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Selters / Düsseldorf. The parallels are impossible to overlook.
Like the operator of the Düsseldorf exhibition centre, Düsseldorfer Messegesellschaft, Schütz GmbH & Co. KgaA in Selters can generally be very pleased with the positive results of interpack 2008. The largest interpack in terms both of space and visitor numbers in the 50 years of the fair’s history surpassed all expectations by attracting more than 179,000 visitors. Schütz, too, celebrated its 50th anniversary in Düsseldorf and, taking stock, talks about a very positive mood, a large number of visitors to the stand as well as fruitful contacts and gratifying new business. The exhibition centre management, headed by its chairman, Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, did not miss the opportunity to congratulate company founder Udo Schütz and CEO Roland Strassburger personally on the Schütz anniversary and to wish them well.
Fair Visitors Show Great Interest in Full Service Packaging as well as IBC and Drum Innovations
Schütz set attention-grabbing trends at interpack 2008
In Düsseldorf, Schütz underscored its leading position amongst producers of industrial packaging. The numerous visitors to the company’s stand were interested primarily in the company’s IBC and drum products, and above all in a new service offering: Full Service Packaging. By introducing this allround service, comprising all logistical, organisational and administrative aspects of the filling, handling and transportation of industrial packaging, at its site in Moerdijk, Holland, the company has now broadened its range of services to become a true full-service provider to its customers.
The company’s core competencies, evolved over decades, have now been brought together in an innovative and comprehensive concept. This all-inclusive package includes the performance of all services, spanning packaging development and production, filling, packaging, chemicals and logistics management, and ultimate reconditioning of the used packaging. Result: the supply chain is reduced to essentials. At the same time, costs are cut and, above all, environmental pollution is kept to a minimum. A glance at what Full Service Packaging involves reveals the many benefits of the new offering.
- Schütz produces the required transport packaging as individually required and just in time;
- Schütz takes care of the entire packaging management for the customer, thus guaranteeing that the best possible packaging solution is chosen.
- the customers deliver their cargo in bulk for filling. Particularly in intercontinental transport, this saves a great deal of time, effort and expense as well as being more environmentally-friendly
- filling is performed as a service right on the packaging production site so that transport and interim storage of empty packaging simply no longer arise.
- in addition to this “Toll Filling Service”, Schütz also takes care of all other tasks, from labelling to batch management, quality assurance and warehousing all the way to complete logistics
(transportation to the end user), including all administrative tasks connected with customs clearance and despatch.
- Schütz collects emptied packaging under the SCHÜTZ Ticket Service and reconditions it. If possible, delivery and collection are done in a single journey.
Schütz sees the new service as being particularly attractive to overseas customers, who can deliver their filling products (for their European customers, for instance) conveniently by sea in tank containers. Schütz then takes care of everything else – from filling the appropriate packaging to logistics all the way to the European end consumer.
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With Full Service Packaging, Schütz offers its customers considerable added value by shortening the supply chain, cutting costs and protecting the environment
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IBC Innovations:
Ecobulk SX-EX-UL with fire-protection equipment
Schütz presented a new IBC in Düsseldorf that conforms to the US standard NFPA-30. The IBC is based on the tried and tested SE-EX container that features a steel case with electrostatic function and an inner bottle that additionally protects filling products from light, UV rays and mechanical influences.
The use of “UL” in the name is already an indication of this Ecobulk’s areas of application. Thanks to special fire-preventing materials which fill the space between the steel case and the inner bottle, the IBC satisfies the requirements of the US standard for the storage of combustible or highly flammable liquids (NFPA-30), which is monitored by UL (Underwriters Laboratories). This means that in the event of fire the container (with the assistance of a sprinkler system) prevents damage to the inner bottle for at least 20 minutes.
In an emergency, the new Ecobulk gives fire fighters more time to respond than the standard SX container with its already considerable safety potential.
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The new SX-EX-UL container satisfies the fire-prevention requirements of the US standard NFPA-30
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Plastic composite pallet for the Ecobulk LX
A plastic composite pallet for the LX IBC was another product on show at the trade fair. The timber element of the 4-way entry pallet has been reduced to a minimum in the interests of improved handling and environmental protection. It has also undergone special thermal treatment in accordance with the FAP/IPPC guidelines with a view to satisfying overseas goods transport regulations.
