European Aluminum Foil Innovation Award

2016/11/17 10:04:55

The European Aluminum Foil Innovation Award, which has been attracting multinational companies, aluminum foil manufacturers and processors, is no exception in 2016. Ten of the top 65 award items in the five major categories were selected, along with an award-winning product, which achieved a very high score in all categories.

"The diversity of declared projects clearly demonstrates how innovative aluminum foil is," said Louis Lindenberg, director of the judging panel for this year and director of global packaging for sustainable development at Unilever. "Between winning products and unsuccessful products , And there is no very sharp boundaries, because all candidates of the products, all reflect a high degree of original thinking, product quality is superior.

"Even popular styling products, such as containers and aluminum caps, embrace new ideas that meet performance, sustainability, and vision, and consumers and the environment will benefit from these innovative commercially viable products, "He added.

The European Aluminum Foil Innovation Awards are held annually and are organized by the European Aluminum Foil Association. Guido aufdemkamp, executive director of the association, expressed satisfaction with the results of the 2016 selection process. "Each declared product has a self-assessment process before it is compared to other products within the same category, which is a very rigorous process of evaluation. Really feel that they have achieved remarkable results.

The selection is for products made with aluminum foil or aluminum foil for composite, structural or packaging systems as well as aluminum caps. Category covers a number of applications of aluminum foil market products, especially aluminum foil in the field of packaging and technology applications. The categories include facilitating consumption, market + design, product protection, resource efficiency and technological innovation. Judges are also free to nominate Excellence Awards products, because of its excellent performance in many categories, or an excellent or applied clever products.

The European Aluminum Foil Association (EAFA) is an international industry organization representing aluminum rolling stock and coils, aluminum cap production, semi-rigid containers and all flexible packaging. EAFA has more than 100 members, including companies from Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe.

Convenience consumption

1.ProteinShake Pouch 1-in-1 Cheese Pot

Emmi's "All in one Fondü" is a special type of cheese that can be placed in a microwave-heated metal bowl. The opening is made of aluminum foil and is easy to tear. The cover is made of Amcor Flexibles' AluFix® RetortPro film, which is part of the Ardagh Group's easy-to-peel system Easy Peel®.

Ultra-convenient portable cheese hot pot, you can microwave heating pre-processed meat containers to meet the modern way of life and taste. Complete packaging concept, making the cheese hot pot preparation process is convenient, fast and clean. All you need to do is to approach the oven or microwave to heat the cheese sauce packet. Cheese sauce packs can be insulated with the included device, which is an integral part of the package, as well as a stand that holds the candle. Of course, the bearing is made of aluminum foil!

2.Ofen-Fleischkös' home grill tray

Constantia Flexibles designs and manufactures aluminum foil trays and their lid systems, called Ofen-Fleischkös, which can be baked at home, where pre-packaged meat products can be packaged. The package can be directly and conveniently baked a range of meat products. Prior to consumption, meat products and packaging materials can be quickly separated, and very hygienic.

The aluminum tray has a dual function, on the one hand, it protects the product during the shelf life of the product and, on the other hand, it serves as an oven-prepared baking dish. At home-freshly-baked Fleischkös, popular among German consumers, Ofen-Fleischkös is designed specifically for this purpose.

3.Protein Shake pouch protein activity bags

Protein Shakepouch is a lightweight, lightweight vertical re-sealable bag made by Ampac Flexibles for EZY Pro 10. The product for the need to supplement the nutrition of sports consumers and athletes and design, small size, portable. EZY Pro 10 is packed with protein powder. Through a 21mm wide mouth, the water into them, you can activate the protein powder. Spout size is wide, therefore, filling and drinking are easy. The upper portion of the bag does not require air retention as compared to hard packs. During the diet, air can not be drawn into the closed bag because the closed bag can be folded and contracted.

Market + design award

1.Sunrise security caps

The Sunrise aluminum cap, designed by Guala Closures, originally produced for a Mongolian company, has the potential to be used in the global market. The product from the artistic point of view, the alcoholic products of the closed, open process to a new level. The bottle has a particularly obvious anti-counterfeit labels, tear tape is located in the aluminum shell. In addition, for safety reasons, the product is equipped with plastic non-repetitive filling parts, alcohol is also very easy to export from the bottle.

However, the entire design concept is quite elegant. The overall creative and technical design integration, effectively embodies the meaning of the product, making it a supermarket shelves visual elements of the component. Aluminum cover can be customized according to the standard printing process, such as from the top and side to do bronzing, silk screen and offset printing, the product brand can also be made embossed logo.

