Syngenta adopts agrochemical packaging in Brazil with novel technology

By Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages

Syngenta has started to use a new agrochemical packaging in Brazil with unprecedented technology, free of solvents and without emission of solid residues.

The novelty was a result of a strategic partnership with Unipac, considered one of the most ‘technified’ industries in the country.

The first packages are of 5 and 20 liters capacity, manufactured with plasma technology and intended exclusively for the filling of agricultural pesticides. According to the manufacturer, there is an unprecedented use of such technology in this segment in Brazil.

“As market leaders in rigid packaging for pesticides, we have to innovate, always focusing on the customer, generating differentiated proposals, with competitiveness and sustainability. We have a machine running at full capacity to produce packaging for Syngenta, in the quantities required and within the deadline agreed to by both companies. It is with great joy that we take another step in the commitment that unites our companies and we are certain of the business growth,” explained André Silvestre, Unipac's packaging segment sales manager.

André Silvestre, Unipac's packaging segment sales manager

According to him, the companies have a solid partnership that has lasted over four decades. Since 2009, Unipac maintains an in-house unit within Syngenta's industrial park. The factory produces packaging for agricultural pesticides and operates in the logistical flow to supply the production lines.

PLASMA

Known as "the fourth state of matter", plasma technology allows gases and vapors to be electronically excited and become highly reactive, a process that forms a barrier layer on the inside of plastic packaging, to prevent the migration of solvents and the loss of active ingredients.

Plasma technology is solvent-free, does not emit solid waste and potentially reduces global warming, which favors the recycling of the final product. The use for this type of application is something unprecedented in Brazil and favors its sustainable character, when compared to other conventional barrier technologies, meeting the objectives pursued by companies.

Unipac has claimed domain knowledge of plasma technology and sought to serve strategic partners seeking solutions to add value from a financial, technical and environmental point of view, offering increasingly complete proposals that contribute to reducing the emission of pollutants.

“The technology is approved and meets the regulations for the packaging and transport of dangerous products, allied to meeting the strategies of companies in tune with the sustainability and competitiveness criteria,” Unipac said in conclusion.