Venting 101 for aptar supplier summit

1. Venting 101
How to help containers and your customers
breathe a little easier

2. Why Containers Need
to Breathe
Venting 101

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Why Containers Need to Breathe
Paneling Bloating Leaking
• Pressure inside
container is less than
ambient pressure
• Pressure inside
container is greater
than ambient
pressure
• Extreme case of bloating
or paneling
• Result: Product rejection
and negative brand image

4. What’s To Blame?
Venting 101

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What’s
To Blame?
Ingredients
Manufacturing
Methods
Shipping Methods Manufacturing
Location/Destination
Handling
Inferior Liner/Vent

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Cost of Failure

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E-Commerce Cost of Failure
of products failed
in a test in which
only 53 of the 170
items survived
across 34
categories.
of customers said
packaging
damage would
deter them from
ordering from that
company again.
of customers say
a damaged
product in e-
commerce has a
negative impact
on brand image.
of customers
indicated that
product damage
would put them
off placing a
repeat order.

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Package Failure
Package Handling

9. Industries We Serve
Venting 101

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Affected
Industries
Health & Beauty
Agro Chemicals
Automotive Pharma/Nutraceuticals
Industrial Chemicals
Household Cleaners

11. Anatomy of A Vent
Venting 101

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What is a Vent?
A vent is a manufactured assembly of
materials inside a cap that lets packages
breathe, yet prevents contents from leaking
out and contaminants from entering in.
• Membrane
• Backer
• Liner
• Welding
• Cap Piercing (optional)
Air Flow
Liner
Backer
Membrane

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Anatomy Of A Vent
What is membrane?
Membrane is a permeable material
that if specified and manufactured
correctly, can allow air to flow through
while holding back larger molecules.
Example:
A screen on a window.
Holes are sized according to what you
want to allow to flow through and what
you want to keep out.
M-Industries vents regulate
airflow and air pressure while
preventing liquid from escaping.

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Anatomy Of A Vent
Hydrophobic Oleophobic
Water Repelling Oil Repelling

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M-Industries Membrane at 13,500X Competitor’s Membrane at 13,500X
M-Industries exclusive, proprietary oleophobic
membrane undergoes a superior, unique,
patented plasma process that coats every single
fibril, making it oleophobic while maintaining its
air permeability.
• Approved by FDA for food-grade applications
because it’s chemically inert.
Anatomy Of A Vent
Industry standard oleophobic membrane is coated
in a chemical bath that blankets the material and
smothers the surface, greatly reducing air flow and
lowering venting capacity.
• Coating can be dissolved by a package’s
contents, allowing leaking and product
contamination.
• Not FDA approved

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Product Configurations

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Possibilities are Exponential

18. Venting 101
Improving Your Business and The
Planet

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Improving Your Business
Improved Profits
• Reduce returns/allowances due to packaging failures
• Maintain optimum formula with no dilution necessary
• Reduce product spoilage
• Eliminate product line investments to fix packaging
• Affordable alternative to fluorination – up to 88% less
Differentiation
• Value added to commodity product
• Protects your, and your customers’, brand and image

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Fluorination vs. Venting
Fluorination adds unnecessary cost and time to the packaging process. Bottles must be
shipped to a fluorinator, who then unpacks, treats, re-packs, and re-ships the bottles. In
addition, fluorination itself is costly compared to venting.
• Even double venting a container is less than ¼ of the cost of fluorination.

21. 1. Venting enables light weighting = less
resin usage
2. Lower transportation weight =
less fuel, fewer emissions
3. Fewer product returns/replacements
due to damage = less plastic usage,
less fuel use, fewer emissions
Enhancing our Customers Eco Efforts

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Questions?
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