The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) meeting that took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with attendants from 35 countries around the world, has given the Award for Packaging Excellence 2009 to LABLABO for its EASYFOIL pouch.

First awarded in April 2009 with the Alufoil Trophy awarded by The European Aluminium Foil Association, LABLABO has now won recognition in a worldwide competition with this Worldstar Packaging Award given by the WPO.

When awarding the Alufoil Trophy, head judge Hilka Bergmann, Director Packaging Research at EHI Retail Institute (Germany) had already described this pack as « an unusual and innovative system which once again shows the attributes of alufoil to advantage ».

The EASYFOIL pouch was designed by LABLABO to be used with its airless metering dispenser meant for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications.

Novelty is the association of the aluminium foil advantages and a cylindrical shape which makes filling extremely easy. Actually this pre-formed pouch has got its final volume before filling and will not not be deformed during filling process. It can be filled by gravity without any specific handling (like in the case of vacuum filling) and by all standard filling machines.

Another plus : the great flexibility of the foils selected by LABLABO allows a very high restitution rate of the product, generally higher than 95%.

Likewise, foils without glue are preferred in order to prevent any difficulty coming from leachables and delamination that could occur with usual foils.

But the major advantage of this pouch is the very high protection of the product against oxygen, UV lights and evaporation. Combined with the venting circuit (air return between the outside of the pouch and the bottle) patented by LABLABO, which is totally obturated when the pump is on the rest position (i.e. during shelf life), this system is the answer to the preservation of complicated formulas containing sensitive active molecules. The full protection of the product from external contamination allows to reduce, even eliminate or use less agressive preservatives.

This airless metering dispenser is suitable for both highly viscous products and fluid alcohol products. It is attached to one of the most precise metering pumps on the market. This pump has been approved for the dispensing of the most active pharmaceutical products (hormones).

As far as cosmetic products are concerned, this AIRLESS pack allows a much longer « period of time after opening » (Directive 2003/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) than any atmospheric pack… simply because an airless metering dispenser is never open.

«Winning an award gives encouragement to the LABLABO team who has dedicated much time and energy to this project. Its also means that our strategic innovative choices are recognized and reinforced» said Jean-Philipp Taberlet, LABLABO’s CEO.

Two international patents have been applied for EASYFOIL pouch.