CDF Corporation Iris Kennedy – Cheertainer Product Manager

Steve Gosling – Technical Director

Catch the Next Wave in Liquid Packaging: How to Become Greener, Leaner and Stay Ahead of the Competition

Part 2 – Innovations in Flexible Packaging

CDF Corporation Innovations in Flexible Liquid Packaging

Since 1971, CDF has been a recognized leader in the design, manufacture and sale of liners and other flexible packaging

Manufacturing expertise in vacuum-

forming, heat sealing and flexible

packaging

Ability to offer full service packaging

solutions

Legacy of sustainability

Global Capabilities—manufacturing in

the USA and Switzerland with

alliances in Asia

Innovations from CDF Corporation

1971- Drum and pail liners 1993- Blowmolded liners

2002-IBC form-fit

liners

2006-Cheertainer bag-in-box

system

2001- Strainers for

drums and pails

2008-Cheer Pack* Joint venture with Gualapack & Hosokawa Yoko

WHAT’S DRIVING THE NEXT WAVE?

Concern for the environment

Need for efficiency

Demand for cost control

Reduction in waste

Enhanced quality

Catch the Next Wave

Next Generation Bag-in-Box Cheertainer®

Cheer Pack®

Flexi Pail

Air-Assist IBC liner

Soft Cartridge®

Catch the Next Wave

Next Generation Bag-in-Box

What’s New in Bag-in-Box

New flexible cube design Cheertainer®

Ships flat for economical storage and

shipping (19 to 1 ratio)

Less plastic than pails, bottles and rigid

cubes

Fills without air -- no foaming or

splashing

99.9% dispense without surging or

glugging

More product per pallet

20L Bag-in-Box 20L Open Head Pail

Weight: 3.8 oz

Qty/TL empty: 64,800 bags

Accurate flow with no “glugging”

Safer dispense for end user

Less impact on the environment

Less labor on the fill line

Weight: 2.75 lbs.

Qty/TL empty: 3,456

Will allow debris in product

Occupies more space in landfill

Requires more storage space and higher transportation cost

Foaming issues

Cheertainer Automatic Filler

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Flexi pail

Flexi Pail Cube shaped recyclable package for

viscous products Composed of a thin vacuum formed plastic

liner with a hermetically sealed lid, in a corrugated over pack

The end user simply removes the top protective carton lid, peels away the inner seal, then pumps or trowels out their product

Ideal for greases, inks, paints, sealants and adhesives

Incorporates into existing filling lines and carton erecting equipment

Components are easily separated, flattened and disposed of: Corrugated is 100% recyclable

Liner is made of LLDPE (class 4) or HDPE (class2)

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Cheer pack®

Cheer Pack®

Flexible re-closable package in sizes from

40 ml to 1 liter

Packages are shipped flat and once

dispensed collapse for easy disposal

The re-closable feature is key to partial

use and maintaining product quality

Integrated filling equipment can handle a

wide range of products and viscosities

includes motor oil, engine additives,

silicone, adhesives and dry wall

compounds

Catch the Next Wave

IBC Air assist liner

Air Assist IBC Liner

Evacuates heavy greases, inks and food products using air

Design combines a removable IBC liner with an inflatable bladder that

pushes out product

Set-up and dispense is a one person operation—connect and walk away

Upon completion of dispensing, the liner is simply folded flat and disposed

Catch the Next Wave

Soft cartridge®

Soft Cartridge®

New design to reduce packaging A combination of two injection molded end

caps with a thin outer laminated plastic sleeve

As the contents are dispensed, the cartridge

collapses

The only part to be disposed of is a 1” highly

compressed piece of plastic

Low waste volume compared to rigid plastic

or cardboard tubes

The Next Wave in Liquid Packaging

Greener

Leaner

Ahead of the Competition

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