Innovative paper bottle shaped by soft rubber core
Case
Foodtech
An inflatable silicone core from Betech is one of the creative components and plays a key role in the production of the paper fiber bottle packaging that in the future will contain and protect beverages, soap products, dressings, oils and more for world-renowned brand manufacturers.
Application
Food products
Beverages
Packaging
Molding / fworm pressing
Soft rubber balloon is one of the secrets
Since 2019, the Danish joint venture Paper Bottle Company - PABOCO - has been working on developing a recyclable bottle made from FSC-certified fiber. The bottle is expected to be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional plastic and glass packaging that we know from the largest and most common consumer goods. The paper bottle is now being tested in several markets and PABOCO is ready to scale up production.
Shaping the pulp material for fiber-based packaging solutions is one of PABOCO's innovative key technologies. An inflatable silicone core from Betech is one of the creative components and plays a key role in the production of the paper fiber bottle packaging that will contain and protect beverages, soap products, dressings, oils, etc. for world-renowned brand manufacturers in the future.
Fast and cost-effective designs of silicone parts
"Our collaboration with Betech has been centered around the development of an essential component for our paper bottle production. Betech has been the right sparring partner to make quick and cost-effective iterations on designs of molded silicone parts. This has given us great progress on our way to scaling up our production. "
The bottle is formed over a silicone core
PABOCO has come a long way since its inception, and in recent years Betech has contributed to the development of a flexible, hollow and reusable silicone rubber core. Betech's expertise in elastomers and advanced rubber molding has helped PABOCO develop an efficient and reliable production technique that enables the shaping of the unique paper bottles - both standard types and in the individual designs that constitute a distinctive characteristic and great brand value for brand manufacturers.
The collaboration between PABOCO and Betech includes the selection of a suitable material, variable design options, manufacturing of molding tools for hollow parts, and optimization of process parameters at Betech's factory where PABOCO's smart bottle cores are manufactured.
Leading global companies test the packaging novelty
Global brands such as The Absolut Company, Carlsberg, L'Oréal, Coca Cola and Procter & Gamble have launched product and consumer tests of the paper bottle around the world. The latest generation PABOCO bottle consists of 57% biofiber and 43% recycled PET polymer film. The goal is to mass produce a 100 percent bio-based bottle where the thin film is made from degradable PEF bioplastic. Series production of the next generation paper bottle is planned for the end of 2024 and the goal is to deliver more than 20 million paper bottles by the end of 2025.
