00:00

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Tobacco 2

2010-12-02T00:00:00

El fabricante líder de revestimientos internos para el sector tabacalero, VFP, acaba de inaugurar Tobacco 2, su nueva y vanguardista (y segunda) planta de producción dedicada al sector del tabaco.

Ubicada en su gran centro de los Países Bajos, la nueva planta es una fábrica completa en sí, que ofrece a los clientes instalaciones de última generación, y fabricación para contingencias junto con la otra unidad de producción para tabacalera de VFP.

La fábrica se ha diseñado desde sus cimientos, asegurando así un eficiente flujo de fabricación y excelentes entornos de trabajo para los empleados en la planta de fabricación y en las oficinas, y departamentos de apoyo a la fabricación, como mantenimiento.

Las máquinas instaladas en Tobacco 2 son de última generación. Incluyen una nueva máquina PolyType de lacado y laminado, dos guillotinadoras y una línea semiautomática de envoltura y empacado.

La nueva PolyType, diseñada y desarrollada específicamente para su uso en el campo del tabaco, nos permite laminar, lacar, imprimir y humidificar en un solo proceso. Eso supone que Vaassen puede fabricar láminas de color o doradas y aplicar un diseño impreso adicional, en el lado del papel o del aluminio, en un único proceso.

Tobacco 2 es el principio de los diversos e importantes desarrollos técnicos e inversiones de mercado que se esperan de Vaassen en los próximos años.

Autumn Innerliner News

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Haga clic agui para descargar su copia de Innerliner News Otoño 2010.

Innerliner News - Winter 2010

2011-03-03T00:00:00

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Winter 2010.

One Piece Induction Foil

2011-04-02T00:00:00

Bottle capping for the Indian Market

2011-04-03T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Spring 2011

2011-06-08T00:00:00

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Focus On Sustainability

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also known as corporate social responsibility (CSR).

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging in USA

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Summer 2011

2011-08-26T00:00:00

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Blendie

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Tomate & Co.
Carotte & Co.
Thai & Co.
Courgette & Co.

Gehl Foods

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Winter 2011 – 2012

2012-02-02T00:00:00

Robotising reel handling

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Gu lidding

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Der in Europa führende Spezialist für Aluminiumfolienverpackungen VFP hat einen speziellen, leicht ablösbaren Deckel für die Versiegelung von Glasbehältern entwickelt.

VFP hat einen neuen, einzigartig gestalteten Aluminiumverbunddeckel für eine Reihe von Posh Ramekin Puds von Gü geschaffen. Der Hersteller von luxuriösen Schokoladendesserts ist seit seiner Einführung im Jahre 2003 äußerst beliebt. Heute geht man davon aus, dass alle zwei Sekunden irgendwo auf der Welt ein Dessert von Gü verspeist wird.

VFP wurde von Gü beauftragt, einen vollkommen neuen, faszinierenden Silberfoliendeckel mit einfarbigem schwarzen Aufdruck zu schaffen, der nicht nur optimalen Schutz bietet, sondern sich auch leicht öffnen lässt.

VFP, bekannt für sein Produkt- und Prozess-Know-how und seine Innovationskraft, entwickelte mehrere Prototypen zur Begutachtung durch Gü. Das Ergebnis unterstreicht das luxuriöse Erscheinungsbild der Produkte von Gü und ist ein speziell konzipierter Deckel auf Aluminiumbasis mit HDPE-Versiegelung, der sich leicht abziehen lässt und überaus attraktiv wirkt.

Dieser Deckel ist das neueste Produkt eines umfangreichen Sortiments an Deckeln für Milchprodukte und Desserts von VFP, das durch engagierte Innovation, intensive Laborarbeit und unter Einsatz der fortschrittlichsten Lackier- und Laminiervorrichtungen entwickelt und hergestellt wird.

VFP Geschäftsführer Peter Scheffer erklärt: „Die Schaffung eines Verbunddeckels für Glasbehälter, der sich gut abziehen lässt, das Produkt optimal schützt und es gleichzeitig attraktiv präsentiert, ist angesichts der verwendeten Verbundmaterialien immer eine Herausforderung. Genau das ist die Art von Herausforderung, die wir als führender Deckel- und Laminathersteller in Europa auf einzigartige Weise lösen können.

„Die exklusive Marke Gü wird mit Luxus und feinsten Speisen assoziiert. Der Deckel, den wir für Gü geschaffen haben, ermöglicht eine optimale Präsentation und bietet höchsten Komfort. Das ist unser Ziel bei jedem Kunden und jedem unserer Produkte – eine moderne Verpackung für ein modernes Produkt.”

