AVC Corp. Unveils its EnviroTube

TORRANCE, Calif.—AVC Corp. unveiled its newest environmental packaging solution, the EnviroTube, earlier this month at Wal-Mart’s Sustainable Packaging Exposition in Bentonville, Ark.

“We brought a few different versions of our new EnviroTube to the Wal-Mart show and these samples were a huge hit,” said AVC Executive VP Guy Marom. “Not only is the EnviroTube completely environmental, but it is also extremely eye-catching and can accommodate products of all different shapes and sizes in all different categories.”

AVC’s EnviroTube utilizes one type of plastic for the entire package, eliminating the issue of cross contamination in the recycling stream, and can be made using most PVC alternatives. This tube-like packaging concept features a clamshell or thermoformed tray suspended inside, almost as if it were floating within the package. The package is sealed with end caps made from injection molded or thermoformed plastic, molded with slits in the center to hold the internal tray or clamshell and keep it suspended within the tube.

By printing directly on the plastic (available in up to 8 colors), the EnviroTube does not need a printed paper insert, reducing the amount of components and further eliminating cross contamination. If desired, a printed paper insert that can be easily removed can be used instead. Windows can be opened anywhere on the artwork for optimum product visibility.

AVC exhibited in the Wal-Mart Sustainable Packaging Exposition, held March 12 and 13 in Bentonville, Ark., as an environmental packaging supplier. “We have been working closely with Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club’s Packaging Sustainable Value Network (SVN) for the past two years to help develop more environmentally sustainable packaging solutions,” Marom said. “We have also been working with them in the development of the packaging scorecard that their buyers will start using in 2008 to assess packages before they hit the shelves.”