Schur Flexibles at ProSweets 2017
SuperThin – film and foil – extremely thin, extremely light and extremely economical together with Waxed Paper for sticky sweets, packaged as if they were homemade, will be presented at ProSweets in Cologne by Schur Flexibles Group.
The extremely thin aluminium and film solutions in the SuperThin range lead to considerable savings in terms of material use – and therefore to increased sustainability: packaging one kilogramme of sweets in SuperThin uses up to 30%.
less packaging material. It is cost-efficient, reduces the carbon footprint and lowers potential packaging taxes. Using these extremely thin materials means profiting from a lower packaging weight and more metres of film per kilogramme: one roll of SuperThin material results in up to 30 % less material use – thus each third roll change is obsolete.
The products in the SuperThin range are extremely thin yet boast a good machineability and also very tear-resistant. In the aluminium area, these now include metallic films between 3 and 19µm that perfectly withstand folding or turning. They are ideal for packaging chocolate tablets, individual chocolates or hollow chocolate figures, for example.
The reverse printing process used creates flawless results and also guarantees maximum food safety as the ink is fully coated by layers of aluminium that prevent it from touching the product.
Waxed paper packaging solutions are another highlight. They add a trendy homemade look to sweets and feel surprisingly soft and pleasant to touch. The Waxed Paper solutions are based on a technology that uses natural, untreated wax to coat the paper, which is more biodegradable than paraffin-based solutions, for example.
The base waxes can also be modified with polymers and additives to increase the shine of the paper's surface and to optimise its sealability. The material's special wood fibre composites and various surface sealants make it possible to refine the papers further. Sweet packaging made from Schur Flexibles wax-coated materials is easy to open and reseal and can also be printed on with up to 8 colours without any difficulties.
The paper surface is particularly hard-wearing and does not scratch. Flawlessly packaged candy drops & co. are a highlight on the sweet shelves. For example, the Schur Flexibles Waxed paper range is perfect for packaging sticky sweets as the waxed paper makes them easy to take out of the pack.
A third category of products is Paper Look packaging – meaning packaging films that feel and also look like paper. This is a real trend. Consumers are attracted by products with packaging that looks like "real paper".
The Schur Flexibles Paper Look range includes two or three layered paper-laminates. Various very different materials are combined by means of a solvent-free technique. This makes it possible to manufacture customised packaging that looks and feels like paper for a specific product.
At the same time, it fully meets all of the requirements with regard to barrier, gloss, durability and sealing properties and therefore protects the product perfectly. The Schur Flexibles Paper Look solutions are easy to process and can be HD flexo-printed with up to 10 colours – which creates a really eye-catching display at retail.
The Schur Flexibles Group is headquartered in Badenn near Vienna and has a further 13 locations throughout Europe. Schur Flexibles manufactures and markets high quality flexible solutions that offer the confectionery industry a wide choice of innovative materials and processes. With 1,350 employees it was founded in 2012 and recorded an overall turnover of 400 million euros. It also specializes in innovative, high quality and made-to-measure high-barrier packaging solutions for the food, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries.
The Schur Flexibles Group at the ProSweets 2017 in Cologne, Hall 10.1, Stand H 018.