China becomes a fruitful market for Bebo expertise

In a deal that highlights RPC’s global reputation, RPC Bebo Nederland is supplying high barrier plastic bowls to a number of fresh fruit canneries in China. China is the world’s largest producer of fruit, which is either eaten fresh or canned for domestic or export markets. The growing international popularity of plastic packaging for fruit products has led a number of canneries to switch from tin to high barrier plastic bowls.

In a deal that highlights RPC’s global reputation, RPC Bebo Nederland is supplying high barrier plastic bowls to a number of fresh fruit canneries in China. China is the world’s largest producer of fruit, which is either eaten fresh or canned for domestic or export markets. The growing international popularity of plastic packaging for fruit products has led a number of canneries to switch from tin to high barrier plastic bowls. RPC Bebo Nederland was chosen because of its solid reputation, with a wide range of standard sizes and long-term experience within the fresh fruit market. It was also able to meet the canneries’ main requirements of strong barrier protection, achieved using PP/EVOH/PP construction, and excellent contact clarity to reinforce the products’ fresh brand image. The bowls are sealed using lidding film from Dutch manufacturer LPF Flexible, part of the Glondalkin group. Close co-operation between RPC and LPF Flexible ensures that cups and lidding are shipped together for the customers’ convenience. Currently, RPC Bebo Nederland is supplying transparent 140 and 410 ml bowls for export products, but it is expected that a domestic market will be developed.