Induction sealing

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Summer Innerliner news

2010-09-01T00:00:00

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Tobacco 2

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Der führende Hersteller von Aromaschutzfolien für Tabakprodukte VFP hat mit Tobacco 2 sein zweites modernes Werk für die Tabakherstellung eröffnet.

Bei dem auf einem großzügigen Gelände in den Niederlanden gelegenen neuen Werk handelt es sich um eine vollkommen eigenständige Fabrik, die ihren Kunden moderne Einrichtungen und Kontingenz-Fertigung mit den anderen Tabak-Produktionseinheiten von VFP anbietet.

Das Werk wurde von Grund auf so entworfen, dass ein logischer und effizienter Fertigungsfluss und ausgezeichnete Arbeitsbedingungen erreicht werden – sowohl für die Mitarbeiter in der Produktion als auch für die Mitarbeiter in den neuen Büroräumen und in den Abteilungen zur Fertigungsunterstützung wie der Wartungsabteilung.

Die in Tobacco 2 installierten Maschinen entsprechen dem aktuellen Stand der Technik. Hierzu gehören eine neue, einzigartige PolyType Lackier- und Laminiermaschine, zwei Rollenschneidmaschinen und eine halbautomatische Einwickel- und Verpackungslinie.

Die neue PolyType, die speziell für Tabakanwendungen entwickelt wurde, ermöglicht das Laminieren, Lackieren, Bedrucken und Befeuchten in einem einzigen Verfahrensschritt. Dadurch kann Vaassen goldene oder farbige laminierte Folie herstellen und in dem gleichen Fertigungslauf auf der Aluminium- oder Papierseite mit einem zusätzlichen Aufdruck versehen.

Tobacco 2 steht für den Beginn einer unvergleichlichen Investitionsphase und technischen Entwicklung, die in den kommenden Jahren von Vaassen zu erwarten sein wird.

Autumn Innerliner News

2010-12-02T00:00:00

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Innerliner News - Winter 2010

2011-03-03T00:00:00

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One Piece Induction Foil

2011-04-02T00:00:00

Bottle capping for the Indian Market

2011-04-03T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Spring 2011

2011-06-08T00:00:00

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Focus On Sustainability

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also known as corporate social responsibility (CSR).

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging in USA

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Summer 2011

2011-08-26T00:00:00

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Blendie

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Tomate & Co.
Carotte & Co.
Thai & Co.
Courgette & Co.

Gehl Foods

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Winter 2011 - 2012

2012-02-02T00:00:00

Robotising reel handling

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Gu lidding

2010-12-02T00:00:00

VFP, leader européen dans la fabrication d’emballages en feuille d’aluminium, a créé une ouverture spéciale, facilement amovible, recouvrant les récipients en verre.

VFP a créé un nouvel opercule en aluminium au design unique pour la gamme de Posh Ramekin Puds fabriquée par Gü. Le fabricant de chocolat de luxe n’a cessé de gagner en popularité dans le monde entier depuis sa création en 2003 et selon les estimations, un dessert Gü est dégusté toutes les deux secondes dans le monde.

Gü a demandé à VFP de créer un nouvel opercule en feuille d’aluminium argenté surmonté d’une impression de couleur noire offrant une préservation optimale du produit mais permettant également une ouverture aisée.

VFP, renommé pour son expertise et ses capacités d’innovation en matière de produit et de processus, a soumis plusieurs prototypes à Gü. Le choix final de Gü, en adéquation avec ses produits de luxes, s’est porté sur un opercule en aluminium spécial étanche en HDPE, facilement amovible et aux finitions particulièrement attrayantes.

Il s’agit du dernier modèle d’une vaste sélection d’opercules créés par VFP pour le secteur des produits laitiers et des desserts à l’aide de ses appareils de laquage et de pelliculage - équipés des technologies les plus larges et les plus rapides du marché – de son laboratoire à la pointe de la technologie et de ses capacités en termes de développement d’innovations.

Voici une déclaration du Managing Director de VFP, Peter Scheffer : « La création d’opercules laminés, facilement amovibles, pour des récipients en verre, offrant une protection optimale du produit et conservant le caractère attractif de la présentation du produit constitue toujours un défi au vu des matériaux composites impliqués. C’est le genre de défi que nous les sommes les seuls à pouvoir relever grâce à notre position de leader dans la production d’opercules et laminés en Europe.

