FBIF 2023 reflects five trends under the new consumption era

Use of plastics for sparkling wine bottles

This year, SIPA debuted its PET bottle technology for sparkling wine, which looks, feels and has almost the same thread design as a glass bottle, introduced Jianlie Yang, Director & General Manager of SIPA.

Compared with glass bottles, PET bottles are not fragile. They are 88% lighter than glass bottles, saving packaging and logistics costs. They can also adapt to the current glass bottle filling production line to reduce manufacturing process costs, which enable speeding up mass production.

Yang said that the new sparkling wine PET bottles are currently having higher sales volume in the European and American markets, leading to increasing sales of related blow molding machines and molds. He believes that in the future, PET bottles will become an innovative packaging trend for sparkling wine, or even wine.

Use of platics for oral liquid packaging

For a long time, oral cosmetic liquid containers were mostly made of glass. Until recent years, plastic bottles have gradually become an innovative packaging form in this field. Compared with glass bottles, plastic bottles can not only save material costs, but also save complex production processes such as blowing, washing, and inspection. They are also more convenient to transport.

Zhejiang Huanuo Pharmaceutical Packaging Co., Ltd. occupies a high market share in China's oral liquid packaging market and produces polypropylene (PP) containers of various specifications such as 20ml, 25ml, 30ml, and 60ml.

In the past three years, the company has been working on developing oral liquid packaging with high temperature resistance, light protection, barrier properties and sealed closure.

Compact and portable cups

Portable ready-to-drink cups have lately been more popular. They are light, convenient, easy to take away or store, and are applicable for most sizes of bottled water.

They can be fitted with powder-filled caps - the powder drops into the bottle when twisting the cap. Consumers can choose the beverage they want to drink anytime, anywhere, meeting business travel, outdoor and other usage scenarios.

Functional bottle caps

The functional bottle caps allow consumers to drink the beverage directly by opening the cap, and the mouth of the bottle is also specially designed.

Aptar presented a variety of its functional caps, for example, visual drinking cap for bottled water. The drinking cap can be opened with just one hand, and its transparent appearance looks like it blends into the bottle.

The company showcased soy sauce bottle made using extrusion valve technology as well. The SimplyCycle fully recyclable extrusion valve technology allows extruding solid pellets of up to 12mm.

Cost-efficient production

In addition, Aptar demonstrated its integrated solution of milk powder packaging spoon and cover. The ergonomic spoon handle design brings consumers a more convenient and hygienic experience.

The two-color bottle cap made using integrated injection molding technology helps brand owners create differentiated product packaging designs.