Flexible, convenient and environmentally-conscious packaging prevailed at Interpack 1999, held May 6 to 12 in D¿sseldorf, Germany.
Many innovations in packaging stemmed from European Union (EU) environmental regulations re-shaping the industry there. Tenneco's Kobusch Folien division introduced its shaped pouches, which can be modified into any individual shape related to the product it contains. Italy's Goglio Group displayed stand-up pouches to package everything from pasta, sugar, rice, sausages and potatoes, to block-bottom coffee packs with degassing valves.