The food market accounts for
about 9 % of the overall European tube deliveries. The share of this
market segment has remained stable over the last few years.
With ever declining household sizes there will be
a huge demand for small packaging answering for a more nomadic,
on-the-go lifestyle. Tubes which are convenient, easy to handle and
reclosable and which can be produced in a great variety of sizes will
benefit from this trend.
However, there are many other food products such
as sweet pastes which are already packed in tubes. In addition tubes
have recently also made inroads in other markets which have not used
tubes before. For example, in the beverage industry an energy drink was
launched in a kind of mixture between tube and bottle, the so-called
Tu-Bo. This tube was elected “Tube of the Year” in the annual etma tube contest in 2003.
The most important applications are:
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Mayonnaise
Ketchup
Cheese
Fish Paste
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