Meet Us at Propak India 2019

Nichrome India is all set to make a mark at Propak India, the international processing and packaging trade event for India. This time in Mumbai, the show will be delivering a focused industry event connecting international suppliers to local and regional buyers.

At Nichrome’s stall at Propak India, visitors can expect something exciting as Nichrome unveils the Tower III Stand up Pouch Filling and Capping Machine from their new associate, . Tower III is available in basic and cylinder types. The Basic model packs liquid beverages such as juice, tea, coffee, soda, smoothies, meat broth, etc. in a variety of stand up pouches. The Cylinder type is ideally suited for accurate injection of viscous products such as pastes, ketchup, shampoo and cosmetic products.

Tower III Stand up Pouch Filing and Capping Machine

Besides this world-class technology, Nichrome will also have on display, their own Wing 200 – the proven vacuum packaging machine for small-medium enterprises, Wing 200 offers enhanced operational productivity and better marketing prospects.

Wing 200 – The Proven Vacuum Packaging Machine

The Nichrome stall at Propak India 2019 is definitely worth a visit. The technology on display is sure to appeal to India’s pharma, food & cosmetic industries. Best of all, the Nichrome team will be standing by to demonstrate the working and features of these special automated packaging machines.

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Nichrome Brings Easysnap to India

Nichrome, India’s leading player in integrated packaging solutions, is a company committed to providing cutting edge packaging technology for Indian industry. Pursuing this passion, Nichrome has joined hands with Easysnap Technology of Italy to bring their worldwide patented packaging to India.

EasysnapR is the new worldwide standard for single dose units of liquid products, offering convenience, easy one hand opening, complete dispensing of contents and on-the-go mobility.

It is a single-dose packet that opens itself when you fold it in half. No need to tear, to peel or to unscrew caps EasysnapR opens and dispenses product with only one hand; just fold and squeeze. It is ideal for packing all liquid and semi-liquid products.

Packing in single-dose EasysnapR packages is safe for consumers (always correct doses and easy to take), sustainable for the environment (reducing waste of excess product), useful for manufacturers (easy to deliver and distribute).

Six reasons why EasysnapR is the smarter packaging solution

1. It is easy

EasysnapR opens with one hand only, without efforts. It is suitable for children, elderly and disabled people and all conditions, it is universal.

2. It is resistant

EasysnapR can be transported individually in your pocket or handbag or in greater quantities in packs without the risk of leakage or of being compressed. It has a semi-rigid bottom which is unbreakable unless folded over 90 percent.

3. It is cheap and ecologic

EasysnapR has lower production costs compared to bottles, jars or thermoformed unit dose packaging, does not disperse any residue and is more easily recyclable.

4. It is smart

EasysnapR has an ergonomic design, versatile and stylish, which you can customize at your will in form and graphics.

5. It is hygienic and clean

EasysnapR dispenses the content in a clear and accurate way, there is no risk of spills or contamination of the product. There is no product contamination while opening and dispensing.

6. It has longer shelf life

EasysnapR allows no air inside and offers 100% barrier properties to maintain product integrity.

Easysnap Technology can replace the production of any conventional portion pack container, including small cups, small bottles and tubes, with content from 1 to 30 ml, with many advantages in term of flexibility and production cost for units.

Easysnap Technology machineries are designed and certified for food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical devices industries. The list of applications is endless – and includes ketchup, mayonnaise, salad dressing, jam, melted cheese, mustard, spirits, syrups, honey, liquid medications, baby-care products, ointments, toothpaste, shampoo, hair conditioner, liquid hand-sanitizer, body lotions, creams, bath foam, moisturizers, sun creams, liquid detergents, promotional dispenser, and many others!

This game changer is brought to India by Nichrome. For more information, contact Nichrome today. www.nichrome.com

Nichrome Innovates RLO to Reduce use of Plastic save the Environment

Nichrome India is India’s leading provider of integrated packaging solutions. A pioneer and market leader in flexible packaging machines for diverse applications, Nichrome is a company passionate about innovation to meet industry challenges, improve productivity and sustainability in packaging operations.

As a company that uses plastic for packaging, Nichrome is aware and concerned about the need to reduce and recycle plastic for a cleaner, greener world.

Nichrome has designed and launched a unique innovation to decrease the pouch length and thereby reduce the use of plastic in packaging pouches. Nichrome’s patented pouch length reduction kit RLO (repeat length optimization) can be installed as a retrofit on existing Nichrome machines, and helps to save 7 mm in pouch length of a 50 gm pouch and 10 mm in a 100 gm pouch.

The RLO also has a product settler with extended air removal pads that remove the air from the pouch without a pin prick. This makes the pouches less bulky, so customers save on secondary packaging and logistics.

