Co-extruded, Thermoformed Soup Cup Wins Award

EDV Packaging has been awarded a Liderpack Award for primary packaging for food with its pack for soups.

EDV Packaging has been awarded a Liderpack Award for primary packaging for food with its pack for soups.

The pack, produced for the H J Heinz Company UK, has rewarded EDV on the first occasion that it has participated in the Liderpack Awards in Spain, which are sponsored by the Graphispack Association.

The awards ceremony will take place on the March 27.

EDV Packaging co-extrudes and thermoforms the PP/EVOH/PP white structured cup in its Barcelona (Spain) plant.

The cup offers barriers to oxygen, moisture and UV light.

Due to material selection and what the company described as its thermoforming know-how, the cup is said to withstand the rigorous sterilisation processing required when producing long-life ambient stable packages.

The stability and protection offered by such a product, along with its potential to be differentiated by design and its user-friendliness through easy-open packages and microwave-ability.

The resulting package is sold at ambient temperatures and has been given a shelf life of 12 months.

For user convenience and thanks to the properties of Polypropylene the package is microwaveable, added the company.

This cup has a diameter of 89.5mm and a height of 95mm with a brimful capacity of 330cc.

It has been designed with the inclusion of ribs in the side panels for two purposes - to resist deformation in processing and to offer some insulation properties to the consumer during consumption when the product is hot.

The cup has also been hermetically sealed using a transparent and peelable barrier lidding that is said to offer a 100 per cent plastic barrier.

It has been decorated with a printed shrink sleeve and an overcap is applied to assist in stacking, as a splash-guard and as a drinking spout for consumption.

EDV Packaging will be exhibiting at the Hispack Fair and is located on stand D501 in pavilion 1.

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