The pallet has three plastic runners and corner feet made of plastic, which guarantee greater stability and therefore greater safety during transport, storage and movement on conveyor belts. Due to the pallet’s small proportion of timber, varying humidity levels result in lower tare weight fluctuation than with a conventional wooden pallet.
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Numerous new, innovative and practical advantages: the new plastic composite pallet from Schütz for the LX standard IBC.
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Originality for uncompromising safety
Whether steel grid, inner bottle or components, such as identi-
ication plate, bottom plate, corner feet, pallet, valve or screw cap for filling openings – when it’s a question of originality, compromise is not an option for Schütz, for safety reasons. Today, all the individual parts of Schütz IBCs carry proof of originality (the Schütz logo) in order to render obvious and traceable any mixing with external components during reconditioning.
Schütz emphasises that only components developed and produced on the basis of its know-how and experience of tried and tested production methods can guarantee optimum performance of the system as a whole. As Schütz sees it, compromises, such as the mixing of original and external components and the forfeiting of conformity and guarantee conditions that may result from such a mixing of components are not worth the risks they entail. What’s more, the hazardous goods’ licence applied for and obtained by Schütz for Schütz combination IBCs ceases to apply when safety-relevant original parts are substituted by parts from other producers.
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For safety reasons, all Schütz IBC components carry proof of originality.
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Innovations in Plastic Drums:
SDS 2 – the “all-in-one” drum
When it comes to PE drums, Schütz also had something new in store for Interpack in Düsseldorf: the open-head drum SDS-2, a so-called “all-in-one” product. Drum and lid are produced in a single blow-moulding extrusion process and in a single material. This guarantees absolute single-grade quality – an aspect that plays an important role both with regard to the filling product/field of application and to recycling possibilities.
The process further permits maximum flexibility with the choice of lid (closed/with bungs) as well as simplified process technology and production processes. What’s more, lid and body are both extremely resistant to stress cracking. Another welcome side-effect of just-in-time drum and lid production is that the effort and expense of storage necessary when the two components are produced separately no longer arises.
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Extruded all in one go – complete with lid: the SDS 2 open-head drum from Schütz.
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OC-L – simple to empty with a drum plunger
The new OC-L plastic drum model is the latest product of a series of Schütz developments aimed at providing ideal substitutes for existing steel products.
With this cylindrical open-head PE drum, Schütz now also has a true alternative to offer its customers for the transport and storage of especially viscous substances. The advantages of the drum are self-evident. It is designed in such a way that a drum plunger can easily be mounted, thus guaranteeing optimal drainage of residues. The developers at Schütz have fitted the drum with a plastic foot ring so that the drum can be fixed securely inside the drainage unit. It also has a far lower tare weight than steel, is absolutely corrosion-resistant, excellent to clean and its recycling requires considerably less energy input. The OC-L drum is also designed for multitrip use, making it equal to the conventional steel drums in all regards.
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Takes a drum plunger for best possible drainage of viscous filling products: the cylindrical open-head drum OC-L.
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F1 drum especially for the US market
A model of the successful F1 tight-head drum designed especially for the needs of the US market is now available with a volume of 55 gallons (approx 208 litres).
The drum complies with US standards and offers a host of practical features and, above all, outstanding performance. All in all, its stacking-pressure resistance and tremendous stress-cracking resistance recommend this excellent drum, while optimised top-plate geometry additionally provides greater protection for the two bungs.
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A 55-gallon model of the F1 tight-head drum specially designed to meet US requirements is now also available.
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Superordinate Developments:
Schütz introduces its own RFID solution
In addition to tried and tested barcode technologies, Schütz is now using its own, in-house developed RFID solution for the management of data throughout the life cycle of drums and IBCs. This considerably reduces the time, effort and expense invested in data exchange and storage in the customer’s supply chain.
Open, generally important data can be stored in RFID tags that are attached to the products and protected against misuse. They are freely and conveniently accessible to everyone involved in the closed loop system. Sensitive data relating to individual participants are either stored in a secure tag field or managed under the product’s ID number in dedicated databases that can in turn be interlinked.
The particular technical and practical advantages of RFID are that the tags can be scanned and inscribed at a distance of four metres per second and when in motion at a distance of up to three metres without any problems. The system even permits 60 simultaneous scan and inscription procedures – an aspect of particular interest for the data logging of entire batches.
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The RFID solution from Schütz offers a number of benefits in the exchange of data connected with the use of the product.
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