Small Sizes - Big Opportunities - The Swiss Company Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG and the Taiwanese company Tai Hwa are the first suppliers to use the new small-format package combifitSmall with Straw.

With combifitSmall (volumes of 250, 300, 330 and 350 ml possible) SIG Combibloc is adding a practical small carton for on-the-go use to the combifit range with its typical slanted top. Extensive market analyses have shown that this packaging innovation will establish itself in the same way as the larger variants combifitPremium (available in 500, 750 and 1,000 ml), combifitMagnum (1,500 ml) and the quite new format combifitMidi (500, 750 and 1,000 ml) which are already available around the world.

With combifitSmall (volumes of 250, 300, 330 and 350 ml possible) SIG Combibloc is adding a practical small carton for on-the-go use to the combifit range with its typical slanted top. Extensive market analyses have shown that this packaging innovation will establish itself in the same way as the larger variants combifitPremium (available in 500, 750 and 1,000 ml), combifitMagnum (1,500 ml) and the quite new format combifitMidi (500, 750 and 1,000 ml) which are already available around the world. Flexible and versatile In all format and volume sizes, combifit is a stable, slim package which is convex at the front and concave at the back. This makes the carton easy to handle and means that the cartons can be stacked one behind the other in a space-saving way both on the shelves and during transportation. Conceived as a convenient packaging solution for out-of-home consumption, combifitSmall is designed for the target group of dynamic adults as well as for children. The carton is fitted with a U-straw with a diameter of up to 6 mm. As such, it has a far larger opening than a conventional straw. A decisive advantage for the beverage industry is that drinks can be filled into combifitSmall on a tried-and-tested combibloc machine. Only a forming station, which gives the pack its typical appearance, has to be added to complete the equipment for filling. Since the carton is shaped after the product has been filled into it, the filling machine can be used to fill both combifit and combibloc carton packages. A format conversion at the filling machine and forming station takes only about five minutes, as long as the filling volume is the same.