/INS. The Finnish company Eltete TPM’s delivery of an automatic paper pallet line to Nagoya in Japan had a dramatic start in June 2013. The line had been tested and dismantled at the company’s factory in Finland and was on its way to the harbour for shipment, when the company got the message that the ship had been lost at sea.

“The shipwreck delayed the shipment by three weeks, but in spite of this, the line was up and running according to the original schedule.”, Eltete Group’s CEO Bo Österman says. “We could increase the assembly speed thanks to the line’s innovative architecture and intelligent connections.”

The pallet line that the company delivered to the Japanese company Moriya Sangyo is an example of the increasing demand worldwide for locally-manufactured, lightweight transport packaging solutions. In this case, the neighbouring car factories use these pallets when they airfreight car accessories.

“We’re not just talking about pallets, since we offer machinery for a broad range of paper-based transport packaging solutions, such as heavy-duty transport boxes, fluid boxes, edge  boards and U-profiles", says Marko Virtanen, Eltete TPM’s sales director of technology. “The common factors are that they can all be manufactured close to the customers. Because they are made mainly of recycled paper board they are extremely lightweight and totally recyclable.”

Box for fluids

Virtanen emphasizes that the company’s new concept, The Box, eliminates the need to use substantially heavier wooden boxes in many cases.

“Until now there has not been any real alternative to wood-based boxes if you wanted to transport heavier goods”, he says. “That’s why many of the customers to whom we have sold the pallet system are also interested in The Box. We have now developed a box assembly machine (BAM) that can produce boxes at a pace of about 30 – 60 an hour. This speed will increase significantly as we refine the technology.”

At the FachPack fair in Nuremberg in September, several international chemical companies were very interested in the newest box product, The Box for Fluids, which partly replaces the International bulk containers or ICBs.

“They are interested because of a very simple reason; the Box offers a locally produced packaging solution for fluids that is easy to recycle and that substantially reduces the impact on the environment. In many cases it eliminates the need for traditional ICB and metallic containers that are now widely used and not really returnable in a sustainable way”, Bo Österman says.

Caption 1: Eltete TPM offers an extensive range of lightweight paper-based transport-packaging solutions and focuses on delivering turnkey production lines to local partners in any part of the world. The picture is from a new automatic paper pallet assembly line recently delivered to Moriya Sangyos inNagoya, Japan. © Eltete TPM

Caption 2: Eltete TPM’s sales director of technology, Marko Virtanen, took part in a traditional Shinto ceremony at the inauguration of this production line. © Eltete TPM

Caption 3: Light weight but rigid. Eltete’s CEO Bo Österman shows how light a paper pallet is. In the background is another of the company’s products, a printable media and  advertising board made of paper that can be attached almost anywhere with just a thin thread. © Eltete TPM

About Eltete TPM:

Eltete TPM is a global carton board converter. The technology arm of the company Eltete TPM Engineering is a machine and technology provider  as well as a supplier   of complete manufacturing concepts.  The company is ISO-certified and a supplier of 100% recyclable transport packaging materials and solutions. With experience dating back to 1974, the company is one of the world’s leading producers of edge boards, sustainable packaging solutions and packaging technology. The high-quality packaging materials and solutions made from compact carton board are available in more than 60 countries through the company's own sales organisation. Eltete TPM has 21 production sites in 15 countries.

Further information:

Elete TPM Ltd
P.O. Box 94,
07901 Loviisa, FINLAND
www.eltete.com

Marko Virtanen
Sales Director of Technology

+358 19 510 3203
marko.virtanen@eltete.com

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