The Utz ID system links reusable containers and pallets with a digital product passport. The solution is intended to support traceability, environmental data reporting and companies' preparation for PPWR requirements.
Tosca indicates that reusable packaging pooling systems are changing the way load carriers are evaluated. They are increasingly being treated as an element of infrastructure affecting operating costs, availability and supply chain reliability.
Tosca believes reusable packaging is becoming an important part of European supply chain infrastructure. The company points to cost pressure, labour shortages and tightening packaging and packaging waste regulations.
The circular economy is influencing the design of transport packaging, with growing importance of reusable solutions and those made from recyclate. Eurotec Move is a container developed to meet requirements for automation, identification and a long service life.
Tosca, together with Cabka, has launched the Euro-d Tosca Circular Pallet (CP 1208), designed for automated FMCG supply chains. The solution is intended to support PPWR compliance and a reuse-and-recycling model.
NO.EL. and Colines have presented Safe Track, a patented solution that improves the detectability of tampering on pallets secured with stretch film. The technology has been tested in offline configurations and is being evaluated for in-line integration on Colines extrusion lines.
Italian company Almeda has built its fresh-cut logistics from the outset on Tosca’s reusable packaging system, integrating RPC crates across the entire supply chain and combining operational efficiency with circular economy requirements.
Amcor is introducing an improved, lighter version of its best-selling UniPak 1 kg tub for dairy products, reducing polypropylene usage while maintaining the required strength, functionality and compatibility with existing filling lines.
Shrink film containing 30% recycled PE sourced from household waste is used as outer packaging for six-pack Barilla sugo jars, demonstrating the use of post-consumer regranulate in food-sector secondary packaging.
Italian retailer Iperal has overhauled its fresh food supply chain by replacing single-use transport packaging with Tosca’s automation-ready reusable plastic crates, improving pallet stability, operational efficiency and waste reduction.
Tosca, a global leader in reusable packaging solutions, has opened a new, state-of-the-art service centre in Ingolstadt, Germany.
Customers often want to see what they are buying, so in addition to mechanical properties, optical properties also play a major role in packaging films. Additives based on natural minerals are ideal for positively influencing the desired properties of plastic films.