IFCO recommends Herma self-adhesive materials

IFCO offers sustainable, reusable packaging in the form of plastic reusable containers (RPC), for the safe and hygienic transport of its products, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, bananas, meat, fish, seafood, eggs and bakery products.

The RPCs are loaned out to customers who still load their food into crates in the field and transport it to the customer. After processing the products, the RPCs are returned to IFCO, where they are thoroughly cleaned in the washing facility and then reused.

Thanks to the Herma’s specially developed adhesive 62P, the labels provide reliable adhesion in cool, moist environments and can be easily washed off at a later stage without leaving any residue.

‘We recommend labeling with Herma self-adhesive materials because our test has shown that they can be completely removed in our washing process. This eliminates the need for additional cleaning and our customers receive crates that have no third-party labels on them,’ commented Thomas Albrecht, vice president of service center operations at IFCO. ‘This is particularly important as crates with labels firmly stuck to them either require costly treatment or need to be sorted out.’

The 62P has proven its practical benefit in combination with the self-adhesive materials HermaExtracoat (grade 242) and HermaTherm G BPA-free (grade 907), which are now on the IFCO recommendation list. The labels are removed from crates in the cleaning process with hot water, high pressure and highly effective cleaning agents.

‘Being on the IFCO recommendation list is proof that our innovations are also convincing in practice,’ says Dr Ulli Nägele, head of development at Herma. ‘We are pleased to be able to further improve a very environmentally sound multi-cycle system with innovative self-adhesive materials.’