Huhtamaki manufactures specialty containers for food stuffs such as ice cream and soft drinks, which requires a container that won't allow the contents to escape, etc.
Huhtamaki has $800 million in revenue in North America alone, and has 2,800 employees in 15 facilities on this continent. They gross 2 Billion Euros in net sales annually.
Their materials include paperboard, commodity plastic resins, molded fiber (wood cellulous), metals, and engineered plastics.
Forming: To form these cups and such, they dissolve certain chemicals within the material and form a cup mold.
Cutting: Generally, Huhtamaki uses Dye cutting on all of its products.
Joining: Most of their products are held together by thin layers of polyethiline.
Finishing: The final cups are printed with their exact labels as prescribed by the company (that produces the actual product). Also, a thin clay coating is put on many of their products.
Thanks to Huhtamaki for hosting our class, and May for arranging our field trip.
-Randa Mortensen
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