The innovation is ideally suited for powder packaging and works well for all types of powdery and granular products such as Atta, Cake Mix, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Milk Powder, Agrochemicals, etc.

Advantages of Nichrome’s RLO

• Reduction in pouch length min 5mm + saving in laminate film
• Further reduction in Residual Air in the pouch
• Clean horizontal seal, minimizes the chances of leakages due to product in seal
• Savings in Secondary packaging and logistics
• Avoids use of pin prick and hence extended shelf life of the product
• This addition to the machine does not reduce the output
• ROI of the unit is within a month of production

Innovation in action

Nichrome’s ROL patented pouch length reduction kit is installed at Shakti Masala and is also working wonders at Nani Agro. At Nani Agro, Nichrome demonstrated the new kit on a 1 kg spice bag and saved almost 10mm of pouch length. Calculated over a year of operations, this mounts to almost 4 tonnes of plastic saved!

For forward looking manufacturers who are concerned about reducing their environment footprint and enhancing sustainability of their operations, Nichrome’s RLO is a must-have. For more details, contact
Nichrome today. www.nichrome.com

Meet Us at PackEx India 2019

We will be at PackEx India from 13-15 September 2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Meet Us at PackEx India 2019

PackEx India is an international exhibition for packaging materials and technology that is held once a year at Mumbai and New Delhi. With the steadily increasing number of visitors, Packex India has established itself as an important platform for the entire packaging industry and covers the entire demand for new technologies in the Indian subcontinent.

On display at our Stall No.G-20 at Hall 11 will be our latest Bottle/Jar Filling Line for food, Pharma and other applications. Applications range from milk powder, spice powders, seasoning powders & Pharma powders to pulses, grains, sugar & tea to tablets, dry fruits, soya chunks & whole spices. Just change the filler and use the filling line for any powder and solid application.

The PLC-controlled system is fitted with a unique ‘no bottle no filling’ safety device, and safety enclosures with interlocks for rotary parts. It works well for glass, HDPE and PP bottles and offers fast changeover for different bottle sizes.

At PackEx India, we will be unveiling an exciting new innovation: RLO. It is a patented pouch length reduction kit designed to reduce the use of plastic by decreasing existing pouch length. A retrofit to existing flexible packaging machines, the RLO also offers a product settler with extended air removing pads that remove the air from the pouch without use of a pin prick. This compresses the pouches enabling clients to pack more pouches into the secondary packaging.

The RLO can help companies save up to 20% in secondary packaging, and reduce almost 10mm of pouch length for substantial savings in plastic.

A visit to our stall at PackEx India is definitely called for – to explore our landmark innovation that saves money and the environment.

Why Your Business Should Consider Environmentally Friendly Packaging

The environmental crisis is very real. And it impacts each one of us. Climate change, deforestation, plastic pollution, carbon emissions - these environmental issues are making it imperative for companies to think eco-friendly, go green.

What's more, they're giving rise to 'conscious consumerism' which is a growing trend these days. Consumers are more aware of what they buy and consume, they consider the social, environmental and political impact of products, and make purchase decisions accordingly. A growing number of millennial consumers are willing to pay more for a product if it is guaranteed to be eco-friendly and ethically-made. A 2015 Nielsen study showed that 66% of global respondents were willing to pay more for eco-friendly packaging, a number that keeps rising as awareness increases.

It becomes important therefore, that businesses adapt to meet these increasing demands not only to help the environment and community, but to also attract conscious consumers and improve sales.

As businesses look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint, demonstrate their social responsibility and cater to the conscious consumer, more and more of them are switching to environment-friendly products packaging.

Generally, eco-friendly packaging is made with biodegradable and compostable materials. It could be made out of recycled materials and is usually lighter and less bulky than conventional packaging. It could be recyclable, reusable, non-toxic, based in biomass or natural products. Or the manufacturing uses more eco-friendly, low-impact processes that conserve resources and limit carbon emissions.

It’s not just conscious consumers driving the need for eco-friendly packaging, governments too have realised they need to act to reduce the trash they are producing. Trash that doesn’t biodegrade or compost is a disposal and logistical nightmare. So nations around the world are taking a strong stance and enacting laws. For example, Australia has mandated that by 2025, 100% of the country's food packaging must be recyclable, reusable or compostable. Morocco has banned plastic bags while Kenya imposes a 4-year jail term or hefty fine for use of plastic bags.

The reasons to use eco-friendly packaging materials are quite obvious.

Easy disposal

Most of the trash in landfills comes from packaging material. With e-commerce becoming more and more popular, consumers have more packages being delivered and few ways of disposal. Recyclable and compostable containers are easier to dispose of, and if they end up in landfills, they degrade faster. If your packaging can be recycled and reused sustainably –it means less waste for disposal and reduces the burden on waste disposal services.

