As a manufacturer of beverage and flavour solutions, it is essential for us to offer our customers a broad and flexible range of packaging options - tailored to different applications, logistics structures, and sustainability goals.
With our Arcatanks, we already provide a proven reusable solution: foldable containers that can be compactly stored after use, making the return transport of deposit units more efficient before they are put back into circulation.
Expanding our portfolio, we now introduce a further option: the new TankerBox—an innovative, carton-based packaging solution with an aseptic liner designed for fruit juice concentrates and beverage bases.
More Choice for Our Customers
Metal drums have long been an established standard for transporting beverage solutions in smaller batch sizes, valued for their durability and reliable handling. At the same time, we see a growing demand for additional alternatives—particularly where aspects such as CO₂ footprint, disposal, and logistics efficiency are becoming more important.
With the TankerBox, we offer a complementary solution that meaningfully expands our existing portfolio and provides our customers with greater flexibility.
Design and Handling
The TankerBox features a robust outer carton structure with reinforced corners to ensure high durability. Inside, a dual plastic liner system protects the product safely and hygienically.
Additional features include:
Suitable for both ambient and frozen storage
Requires dry storage conditions
Easy emptying via pumping, allowing seamless integration into existing processes
Sustainability at the Core
A key advantage of the TankerBox is its significantly reduced CO₂ footprint—up to six times lower compared to metal drums. In addition, the solution offers further environmental benefits:
High share of renewable raw materials (approx. 95%)
Wood sourced from responsibly managed, certified forests
Recyclable and foldable design for space-saving disposal
Significantly reduced waste volume compared to rigid packaging
This more climate-friendly packaging solution is particularly relevant for companies pursuing SBTi targets or broader decarbonisation strategies, supporting the reduction of Scope 3 emissions along the value chain. The following table shows a comparison of the packaging Metal Drum vs. TankerBox:
Efficiency in Transport and Logistics
With a net weight of just eight kilograms, the TankerBox is approximately half the weight of a conventional metal drum. This enables better utilisation of maximum transport loads, reducing the number of truck deliveries required.
Higher load efficiency not only improves logistics performance but also lowers emissions per tonne-kilometre. In addition, the foldable design reduces transport emissions of empty units by at least fourfold.
Proven Performance in Practice
The TankerBox was developed in close collaboration with packaging experts, with the goal of combining robustness and sustainability. To ensure suitability for transport and storage, it has undergone extensive testing:
Certified testing according to ISTA 3E standards (vibration, shock, compression, tilt)
Additional large-scale tests under real-life conditions
Two TankerBoxes can be stacked during transport, and up to three units can be stacked in storage. Product safety is ensured for both ambient and frozen applications.
Regulatory Advantages in the EU Context
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR | EU 2025/40) defines reuse targets across Europe until 2030. Depending on the application, up to 40% of packaging units must be reusable—rising to 100% for certain intra-company or domestic supply chains.
However, according to Article 29 of the PPWR, carton packaging and flexible packaging in direct contact with food are exempt from these reuse requirements. This means that deliveries using the TankerBox are not subject to mandatory reuse targets.
For our customers—especially within the EU—this creates an attractive opportunity to design packaging strategies more flexibly while addressing regulatory requirements effectively.
With the introduction of the TankerBox, we are strategically expanding our portfolio with a further sustainable packaging option. Together with our existing solutions—such as Arcatanks and metal containers—we offer a comprehensive range of packaging concepts that meet diverse requirements in terms of sustainability, logistics, handling, and regulatory compliance.