« L’unique marque Gü est synonyme de luxe et de raffinement. L’opercule que nous avons conçu offre une présentation de qualité optimale, le must en matière de présentation de produit et de praticité. C’est l’objectif que nous visons pour chaque consommateur et chaque produit que nous fabriquons : le meilleur de l’emballage pour le meilleur des produits. »

Induction sealing

2010-12-02T00:00:00

Les producteurs de sauces et de condiments bénéficient d’un nouveau concept de thermoscellage d’opercules, renforçant l’efficacité et accélérant le processus de fabrication grâce à l’innovation de Vaassen Flexible Packaging (VFP).

VFP a mis au point un nouveau concept faisant concurrence à l’opercule traditionnel constitué de quatre couches (PET, PE, aluminium et couche de scellage), remplaçant les couches PET et PE par une seule couche de PET50.

La feuille est comme incrustée dans la capsule à vis des bouteilles de sauce, garantissant l’intégrité de l’emballage, la fraîcheur du produit et faisant office de bague d’inviolabilité. Lorsque la bouteille est remplie, la capsule à vis y est fixée et lors du thermoscellage, l’opercule en feuille d’aluminium est scellé sur la bouteille. PET 50 fournit une isolation suffisante évitant la fonte de la capsule à vis et le miroir fait office de couche de mousse, offrant habituellement généralement de la rigidité.

La membrane en trois couches (PET, aluminium et couche protectrice) permet de gagner une étape dans la ligne de production, ce qui l’accélère. Elle permet également d’offrir un nouveau produit plus efficace et efficient sur les marchés des sauces, condiments et produits laitiers et a déjà fait ses preuves avec les sauces Homann’s Livio.

VFP a fourni à Weener Plastic Packaging Group le nouveau thermoscellage d’opercules que Homann va utiliser pour une nouvelle gamme de capsules à vis dans sa gamme Livio.

Nigel Poole, Marketing Manager de VGP, a déclaré : « C’est un nouveau produit étonnant de Vaassen et il est déjà très populaire auprès des clients existants. Les produits qui accélèrent le processus de production sont toujours utiles, ils garantissent une production ponctuelle du produit et sa mise sur le marché dans les plus brefs délais.

« Chez Vaassen, nous sommes les spécialistes des opercules et revisitons constamment les modèles traditionnels, à la recherche d’améliorations des processus existants et de l’expérience des consommateurs et des services ».

Summer Innerliner news

2010-09-01T00:00:00

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Tobacco 2

2010-12-02T00:00:00

VFP, leader dans la production de gomme intérieure pour produits à base de tabac, vient d’annoncer fièrement l’ouverture de Tobacco 2, sa deuxième usine de production de tabac à la pointe de la technologie.

Située sur son vaste site des Pays-Bas, la nouvelle usine est un complexe complet, abritant des équipements à la pointe de la technologie et fonctionne en étroite collaboration avec l'autre unité de production pour produits à base de tabac de VFP.

L’usine a été conçue de A à Z, garantissant un flux de production logique et efficace et des environnements de travail optimaux pour le personnel de production, dans les nouveaux bureaux et dans les départements de support à la production comme la maintenance.

Les machines qui équipent Tobacco 2 sont à la pointe de la technologie. Elles se composent d’une machine de laquage et de pelliculage PolyType, de deux machines à refendre et d’une ligne de cellophanage et d’emballage semi-automatique.

Le nouveau PolyType a été conçu et mis au point pour une utilisation avec du tabac, ce qui nous permet de laminer, laquer, imprimer et humidifier en une seule étape. Ce qui signifie que Vaassen est capable de produire des feuilles laminées dorées ou colorées et d’y apposer en une seule étape une impression additionnelle du côté en aluminium ou en papier.

Tobacco 2 marque le lancement de plusieurs investissements notables sur le marché et reflète le développement attendu de Vaassen au cours des années à venir.

Autumn Innerliner News

2010-12-02T00:00:00

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Innerliner News - Winter 2010

2011-03-03T00:00:00

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One Piece Induction Foil

2011-04-02T00:00:00

Bottle capping for the Indian Market

2011-04-03T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Spring 2011

2011-06-08T00:00:00

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Spring 2011.

Focus On Sustainability

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Recent years have shown an ever increasing drive towards sustainability, also known as corporate social responsibility (CSR).

These and other initiatives by Vaassen Flexible Packaging make us your sustainable partner in the flexible packaging industry.

Vaassen Flexible Packaging in USA

2011-08-22T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Summer 2011

2011-08-26T00:00:00

Click here to download your copy of Innerliner News Summer 2011.

Blendie

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Tomate & Co.
Carotte & Co.
Thai & Co.
Courgette & Co.

Gehl Foods

2011-11-16T00:00:00

Innerliner News - Winter 2011 - 2012

2012-02-02T00:00:00

Robotising reel handling

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