Japan’s Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) and SIG Combibloc will collaborate in the food and beverage carton business for the Japanese market.
In Japan, cartons for beverage use come in only two major formats – a gable top type and a bricktype – with resulting limited scope for product differentiation.
Since 1978, DNP has developed and marketed cartons for use with soft drinks and alcoholic products, along with filling systems.
Alcoholic beverage cartons and their filling systems have captured high sales shares, and DNP’s aseptic filling system, such as for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles has been adopted by many food and beverage manufacturers.
The partners aim to capitalize on their strengths and track records to expand business in Japan through sales of SIG Combibloc’s carton packaging for food and beverages, along with the SIG Combibloc filling system.
The objective is to rejuvenate carton packaging as one of the most ecofriendly packaging solution in the market.
Technology features
The flexible filling technology from SIG Combibloc makes it possible to fill beverages containing pieces of fruit or vegetables, cereal grains or jelly pearls.
The drinksplus solution allows for product premiumization and adding real nutritional value to beverages.
In other Asian markets such as China and Korea, drinksplus beverages have been well received and continue to grow in market share.
Aseptic filling of beverages and foods with particulate content into carton packs is based on SIG Combibloc’s filling technology.
SIG Combibloc filling machines can produce up to 24,000 packs per hour with low system costs and consistently low wastage rates.
They enable food and beverage manufacturers to keep production extremely flexible and cost effective.
In June 2016, the partners commenced preparations to target sales and business promotion activities in Japan.
It is planned to launch sales in spring 2017.
