非碳酸果味饮料包装瓶的设计新颖，可以减少2000万磅的环境废物。

    5月6日，纽约报道-- 百事可乐公司（Pepsi）引进了其目前最轻的500毫升果味非碳酸饮料包装瓶，可以将塑料用量降低20%。这将为地球减少大约200万磅的废物。采用这款较轻的包装瓶的饮料将从这个月开始被摆上各大商场的货架。

    这款新的包装瓶将在饮料业中增长最快的一个领域中推出，被用于一系列已有的商标品牌，包括立顿（Lipton）冰茶、纯果乐（Tropicana）果汁饮料、Aquafina FlavorSplash和Aquafina Alive四种饮料。12瓶或者24瓶一箱。新包装除了所含的塑料树脂比原来减少20%以外，标签尺寸也缩小了10%，而且用于包装成箱的外层收缩薄膜也会减少5%。

    百事可乐公司负责全球饮料包装与设备开发的副总裁Robert Lewis说：“作为一家公司，我们不断地挑战自己，想方设法减轻对环境的压力，这次我们对塑料瓶做了个小小的‘整容手术’。我们一直不懈地努力去改变我们包装，使其减少对环境的不良影响，如今这个新型包装瓶只是其中的一个例子。”

    由百事可乐北美的包装开发团队牵头，对包装瓶进行“轻量化”革新是百事可乐公司努力实现“目的性绩效（Performance with Purpose）”的一个很好的例子，即要在企业发展的同时回报社会。这个项目意味着对包装进行严格审视，在不有损设计、功能或口味的前提下努力减小包装。

    Lewis说：“我们所面临的挑战是提供更轻的包装，同时要保证其能够带来与较重的包装瓶相同的保质期，能够在生产和运输过程中经得起考验，但又不影响美观。公司上下各部门用了整整一年的功夫，终于成功发明了这种满足我们公司、消费者和环境需要的包装瓶。”

    一个由来自百事可乐公司内外不同领域专家小组通过与消费者大量沟通终于将这一项目付诸实施。通过对超过30种的不同外观设计进行了消费者测试之后，一个多学科团队共同努力，终于开发了目前市场上的这款轻质封装。

Tetra Pak reaches record ˆ8.7 Billion in sales in 2007

SKRIN Market & Corporate News 5月4日最新披露

Strong sales in fast growing markets, cost-effective innovation and focus on operational performance drove growth in packaging and processing solutions.

Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announced record sales of ˆ8.7 billion in 2007-up 6.1 percent from 2006 in comparable terms. Sales of processing solutions reached ˆ911 mln in 2007, up more than 12 percent from the previous year. Packaging solutions reached approximately ˆ7.8 billion in sales in 2007-an increase of 4.1 percent over 2006.

"Several factors helped stimulate sales growth in 2007. These include continued strong growth in emerging and fast growing markets, our focus on cost effective innovation and our strategy of working closely with our customers to enhance operational performance and develop total system solutions, "said Tetra Pak President and CEO Dennis Jonsson. "Our goal is to grow in a socially responsible and sustainable way, in line with our corporate motto PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD™," the company said.

In 2007, Tetra Pak achieved double-digit sales growth in a number of fast-growing and emerging markets, such as India, Pakistan, Russia, Brazil, the Middle East and Latin America. China remains a significant, growing market for Tetra Pak. In 2007, Tetra Pak invested ˆ60 mln in a state-of-the-art packaging material manufacturing plant in Hohhot, China, to support the country’s growing dairy and beverage industry. With an annual capacity of 8 billion packages, the new facility will become a strategic addition to Tetra Pak’s existing production capacity when it begins operating later this year.

In 2007, Tetra Pak also opened a new converting plant near Moscow, Russia to support its growth in Russia and Eastern Europe. The company invested more than ˆ100 mln to launch this plant-the largest in Russia and Eastern Europe to produce packaging material for liquid food products.

As part of its drive toward cost-effective innovation, in 2007, Tetra Pak launched several new products including:

• The Tetra Gemina™ Aseptic package, the world's first roll-fed gable top shaped package with full aseptic performance for the packaging of both juice and milk-based products

• The Tetra Top® Eifel 038 package: an easy-to-open cap for the Tetra Top package designed to increase consumer convenience.

• An expansion of its range of carton-based retortable food package --Tetra Recart®. This included one new packaging line and two new packaging sizes to provide customers and retailers with a greater range of innovative alternatives in canned foods.

• The Tetra Rex® TR/27 XH Extended Hygiene filling machine: a mid-capacity filling machine designed primarily to fill chilled products, such as milk or juice, into gable top cartons.

• The Tetra Tebel™ OST 6 for cheese production: a curd-making vat that provides cheese makers with access to more efficient process control, higher yields, low maintenance and superior reliability.

At the same time, the company continued to support its customers to help them reduce their operational costs, maximize their productivity and enhance product quality. Tetra Pak supports its customers through every stage of the product lifecycle-from collaborative product development to technical services and training. It’s a strategy that is paying off, according to a recent global customer satisfaction survey, conducted by independent research firm Walker Information. Based on the survey, Tetra Pak is receiving world-class marks in customer loyalty.

This is one reason why Tetra Pak supplied a record 137 billion individual packages during 2007. Leading food and beverage companies around the world used these packages to deliver over 69.5 billion litres of milk, juice, fruits and other products to their customers. That’s enough to fill 27,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The company also supplied an additional 592 packaging machines and 2,107 processing units in 2007. This brings the total number of Tetra Pak packaging machines in operation to 9,143 and the total number of processing units in operation to 28,643.

Tetra Pak operates 17 technical training centres and 12 research and development facilities around the world to ensure continued product innovation and excellence in customer service.