South Korean cement supplier Taemyung Industrial delivered the bags to Ssangyong Cement Industrial in Antarctica. The prime focus of life in Antarctica is scientific research. The population is transient, consisting of scientists and networks that support them, living in research stations across the continent. Cement is needed in the construction, maintenance and expansion of these research stations.
Taemyung Industrial was requested to produce a 40kg cement bag for Ssangyong.
The cement bag had to contend with a wide range of temperatures and climatic challenges. In addition, the bag is handled, moved, carried and dropped throughout the supply chain up to 10 times, needing to survive multiple drops from packers, trucks, pallets and warehouse stacks with heights ranging from one up to three metres.
Taemyung Industrial already had extensive experience utilising Mondi's sack kraft paper grade Advantage Select in the South Korean cement industry. Taemyung director Gyung-Min Kwon said: "The only choice was Mondi's Advantage sack kraft paper."
According to Mondi, Two-ply cement bag products using Mondi Advantage Select have "superior tensile energy absorption (TEA) combined with high porosity". On top the replacement of 3-ply constructions has resulted in lighter bags with material savings of over 25%.
Mondi Packaging Paper Sales Asia ?managing director Gerry Gosen said: "These 2-ply bags are the strongest in the marketplace which means two things for our customers: reduced breakages, and more efficient dust free filling on the rotopacker as bags no longer require perforation."
