Tetra Pak is bringing its innovative paper-based barrier to high-performance Tetra Pak A3/Speed packaging lines, and Maeil Dairies, a leading South Korean dairy producer, is the first company to demonstrate the efficiency of high-speed industrial production combined with the new Tetra Pak paper-based technology applied to packaging material.
In terms of productivity, the Tetra Pak A3/Speed can produce up to 24,000 packages per hour at low operating costs, while maintaining high food safety standards. Existing Tetra Pak A3/Speed lines can also be easily upgraded with a high-frequency induction sealing system, enabling producers to adopt the new packaging material without significant capital investment.
At the same time, in a context where producers are accelerating the transition toward renewable and low-carbon packaging materials, Maeil Dairies shows the highly sustainable advantages of adopting Tetra Pak’s new paper-based barrier: the Carbon Trust has verified that the Tetra Brik Aseptic 200 Slim carton used for Maeil Soy Milk 99.9 in South Korea achieved 87% renewable content and enabled a 26% reduction in the package’s carbon footprint.
This is because Tetra Pak’s new paper-based barrier is designed to replace the aluminium foil layer traditionally used in aseptic cartons, thereby simplifying the packaging structure from three to just two main components, while maintaining comparable levels of food protection and shelf life.
The simplified structure combined with the adoption of a paper-based barrier and plant-based polymers in the packaging material, allows a significant reduction in carbon footprint, granting greater opportunities for recycling infrastructures that can both maximize the recovery of the paper component from cartons and enable the production of high-quality fibre and non-fibre fractions.
