Close×

Vikan AS in Denmark has announced new technology in food-grade brushware.

The company claims its Vikan Ultra Safe Technology (UST) brushware exceeds standards of safety without the use of non-EU Food Contact approved resins found in resin set brushware.

It says resin set brushes are not fully mounded, use toxic resins that are not recyclable, and have a poor hygienic design.

Vikan UST brushware, through the design of Filament Security Units, delivers secure filament retention.

The product is a one-piece hot moulded brush, including handle and filaments.

The spacing of the bristles' security units makes the product easy to clean, sanitise and inspect, and all products have been validation-tested.

Vikan’s distributors in Australia and New Zealand, WR & D Wells and Wells Hygiene, have taken delivery of their first shipment of Vikan UST brushware.

Packaging News

Robert Marguccio will step down as APPMA chair and board director at the association's AGM in October, citing increasing professional commitments after 20 years of service.

Australian owned global packaging supplier Detpak has opened a multi-million dollar manufacturing facility in South Carolina, to produce paper-based packaging for quick service restaurant customers in the United States.

Orora has unveiled a new lightweight Riesling bottle that reduces glass weight by 21 per cent while maintaining the familiar profile and performance expected by Australian wine producers.