Barrier soup cup gives long shelf life.Huhtamaki Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and in Portadown Portadown (pôrtədoun`), town (1991 pop. 21,333), Craigavon dist., central Northern Ireland, on the Bann River. It is an important railroad and industrial center. Roses from Portadown nurseries are famous. , U.K., has developed a new single-serve barrier container for soup that features a novel heat-insulating design and meets shelf-life requirements of up to 20 months. The microwave-only cup, commercialized in Europe, is thermoformed from six-layer polypropylene/EVOH sheet into 324-cc and 385-cc sizes. The cup is set for launch in Norway and with another customer in the U.K. Huhtamaki has also launched barrier packaging for cat food in the U.K. The soup cup has built-in thermal insulation The term thermal insulation can refer to materials used to reduce the rate of heat transfer, or the methods and processes used to reduce heat transfer. Heat is transferred from one material to another by conduction, convection and/or radiation. to allow it to be held when hot. This is accomplished by means of a shrink-sleeve label over ribs in the cup that create air pockets. The ribs are also needed because the soup is pressure-cooked in the cup, which must withstand up to 253 F and 33.4 psi PSI - Portable Scheme Interpreter . Made on an Illig thermoformer, the six-layer cup contains ShelfPlus oxygen scavenger from Ciba Specialty Chemicals “Ciba” redirects here. For the pre-1971 company, see Novartis. Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the , Tarrytown, N.Y. The 89-mm-diam. cup is heat sealed with a 40-micron, five- or six-layer PP/PET barrier film produced by Huhtamaki in Germany. Huhtamaki: (937) 987-3020/www.us.huhtamaki.com * Ciba: (800) 431-2360/PTDirect: 983HK [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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