2.Lavít Capsule aluminum foil capsules

The product successfully introduced aluminum foil capsule technology into the new market of cold-drink packaging. It is an innovative package made of aluminum foil containers by Lavít and Alupak.

Lavít disposable cold beverage packaging system, in line with the current trend of lifestyle, but also has many practical advantages. Lavít said that the company is to develop a product that allows consumers to perfect their drinks every time modulation. Disposable beverage capsules can be mixed with the beverage after tearing, although these aluminum foil packaging capsules can be completely recovered after use.

Product Protection Award

Sustainer - Aluminum foil container for pet food

Sustainer for aluminum foil packaging, is Constantia Flexibles specifically for the "BPA NIA" pet food design products. Sustainer not only protects the product, but also retains the advantages of the heated package to meet sustainable development needs and new regulatory specifications. Thanks to water-based paint on packaging containers and container closures.

"BPA NIA" (NIA meaning unintentionally added) packaging, coating with bisphenol A or other bisphenol, to avoid the surface treatment with chromium. It has a high barrier, solvent-based paint, heat and disinfection.

Resource Efficiency Award

1.Constantia Blister Eco Paper Blister Cover

For the improvement of pharmaceutical packaging performance and sustainable development, providing the best blister cover film. Aluminum Foil Blister Covers are designed by Constantia Flexibles for pharmaceutical products that require less barrier properties. Constantia Blister Eco is made from a paper-laminated aluminum foil layer that reduces weight by 23% compared to standard products.

Aluminum in the product share of 40%, while the standard products accounted for nearly 90%. Constantia said the new aluminum foil packaging, also using renewable raw material paper, paint coating is also small, so that the product has a high sustainability. In addition, the product has excellent barrier properties compared to thermoformed blister base films. Water vapor barrier properties are significantly enhanced compared to conventional PVC-based unformed and heat-sealed covers.

2.Formpack? Ultra new cold-formed medicinal blister

Amcor Flexibles manufactures a new type of cold-formed blister. The product is called Formpack? Ultra, comparable to the standard cold-formed blister easier to elongate, the resulting cavity, more easy to deepen, the corner is also more clear, so that plastic cards reduced by 50%, which Meaning that more cavities may be present within the same blister card area.

Depending on the exact size of the blister and the size of the molding unit on the packaging line, the manufacturer may increase the number of blisters in each molding cycle. If the blister is small, the number of blisters per packing unit increases, which helps reduce volume switching and reduces the amount of associated start / switch waste.

Technology Innovation Award

1.LuxPrem + new aluminum foil cap

LuxPrem + for a new type of aluminum foil caps, produced by the Amcor Flexibles, for the high-end liquor market. Amcor said, the company developed a special design of aluminum-based materials clever, to ensure that luxprem + with the current European most high-grade spirits tin bottle cap brand to compete.

The new cap contains two layers of aluminum, with open design optimization, easy to tear. The product can be made through a variety of ways, thus creating a strong brand. At the same time, LuxPrem + also has excellent on-line curl characteristics.

2.Hylectral lithium-ion battery with aluminum foil

Hylectral is a special battery foil developed by Hydro. The company says the product ensures unparalleled surface quality, eco-friendliness and high process efficiency. Hydro is a new chemical degreasing process for aluminum calendering products to produce high-performance products with constant surface finish. In lithium-ion batteries, the product can be used as cathode current collector. This collector requires high purity metal, super-clean surface.

The cathode material is a technological breakthrough in the field of renewable energy technology, which can provide electric energy or stable power, especially in remote areas. The product can be used as a reliable catalyst in the transition from fossil-based energy supply to renewable energy.

Excellence Award

Refilly Round Coffee Pot

Outstanding in all aspects of performance and in each reporting category outstanding performance of the aluminum foil products.

Refilly is a three-dimensional round package consisting of four units made of aluminum-based composite material. The product is produced by Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging for the Italian coffee expert illycafé and is the highlight of this year's Aluminum Foil Awards.

In each award category, the product scores high, is the most powerful award winner. Refilly's flexible, customizable, secondary filling is a product developed by HuhtamakiFlexible Packaging and equipment supplier Optima, which can be easily packed into an existing 250g illycafé metal can. Huhtamaki said the product is easy to open, can be completely resident coffee aroma alcohol, while the empty packaging can reduce the waste of 80%.

Refils weight does not exceed 20g, after use, can be compressed to the smallest waste volume. The product won the Excellence Award, not only due to the unique performance, but also due to apparent, and even the trade name Refilly. The judges agreed that Refilly's market-rich colors, as an efficient packaging products, Refilly products deserved.