The PVC-free Pano Blue Seal vacuum closure powered by PROVALIN® was awarded the 2011 German Packaging Prize in the design, equipment and finishing category.
The award went to PVC-free metal screw caps with TPE seals – rotary vacuum closures manufactured by Pano Verschluss and used by Reichold Feinkost.
The core of this closure is represented by PVC-free PROVALIN® sealing compound developed by Actega.
Actega is a leading producer of sealants for closures and glass containers and the technology leader when it comes to water-based sealants for cans.
These products are used to make seals between the contact surfaces, such as glass on metal or metal on metal, which make sure the contents and other substances such as CO2 remain inside and any contaminants remain outside.
This is the first time a PVC-free closure has managed to be successfully established in this market segment.
Apart from advantages during lid production, PROVALIN offers consumers maximum safety as regards migration of undesirable substances from the closure into food. It easily complies with all of the stringent statutory regulations currently applicable for contact with food.
The jury explained its decision as being an acknowledgement of consistent development of a prototype for market maturity.
Until now tinplate caps have contained sealing rings made of PVC.
The Pano Blue Seal powered by PROVALIN® is the world’s first vacuum closure entirely dispensing with PVC and plasticisers with the result that it can be used for all heat-treated jar contents – pasteurisation and sterilisation – and for cold filling.
Many producers of delicacies, the health food sector and leading manufacturers of meat and sausage products have already adopted these closures for their glass jars. Even the major suppliers of yoghurt products are considering changing their packaging to glass jars. A multilateral cooperation is also currently working on an optimum seal for the area of baby food.
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