Separate to protect
PRESS AND DRINK Intended for the nutraceutical and beverage sectors, Inge has developed Push and Drink, a cap separator for multidose packs that combines ease of use, containment capabilities and compatibility with most mineral water bottles.
Supplements and nutraceuticals are the expression of a well-established consumption trend, which looks at food as a source of health and wellbeing.
According to data collected by Nielsen for FederSalus it emerges that, in 2010, the supplement market touched 1,664 million euros for a total of 126.4 million packs sold (+3.3% compared to 2009). The pharmacy is the main channel used by the consumer, that in 2010 accounted for 80% of the units sold, while 14% were bought on the mass market and 6% in parapharmacies.
As well as in pills, these products are available in powder and liquid form, and to preserve the effectiveness of the same, the use of separators is spreading that, at the time of consumption, allows the active nutritional substances to be solubilized in water, using both monodose flacons as well as multidose bottles.
Inge SpA has for some time now committed itself to the development and production of separators caps, with an eye to quality, safety of consumption, ease of use but also to the greater environmental sustainability of its output: its latest proposal, in order of time, is Push and Drink.
"Eco" products with diversified performance. To produce Push and Drink Inge has reduced the raw material required by 40%. Like the previous Long Life, the product is covered by international patent and suitable for packaging many specialties, both in the field of nutraceuticals (supplements, energy drinks, vitamin based products ...) as well as beverages. However, unlike Long Life, which is the only one-piece separator in polyethylene on the international market, Push and Drink comprises two parts: a cap and a special racquet, both in PE.
It is still extremely simple to use: pressing on the top of the cap releases the racquet that, without falling into the bottle, releases the active ingredient to be mixed with the liquid solution in the flask.
Push and drink can contain substances in powder or liquid form, in amounts ranging from 6 to 16 ml and, to meet the diverse needs of industry, it has been developed in two versions: for flacons and bottles with aluminium foil.
In the first case the cap, already filled, is assembled on a polyethylene flacon equipped with a tamper evident safety seal, which is broken at the time of use. In addition to the cap, Inge also produces a range of PE or PET bottles with capacity from 60 to 500 ml, that the Lombard company personalizes with different types of masters and decorations in their internal screen printing section.
The Push and Drink with aluminium foil is in turn filled, sealed and can be applied to most mineral water bottles, it being compatible with the various diameters of opening in use. In this case, the stoppers are packaged in the quantities required by the user in blisters or flow pack, individually or in multiples, and then packed in a custom cardboard box according to format.
CONSOLIDATED KNOWHOW Inge SpA (Garbagnate Milanese, MI) has been producing primary packaging systems since 1947 for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, trichological, diagnostics, nutraceutical sectors and the household products line. It is ISO and UNI 9001:2008 certified and its products bear the EC Brand.
Constituting an international benchmark, the company has an internal R&D division dedicated to the study of new products, also customized to specific needs, and that has led to the company’s gaining over 260 international patents. Their works has 50 production lines, many of which in contamination controlled environment class 100,000, and possesses the technology needed for all plastic processes: injection molding, blow molding, injection and blow molding, injection stretch blow molding. Inge is also equipped to design and produce in-house molds, decorate and screenprint products, assemble their components parts and package them in blisters and flowpacks.
