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Nutrioli Partners with Aptar Food + Beverage in Mexico to Bring
Breakthrough Packaging to the Edible Oil Market

product cut-off, the SimpliSqueeze
valve is manufactured from Swim-
ming Silicone®, a unique material
that allows for the valve to be sep-
arated from the closure in PET re-
cycling stream. This means that the
valve will rise to the surface of the
float tank during the recycling pro-
cess for easy removal, allowing the
remainder of the packaging to be
recycled. Nutrioli is the first brand
in Mexico to use this innovative and
sustainable solution.
For consumers, dispensing is fast,
n the food market, brands are con- ing solution that aims to make oil dis- easy, and hygienic. “Chop! Chop!
Itinuously seeking innovative and pensing spill-proof, enabling a more Chop!” has been Nutrioli’s jingle
sustainable packaging solutions for hygienic and clean experience with a since 2005 and now the brand is
their products. Aptar Food + Bever- crisp cut-off of oil flow as consum- using it as a motto that replicates
age partners with brands to improve ers stop squeezing the bottle. Not the action a consumer takes when
everyday life for consumers through only does the new solution improve squeezing the bottle of soy oil to ap-
packaging solutions that further en- convenience and hygiene, it also adds ply to food or cooking utensils, dem-
hance the consumer experience and a safety element and helps reduce onstrating the ease of dispensing.
address safety, health and wellness, food waste. This unique approach is being used
convenience, and sustainability. Nutrioli chose to convert part of its in the advertising and promotion ma-
terials that Nutrioli specifically devel-
Nutrioli, a leader in providing ed- portfolio to Aptar’s Tapered 33-100 oped to educate consumers about
ible oils in Mexico, partnered with with SimpliSqueeze® flow control the benefits of the oils and the drip-
Aptar Food + Beverage to improve valve, a lightweight solution that is free closures that make their use
consumers’ experience, through a ideal for inverted packaging. Besides even more pleasant.
convenient and innovative dispens- the directional dispensing and clean

Covestro, TMT launch 1,000th polyurethane wind rotor blade

ovestro (Leverkusen, Germany) na aims at doubling its wind and solar ficient and cost-effective production
Cand Zhuzhou Times New Mate- power output by 2025. PU resin, an solution compared to conventional
rial Technology (TMT, China), a pol- innovative manufacturing solution for fiberglass-reinforced epoxy blades.
yurethane (PU) wind turbine manu- wind turbine blades, has penetrated
facturer, recently announced the the epoxy-dominated market in re-
launch of the 1,000th PU wind tur- cent years, further exemplified by
bine blade, reaching commercializa- the PU wind turbines now being used
tion goals initially developed under a in commercial wind farms through-
memorandum of cooperation signed out China. According to Covestro,
by both companies about a year ago. the resin exhibits higher mechanical
Under its current five-year plan, Chi- properties, and enables a more ef-

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