SLB™ Technology: Fourteen-Day Shelf Life for Fresh-Cut Fruit & Vegetables

Hefestus is launching its solution for fresh-cut fruit and vegetable packaging at Fruit Logistic, Berlin, February 4-6, 2009.

The company will exhibit its SLB™ Technology which enables manufacturers to pack fresh-cut fruit and vegetables and extends shelf life up to 14 days. The innovative system allows manufacturers and marketers to transport fresh-cut products to distant destinations. This can revolutionize the entire supply chain, from manufacturer to consumer via fewer returns or discards, lower cost and satisfied consumers.

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Hefestus will feature Hera, the world's fastest packaging machine can pack fresh products with SLB™ packaging (MAP) technology at a rate of 1,200 units per hour.

Hefestus also will feature a multiple packaging solution contributing to increased shelf-life (up to 21 days) for ready-to-eat pomegranates. It is the first and ultimate pomegranate technology, providing a full solution, from a whole fruit to separated arils packed in ready-to eat trays, or arils ready for extraction of juice.