Press ReleasesNippon Paper Industries Completes NSATOM^®, a Next-Gen Aseptic Filling System for Paper PackagingA new package system equipped with world-first features with support for new beverages with particles, long fibers, and high viscosity

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd.

Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (President: Toru Nozawa; headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter "Nippon Paper Industries") and Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. (President: Shigeru Ueda; headquartered in Itano-gun, Tokushima; hereinafter "Shikoku Kakoki") have completed NSATOM^®, a next-gen aseptic filling system for paper packaging that supports filling involving particles, long fibers, and high viscosity, and allows for ambient distribution. The two companies will begin receiving orders for NSATOM from customers, with a focus on beverage manufactures, in November 2020.


■A new paper package filling system enabling the filling of beverages in high market demand with a unique shape and closure

Previously, Nippon Paper Industries and Shikoku Kakoki jointly developed NS-FUJI,*1 an aseptic filling system for brick-shape paper packages that was designed for long shelf-life and ambient distribution, and this system has been used for more than three decades to deliver products safely and securely to Japanese customers.

Leveraging their expertise, the two companies jointly developed NSATOM^® in 2018 to be a novel system that supports filling involving particles, long fibers, and high viscosity, an operation that conventional aseptic paper package filling systems were unable to accomplish satisfactorily. Following this development, the companies worked to verify the system's functionality and make it ready for the market. Now, all verification has been performed and the new system is complete.

Paper Packages of NSATOM

Filling machines of NSATOM

■Features of "the NSATOM System"

NSATOM is the world's first*3 aseptic filling system for paper packaging in ambient distribution that supports particle, long-fiber and high-viscosity filling, high hygienic quality with 6-log reduction*2 and automated cleaning.

[Features of the Paper Packages]

1) Enable to fill beverage involving particle, long-fiber and high-viscosity

2) Unique closure positioning and shape make it easier to pour out the contents

3) Unique shape enables easer holding

4) Resealable with application of a closure, offering similar portability to a PET bottle

5) Message panel bringing higher eye-catching at shelf in store

6) Reducing environmental burdens by using forest certified paper and reducing use of plastic

7) Three volume variations (200ml, 250ml and 300ml)

[Features of the Filling Machines]

1) Capacity up to 12,000 cartons per hour blanks feeding

2) Achieving sterilization unit with a 6 log reduction and adopting automated cleaning feature at inside chamber for high level of hygiene and reducing workload

3) Adopting newly developed filling nozzle that enables to fill particles, long-fiber and high-viscosity

Please note that the contents of this press release are based on current specifications and are subject to change without notice.

*1 NS-FUJI brick-shape paper packages. In addition to standard volumes from 100 ml to 1,000 ml, a wide range of volumes down to the industry's smallest 65 ml volume are available, while an extensive range of shapes from standard to Slim, NewSlim, SuperSlim, UltraSlim and Grip can satisfy all customer needs.

*2 log reduction is a figure indicating the sterilizing ability of packaging materials needed for aseptic filling. 6-log reduction, for example, means that for an initial bacterial count of 106 bacteria are reduced to less than 1. The global standard for commercial aseptic filling is at least 5-log reduction, but Japanese customers demand the more stringent 6-log reduction, and the target of NSATOM is to meet this level.

*3 The world first: Blanks feeding aseptic liquid paper filling machine equipped with fully automated cleaning function (According to our research)