Reducing water and energy consumption is now an industrial argument in packaging. At interpack 2026, held from May 7 to 13 in Dusseldorf, Germany, Fuji Seal is presenting its HS Shrink Tunnel, a steam-free shrink tunnel and sleeves designed to facilitate recycling. The Japanese manufacturer, present in the food, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors, is also exhibiting labeling lines and several flexible packaging formats.
"What we're showing this year clearly reflects this, from material developments like sleeves designed to separate during recycling and sleeves for crystallized PET (cPET) packaging, to equipment like Pago systems and the HS Shrink Tunnel." explains Marieke Sauer-Ploegmakers, Fuji Seal's European General Manager.
Sleeves made from 30% recycled material
Fuji Seal continues its work on recycling-oriented eco-design. The Japanese group is presenting shrink sleeves designed to separate from PET bottles during recycling, as well as cPET sleeves incorporating up to 30% recycled material from closed-loop recycling.
The manufacturer also demonstrates several design approaches incorporating perforations, single-material structures, light barriers and material identification.
In flexible packaging, Fuji Seal is exhibiting several pouches with caps from the Fuji Pouch range. The group is also presenting the aPT tube, a tube made mainly of PET. According to Fuji Seal, this structure reduces the use of virgin plastic by up to 90%.
Shrink tunnels use up to 85% less water
The HS Shrink Tunnel and E-Line are also presented.
The HS Shrink Tunnel operates without steam. According to Fuji Seal, this shrink tunnel reduces energy consumption by over 70%, water use by 85% and CO2 emissions by 95% compared with conventional steam tunnels.
The E-Line is a linear sleeve applicator for outputs of up to 300 bottles per minute. It has a compact footprint and, according to its manufacturer, reduces energy consumption.
Visitors to the show can also see demonstrations of the Pago R800 and Pago L200 labeling machines.
The Pago R800 is a rotary system designed to apply adhesive labels to different container formats, at speeds of up to 1âeuros000 products per minute.
The Pago L200 is designed for front and back labelling of containers with complex shapes. Fuji Seal emphasizes the precision of its application and the possibility of integrating coding and vision control systems.
