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The skINliner based on a Mauser SM15 IBC
inside of the container.
“At Mauser we strive to provide our customers
with the most sustainable packaging solution for
each individual application,” stated Klaus Peter
Schmidt, head of product development and
sustainability management. “Within the
framework of our ECO-Cycle approach, we not
only look for the most technically feasible and
efficient packaging solution, we also try to
manufacture the best and most effective full-
lifecycle solution. As part of our reconditioning
activities around washing, remanufacturing and
recycling of rigid industrial packaging we have
experienced the advantages of modular packaging
designs like composite IBCs.”
The skINliner allows customising advanced
features like barrier functionality or light protection
within standard industrial packaging in the most
effective way, Mauser claims. Positioned inside of
the container and closest to the filling, it not only
protects the contained material but also prevents
the migration of substances to the container wall.
Easily removed and separated from the IBC bottle,
it enables mono-fractional recycling of non-
contaminated polyethylene IBC bottle material.
www.mausergroup.com
asyfairs UK & Global is launching a new
packaging exhibition. Industrial Pack will
take place on 4-5 April 2018 at the Cobb
Galleria Centre in Atlanta, USA.
Launched following market research and
feedback from the industry, Industrial Pack is
claimed to fill a gap in the market where buyers
currently need to attend multiple sector events to
source suppliers. As such, the organisers says it will
be “the only dedicated event for the industrial,
protective and transit packaging industry”.
Supporting association partners include IPANA
(Industrial Packaging Alliance of North America)
and RIPA (Reusable Industrial Packaging
Association).
Included in the event will be association
conferences and free-to-attend seminars, as well
as a co-located networking dinner, golf day and
the launch of the Industrial Packaging Awards.
The exhibition will showcase manufacturers of
industrial, transit and protective packaging,
including fibre drums, steel drums, IBCs, and
pallets, as well as custom-made, corrugated and
plastic transit packaging. The organisers reckon it
will attract over 2,500 buyers from all industry
sectors, from food & drink, pharmaceutical and
FMCG, to automotive, chemical, oil, construction
and engineering.
Matt Benyon, managing director of Easyfairs UK
& Global, commented: “We are very excited about
this new launch, taking our portfolio to a new city
and serving a specific community sector. Industrial
and transit packaging are represented within of
many of our large European packaging shows, but
it is reflective of the size and importance of this
type of packaging (with 40 percent of the global
packaging industry being industrial, transit and
protective) that we are bringing this new brand to
market. Atlanta was a perfect fit for our first
event, with the US being the second largest global
producer of industrial packaging.”
www.easyfairs.com
The Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta will host the first Industrial Pack event
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No barrier to circular
economy
auser Group has launched a new
barrier technology which the company
claims combines the advanced barrier
performance of multilayer plastic film
technology with the logistical and lifecycle
benefits of rigid packaging.
“To date, the integration of flexible liner
solutions into rigid industrial packaging and their
separation after use has been quite cumbersome,”
explained Dr Detlev Weyrauch, head of innovation
and processing at Mauser. “Especially when used
in combination with rigid composite IBCs (RIBCs),
liner geometries do not always fit well into the
rigid inner receptacle. Today’s solutions are difficult
to install and often get damaged during the phase
of use. With our ‘skINliner’ technology, we
managed to overcome these obstacles. Based on a
newly developed welding technology we created a
‘perfect fit’ geometry.”
When, for example, placed in an RIBC, the
Mauser skINliner is applied like an inner skin to the
IBC’s inner receptacle. It is semi-permanently fixed
to the inside of the rigid bottle and therefore no
longer subject to any intensive mechanical stress
during filling, handling and emptying of RIBCs.
The same applies to other packaging types like
plastic drums.
The new barrier technology has gained full UN-
approval for dangerous goods and enables
MAUSER to expand its IBC product range. In
comparison to known blow-moulded multi-layer
EVOH-barrier IBC bottles, the skINliner provides
the same functionality with less material, Mauser
says. Moreover, it adds barrier functionality to
large volume packaging like IBC bottles where it is
needed most – closest to the filling good on the
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