Turkish flavour company Aromsa, whose products include sauces, toppings, extracts and seasons, recently started working with a new customer who wanted to use stainless steel containers for shipping.
This presented Aromsa with a challenge, because it would require investment into about 250 stainless steel containers, a costly packaging solution.
There would also have been logistical costs of storage and maintenance and washing and sterilising the containers.
Mondi was therefore invited to develop an alternative solution, and proposed the TankerBox, which Aromsa trialled on its production line.
After a few months of close collaboration and innovation at the Aromsa facilities, the TankerBox was ready for Aromsa’s commercial use.
Produced from corrugated cardboard and developed as a substitute for the traditional Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) and metal barrel, the TankerBox is an innovative product and a more sustainable solution, according to the company.
Its patented design consists of five parts: an outer box, inner octabin, angle frame, bottom star and top cover pieces.
It offers an intelligent discharge system with two alternative design options for discharging either from the top or bottom and is structured to minimise residual contents in the product, added Aromsa.
In comparison to its metal drum or IBC equivalents, the TankerBox’s optimised design creates cost advantages from efficiencies in storage and logistics, as it does not need to be chemically cleaned or returned as empty cargo.
Additional benefits include easy handling and integration into filling lines as well as printability for brand enhancement, added the firm.
“We pride ourselves on working with our customers to fulfil their requirements,” said Gozdecan Demir, heavy duty sales and business development manager for Mondi. “We designed this solution for Aromsa and it worked perfectly because it was based on their needs. It is this level of collaboration which leads to excellence and success.”
TankerBox can be safely used in various industries, including chemistry, paint, pharmaceuticals and oil, as well as in the food industry for concentrated beverages, industrial liquid food and additives, alcoholic drinks, milk and dairy products, said Aromsa.
Mondi supplies the TankerBox and its fittings, while Aromsa’s product development service offers comprehensive support throughout the entire sales process. This includes sourcing aseptic liners tailored to customer requirements.
“We can do all the operations we did with the stainless-steel container with the TankerBox much more comfortably,” commented Nil Okyar, production manager at Aromsa. “We have been able to simplify transportation because we now avoid the return event associated with metal containers. We can also stock and ship the TankerBox on top of each other, gaining storage space and doubling the shipping capacity. These benefits were only possible because of the excellent collaboration with Mondi.”