Sleever UV-Barrier: a Protective Solution

The first application on the fruit juice segment was for Sólo Zumo, a 100% pure premium orange juice by the Spanish group Pascual in 200 and 750ml PET bottles and a high-impact, ultra-safe decorative sleeve.

18/05/07 In the beverages sector, natural, light and health concepts have never been so fashionable. Fruit juices focus on a health image and the origin of the fruit, while milk has invested heavily in the theme of active health. These innovations represent a major break with packaging standards, as cardboard containers give way to PET transparency on store shelves.

However for these light-sensitive products, transparency has to be combined with protection against visible and invisible rays to prolong shelf life and preserve the product’s organoleptic qualities. Sleever International has developed a new decorative UV-barrier Sleever concept whose transparency reveals and enhances the product whilst providing effective protection against ultraviolet light.

The performance is based on a new heat-shrink mono-oriented film developed by Sleever Technologies, the SI-OPS-TF/050-ZB, which is capable of blocking UV rays up to 370°nanometers, whilst providing high shelf impact, tamper-proof, easy-opening and guarantee of origin properties to even the most complex bottle shapes.

Printable in up to 10 colours back and front, Sleever UV-barrier film can be implemented on fully automated at speeds of between 15 000 and 30 000 bottles/hour on the latest generation of Powersleeve Evolution 4 machines by Sleever Machines.

The first application on the fruit juice segment was for Sólo Zumo, a 100% pure premium orange juice by the Spanish group Pascual in 200 and 750ml PET bottles and a high-impact, ultra-safe decorative sleeve.

This UV-barrier solution enables the group to add a new function to Sleever and further enhance this unique and innovative decorative solution that is capable of evolving in line with the changing needs of the beverages market.