Viscount Plastics
Packaging for Industry Award

Award Criteria

This Award recognises entries that demonstrate the most outstanding development in industrial packaging through expert knowledge of systems, manufacturing and materials.

Entry Submitted By

A&C Packers Pty Ltd

Package Title

Barrier Layer Container 110Ltr

Package Component Manufacturer

Cypherco Limited

Package Designer Functional

Mark Stone

Package Owner

A&C Packers Pty Ltd

Comments

Another all-Australian design, this utilitarian pack hides some very sophisticated engineering thought. Plastic bulk containers for solvent-based agricultural products currently require an expensive fluoridation process. This pack eliminates that requirement through its use of a six layer barrier system based on high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyamide, and a revolutionary new moulding process, patented to A&C Packers. This saves around 12% of manufacturing costs, and reduces transportation to external fluoridators, greatly reducing production time. Further, these containers have a squared profile - a first in this category of pack - which allows nine containers to a pallet, increasing the previous five per palette. The improved design means customers enjoy almost a 50% reduction in storage space and an overall freight bill reduction of around 15%.