Ilapak Keeps Its Cool, Flow Wrapping
Ice Lollies In Compostable Film
Young UK ice lolly producer LICKALIX As a part of this move, LICKALIX will be
has, with the help and support of flow able to display the ‘Plastic Free’ consumer
wrapping machine specialist Ilapak, taken trust mark on its packaging certified by A
the bold step of moving to a compostable Plastic Planet.
film to package its premium, organic
and all-natural ice lollies made with real
The change in packaging started with
whole fruit. the search for a new (and better) flow
The London-based family business flow wrapper were not automated or
set out to produce ice lollies which as smooth,” Karis recalls. “We wanted a
were much more than the standard better-quality, more reliable machine with
“sugary water with colourings and other faster setup and less downtime.”
E-numbers”, explains co-founder Karis
Gesua. “We came up with a concept for
healthy, good-quality ice lollies, which are
organic, use real whole fruit and are free
wrapper. “The controls on our previous
From the point where the LICKALIX
team met Ilapak at the PPMA Show in
September 2018, the Ilapak team were
from all the major allergens.” not fazed by LICKALIX ' questions about
Producing over a million ice lollies a so the project moved on quickly. “By
year, the next stage in its development December, we’d bought the machine,
involves aligning its packaging with the and it was installed in January,” she says.
sustainability and quality of its products. “Within three days, it was commissioned,
“Currently, we are finishing off our
wrapping with alternative materials
up and running.”
existing supply of polypropylene film, The Smart flow wrapper is a fully PLC-
then we’ll become – as far as we know controlled electronic machine with an
– the first ‘frozen treat’ company to use easy-to-navigate human-machine
compostable film to wrap its products,” interface (HMI), offering fast and clearly-
says Karis. signposted size change.
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