Reduces carbon footprint

Green packaging made from recycling waste material and using fewer resources to manufacture, can reduce your company's impact on the earth.

Lower shipping costs

Eco-friendly packaging is usually designed to provide effective protection for the contents while requiring less material and being less bulky. So they weigh less and take up less space, making them more affordable to ship.

Healthier alternative for consumers

Eco-friendly packaging doesn’t contain harmful chemicals or materials that are known to cause health issues

Improves your brand image and attracts loyalty

Showing that you care is one of the simplest ways of making people care about your business. By making environmentally responsible choices, you position your business as conscious and responsible, thereby improving your brand reputation and appeal to more customers.

Is eco-friendly packaging economically viable?

For a while, businesses believed that going green with products and packaging would harm business as the extra cost would reduce profitability. However today, both business and environment can win. Also, there is a huge movement dedicated to innovative packaging solutions – to developing newer, better, more cost-efficient packaging with lesser impact on the planet.

Sustainability is a way to show consumers that you care for their needs and are thoughtful about how you produce and pack their products. Eco-friendly packaging sends out a message that you are a responsible, conscious enterprise concerned with more than just profitability. So what are you waiting for? Switch to environmentally-friendly packaging today.

Bottle Filling Machines: a Growing Market

Across the world, bottles account for one-third of the world’s rigid packaging market. Bottles have always been preferred for consumable and industrial liquids and their use is expected to grow despite increasing shift to flexible packaging.

Bottle Filling Machines

Bottle filling machines are available primarily in automatic and semiautomatic versions, however some manufacturers are using custom filling & packaging systems to improve the efficiency of their operations. Driving the market for bottle filling machines is the growing demand for bottle packaging which mainly includes PET and glass bottles.

PET bottle market

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) refers to a thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family which is widely used for manufacturing plastic bottles. In comparison with PP, HDPE and PVC bottles, PET bottles are more durable, transparent, lightweight, non-reactive, cost-effective and thermally stable. Moreover, they are environment-friendly and can be recycled repeatedly which further reduces their manufacturing cost. Primarily used in the packaging of drinking water and beverages, PET bottles are also gaining prominence as a packaging solution for salad dressings, household cleaners, medicines, dish detergents and mouthwashes.

According to imarc, the global PET bottle market reached a volume of more than 17 Million Tons in 2018, and is further projected to reach a volume of nearly 19 Million Tons by 2024.

Although there are growing concerns about plastic packaging, advancements in technology have created a positive outlook for the PET bottle market. For instance, manufacturers have introduced a plasma-based coating which makes PET bottles more impervious in nature. Apart from this, they have also started utilizing silver to increase the product shelf life. In Germany, manufacturers are inventing new interior coating processes like FreshSafe PET that makes bottle-to-bottle recycling possible.

Glass bottle market

Glass is a recyclable packaging material with superior attributes that include hygiene, reusability, chemical stability, durability and the capability to preserve the aroma, strength and flavor of the product. It is also eco-friendly, water-proof, and can be moulded into aesthetically pleasing shapes which makes it the preferred option for packaging beverages, food products, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and chemicals.

As per Glass Container Market Research Report 2019 from Market Research Future, the glass bottles and containers market was valued at USD 62.01 million in 2018, and it is expected to reach a value of USD 76.16 million by 2024, at a CAGR of 4.20% over the forecast period 2019-2024. Europe is the largest glass bottle container market, primarily because it is the largest alcohol and beer producing region of the world.

Bottle Filling Machines

Broadly speaking, bottle filling machines are of two types: Rotary and Inline. The type of machine depends on the product to be filled. For example, a bottle filling machine that fills bottled water cannot be used for filling cold cream; nor can a bottle filling line for liquid chemicals be used for dairy products. The choice of filling machine depends on the range of viscosities, temperature, particulate size, chemical compatibility, hazardous environment considerations, etc.

Some of the dynamics driving the Bottle Filling Machine market are:

• Improving supply chain capabilities which enable manufacturers to penetrate new markets and regions.
• Increased consumption/demand for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages across the globe
• Increasing penetration of modern retail outlets
• Rising trend of Westernization, changing food habits and increasing disposable income, especially in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan)
• Hectic urban lifestyles that make consumers opt for on-the-go beverages
• Growing preference for bottle packaging for chemicals and other liquids

These factors are also generating the need for using different machines for filling different type of products which in turn, are pushing up the demand for bottle filling machines. So for bottle filling machine manufacturers, who can provide machines for diverse products, and in economical to high-end models, the prospects look bright.