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photos: Awantys, Cosmetic Business: Klindtworth, Cosmogen, COSSMA: Angelika Meiss, Etma: Heike Heckmann-Hardy, Mundschenk, Quadpack, Seufert, Uni Hohenheim Exclusively designed perfume bottles QUADPACK | The new Q-Line bottles produced in France were designed by the French packaging artist Sylvie de France. The three shapes are called Kult, Decade and Aristo. Kult is a timeless form with a square base taper- ing towards a slim collar. Decade is tall and commanding, a majestic presence exuding refinement, and Aristo plays with two different shapes, rounding off a rectangle to offer something original. All feature a heavy base. The company offers a host of caps and accessories to dress the bottles, including bespoke wooden caps, see pp. 50. www.quadpack.com CHICORY WASTE ­ FOR PLASTIC BOTTLES UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM | The production of chicory in Europe generates 800,000 tons of waste per year. The non-edible roots, which make up approximately 30 % of the plant, can only be used once for chicory growing and have to be thrown away after the buds are harvested. They can, however, be used to generate Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a basic material in the future plastics industry, e.g. for plastic bottles – so-called PEF-bottles, not the PET-bot- tles. HMF based on chicory is of higher quality than the chemical made from crude oil. Thus, PEF-bottles made out of chicory-HMF could, for example, be thinner than bottles made out of crude oil-PET. www.uni-hohenheim.de ow met- ies d – - first akia of PACKAGING MADE FROM BIO-PET SEUFERT | Seufert’s new material Bio-PET allows producing resource-saving trans- parent packaging at nearly the same cost as traditional clear packaging. Bio-based PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is partly manufactured from renewable resources. The company is working with Bio-PET film, whose MEG (monoethylene glycol) content is produced from sugar cane. This means that 30% of the Bio-PET is from vegetable origin, thus conserving fossil resources. Bio- PET may be transformed into clear folding boxes, transparent sleeves and die cuts in the same way as standard PET. Thus less raw material derived from petroleum is needed. Previous plant-based materials, for example PLA (polylactic acid), was too expensive. Another advantage in contrast to other materials is that Bio-PET can be recycled with conventional PET. PET is man- ufactured using around 70% terephthalic acid (PTA) and around 30% ethylene glycol (MEG). www.seufert.com ar es ear well- MA e Until the end of the year, Seufert offers companies trying Bio-PET to compensate CO2 emissions free of charge t devel- ries Non-edible chicory waste generate a basic material for plastic bottles The trio Kult, Decade and Aristo (from left to right) PACKAGING NEWS www.cossma.com  l  53 News STICK PACK SERVICE MUNDSCHENK STICK PACK SERVICE | Due to the company’s advanced technology, stick packs can be glued on a variety of postcards, flyers or into folders. Up to 30,000 stick packs of different weights and shapes can be pro- duced per day – and can hold between 2 and 150 g or ml of a chosen con- tent. No glue guns, which are used to stick samples to media manually, are re- quired anymore, thanks to a fully automatic injection of the adhesive. Robots en- sure that the stick packs are placed accurately on the media. The all-inclusive stick pack service on de- mand includes graphic de- sign and personalised sun- dry postcards, flyers and folders. T. www.stickpack-service.de Cost-saving – automat- ic sticking of extras to ­ products, letters, post­ - car­ ds or magazines COS1607_52_News_Packaging.indd 53 26.07.16 08:47 COS1607_52_News_Packaging.indd 5326.07.1608:47

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